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1 Pound
| Issuer | Union Bank of Scotland Ltd. |
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| Year | 1949-1954 |
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| Value | 1 Pound |
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| Obverse description | Blue and orange note with the bank title 'THE UNION BANK OF SCOTLAND LIMITED' in a dark blue panel across the top. To the left, the bank's armorial vignette with a ram and shield bearing the motto 'A shield and stay'; to the right, a circular intaglio vignette of a fully-rigged sailing ship. The central text in cursive script reads the promise to pay the bearer on demand at head offices in Glasgow or Edinburgh, with the denomination 'ONE POUND' in bold letterpress. The issue date appears in the upper left, with serial number and prefix at upper right and lower left, and the General Manager's signature at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | THE UNION BANK OF SCOTLAND LIMITED 1 1 |
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The Union Bank of Scotland was absorbed into the Bank of Scotland on 1 April 1955, making this series one of the last issued under the Union Bank name. Notes dated into the early 1950s were still in active circulation at the time of the merger and were gradually withdrawn rather than immediately invalidated — Scottish bank notes from absorbed institutions were typically allowed to run down through normal commerce rather than being called in sharply.
Waterlow & Sons handled the printing throughout the series. Their Scottish commercial bank work in this period was competent but conservative, with no significant changes in plate design between the 1949 and 1954 printings.