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1 Pound Sterling
| Issuer | North of Scotland Bank, Limited |
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| Year | 1907 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The upper portion of the note presents a central vignette of a large gothic institutional building flanked on either side by the denomination numeral ONE in bold serif lettering. Below the vignette, the issuer's title THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND BANK, LIMITED appears in a prominent banner, beneath which a guilloche underprint panel carries the words ONE POUND in large letters. The lower half records the place of issue Aberdeen alongside a handwritten date, two serial numbers at left, and a manuscript signature panel inscribed By order of the Directors. |
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| Obverse lettering | ONE THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND BANK, LIMITED ONE POUND Aberdeen By order of the Directors Promise to pay the Bearer on demand One Pound Sterling Entered |
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The North of Scotland Bank was headquartered in Aberdeen, incorporated in 1836, and spent much of its existence competing aggressively with the established Edinburgh and Glasgow houses for deposit business across the northern counties. By 1907 the Scottish private note-issuing system was already contracting — several regional banks had been absorbed or had surrendered their circulation rights — but the North of Scotland retained its issue privilege until the bank was acquired by Clydesdale Bank in 1950.
W. & A. K. Johnston was a Edinburgh cartographic and engraving firm, not a dedicated security printer, which gives this series a slightly different character from notes produced by Perkins Bacon or Waterlow. Their Scottish commercial note work was competent but regionally constrained.