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Banknotes are promissory notes and as such had to be backed by something to give them value. Originally most currencies were based on a Gold standard or some other precious metal.
However in most countries this is no longer the case and now the right to issue currency is often granted only to the central bank - which is normally owned by the government.
However in the United Kingdom this isn't the case.
Until the middle of the 19th century all banks in the UK could issue their own banknotes. It was the Bank Charter Act of 1844 which restricted any new banks from issuing notes. Now through a series of mergers ad closures all of the note-issuing banks gradually disappeared. The last private English banknotes were issued in 1921 by Fox, Fowler and Co.
The monopoly provisions of the Bank Charter Act only applied to England and Wales. Both Scotland and Northern Ireland still allow several retail banks to issue notes. There are three in Scotland and four in Northern Ireland.
In 2004 there was a robbery at the Northern Bank in Northern Ireland where £26.5M was stolen - mainly in uncirculated notes. the bank took the decision to recall all of its notes and re-issue the currency in a new design and colours
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