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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Most famous image of JMW Turner not a self-portrait, says expert

A portrait long attributed to JMW Turner in the Tate collection is likely by John Opie, based on stylistic evidence and misattribution after the Turner bequest.
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fromIndependent
5 months ago

'We're all top of our game... There are egos in the room' - the Irish designer on the jury to pick the new euro banknotes

John Paul Dowling served on the ECB selection panel to design new euro banknotes that will enter circulation in 2029.
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

A lot of axolotls: the amphibian-themed banknote Mexicans don't want to spend

The note, which features a depiction of Gorda as the model for Mexico's iconic species of salamander, went into circulation in 2021, dazzling the judges of the International Bank Notes Society, who declared it the Note of the Year. Four years later, the Bank of Mexico has released a report revealing that 12.9 million Mexicans are holding on to this note as if it were worth more than just its value of 50 pesos, or a little under $3.
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