LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland will print its next generation of Scottish banknotes on plastic paper, rather than the traditional cotton. RBS, which is the second biggest issuer of ...

Techniques used to detect fingermarks on traditional cotton banknotes are not effective on Scottish banks' new polymer notes and different methods are required, according to a study by University of ...

Scottish people are very protective of their money. The currency used in Scotland is the pound sterling (£), like the rest of the UK. However, what sets Scottish money apart is its series of banknotes ...

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A man has been jailed for four years for his role in a counterfeit currency production line producing fake Scottish bank notes. Stanley Carnall, 74, helped set up a factory to produce the notes and ...

The UK Government has confirmed that shops and businesses in England are under no obligation to accept Scottish banknotes as payment for goods or services. According to the Treasury, legal tender ...

Police in the west of Scotland have issued a warning over £20 banknotes amid reports of people using Bank of England fakes and passing them off as genuine. In the run up to Christmas, with lots of ...