Scottish ten pound note

Don80

eDicky wrote: »

I think the previous series of notes are still in circulation and accepted everywhere, they are just slowly withdrawn as they pass through banks until there's none left. Unlike in England where tyranny dictates that after a certain date the old series BoE notes are no longer acceptable.

Hi - no they're not. You are right, if someone had one they might be able to spend it, but they'd be safer taking it to the bank. At the moment we're replacing old paper notes with new polymer ones. Unlike in England, there is no deadline to spend paper notes or bank them. The banks take them in, but stop issuing them, so shops stop getting them, and cash machines aren't issuing them. In time the only notes in circulation are the new ones. It works well, I've not had a paper £5 in ages, and rarely get a £10 these days.

However, the Bank of Scotland notes you posted pictures of are really old and have not been in use for £10 years, see
https://www.scotbanks.org.uk/banknotes/bank-of-scotland-test/tercentenery.html

The current Bank of Scotland ones are:
https://www.scotbanks.org.uk/polymer-banknotes.html
https://www.scotbanks.org.uk/banknotes/bank-of-scotland.html

[Deleted User]

I live in the north of England, the real north, not the Manchester Birmingham area you southerners call the "North"

We get Scottish notes here regularly and it's mostly just the odd independent place that might twist their nose up at them. Any national retailer will take them no problem, especially those national retailers who also trade in Scotland.

Obviously down in the deep south Scottish notes are probably seen as alien.

And yes they will work in vending machines and self checkouts etc. They have the same machines both sides of the border.

molerat

Don80 wrote: »

Hi - no they're not. You are right, if someone had one they might be able to spend it, but they'd be safer taking it to the bank. At the moment we're replacing old paper notes with new polymer ones. Unlike in England, there is no deadline to spend paper notes or bank them. The banks take them in, but stop issuing them, so shops stop getting them, and cash machines aren't issuing them. In time the only notes in circulation are the new ones. It works well, I've not had a paper £5 in ages, and rarely get a £10 these days.

However, the Bank of Scotland notes you posted pictures of are really old and have not been in use for £10 years, see
https://www.scotbanks.org.uk/banknotes/bank-of-scotland-test/tercentenery.html

The current Bank of Scotland ones are:
https://www.scotbanks.org.uk/polymer-banknotes.html
https://www.scotbanks.org.uk/banknotes/bank-of-scotland.html

The paper £10 is being withdrawn in March at the same time as England. https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/scottish-paper-10-notes-withdrawn-date-bank-england/

GingerFurball_2

[Deleted User] wrote:

Hi,

Scottish bank notes, for dummies.

the £5, £10 and £20,



the £50,



and most beautiful of all the £100.



There are 3 banks in Scotland who issue their own notes,

Clydesdale, Bank of Scotland and Royal Bank of Scotland.

Only 1 of those notes (the RBS £20) is still in circulation.

Those BoS notes were taken out of circulation years ago; the £5 and £10 notes have been replace by the new polymer notes.

eDicky

I still maintain that the old Scottish banknotes are still 'in circulation', there being no 'use by date' imposed on them as in the case of English notes when replaced by a new issue. This includes the transition to polymer Scottish notes, and no info on the links given so far says otherwise. Old notes are no longer issued or paid out by banks of course, but those remaining in use are still acceptable - there's no cutoff date imposed (so far).

For the purpose of this thread, it means that you don't have to worry that a Scottish banknote might be no longer 'current' or negotiable if you are paid one, as somebody complained. Businesses are not required to stop accepting them and can always bank them.

System

molerat wrote: »

The paper £10 is being withdrawn in March at the same time as England. https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/scottish-paper-10-notes-withdrawn-date-bank-england/

If you actually read your own article, you'll see that they are withdrawn from issuance - i.e. the ones currently in circulation are still valid. The BOE notes can't be spent after their withdrawal - unlike the Scottish ones.

googler

FOREVER21 wrote: »

I for one would not accept a Scottish note as I have no idea how to establish whether it was genuine.

How would a Scottish shopkeeper know if an English note was genuine?