Northern Bank £5 note

• Country — United Kingdom • Denomination — Five pounds • Value — £5 sterling • Security Features — Raised print, watermark see-through window, microprinting, UV feature • Paper Type — Polymer • Years Of Printing — 1999 (last design) • Reverse Design — Space Shuttle • Reverse Design Date — 1999

In October 1999 a special polymer version featuring an illustration of the Space Shuttle was issued in celebration of the millennium. It was the first polymer banknote used in the United Kingdom. After the Northern Bank robbery in which £26.5 million was stolen, Northern Bank reprinted all of its banknotes with different designs apart from the £5 note which was not replaced.

• Note — First issued — Colour — Size — Design — Additional information • series 1927–1968 — 1927 • series 1970–1986 — 1995 — Green — 156 × 85 mm — Front: Walter Scott; Back: Arts and culture • series 1988–1990 — 1988 — Green — 136 × 70 mm — William Atcheson Traill • Millennium — 21 December 1999 — Green — 135 × 70 mm — Space Shuttle