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1 Pound Royal Bank of Scotland - Alexander Graham Bell
| Issuer | Royal Bank of Scotland |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Size | 128 × 65 mm |
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| Obverse description | The right portion of the note is occupied by an intaglio portrait of Lord Ilay, First Governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland, rendered against a green guilloche underprint with his title inscribed below. A commemorative overprint in dark red to the left incorporates a vignette of an early candlestick telephone with the legend "ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL 1847–1922", positioned above a triangular holographic security device at centre-left. The bank's armorial device appears at centre-bottom, with the issue date 3rd March 1997 and the Chief Executive's signature printed centrally. |
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| Reverse description | A large intaglio portrait of Alexander Graham Bell in profile dominates the left and centre of the note, surrounded by a richly composed vignette incorporating scenes from his life and work — including figures in conversation, sheep referencing his acoustic research with the deaf, soaring birds, sound wave patterns, and technical diagrams of communications apparatus. The name "ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL" appears in mirror-reversed lettering along the lower centre, a deliberate design motif referencing his visual experiments, while "The Royal Bank of Scotland plc" runs vertically along the right margin. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Hologram |
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