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5 Pounds Clydesdale Bank
| Issuer | Clydesdale Bank Limited |
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| Year | 1971-1981 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Robert Burns at left, rendered in fine intaglio engraving, with the poet shown in three-quarter view holding a scroll against a foliate background. The bank title "CLYDESDALE BANK LIMITED" appears at upper centre, with the denomination "FIVE POUNDS" in large letterpress below the promise text. A guilloche rosette in dark blue at right incorporates a numeral "5", with serial numbers printed in blue at upper left and lower right, and the General Manager's signature with date and place of issue at lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | A naturalistic vignette dominates the centre, portraying a harvest mouse clambering through wheat stalks against a pastoral landscape background rendered in fine intaglio engraving. A spray of roses with open blooms occupies the right portion of the design, evoking the Robert Burns poem "To a Mouse". A guilloche numeral "5" roundel appears at upper left. |
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| Variants | P#205a - 01.03.1971 signature: Fairbairn P#205b - 01.05.1972 & 01.08.1973 signature: Macmillan (General Manager) P#205c - 01.03.1974, 06.01.1975, 02.02.1976, 31.01.1979, 01.02.1980 & 27.02.1981* signature: Macmillan (Chief General Manager) *not listed in catalog |
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