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src="https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/UWSWFIPM7VOMNKSN7AENTH5SOY.jpg?smart=true&auth=3a6e19c44503b7f3afadab683e224f2cbf3d552b1decaa59092888021b04cf68&width=1106&height=622" srcSet="https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/UWSWFIPM7VOMNKSN7AENTH5SOY.jpg?smart=true&auth=3a6e19c44503b7f3afadab683e224f2cbf3d552b1decaa59092888021b04cf68&width=800&height=449 800w, https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/UWSWFIPM7VOMNKSN7AENTH5SOY.jpg?smart=true&auth=3a6e19c44503b7f3afadab683e224f2cbf3d552b1decaa59092888021b04cf68&width=1600&height=899 1600w" width="1106" height="622"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">The banknotes are due to be in circulation in early 2019  </span></figcaption></figure></div><time as="time" class="c-date b-date" dateTime="2018-05-24T10:59:00Z">May 24, 2018 at 11:59am BST</time><article class="b-article-body"><p class="c-paragraph">ULSTER Bank has revealed new polymer banknotes that will have a design feature unique to currency in Britain and Ireland - they will be 'vertical'.</p><p class="c-paragraph">The new notes, which were revealed today in the bank's Andersonstown branch in west Belfast's Westwood Centre, were developed "with a panel of experts and people from across the country."</p><p class="c-paragraph">The five pound note features pictures of Strangford Lough and Brent Geese while the ten pound version shows Lough Erne, an Irish hare and Guelder-rose shrubs.</p><figure class="c-media-item b-article-body__image"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Ulster Bank unveils 'vertical' banknotes" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/BXF6DUTD7ZIYPNTYT6JMGC4JEM.jpg?auth=1d99d4b17cc25f4dfebbbf8de4593076d2e46ecc7c720b33955daea98f600e0c&width=800&height=832" srcSet="https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/BXF6DUTD7ZIYPNTYT6JMGC4JEM.jpg?auth=1d99d4b17cc25f4dfebbbf8de4593076d2e46ecc7c720b33955daea98f600e0c&width=274&height=284 274w, 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class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/news/northern-ireland/hearts-apologises-after-michael-stone-image-appears-ahead-of-clash-with-celtic-W3G352GMCVDWRMFI7KHMUDNXCE/">Hearts apologises after Michael Stone image appears ahead of clash with Celtic</a></h2></article></div></div><p class="c-paragraph">While vertical notes are uncommon in Europe, they have appeared in countries around the world, including <a href="https://qz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/bermuda-2-front.jpeg">Bermuda's $2 note</a> and former Soviet republic <a href="https://qz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/kaz-5000-front.jpeg">Kazakhstan's 5,000 tenge note</a>.</p><div id="arcad-feature-f0fjG224R0pZ1BF-2-4-1-1d5efda2467357" class="c-stack b-ads-block" data-style-direction="vertical" data-style-justification="start" data-style-alignment="center" data-style-inline="false" data-style-wrap="nowrap"><div><div id="teads" class="ads/default"></div></div></div><p class="c-paragraph">The designs have received a mixed reaction online, with some speculating on the likelihood of being able to spend them in Britain.</p><div id="fusion-static-enter:article-html-block-7" style="display:none" data-fusion-component="article-html-block-7"></div><div class="b-article-body__html"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Wait til London Cabbies see these!</p> — Manufacturing NI (@ManufacturingNI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ManufacturingNI/status/999583596364156930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2018</a></blockquote></div><div id="fusion-static-exit:article-html-block-7" style="display:none" data-fusion-component="article-html-block-7"></div><div id="fusion-static-enter:article-html-block-8" style="display:none" data-fusion-component="article-html-block-8"></div><div class="b-article-body__html"><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div id="fusion-static-exit:article-html-block-8" style="display:none" data-fusion-component="article-html-block-8"></div><div id="fusion-static-enter:article-html-block-9" style="display:none" data-fusion-component="article-html-block-9"></div><div class="b-article-body__html"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">...just in case you thought there might be a chance in exchanging these on /The Mainland/ for goods and services... :/</p> — Chris REPEAL THE 8TH Murphy (@ChrisMurphy201) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphy201/status/999587773182103552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2018</a></blockquote></div><div id="fusion-static-exit:article-html-block-9" style="display:none" data-fusion-component="article-html-block-9"></div><div id="fusion-static-enter:article-html-block-10" style="display:none" data-fusion-component="article-html-block-10"></div><div class="b-article-body__html"><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div id="fusion-static-exit:article-html-block-10" style="display:none" data-fusion-component="article-html-block-10"></div><p class="c-paragraph">Ulster Bank stressed all banknotes from the north are legal currency in the UK "and will be able to be used for cash transactions across the UK."</p><div id="fusion-static-enter:article-html-block-12" style="display:none" data-fusion-component="article-html-block-12"></div><div class="b-article-body__html"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" data-conversation="none" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">. However, Northern Bank were first with their space shuttle vertical £5 bank notes in 1999. <a href="https://t.co/p91CSDH8e4">pic.twitter.com/p91CSDH8e4</a></p> — Gavin Bamford (@jggb1) <a href="https://twitter.com/jggb1/status/999652718657638401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2018</a></blockquote></div><div id="fusion-static-exit:article-html-block-12" style="display:none" data-fusion-component="article-html-block-12"></div><p class="c-paragraph">Richard Donnan, Head of Ulster Bank in Northern Ireland, said: “The notes will also contain advanced security features that will make the notes much harder to counterfeit – giving customers reassurance that their money is safe and secure.”</p><figure class="c-media-item b-article-body__image"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Les Matheson (centre), CEO, Personal Banking at RBS, launches Ulster Bank's newly designed bank notes at the bank's Andersonstown Road branch with Collete O'Hare, branch manager and Terry Robb, head of personal banking at 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