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We're using them on £5 notes from some issuers in Scotland. And they'll be rolled out on all UK banknotes over the next few years.
by davb 11y ago
We're using them on £5 notes from some issuers in Scotland. And they'll be rolled out on all UK banknotes over the next few years.
- gadders 11y agoAn FYI for people that don't know (foreigners, London taxi drivers) - Scotland has several different banks which issue Scottish currency. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_pound_sterling#Scotland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_pound_sterlin...
- Someone1234 11y agoI'm playing devil's advocate but a lot of the reason why places refuse to take Scottish notes is that in the early 2000s, the English notes had been updated with tons of security measures, while the Scottish notes had not, so forgers targeted Scottish notes (since they could produce very believable replicas) and the market got flooded with them. So for every Thus why the bridge series was introduced in 2007, to add much needed security features and to make Scottish notes respectable again.