"Peter Masson" wrote in message
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"Stephen Allcroft" wrote

Neither dependent nor colonised but we in Scotland still have pound
notes (issued by private banks).

Only the Royal Bank of Scotland still issues one pound notes, though all
three Scottish banks issue GBP100 notes, which is more than the Bank of
England does. The Scottish banks have to have their banknotes backed by
Bank
of England notes, and for this purpose the Bank of England has issued
notes
for GBP1 million and GBP100 million.
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/bankn...ther_notes.htm

???

The highest denomination banknote that I have ever seen issued was for
$100,000, bearing the portrait of late US president Woodrow Wilson.

But that was actually for a substantial amount. I am not counting banknotes
from Yugoslavia, for example, which had a 1 billion-dinar note, due because
of hyper inflation.

Speaking of the BoE's Website, is there a tentative schedule for when other
F series banknotes are to be introduced? I also seem to recall that there
are coins with completely different reverses for all denominations starting
from this year.