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100 Pounds National Commercial Bank of Scotland
| Issuer | National Commercial Bank of Scotland |
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| Year | 1959-1967 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited Promise to pay the bearer on demand One Hundred Pounds Sterling At the Head Office here Edinburgh By order of the Board of Directors |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in rose-purple and presents a detailed engraved vignette of the Forth Railway Bridge spanning the Firth of Forth, with a steamship passing beneath the central cantilever spans and foliage framing the right margin. The bank name runs along the top border, with the denomination £100 in the upper right and lower left corners. |
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The National Commercial Bank of Scotland itself was a short-lived institution, formed in 1959 from the merger of the National Bank of Scotland and the Commercial Bank of Scotland, then absorbed into the Royal Bank of Scotland in 1969. This £100 note falls squarely within that decade-long window of independent operation — making the issuing bank's lifespan shorter than many individual note series.
The dual printer credit — De La Rue and Waterlow & Sons — reflects a transitional arrangement. Waterlow was acquired by De La Rue in 1961, so notes bearing both names straddle a corporate boundary mid-series.