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…

First UK polymer banknote to be issued 2015

The first plastic polymer banknote to be issued in the United Kingdom will be circulated in 2015. Two million Scottish £5 banknotes will be issued by Clydesdale Bank branches (not the Bank of England, which will issue its own polymer £5 banknote design in 2016). The new Scottish note features the Forth Bridge on its…