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5 Pounds Bank of Scotland
| Issuer | Bank of Scotland |
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| Year | 1889-1931 |
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| Reference(s) | P#82 |
| Obverse description | The face is divided into two horizontal registers enclosed within elaborate guilloche borders. The upper register presents the denomination FIVE in dark cartouches at left and right, flanking a central vignette of the Bank of Scotland heraldic arms supported by two figures, with the place and date of issue to the right. The lower register carries the bank title BANK OF SCOTLAND in bold letterpress, followed by the promise-to-pay text in italic script, £5 denomination panels at lower left and right, a manuscript Secretary's signature, and a reference to the founding Act of Parliament of 1695, with the Scottish arms vignette anchoring the far left margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears no deliberate printed design, presenting as plain unprinted paper stock with only a faint offset impression of the obverse text and vignettes visible through the thin sheet. |
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G. Waterston & Sons were primarily a Edinburgh stationery and printing firm — their work on Bank of Scotland notes across this period represents one of the longer domestic printing relationships in Scottish banking, unusual at a time when London security printers dominated most comparable commissions. The four signature periods across four decades reflect successive Treasurers, the officer responsible for signing authority on Scottish banknotes rather than a governor or cashier.
The 1920–1931 Rose signature period includes a parallel dating sequence beginning October 1923, suggesting either a reissue from a separate authorisation or a second signing officer active concurrently — the dual date range under a single name is worth scrutinising on any example before cataloguing.