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Bank of Scotland issues Safeguard® £10 banknote

The new ten pound banknote from the Bank of Scotland has begun to circulate, printed on De La Rue’s Safeguard® polymer substrate. Like its predecessor, the new ten pound banknote features portraits of Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet, Sir Walter Scott, as well as illustrations of the Bank of Scotland’s Head Office, The Mound, and Scotland’s…

A thumbnail image of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) £10 banknote design 2017.

Royal Bank of Scotland issues Safeguard® £10 banknote

The Royal Bank of Scotland has begun circulating its latest polymer banknote, the ten pound note, printed by De La Rue on Safeguard® substrate. It is the first time in thirty years that the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has issued a new £10 banknote design. The new note, which features mathematician and astronomer Mary Somerville, is…

Thumbnail image of the Clydesdale Bank ten pound polymer banknote issued 2017.

Clydesdale Bank issues polymer £10 banknote

Clydesdale Bank in Scotland has issued the second of their polymer banknotes, the upgraded ten pound note from the World Heritage Series. The new ten pound polymer banknotes will begin circulating today, almost a year to the day after the first Clydesdale Bank £5 polymer banknote was circulated. Like its paper predecessor, the new polymer £10 note has…

Australia Guardian™ Next Generation $10 banknote from the Reserve Bank of Australia

Australia circulates Next Generation $10 banknote

The Reserve Bank of Australia has begun to circulate the new $10 banknote, the second of the Bank’s Next Generation banknote family. The design of the new $10 banknote continues to feature illustrations of Australian writer and journalist Dame Mary Gilmore, and Australian bush poet, journalist and author AB ‘Banjo’ Paterson. The new note also retains the same size…

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New Ten Pound Banknote enters circulation

The Bank of England has today started to circulate the new ten pound banknote, a polymer note featuring the novelist Jane Austin. Image courtesy of the Bank of England. It is the second of the new series of polymer banknotes to be issued by the Bank of England, following the release of the £5 banknote on…

Australia Guardian™ Next Generation $10 banknote from the Reserve Bank of Australia

Australia announces September issue date for new $10

The Reserve Bank of Australia has confirmed that its new $10 polymer banknote will begin circulating on Wednesday 20 September 2017. The new $10 will be the second of the Next Generation banknote series to be issued, following the release of the $5 on the 1 September last year. The design of the banknote is centred around…

A thumbnail image of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) £10 banknote design 2017.

RBS polymer £10 banknote to be issued in October 2017

The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced that it will issue its new polymer £10 banknote printed on SafeGuard® substrate on 4 October 2017. It is the first time in thirty years that the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has issued a new £10 banknote design. The banknote denomination is the second in the RBS “Fabric of Nature”…

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Tallow to stay in future Bank of England banknotes

Tallow, a substance rendered from animal fat, will continue to be used in future polymer banknotes issued by the Bank of England. A press release issued by the Bank today has confirmed that there will be no change to the composition of polymer used for future banknotes. The new £5 polymer banknote was first issued in…