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1 Pound North of Scotland and Town and County Bank
| Issuer | The North of Scotland Bank Limited |
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| Year | 1908 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S625 |
| Obverse description | A detailed architectural vignette of King's College, Aberdeen, occupies the upper centre of the note, flanked by the large letterpress denomination ONE to either side. Below the bank title panel, an elaborate guilloche underprint in brown carries the ONE POUND value, with the place of issue Aberdeen, date, and serial number appearing in manuscript. The lower portion bears a printed "By order of the Directors" panel with manuscript signatures of the cashier and manager. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND BANK LIMITED Promise to pay to the Bearer on Demand ONE POUND Sterling at their Office here Aberdeen By order of the Directors The North of Scotland & Town & County Bank Limited |
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The North of Scotland Bank was founded in Aberdeen in 1836 and remained a genuinely regional institution — its circulation concentrated in Aberdeenshire and the northern counties, where it competed directly with the Town and County Bank before absorbing it in 1908. That merger is precisely why this note carries the dual name: it was issued in the transitional period when the acquired bank's goodwill still mattered commercially, and the combined title was used to reassure depositors in former Town and County territory.
W. & A. K. Johnston had deep roots in Edinburgh cartographic and security printing; their involvement with Scottish provincial bank paper was long-standing. The North of Scotland Bank itself was eventually acquired by Clydesdale Bank in 1950.