It is a long-running complaint from many who travel south of the Border from Scotland when an attempt to use a Scottish banknote is met by the refusal to accept the currency. However, shops can refuse ...

Hundreds of people living in England consider Scottish bank notes to be fake, according to a new report. In a survey that placed notes from the Bank of Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland and Clydesdale ...

An MP has lodged a bill at Westminster calling for Scottish banknotes to be accepted throughout the UK. Scottish banknotes are legal currency throughout the UK, but technically do not qualify as ...

SCOTTISH banks have produced banknotes continuously since the end of the 17th century (1695 to be exact), with the Royal Mint having a monopoly on coins. As much as 95% of banknotes in circulation in ...

-Credit:© 2014 Bloomberg Finance LP. The UK Government has confirmed that shops and businesses in England are under no obligation to accept Scottish banknotes as payment for goods or services.

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A third of people living in England have rejected Scottish bank notes as fake, a survey found. A total of 33% of the 1,710 people surveyed said they thought the notes were counterfeit. Market research ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) will print its next generation of Scottish banknotes on plastic paper, rather than the traditional cotton. RBS, which is the second biggest issuer of ...

My colleague Tim Worstall argues correctly that an independent Scotland would still be able to use the pound if it chose. Just as the US has no power to prevent Panama, Ecuador and even Zimbabwe using ...

LONDON: Royal Bank of Scotland has named three Scottish scientists -- two men and one woman -- on the shortlist of candidates to appear on its first plastic 10 pound ($14) note. The three are ...

Mary Somerville, the Scottish mathematician and science writer, will become the first woman other than a member of the royal family to appear on a Scottish banknote. The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) ...