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1 Pound National Commercial Bank of Scotland
| Issuer | National Commercial Bank of Scotland |
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| Year | 1959 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited Promise to pay the bearer on demand One Pound Sterling At the Head Office here Edinburgh By order of the Board of Directors |
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| Protection description | Watermark visible within the plain circular zone at right of reverse, formed from a pattern or portrait incorporated into the paper stock during manufacture. |
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The National Commercial Bank of Scotland was itself a product of merger — formed in 1959 when the National Bank of Scotland and the Commercial Bank of Scotland amalgamated, making this an early issue from an institution that had barely come into existence. The union was part of a broader consolidation wave reshaping Scottish banking in the postwar decades, and notes from the first years of the merged bank carry that transitional character.
Bradbury Wilkinson's New Malden facility produced work for issuers worldwide, but Scottish commercial bank notes were a consistent part of their domestic portfolio through the mid-twentieth century.