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1 Pound North of Scotland Bank
| Issuer | The North of Scotland Bank Limited |
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| Year | 1889-1907 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1707-1970) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of King's College, Aberdeen, rendered in fine line engraving, occupies the upper portion of the note, flanked on either side by the denomination ONE in large serif lettering. A guilloche-bordered oval panel at centre carries the words ONE POUND in bold letterpress overprint. The issuer's name, date, place of issue, and serial number appear in printed and manuscript form across the lower half, with the signatures of two bank officials and the notation 'By order of the Directors' completing the layout. |
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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 |
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The North of Scotland Bank Limited was founded in Aberdeen in 1836 and operated as an independent Scottish bank until its absorption into the Clydesdale Bank in 1908 — meaning this note series was issued during the institution's final decades of independent existence. W. & A. K. Johnston were primarily known as cartographic and geographic publishers, and their Edinburgh press handled banknote printing as a secondary commercial operation, which was not unusual for Scottish printers of that period.
Scottish one-pound notes of this era circulated heavily in the northeast and were often used in agricultural wage payments, resulting in surviving examples frequently showing significant wear along horizontal fold lines.