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image captionThe new £50 note has also changed colour from green to red
The Falkirk Wheel and the Kelpies will feature on the new Bank of Scotland polymer £50 note, which will enter circulation in July.
The landmarks are pictured on the reverse of the note, which has also changed colour from green to red.
A new UV feature depicts a horse pulling a canal barge, representing how horses shaped the geographical layout of the Falkirk area.
The new design is part of the bank s ongoing bridges series of notes.
The notes feature the poem Steam Barge, written by William Muir after he saw the newly-invented steam boat passing through Scotland s Grand Canal.
Clockwise from top left: The Falkirk Wheel, one of the two Kelpie statues, and the new polymer banknote THE Bank of Scotland has today unveiled the design of its new polymer £50 note. The new note, which will enter circulation on July 1, will be predominantly red, as opposed to the traditional green. It will feature the Falkirk Wheel and the Kelpies on the reverse, while keeping Edinburgh’s Mound and a portrait of Walter Scott on the front. The Bank of Scotland said the Kelpies’ inclusion on the note is “in celebration of the contribution of horses to the history of Scotland”.
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Source: Bank of Scotland Bank of Scotland has today unveiled the design of its new polymer £50 note which will enter circulation on the 1st of July 2021. Keen-eyed note holders will first notice the change in colour from traditional green to red. Evolving the existing “Bridge Series”, a new image of the world’s first and only rotating boat lift, the Falkirk Wheel, will be visible on the reverse.
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