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| Emittent | National Bank of Scotland |
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| Jahr | 1893-1924 |
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| Währung | Pound sterling (1707-1970) |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | The National Bank of Scotland Limited Incorporated by Royal Charter and Act of Parliament Promise to pay the bearer on demand One Pound sterling at the Office here Edinburgh By order of the Board of Directors |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | The reverse is dominated by a large central oval vignette presenting a panoramic cityscape of Edinburgh, with the Old Town skyline, spires, and Princes Street visible in fine intaglio engraving. Four large numeral "1" corner pieces are set within an elaborate interlocking guilloche border pattern that fills the entire field in blue-grey tones. The printer's imprint "Waterlow & Sons Limited, London" appears in small lettering at the base. |
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The National Bank of Scotland was formed in 1825 and operated independently until its 1959 merger with the Commercial Bank of Scotland to form the National Commercial Bank. This note spans a remarkably long print run — over three decades from the same Waterlow plate series — which accounts for the considerable variation in signatures encountered across examples. The bank maintained branches throughout Scotland but concentrated its commercial strength in the central belt.
Waterlow & Sons produced Scottish chartered bank notes extensively during this period, and wear patterns on surviving examples tend to concentrate along horizontal fold lines, consistent with notes folded to pocket width for daily mercantile use rather than large-denomination reserve holding.