Clydesdale Bank’s new £20 notes enter circulation

by Richard Kilner

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Clydesdale Bank’s new world heritage bank notes entered circulation yesterday, with the new £20 notes available from retail branches and most ATMs from 10am.

The bank notes will feature Robert the Bruce one side, and the historic mill house New Lanark on the other.

The remaining notes will gradually enter circulation over the remainder of year, beginning with the £50 note, then the £5 and the £10, with a £100 note coming out in mid-December.

Each note will feature a prominant Scottish individual, whilst depicting one of the country’s five world heritage sites on the other side.

Clydesdale Bank’s CEO Lynne Peacock has stated that the firm has issued bank notes for over 170 years, and expressed her pleasure at the release of the new world heritage notes.

In June the Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, announced that new English £50 notes would feature businessman Matthew Boulton and engineer James Watt, starting in a year and a half.

The change follows the introduction of Adam Smith, who replaced Sir Edward Elgar on the £20 note.