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1 Pound Sterling
| Issuer | Royal Bank of Scotland |
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| Year | 1955-1964 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | PURSUANT TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT ONE POUND ONE POUND ONE POUND ONE POUND ONE POUND ONE POUND THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND Promise to pay on demand to the Bearer ONE POUND Sterling at their Office here By order of the Court of Directors General Manager EDINBURGH ONE POUND |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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W.R. Johnston & W.H. Bacon Ltd. handled the printing of Scottish banknotes for several of the major Edinburgh banks during the mid-twentieth century, but their work for the Royal Bank in this period represents one of the quieter stretches in the note's long history — no major redesigns, no currency crises, just steady replacement printing across nearly a decade of postwar stability.
Ballantyne's tenure as General Manager ran from the early 1950s, and his signature appears across the full span of this issue. Notes dated toward the end of the range, 1963–1964, often show heavier circulation wear owing to the sharply increased consumer spending of that period.