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| Emittent | Commercial Bank of Scotland |
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| Jahr | 1947-1958 |
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| Nennwert | 20 Pounds |
| Währung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Druckerei | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Im Umlauf bis | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Referenz(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | A vignette of John Pitcairn occupies the top centre, flanked by two allegorical female figures on either side. A female head appears as a vignette in the lower left corner. The face carries the full promise-to-pay text of the Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd. in letterpress. |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | The central vignette presents the neoclassical facade of the Commercial Bank of Scotland's head office building, surrounded by period street scenes with figures in early 19th-century dress arranged across the full width of the note. A large guilloché-style script rendering of "Twenty Pounds" is superimposed over the sky area above the building, with the bank's full title and charter inscription in letterpress at the top. |
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| Unterschrift(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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The Commercial Bank of Scotland's £20 notes from this period were not retail instruments — a sum of twenty pounds in the late 1940s represented roughly two weeks' wages for an average Scottish worker, and notes of this denomination circulated almost exclusively between businesses and banks. That functional reality means genuine wear on surviving examples is unusual; most saw brief handling before being lodged in accounts or destroyed through the clearing system.
Bradbury Wilkinson's intaglio work for Scottish commercial banks during this window was among their most technically accomplished output. The firm held contracts with multiple Scottish issuers simultaneously, which occasionally raises provenance questions — though the S334 series is cleanly documented.