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20 Pounds Commercial Bank of Scotland
| Uitgever | Commercial Bank of Scotland |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1856 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Printed in black by letterpress and intaglio on plain paper. A vignette of the façade of the Commercial Bank of Scotland's Edinburgh premises occupies the upper central portion of the note. The text field below carries the promise-to-pay inscription in period typeface, with the issuing authority, denomination, and place of payment clearly stated. |
|---|---|
| Opschrift voorzijde | The Commercial Bank of Scotland Promise to pay the bearer on demand TWENTY POUNDS Sterling at the office here EDINBURGH By order of the Court of Directors |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Commercial Bank of Scotland was one of the Edinburgh-based joint-stock banks that competed aggressively with the chartered institutions throughout the first half of the nineteenth century. By 1856 it had branch networks stretching across Scotland, and notes of this denomination were working instruments of commercial credit rather than curiosities — £20 was a substantial sum, and these circulated primarily between merchants and factors rather than at retail level.
Perkins, Bacon & Petch brought their steel-engraving and siderography process to Scottish bank contracts, the same technology they had applied to postage stamps and colonial currency. The anti-counterfeiting properties of that intricate intaglio work were the principal reason Edinburgh banks went to London for printing rather than using local firms.