The current polymer note, first issued in 2020, bears a portrait of the Scottish king Robert the Bruce on the obverse and an image of the islands of St Kilda on the reverse.

Scottish banknotes are fully backed such that holders have the same level of protection as those holding genuine Bank of England notes.

[4] On the reverse of this note are several images representing a statue of Robert the Bruce, the Monymusk reliquary, Stirling Castle, and a William Wallace monument.

This note has a portrait of the architrave Alexander Thomson on the front and an image of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Lighthouse on the back alongside a representation of the dome of Holmwood House.

This note also features a portrait of Robert the Bruce on the front, and an image of the model industrial settlement of New Lanark on the back.