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20 Pounds Sterling
| Issuer | Bank of Scotland |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1694-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large-scale vignette of the Queensferry Crossing suspension bridge rendered in lilac and blue tones against a multi-colour guilloche underprint, with the Forth estuary visible below. At right, the transparent window repeats the holographic standing figure and Bank of Scotland arms seen on the obverse. Text excerpts, consistent with a literary quotation, are printed in microtext across the upper and lower margins. |
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| Protection description | Large transparent polymer window at left containing a holographic vignette with colour-shifting properties; embedded security thread running vertically through the note; microprinting in the border areas forming decorative text patterns |
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| Comments |
Bank of Scotland's polymer £20 arrived as part of a broader push by Scottish clearing banks to match the Bank of England's Polymer migration — though Scottish banknotes, technically not legal tender anywhere outside of Scotland, remain a frequent source of confusion at English tills regardless of format. The shift to polymer for the Scottish issuers was driven by practicality rather than any independent initiative: the notes' acceptance already depends heavily on retailer goodwill, so durability gains matter more here than in the rest of the UK.
De La Rue produced the note at their Edinburgh facility, which has handled Scottish commercial bank printing for decades.