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The Clydesdale Bank, along with the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Bank of Scotland, still print banknotes for Scotland. As of late 2009, the Clydesdale Bank current issue of banknotes includes the Five, Ten, Twenty, Fifty and One Hundred Pound notes.
The Bank of England don't currently have £100 notes, but the Bank of Scotland do and they are red. The English £50 notes are red as well.
No. The Royal Bank of Scotland is the only bank in Scotland which still issues the £1 note, and this has been the case for many years. The Bank of Scotland and Royal Bank of Scotland are two separate banks.
£1 notes are still in circulation in Scotland although it is rare to come across one. They are printed by the Royal Bank of Scotland, which is the only Scottish bank still to print £1 notes, albeit in very small quantities.
Scotland has three banks which issues notes. The Royal Bank of Scotland's notes feature Scottish castles, The Bank of Scotland's notes feature Scottish bridges and the Clydesdale bank notes feature famous Scots and Scottish World Heritage sites.
The currency of the UK is the Pound Sterling (or more normally, just Pound). The Bank of England produces all of the banknotes for England and Wales, whilst several banks in Northern Ireland and Scotland produce notes to their own designs. Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man also issue their own notes. The only notes in current issue in England are £5, £10, £20 and £50. Scotland, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man also have £1 notes. Scotland and Northern Ireland also issue £100 notes.
Current Bank of England banknotes include the Five, Ten, Twenty and Fifty Pound notes. Prior to decimalisation, 20th century Bank of England banknotes included the Ten Shilling, One, Five, Ten, Twenty, Fifty, One Hundred, Two Hundred, Five Hundred and One Thousand Pound notes. The Ten pound and higher notes were discontinued in 1945.
The Royal Bank of Scotland (2000) Twenty Pound note commemorating the 100th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother were issued in the serial range QETQM 0000001 to 2000000. There were 2 million notes issued.
The Bank of England has never issued a One Million Pound note for general circulation. Since the various note issuing banks of Scotland and Northern Ireland are backed by the Bank of England, the Bank of England produces One Million and One Hundred Million Pound notes for the use of the note issuing banks, so that they can hold equivalent values of Bank of England notes. They are strictly for internal use and have probably never been seen outside of the vault.
Scottish banknotes are not legal tender anywhere in the UK including Scotland, where the have the status of a Prommissory note. The Royal Bank of Scotland is the only bank still producing a One Pound note in Scotland. The notes are acceptable in Scotland. There is an agreement in place between banks, and the Scottish One Pound note should be accepted by English banks, but might be accepted by business and trades people in England.
Scotland uses the same currency as the rest of the United Kingdom, which is the British Pound Sterling. You can find US dollar to UK pound exchange rates on many online sites or from your bank.
The currency of Scotland is British Pounds Sterling. The three Scottish commercial banks are licensed to print their own notes but Bank of England banknotes are also legal tender north of the border.