So bring along the appropriate bank note, compare the views and then, if you wish, leave the note in the cache container, thank you.
On second thoughts, since it might get soggy and wet it will be better if you keep it.
The rear of this note is a representation of the statue to Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn (the location of a defeat of the army of King Edward I of England in 1314), the Monymusk reliquary, Stirling Castle and the monument to William Wallace.
The front depicts Robert the Bruce.
In 1695 the Bank of Scotland expanded on the coinage system by introducing paper currency.
This idea was first viewed with some suspicion. However, once it became apparent that the Bank could honour its "promise to pay" and that the paper was more convenient than coin, acceptance spread rapidly and the circulation of notes increased. As this spread from the merchants to the rest of the population, Scotland became one of the first countries to use a paper currency from choice.
Banknotes provided a crucial part of the currency of Scotland and, in the 18th and early 19th centuries, competed vigorously with coins. There were times, for example, when £1 notes were torn into halves and quarters and were accepted as the equivalent of 10 shillings (50p) or 5 shillings (25p) in coin.
The greatest threat to the issue of the Scottish £1 notes arose in 1826. In February of that year an Act was passed forbidding the circulation of notes under £5 in England. The threat to the £1 notes - the only paper currency familiar to the great masses of the Scottish people - aroused widespread criticism. A commission was set up and after full investigation it was decided to leave the note issues of Scotland (and Ireland) on their old footing.
Bank of England notes are the only banknotes that are legal tender in England and Wales. Scottish and Northern Ireland banknotes are not legal tender anywhere. The fact that these banknotes are not legal tender in the UK does not however mean that they are illegal under English law, and creditors and traders may accept them if they so choose.
In Scotland and Northern Ireland no banknotes, not even ones issued in those countries, are legal tender. Scottish and Northern Irish notes are promissory notes, essentially cheques made out from the bank to 'the bearer', as the wording on each note says. They have a similar legal standing to cheques or debit cards, in that their acceptability as a means of payment is essentially a matter for agreement between the parties involved. Having said that, they are accepted forms of payment in the UK.