Bank of England note issues C ten shilling and £1 notes issued in 1960). The Series C £5 note was withdrawn on 31 August 1973. On 11 November 1971, the "Series D" pictorial £5 note was issued, showing a slightly older portrait of the Queen and a battle scene featuring the Duke of Wellington on the reverse. It was withdrawn on 29 November 1991. On 7 June 1990, the "Series E" £5 note, by now the smallest denomination issued by the Bank, was issued. The Series E note (known as the "Historical Series") changed the colour of the denomination to a turquoise blue, and incorporated
The Royal Bank of Scotland £50 note The Royal Bank of Scotland £50 note The Royal Bank of Scotland £50 note is a banknote of the pound sterling. It is the second largest denomination of banknote issued by The Royal Bank of Scotland. The current cotton note, first issued in 2005 bears an image of Lord Ilay, one of the founders of the bank, on the obverse and a vignette of Inverness Castle on the reverse. The Royal Bank of Scotland began issuing £50 notes in 1727, the same year as the bank's founding. Early banknotes were monochrome, and printed on one side only. The issuing of