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20 Shillings Sterling = 12 Pounds Scots
| Issuer | Royal Bank of Scotland |
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| Year | 1750 |
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| Value | 20 Shillings Sterling |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in brown ink on handmade paper, with an oval vignette at the upper left enclosing a bust portrait in profile of a figure wearing a periwig, surrounded by elaborate calligraphic scrollwork and flourishes. The issuer name appears in copperplate script and letterpress across the upper portion, above a promise-to-pay text in cursive script. The lower section carries a manuscript date — Edinburgh, the ninth day of February one thousand seven hundred and fifty years — and a Court of Directors authorization line with two handwritten signatures. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is essentially plain, with the note's text bleeding through the thin handmade paper as a ghost impression from the obverse. A partially visible circular ink stamp or seal is discernible at the lower left corner, consistent with authentication or cancellation practice of the period, and vertical fold lines from circulation are clearly present across the surface. |
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| Protection description | Manuscript serial number and date written by hand; two handwritten signatures of Bank officers appearing below the Court of Directors authorization; an ink circular stamp visible on the reverse, likely used for authentication or cancellation. |
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