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10 Pounds Bank of Scotland
| Issuer | Bank of Scotland |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse description | A large portrait vignette of Sir Walter Scott occupies the right portion of the note, printed vertically alongside the issuer's name in large letters. To the left, a detailed architectural vignette of the Bank of Scotland's head office on the Mound, Edinburgh, is rendered in fine intaglio line work, surmounted by a thistle motif and the bank's coat of arms at lower left. The denomination numeral '10' appears in gold at lower right, with the promise-to-pay text and date of issue inscribed in the upper centre, above the facsimile signatures of the Governor and Treasurer. |
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| Protection type | Transparent window, Security thread, Colour-shifting ink |
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| Comments |
Bank of Scotland's move to polymer for this denomination in 2016 aligned with a broader UK-wide shift, though Scottish commercial banks — operating under the note-issuing provisions that predate the Bank of England's own monopoly — made the transition independently and on their own schedules. De La Rue produced the substrate, as they did for much of the Scottish polymer rollout, using their Safeguard technology.
With just over 12 million printed, this is a moderate-run issue. Polymer notes from this transitional period occasionally show stress whitening along fold lines — a known characteristic of early Safeguard issues rather than a sign of damage.