A new banknote featuring St Kilda has started appearing in shops.
Clydesdale Bank’s hard wearing polymer £20 note will gradually replace the paper version of the same value.
The bank said the “stunning images” of St Kilda was chosen to feature on the back, blending perfectly with the image of Robert the Bruce on the front.
The banknote also shows the Isle of Harris tour boat MV Enchanted Isle which carries tourists on 82 mile return day trips to St Kilda.
Another image on the note is of a group of St Kildans spinning yarn outside their stone built cottages sometime before the 36-
St Kilda was previously shown on the Clydesdale's £5 paper notes, then replaced with The Forth Bridge on the polymer version.
A Clydesdale bank spokeswoman said: "Secure, clean and durable, the note’s enhanced security comes in the additional window down the right-
"The spider moves, and Robert the Bruce’s head turns, as the note is tilted. The window on the left is the same as our £5 and £10 polymer notes, showing the map of Scotland in the Spark Orbital ink which changes colour (purple/gold) as the note is tilted."
She added: "Robert the Bruce has been on our notes since we introduced our Famous Scots series in the early 1970s, originally on the £1 and then the £20. As a Scottish hero he’s remained on our notes ever since."
St Kilda design banknote enters circulation
8 March 2020
