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5 Pounds Bank of Scotland
| Uitgever | Bank of Scotland |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1961 |
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| Samenstelling | Paper |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | The Bank of Scotland armorial achievement appears at both the left and centre of the note, rendered in fine intaglio line engraving. A vignette of a three-masted sailing ship — the emblem of the former Union Bank of Scotland — is positioned to the right, recalling the 1955 amalgamation with that institution. |
| Opschrift keerzijde | Five |
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| Opmerkingen |
Bank of Scotland's £5 notes of this period were printed by W. & A. K. Johnston & G. W. Bacon Ltd., a firm better known for map publishing than banknote production — an unusual pairing that reflects Scotland's historically fragmented approach to commercial printing contracts. Johnston's Edinburgh operation had the technical capacity, and the Bank was not bound by the same institutional relationships that tied English clearers to specialist security printers.
Scottish banknotes have never required Treasury authorization for issue in the way that English notes do, a privilege rooted in legislation predating the Bank of England's monopoly push of the 1840s. The 1961 date places this note in a period of quiet institutional conservatism at the Bank, well before the redesign pressures of decimalization.