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5 Pounds Clydesdale Bank - Bicentenary of Robert Burns' Death
| Issuer | Clydesdale Bank PLC |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | A three-quarter portrait vignette of Robert Burns appears at left, flanked by wheat and floral sprigs, with a stanza from 'A Man's A Man for A' That' in italic script to the upper left. The bank title 'CLYDESDALE BANK PLC' runs across the top, while 'FIVE POUNDS STERLING' is rendered in large letterpress at centre; a guilloche rosette in blue-grey underprint frames the numeral '5' at centre-right. The issuing date 'Glasgow, 21st July 1996' and a facsimile signature of the Chief Executive are printed below. |
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| Protection type | Security thread, Watermark |
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Clydesdale Bank issued this commemorative note to mark the bicentenary of Robert Burns' death in 1796 — one of relatively few Scottish commemorative notes with a defined thematic purpose rather than a generic institutional milestone. Clydesdale had featured Burns on its £5 notes since the 1970s, so the 1996 bicentenary issue was a deliberate intensification of that association rather than a departure from it.
The security thread and watermark specification place it firmly within the Bank of England's voluntary guidelines for Scottish issuers, which Clydesdale followed consistently through this period despite having no legal obligation to match English note specifications.