Scots are proud of our banknotes - and might even have a story of them being refused - so here is the run-down ...

Its plans are in line with timeframes set out by the Bank of England and other Scottish banks. Britain is one of the largest economies to adopt plastic banknotes, which the BoE has said would last ...

Last week Clydesdale Bank issued the first plastic Scottish £10 note, featuring the poet Robert Burns on the reverse, with RBS set to release its own next week and Bank of Scotland rounding off ...

The value of Scottish notes held in ATMs and bank branches fell from half a billion pounds in 2017 to just £240million last year - a massive real-terms cut of 63 per cent.

BACK in September 2016 the new plastic fiver was released, sparking a flurry of media attention on the great British currency. The sturdy bank note is designed to withstand high heat and be complet… ...

The polymer fivers, which recently caused a stir due to their non-vegetarian ingredients, are designed to be much harder to fake than the paper notes which they are replacing on May 5.