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10 Pounds Clydesdale Bank
| Issuer | Clydesdale Bank PLC |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Size | 132 × 69 mm |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Robert Burns (1759–1796) at right, rendered in intaglio against a warm orange and brown underprint, with a quill and inkwell below. At left centre, a large numeral '10' overprinted in black serves as the denominational indicator, flanked by a gold map of Scotland; the Clydesdale Bank monogram and bank title appear at upper left, with the promise-to-pay legend in dark lettering below. Date 'Glasgow 25th January 2017' and the Chief Executive Officer's signature appear at lower centre. |
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| Protection type | Clear window, Security thread, Colour-shifting ink |
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Clydesdale's polymer £10 arrived as Scottish banks were navigating the practical and reputational pressure of the Bank of England's own switch to polymer — a format change that forced every Scottish commercial issuer to follow or risk their notes looking technologically inferior by comparison. De La Rue handled the production, as they had for much of the Clydesdale's modern series.
The print run of just over 12 million is modest for a £10 denomination, reflecting the shrinking role of Scottish banknotes in everyday transactions as contactless payment adoption accelerated sharply through the mid-2010s.