Auction: 16050 - British Banknotes including the Collection of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland
Lot: 2303
Aberdeen Commercial Bank, £1, 13 November 1817, serial number 1541/34, black and white, Aberdeen harbour on oval frame top centre, 'Promise to pay John Paul or the Bearer' in text at centre, two manuscript signatures below
(Douglas 2), red ink 'Forgery' in field at left but definitely superior engraving and quite possibly genuine, very rare
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Sold for
£250