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50 Pounds Clydesdale Bank
| Issuer | Clydesdale Bank PLC |
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| Year | 2006 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Clydesdale Bank PLC Promise to pay the bearer on demand at their office here Fifty Pounds Sterling by order of the Board of Directors |
| Reverse description | A detailed intaglio vignette occupies the full reverse, illustrating an allegorical composition of Scottish industry and commerce: a scythe, plough, anchor, telescope, and spinning wheel are arranged in the foreground, symbolising agriculture, maritime trade, and manufacture. A tall-masted sailing ship is visible on the horizon against a luminous sky, rendered in fine multicolour underprint. The £50 denomination appears in a guilloche rosette at upper left, with a Clydesdale Bank ship logo at lower left. |
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Clydesdale Bank's right to issue Scottish banknotes is backed pound-for-pound by Bank of England notes held in reserve — a requirement under the Banking Act 1845 that still governs Scottish note issuance today. The bank has operated continuously under that framework since it received its charter, making its higher denominations instruments of genuine commercial banking rather than central bank policy.
The £50 is the largest denomination in Clydesdale's circulating series, which limits its everyday handling considerably. David Thorburn served as Chief Executive of Clydesdale Bank from 2004, and his signature appears across the mid-2000s issues of this series.