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50 Pounds Bank of Scotland
| Issuer | Bank of Scotland |
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| Year | 2007-2016 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central detailed intaglio vignette of the Falkirk Wheel, the rotating boat lift structure in Falkirk, Scotland, rendered in fine line engraving against a pale green and aqua guilloche underprint. The title 'Falkirk Wheel' appears in large serif lettering at upper left, with the denomination '£50' in the upper right corner and 'Fifty Pounds Sterling' at lower right. Circular guilloche patterns in light tones frame the central vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | Falkirk Wheel Fifty Pounds Sterling |
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Bank of Scotland's 50 Pound notes occupy an odd position in Scottish currency: technically legal currency in Scotland under the terms of the bank's long-standing note-issuing authority, but routinely refused in England despite no legal prohibition on acceptance south of the border. The resulting friction has been a live political irritant for decades, periodically reigniting arguments about whether Scottish commercial bank notes deserve statutory protection in the rest of the UK.
The series ran nearly a decade before the polymer transition ended cotton-paper production for higher denominations across most British issuers.