Weird facts about bank notes

And here are a few weird facts about bank notes (Bank of Scotland ones)
Scottish notes are still printed in Scotland and they are legal currency in all of the UK.
Do you hear that all you rotten English people who look at me as if I am a criminal when I try to use one in London
But
Scottish notes are NOT legal tender - neither are English notes. The only legal tender are pound coins (and some others)
The very best way to see if a Bank of Scotland note is a forgery is to rub the darkest part of it against some white paper. Some of the dark red paint will come off because the paint never properly dries.
Another way is to roll up the note - and the picture at each cut end should match up.
Every note ever made has a serial number. Notes are destroyed every 2 years or so. A bank clerk has checked every serial number since the beginning against those known to be destroyed and has found that, to their surprise, there are quite a lot of notes still out there - somewhere. Lets hope their owners don't all come into the bank on the same day and ask for their value in pound coins!