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Banks have been operating in Scotland since the late 1690's. In the 300 years since, many banks have started and most, even where they failed, have been absorbed by other banks. We are now In the 21st Century and there are just three main banks left that are still currently issuing banknotes in Scotland.
Scotland boasts one of the longest traditions of issuing paper currency. All Scottish notes are redeemable irrespective of age. Even if a bank no longer trades today its responsibility for honouring notes has been assumed by the bank which subsequently acquired it.
Because of the rarity and price of older notes, most of the notes in my collection are from 1960 onwards. Apart from being a good investment for the future it also server as a good insight into the history of banking in Scotland.
To me, owning a bank note collection is like having an art gallery in a book, some of these notes are pieces of art work in there own right. If you are interested in collecting Banknotes then please have a look at the Collecting Bank Notes  page for some useful information.
Collecting Banknotes is not everyone's cup of tea but I fear the future of paper money and coins will be superseded by the use of plastic credit cards and that one day people will appreciate this archive of Scottish Banknotes.
If you collect paper money from any country and would like to have a link from this site, then please let me know and I will be delighted to include it in the links page.