Discover more about the Royal Bank of Scotland's banknotes and their security features.

Our banknotes
We started issuing banknotes in 1727 and still do so today. Over the centuries, our banknotes have served our customers well and helped us to develop our identity and build trust.


The Royal Bank of Scotland's Ilay series banknotes were introduced in 1987 and are gradually being replaced by the new Fabric of Nature series.

We issued Britain's (and the European Union's) first commemorative banknote in 1992. Since then we have continued to issue occasional commemorative notes marking major national events or anniversaries.

Over the centuries our constituent banks have issued hundreds of different designs. This section explores some of the most interesting, unusual and influential among them.

Thanks to their attractive designs and extraordinary history, there is often demand to reproduce images of our banknotes.