New £10 notes unveiled at Winchester Cathedral by BoE Governor Carney

The notes, which feature famed author Jane Austen, were unveiled to the media by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney on Tuesday at Winchester Cathedral, where Austen has been buried since her death 200 years ago.

The Cathedral said of the notes that would be replacing Charles Darwin's image with Austen's that they would "recognise her universal appeal and enduring contribution to English literature".

Besides the new design, other changes that are coming with the new note were also announced.

Carney played a video presentation to the crowd detailing the many security features included on the £10 note, referred to it as being "dirt-, water- and curry-proof" and assuring that he'd tested all three.

The note will feature detailed multi-coloured foils panels on both sides, much like the £5 featuring Winston Churchill. The £10 however will include a series of raised dots in the top left corner of the front side to allow for greater differentiation for those with impaired vision.

Carney noted that the Bank of England was committed to celebrating the greatest of British citizens. He then concluded by quoting Jane Austen herself: "You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure."

Once the recall of the old £5 notes was completed, the Pride & Prejudice author would be the only female, other than the Queen herself, to be honoured.

But the Austen notes have caused some outcry. TV historian Lucy Worsley has accused the Bank of England of the "Georgian equivalent of airbrushing" as there is only one portrait of Austen that can be confirmed as being painted whilst she was alive.

The painting done by her sister, Cassandra depicts her as having a vastly different jawline, fuller cheeks and thinner lips.

That comes after the Bank received several protests relating to the polymer notes in November last year when it was revealed that they contained a substance called tallow which is a by-product of beef or mutton fat.

According to a petition that received over 130,000 signatures the banknotes were unacceptable to "millions of vegans, vegetarians, Hindus, Sikh, Jains an others in the UK."

On Tuesday, The Royal Mint also released a new £2 coin featuring the authoress, this time in the form of silhouette with an overlay of her signatures. The coins have only been put in to circulation in the Winchester and Basingstoke areas and will have a wider release in September along with the banknote. Jane Austen, who earned very little money in her career as an author - is now, quite literally money.