Clydesdale Bank £5 note Clydesdale Bank £5 note The Clydesdale Bank £5 note is a banknote of the pound sterling. It is the smallest denomination of banknote issued by the Clydesdale Bank. The current polymer note, first issued in 2015, bears an image of engineer William Arrol on the obverse and an image of the Forth Bridge on the reverse. It is the first fully polymer banknote to go into circulation in the United Kingdom. The Clydesdale Bank began issuing £5 notes in 1838, the same year as the bank's founding. Early banknotes were monochrome, and printed on one side only. The issuing of
Canadian twenty-dollar note "20 CAN" repeatedly along its length. Yellow dots representing the EURion constellation could be found on both sides (and on all 2001 series notes). As well as textured printing, the 2004 design incorporates a special tactile feature similar to Braille dots for the blind indicating the denomination. The 2004 $20 note was awarded Bank Note of the Year by the International Bank Note Society in 2005. As with all modern Canadian banknotes, all text is in both English and French. The view of Moraine Lake in Banff National Park from the top of the moraine rockpile is one of the