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IBNS Journal 63-2

includes articles on National Bank of Greece Notes from 1890, Vietnamese Banknotes Printed by GDR, The Currency Conversion and Notes for the Reversion of Okinawa to Japan, 1974, Belgium's Last Banknote and Spanish Colonial Issues in Cuba Part 2

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Banknote of 2024 Nominations

The first three nominations for the Banknote of 2024 are: Kazakhstan: 5,000-Tenge Note, Honduras: 500-Lempira Note, England: 5-Pound Note.

 

Scotland's 10 Pound Note (Royal Bank of Scotland)

Nominated by David Lok, IBNS Member 9984

SCO-RBS-10-Front
SCO-RBS-10-Back
 
Note BNL (PNL): 10 pounds (US$13.40)
Predominant Colour(s) Brown, orange, and red
Front English text; flowers; bank logo in SPARK Orbital; exerpt from Somerville’s “The Connection of the Physical Sciences;” beach of Somerville’s hometown, Burntisland; mathematician and astronomer Mary Somerville
Back English text; botanicals used in dyeing; two otters; excerpt from Norman MacCaig’s poem, “Moorings
Watermark None
Additional Security ” No security thread
Printer Thomas De La Rue
Size 132 x 69 mm Polymer (Safeguard)
Introduced 04/10/2017
Information provided courtesy of The Banknote Book