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1 Pound Western Bank of Scotland
| Uitgever | Western Bank of Scotland |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1837 |
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| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
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| Vorm | Rectangular |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Reverse is plain, with no printed design elements or lettering recorded for this issue. |
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| Handtekening(en) | J. Smith and Walter Wilson |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Western Bank of Scotland was founded in Glasgow in 1832 as an aggressive challenger to the established Scottish banking order, pursuing rapid branch expansion and high-risk lending policies that would ultimately destroy it. This 1837 note predates the catastrophe by two decades — the bank collapsed spectacularly in November 1857, one of the most damaging Scottish bank failures of the nineteenth century, pulling down several textile and mercantile firms with it and wiping out thousands of shareholders.
Notes from the 1837 period are genuinely scarce. Most surviving Western Bank paper dates from the final years before the failure, when issuance was heaviest. The J. Smith and Walter Wilson signature pairing has not been extensively catalogued, which makes provenance documentation worth preserving alongside the note itself.