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| Emittent | North Western Bank of India |
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| Jahr | 1830 |
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| Form | Rectangular |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Printed in black intaglio on white paper. A standing allegorical female figure with an anchor and a sailing ship vignette occupies the upper centre, flanked by denomination numerals in oval cartouches at left and right. The face text is set in a combination of copperplate script and roman letterpress. |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | $50 NORTH WESTERN BANK OF INDIA REGISTERED UNDER ACT XLIII OF 1850. On Demand Promise to pay to the Bearer at the Company's Office here FIFTY DOLLARS Value received Singapore 18___ Entd. Acct. FOR THE NORTH WESTERN BANK OF INDIA Agent Fifty |
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| Anmerkungen |
The North Western Bank of India was a short-lived private bank operating out of British India, and a 50 Dollar denomination — rather than Rupees — points to the ambitions of its founders to service merchant trade across multiple currencies and ports. The dollar unit was common in Indo-Pacific commercial banking of the period, reflecting the dominance of Spanish and later Mexican dollars in regional trade circuits.
Perkins, Bacon & Petch were already pioneering the use of steel-engraved security printing by 1830, having brought Jacob Perkins's anti-counterfeiting techniques from the United States. Their London plates were among the most technically sophisticated available at the time.