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20 Pounds Bank of Scotland
| Issuer | Bank of Scotland |
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| Year | 2007-2009 |
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| Value | 20 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Sir Walter Scott in intaglio portrait, with a domed building vignette to the upper left against a purple and mauve guilloche underprint; the Bank of Scotland arms appear at lower right. A multicolour holographic foil patch at left centre carries repeating '20' numerals, and a windowed security thread runs vertically through the note. The denominator '£20' appears in large figures at upper right, flanked by the promise-to-pay text and two facsimile signatures above the titles Governor and Treasurer. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Forth Bridge rendered as a detailed intaglio-style engraving, viewed from South Queensferry with its cantilever spans reflected in the Firth of Forth below. A photographic underprint at upper right shows construction workers on the bridge, recalling its Victorian engineering heritage, while a technical cross-section diagram of the structure appears as a ghost underprint across the right half. The denomination '£20' is stated at upper right and lower left, with 'Forth Bridge' as a large heading across the upper left. |
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Bank of Scotland's £20 notes of this period were produced by De La Rue, whose long relationship with Scottish commercial banks meant the security threading and hologram strip met the same exacting standards applied to Bank of England issues — though the two circulated as entirely separate legal instruments, with Bank of Scotland notes remaining technically promissory notes rather than legal tender even within Scotland.
Two signature combinations exist for this pick number, separated by roughly fifteen months. The Daniels & Kane pairing reflects personnel changes at senior level following Lloyds TSB's accelerating acquisition of HBOS, the parent group that had absorbed Bank of Scotland in 2001.