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1 000 000 Pound
| Issuer | Bank of England |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 1 000 000 Pounds 1 000 000 GBP = USD 1 363 399 |
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| Obverse lettering | Bank of England Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand the sum of Pounds One Million Pounds 1903 June 20 London 20 June 1903 £1,000,000 For the Gov.re and Comp.a of the BANK OF ENGLAND S. K. Howard Chief Cashier |
| Reverse description | Reverse is blank cream paper, showing only the faint bleed-through impression of the obverse lettering and vignettes visible in ghost form through the thin paper stock. |
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These are internal "giants" — non-negotiable instruments used by the Bank of England to back Scottish and Northern Irish banknote issues. Commercial banks in those regions are legally permitted to issue their own notes only when they hold an equivalent face value of Bank of England paper in reserve. The giants, along with the 100-million-pound "titans," fulfill that backing requirement.
They never entered public circulation and were never intended to. A handful have been sold at auction after being officially withdrawn, which is the only route by which one reaches private hands.