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Royal Bank of Scotland issues polymer £5 banknote

The Royal Bank of Scotland’s first polymer banknote entered circulation today, following the trend set by other Scottish issuing authorities, the Bank of Scotland and Clydesdale Bank. The design of the new note was announced in April earlier this year. It features Scottish poet Nan Shepherd and is the first of the new “Fabric of…

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Argentina issues new 200-peso banknote denomination

Following the introduction of a new high denomination 500-peso banknote in June of this year, the Banco Central de la República Argentina has introduced a new 200-peso paper banknote within the indigenous animal series. The design of the note, which is a new denomination within the Argentinian currency structure, is predominantly blue in colour and…