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100 Pounds British Linen Bank
| Issuer | British Linen Bank |
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| Year | 1907-1912 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | Incorporated by Royal Charter 1746 The British Linen Bank Promise to Pay on Demand to the Bearer One Hundred Pounds Sterling By order of the Court of Directors Edinburgh |
| Reverse description | The reverse is blank, with no printed design or lettering. |
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The British Linen Bank, despite its name, had nothing to do with the linen trade by this point — it had been a fully commercial bank since the late eighteenth century, the textile origins reduced to a corporate curiosity. The £100 denomination was never intended for everyday use. These were inter-bank settlement instruments and commercial paper, moving between merchants and institutions rather than across shop counters.
Waterlow & Sons handled the printing throughout this issue period. Very few examples from this series are known to have survived — high-value Scottish notes of this era were typically cancelled and destroyed once redeemed, and the £100 was redeemed quickly.