Scotland, The Royal Bank of Scotland Limited - £20 Polymer Dated 2019

Alba / Scotland

The Royal Bank of Scotland Limited
(Founded 1727, First issuing banknotes on 08.12.1727)

Currency : Pound Sterling (GBP) 

This is the Royal Bank of Scotland £20 issued on 05.03.2020. The theme for this polymer series is called ‘Fabric of Nature’. The Royal Bank of Scotland was the last bank to release this new £20 polymer note. Both the Bank of Scotland and Clydesdale Bank released their new £20 polymer note on 27.02.2020. The signature on this note belongs to Ross Maxwell McEwan. He left the Bank in October 2019 and he is now the CEO of The National Australia Bank Limited based in Melbourne Australia. The current CEO of the Royal Bank of Scotland is Alison Rose (since 01.11.2019)

This note is printed with the date of 27.05.2019.

Front
Portrait of Scottish entrepreneur Catherine “Kate” Cranston, her name and dates of birth and death (b.1849-1934);
Background picture of Cranston’s Tea Rooms;
Spark® Orbital™ Royal Bank of Scotland logo;
Royal Bank of Scotland name and logo.

Back
Two playful Red Squirrels on a tree;
An excerpt from the poem ‘Cupid and Venus’ by Mark Alexander Boyd;
A Midge;
Background imagery of botanicals used in the dyeing process;
Royal Bank of Scotland name and logo.

Signature : Ross Maxwell McEwan CEO (tenure 2013- Oct 2019)
Imprinter : De La Rue
Size :139mm x 73mm

Unlike the polymer notes issued by both the Bank of Scotland and Clydesdale Bank since 2016 where it featured a portrait of a male person on the front of the notes, The Royal Bank of Scotland have all three different females depicted on the front on each of it's polymer notes series issued. This is obviously a break from having the portrait of Lord Ilay, who has been on the front of The Royal Bank of Scotland's banknotes since 1987.

Twenty Pounds

Dated 2019, Catherine “Kate” Cranston

Reverse - Two playful Red Squirrels on a tree