Ulster Bank to introduce vertical bank notes
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Royal Bank of Scotland subsidiary Ulster Bank is to start producing the only sterling bank notes of upright orientation.
The polymer £5 and £10 notes will enter circulation in Northern Ireland next year.
The bank has released the designs of its new notes, which will replace its paper currency.
They are based on the theme “living in nature”.
The £5 note features Strangford Lough in County Down and Brent Geese.
Its £10 denomination shows Lough Erne in County Fermanagh, the Irish hare and Guelder-rose shrubs.
The bank announced last year that it would be following the Bank of England by printing plastic money.
Switzerland and Canada (who will introduce a vertical $10 note later this year), are among the few countries that have notes which are vertical in orientation.
All four of Northern Ireland’s banks print their own money, a tradition which dates back to the 19th century.
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