19/02/2026
βΌοΈWe received one of these last week. We have spoken to the bank and they confirmed a couple of other businesses had also received them. Please be careful and check your bank notes.βΌοΈ
Retail staff and shoppers are asked to be extra vigilant in the run up to Christmas regarding the increased use of fake Bank of England Β£20 notes.
These notes have been passed as genuine across West Dunbartonshire and Argyll & Bute.
The seized notes are all Bank of England Β£20s and have a rather crude hologram strip to the left on the face of the banknote.
The strip can easily be detected by running your fingernail across the note which generally lifts the edge of the fake strip.
A genuine banknote does not have a raised edge running down the hologram.
Bank of England - how to check your notes β‘οΈ https://orlo.uk/Km9Nk
Scottish Bank notes β‘οΈ https://orlo.uk/JN3tG