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Scotland is the northern part of Great Britain, and was a separate kingdom until 1707 when Scotland was united with England (with Wales and Ireland) to form the United Kingdom.

The Scots have three private banks that issue their own colourful notes, these are The Bank of Scotland, The Royal Bank of Scotland and The Clydesdale Bank. In earlier days the number of issuing banks was much larger, but it has been reduced over the years due to mergers. The Bank of England is trying to make the Scottish banks stop their note issuing. While The Bank of England has the 50 pound note as its largest, Scottish banks also issue 100 pund notes.

Collectors should be aware that some recent issues seem to focus on creating collectors items rather than being issued for circulation. Among others some golf pros are depicted on some recent Scottish notes.

Some current issues:

	Front	Back
Bank of Scotland	Sir Walter Scott	Scenes from important industries.
5 pounds		Oil and energy
10 pounds		Distilling and brewing
20 pounds		Education and research
Clydesdale bank
10 pounds	Mary Slessor	Commonwealth Games Melbourne 2006
20 pounds	Robert the Bruce	Medieval scene
20 pounds	Robert the Bruce	Clydesdal Bank Exchange
Royal Bank of Scotland	Lord Ilay	Scottish castles
10 pounds		Glamis Castle
20 pounds		Brodick Castle

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