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Bank of Scotland issues Safeguard® £10 banknote

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 10/10/2017

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…

Royal Bank of Scotland issues Safeguard® £10 banknote

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 04/10/2017

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…

RBS polymer £10 banknote to be issued in October 2017

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 14/08/2017

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”…

Clydesdale Bank announces date for £10 polymer banknote

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 21/07/2017

Scotland’s Clydesdale Bank has announced that it will issue its £10 polymer banknote on 21 September 2017, one week after the Bank of England is due to issue its own £10 polymer banknote design. The new Clydesdale note will continue to feature the famous Scottish poet and lyricist, Robert Burns, who died 221 years ago. It will also…

Bank of Scotland reveals polymer £10 banknote design

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 30/05/2017

The Bank of Scotland has revealed the design of its new £10 banknote due to be circulated later this year. The new banknote replaces its paper predecessor last issued in 2007, but retains some of its features. A portrait of Scottish novelist and poet, Sir Walter Scott, continues to be displayed on the front of the note alongside…

Bank of Scotland issues £5 polymer banknote

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 04/10/2016

Following the release of the Clydesdale Bank polymer £5 banknote last week, the Bank of Scotland has today issued their own polymer version. The new banknote will be available from Bank of Scotland branches from today, and will become more widely available across the country in due course. The new note differs to the previous…

Clydesdale Bank’s £5 polymer banknote enters circulation

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 27/09/2016

Clydesdale Bank has today issued into circulation its new £5 polymer banknote. The new full circulation banknote follows the introduction of the commemorative version issued in 2015. Image courtesy of De La Rue. The banknote includes De La Rue‘s SPARK® Orbital™ security features incorporating SICPA‘s colour changing SPARK® ink, shown in green over the illustration of…

Clydesdale Bank to issue £5 polymer banknote in September

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 06/06/2016

Scotland’s Clydesdale Bank has announced that its new £5 polymer banknote will begin circulating on the 15 September 2016. The new note is printed by De La Rue on its Safeguard® polymer substrate. It incorporates SPARK® Orbital™, the colour changing ink security feature, which is printed over a transparent window allowing it to be seen…

Scotland unveils new £5 and £10 polymer banknotes

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 28/04/2016

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has unveiled the designs of the new £5 and £10 polymer banknotes which are to begin circulating in 2016 and 2017 respectively. Banknote images courtesy of the Royal Bank of Scotland The notes are printed on De La Rue’s Safeguard® polymer substrate and includes their SPARK® Orbital™ optically variable…

Scotland to use De La Rue Safeguard® polymer

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 08/09/2015

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has chosen to use De La Rue’s Safeguard® polymer substrate for its new £5 and £10 banknote designs. RBS, which is the second largest issuer of banknotes in Scotland by volume, announced that the new designs for each note will be revealed within the coming months and intends to…