It's about time ...

Bank of England

Alan Turing finally gets his due, this time, not only his picture but also several easter eggs, commemorating a visionary years ahead of his time, on England's upcoming 50 Pound note. Said note will be issued June 23rd on Alan Turing's B' Day. Awesome.

The Bank of England has revealed the design for the UK’s new £50 note featuring computer scientist and codebreaker Alan Turing. Turing was selected to appear on the note in July 2019 in recognition of his groundbreaking work in mathematics and computer science, as well as his role in cracking the Enigma code used by Germany in World War II.

The polymer note will enter circulation from June 23 this year, and incorporates a number of designs linked to Turing’s life and legacy. These include technical drawings for the bombe, a decryption device used during WWII; a string of ticker tape with Turing’s birthday rendered in binary (23 June 1912); a green and gold security foil resembling a microchip; and a table and mathematical formulae taken from one of Turing’s most famous papers.

The easter eggs rule. 

The note’s traditional security foil has been altered to resemble the design of a microchip, while the spiral sunflower patterns pay homage to Turing’s work in morphogenetics. Image: Bank of England

Turing’s birthday (23 June 1912) is rendered in binary on ticker tape, a format Turing thought could be used to enter data into machines. Image: Bank of England

Awesome to a fault.