The £10 notes issued from 1971 bore an image of Scottish explorer David Livingstone with palm tree leaves and an illustration of African tribesmen on the back.

[8] A later issue showed Livingstone against a background graphic of a map of his Zambezi expedition, showing the River Zambezi, Victoria Falls, Lake Nyasa and Blantyre, Malawi; on the reverse, the African figures were replaced with an image of Livingstone's birthplace in Blantyre.

[9] Occasionally the Clydesdale Bank issues special commemorative banknotes to mark particular occasions or to celebrate famous people.

The notes also use the "Spark Orbital" security feature which depicts a reflective map of Scotland over a transparent "window" in the banknote.

The bank also released a series of Ten Pound (£10) notes with a Commonwealth Games related theme for the occasion.