5 Pounds Sterling

The North of Scotland & Town & County Bank was itself the product of a merger — the North of Scotland Bank absorbed the Town and County Bank in 1908, just a year before this series began. These notes were printed locally in Aberdeen rather than contracted to one of the London security printers, which was the common practice for smaller Scottish provincials. That decision kept production costs in-house but resulted in a somewhat more austere product than contemporaries issued by, say, the British Linen Bank.

The bank was absorbed by Clydesdale Bank in 1950, ending over a century of independent Aberdeen-based note issue.