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5 Pounds
| Issuer | North and South Wales Bank Limited |
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| Year | 1884 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Menai Straits Suspension Bridge with sailing vessels in the foreground, engraved in fine intaglio style, set within the bank title cartouche at top centre. To the upper left, a small circular vignette bears the Prince of Wales feathers emblem, while a bold ornamental £5 cipher occupies the upper right. The promise-to-pay text is set across a dense guilloche underprint panel at centre, with the branch designation DENBIGH and manuscript date space above, and a decorative FIVE counter at lower left flanking the manager's signature space. |
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| Obverse lettering | NORTH AND SOUTH WALES BANK LIMITED DENBIGH Promise to pay the BEARER on demand the Sum of FIVE POUNDS here or at The London and Westminster Bank Limited London FOR THE DIRECTORS & COMPANY Manager |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted reverse, showing only the blind embossed impression of the obverse design visible as a faint offset through the paper, consistent with the intaglio printing method employed by Perkins, Bacon & Co. |
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