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100 Pounds Commercial Bank of Scotland
| Issuer | Commercial Bank of Scotland |
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| Year | 1947-1953 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | A portrait vignette of John Pitcairn occupies the upper centre, flanked by allegorical female figures on either side. A female head vignette appears at the lower left. The face bears the full text of the promise-to-pay obligation in letterpress, framed by ornamental guilloche borders. |
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| Obverse lettering | The Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd. Promise to pay the bearer on demand One Hundred Pounds Sterling At the office here Edinburgh By order of the Court of Directors |
| Reverse description | The central vignette presents an architectural view of the Commercial Bank of Scotland's principal building, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The composition is framed by decorative borders, with the denomination and institution name stated in formal letterpress above and below the architectural scene. |
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