Ulster Bank unveiled today its new banknote of 50 pounds (NIR-UB50.2), which will honor of astrophysicist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell 1967 discovery of pulsars. The announcement has been made today to coincide with the International Women’s Day. The actual date of issue is 15 June 2022.

Dame Jocelyn discovery was recognized with the 1974 Nobel Prize for Physics. 

The note also shows in the back “Millies”, the women who were the backbone of the Northern Irish linen industry.

Source: natwestgroup.com

Courtesy: Gabriel’s Numismatic Market,LLC; Claudio Marana.

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