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20 Pounds
| Issuer | Union Bank of Scotland Ltd. |
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| Year | 1950 |
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| Value | 20 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in blue and orange tones on a cream ground with fine guilloche underprint radiating from the centre. The bank title THE UNION BANK OF SCOTLAND LIMITED is set in a red letterpress panel across the top. To the left, an oval intaglio vignette contains the bank's heraldic shield with supporters and the motto 'A shield and stay'; to the right, a matching oval vignette carries a full-rigged sailing ship in intaglio. The denomination TWENTY POUNDS is printed in large red letterpress characters at centre, flanked by the promise-to-pay text in script lettering, the date 1st September 1950, and the General Manager's manuscript signature below. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in blue and carries a large central oval vignette rendered in detailed intaglio, illustrating a busy Clydeside industrial scene with shipyard cranes, factory chimneys belching smoke, workers on the quayside, a steam tug, and a large ocean liner under construction or fitting out. Corner medallions bearing the numeral 20 occupy each angle of the otherwise plain cream paper. The bank title THE UNION BANK OF SCOTLAND LIMITED is inscribed in a straight panel along the lower margin. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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