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Scottish polymer banknote begins circulating

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 23/03/2015

The first fully polymer banknote to be circulated in Great Britain has been launched this week by Clydesdale Bank. The new plastic £5 banknote is available from Clydesdale Bank branches from today, a year before the Bank of England plans to issue its own polymer banknotes. The limited edition banknote is being launched to coincide…

First UK polymer banknote to be issued 2015

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 23/05/2014

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…

Bank of England allows filming of £1m and £100m notes

Banknotes, NewsBy SMI 30/01/2014

For the first time, the Bank of England has allowed the £1 million and £100 million banknotes to be filmed. The United Kingdom’s Channel 4 news program filmed the banknotes during a news article regarding Scottish Independence. The banknotes are a “physical manifestation of the relationship between the Bank of England and the Scottish banking…