After a 200,000 signed petition to have Edith Cavell on the £2 coin, instead the treasury have acknowledged her heroic contribution to the First World War with this £5. Pip and Kit Smith received this on Monday 1st June, nearly 100 years since her death and apart from a great niece, the only living relative of Edith.

Loaned to Smart Gallery Grassington by Pip and Kit Smith.