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1 Pound = 20 Shillings Sterling
| Issuer | Bank of Scotland |
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| Year | 1780 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | N.D. ONE POUND The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland promise to pay here to or bearer on demand TWENTY SHILLINGS Sterling Signed by Order of the Court of Directors EDINBURGH |
| Reverse description | The reverse is plain, left unprinted in accordance with the uniface production practice standard for Bank of Scotland notes of this early period. |
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Bank of Scotland's 1780 pound notes were issued during one of the more turbulent periods in Scottish commercial banking — the aftershocks of the Ayr Bank collapse of 1772 were still reshaping credit networks across Scotland, and surviving institutions like the Bank of Scotland were under pressure to demonstrate solidity. The denomination stated as "20 Shillings Sterling" rather than simply "One Pound" reflects the longstanding need to anchor Scottish currency explicitly to the English sterling standard, a habit that persisted well into the nineteenth century.
Eighteenth-century Scottish notes of this period are among the earliest surviving British commercial banknotes in private hands. Genuine examples from 1780 are exceptionally rare.