英國擬發行丘吉爾頭像英鎊紙幣

Sir Winston Churchill will be on Britain’s new 5 notes, the bank of England announced on Friday.

英國央行(BOE)週五宣佈，溫斯頓·丘吉爾爵士(Sir Winston Churchill)將會出現在新版5英鎊紙幣上。

The new notes will feature a photograph of the wartime prime minister and his famous words “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat” alongside a view of Westminster. In the picture, Big Ben’s hands will point to three o’clock – the time at which Churchill said those words on 13 May 1940.

新的紙幣上將印有這位戰時首相的照片，並且在威斯敏斯特（英國議會大廈）圖片邊上印有他的名言“我能奉獻給你們的，只有熱血、辛勞、眼淚和汗水。”圖中，大本鐘(Big Ben)的指針將指向3點鐘，也就是1940年5月13日丘吉爾說這句話的時間。

Sir Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, announced the new note yesterday at Chartwell, Churchill’s former home.

英國央行行長默文·金爵士(Sir Mervyn King)昨天在丘吉爾的故居查特韋爾(Chartwell)宣佈了這款新紙幣設計。

“It seems entirely appropriate to put Sir Winston on what is probably our most popular note,” he said in a speech. “Perhaps the note itself will become known as the Winston.”

他在講話中稱：“將溫斯頓爵士的頭像放到英國最常用的紙幣上，似乎是完全合適的。或許這種紙幣將被稱爲‘溫斯頓’。”

The BoE said the plan was for Churchill to feature on new ·5 notes to be issued in 2016, but added those decisions had not been finalised.

英國央行表示，計劃於2016年發行帶有丘吉爾頭像的新版5英鎊紙幣，但補充說這些決定還沒有最終敲定。

It is the BoE governor’s job to pick who to put on new banknotes. During his tenure, Sir Mervyn has also put economist Sir Adam Smith on ·20 notes and industrialists Matthew Boulton and James Watt on ·50 notes.

英國央行行長有權選擇新版紙幣上出現的人物。默文·金爵士任期期間還曾決定經濟學家亞當·斯密爵士(Sir Adam Smith)出現在20英鎊紙幣上，工業家馬修·博爾頓(Matthew Boulton)和詹姆斯·瓦特(James Watt)出現在50英鎊紙幣上。