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Ulster Bank £5 note
Living in Nature Series
Size: 65mm x 125mm
Colour: Blue
Design Features: (click to highlight an area of interest)
  • Brent geese.
  • Strangford lough and a depiction of sea currents.
  • Families walking along a beach.
  • A king scallop.
  • Ulster Bank name and logo.
Ulster Bank £5 note
Living in Nature Series
Size: 65mm x 125mm
Colour: Blue
Design Features: (click to highlight an area of interest)
  • Fuchsia flowers and a butterfly.
  • Brent geese.
  • Outline of Strangford Lough .
  • Ulster Bank name and logo.
  • Spark® Orbital™ Ulster Bank logo.
Look: Print Quality
Lines should be sharp and well defined with no blurred edges. Colours should be clear and distinct. Print Quality
Look: Transmission
As the note is a polymer there is no watermark, however due to the substrate used when the note is held up to the light you should be able to see visible images from the opposite side.
transmission
Look: See Through
There is a clear polymer window at the top of the note that runs horizontally when viewed from the front. The outline of Strangford Lough and the number ‘5’ appear within the window which is overlapped by the Spark® Orbital™ image of the Ulster Bank logo.
See Through See Through
Look: Microprint
Microprinting features in various locations throughout the note and some examples which you can see using a good quality magnifying glass are given here. the words: ‘ULSTER BANK LIMITED’ can be found running along the edges of the stem and leaves of the fuchsia flower. The number "5" also appears repeatedly in the shaded sections in all 4 corners of the note.
Microprint
Look: Serial Numbers
Each note has a unique serial number which is printed twice on the front of the note, horizontally across the top, reading right to left and vertically in the bottom left corner. Serial numbers for the £5 note consist of two letters followed by six numbers, both serial numbers will fluoresce under ultraviolet light.
Serial Numbers
Look: Denomination Numerals
The number ‘5’ accompanied by a £ appears in the top right and bottom left corners of the note.
Denomination Numerals
Feel: Polymer Quality
The note should feel smoother than a paper note, though this will reduce over time. Like paper notes, polymer notes have raised print giving them a tactile quality.
Paper Quality
Feel: Raised Print
On the front of the note you will feel raised print if you run your finger along:
  • Ulster Bank name and logo
  • All writing including signatures
  • The Fuchsia and butterfly images
  • The blue band at the bottom of the note

Raised Print
Feel: Embossed Numeral
You will see a small number 5 embossed into the clear window. You can also feel this with your fingertips.
Raised Print
Tilt: Iridescence
If you move the note around you will see the outline of a fuchsia flower and petals that shimmer in shiny gold coloured ink.
Iridescence
Tilt: Spark® Orbital™
The Ulster Bank logo set over the transparent polymer window is printed in shiny metallic ink which changes colour from blue to green and can be seen from both sides of the note. You will also see an orbital effect as the note is tilted.
Spark
Check: Compare
Always compare both sides of a suspect note with another note that you know to be genuine, looking for differences between the two. Make sure you check the size of a suspect note against a known genuine note.
Compare
Check: UV Fluorescence
If you place the note under a good quality ULTRA-VIOLET light you will see a solid rectangular block below the Ulster Bank name and logo that will fluoresce. Within the block you will see the outline of a Cuttlefish. The fuchsia flower and butterfly along with both serial numbers and the top edge of the note will also fluoresce.
UV Fluorescence
Check: UV Fluorescence
If you place the note under a good quality ULTRA-VIOLET light, you will see there are areas of the note that appear as a single colour in daylight but fluoresce as two separate colours under ultra-violet. An example of this is the fuchsia flower.
UV Fluorescence
Look: Print Quality
Lines should be sharp and well defined with no blurred edges. Colours should be clear and distinct.
Print Quality
Look: Transmission
As the note is a polymer there is no watermark, however due to the substrate used when the note is held up to the light you should be able to see visible images from the opposite side.
transmission
Look: See Through
There is a clear polymer window at the top of the note that runs horizontally when viewed from the back. The outline of Strangford Lough and the number ‘5’ in reverse appear within the window. The Spark® Orbital™ image of the Ulster Bank logo can be viewed through the window.
See Through
Look: Microprint
When examined closely with a good quality magnifying glass you will see the number ‘5’ written repeatedly in the blue areas at top and bottom of the note.
Microprint
Look: Denomination Numerals
The number ‘5’ accompanied by a £ sign appears in the top right and bottom left on the back of the note.
Denomination Numerals
Feel: Polymer Quality
The note should feel smoother than a paper note, though this will reduce over time. Like paper notes, polymer notes have raised print giving them a tactile quality.
Polymer Quality
Feel: Raised Print
On the back of the note you will feel raised print if you run your finger along:
  • The sand and the people on the beach
  • The denomination numeral in the bottom left corner
  • The blue band of sea at the bottom of the note
  • The Ulster Bank name and logo and all writing

Raised Print
Tilt: Spark® OrbitalTM
When the note is viewed from the back the Spark® OrbitalTM can be viewed through the clear window.
Spark
Check: Compare
Always compare both sides of a suspect note with another note that you know to be genuine, looking for differences between the two. Make sure you check the size of a suspect note against a known genuine note.
Compare
Check: UV Fluorescence
If you place the note under a good quality ULTRA-VIOLET light a geometric ‘5’ and an adult and child will fluoresce on the note.
UV Fluorescence
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