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20 Pounds White
| Issuer | Bank of England |
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| Year | 1870-1943 |
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| Value | 20 Pounds |
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| Signature(s) | B. G. Catterns, Chief Cashier |
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| Protection description | Britannia watermark incorporated into the paper stock |
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Bank of England "white notes" — unprinted on the reverse, hand-dated, and hand-signed at the counter — were never intended for general public circulation. The £20 denomination served primarily wholesale and interbank settlement functions; most examples passing through commercial channels rather than retail hands. Catterns held the Chief Cashier post from 1929 to 1934, placing his signed examples in a narrow window of the broader 1870–1943 series run.
The entire white note series was withdrawn and demonetized in 1945, two years after issue ceased, specifically to counter the large-scale forgery operation run by the SS under Operation Bernhard.