100 Pounds British Linen Bank

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.