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Auction: 4005 - Banknotes of the World
Lot: 890

Bank of Scotland, proof pull of a £5, Edinburgh, 18--, black and white, allegorical maiden at left and right, arms top centre, ornated border around (cf Douglas 51), probably a later pull of an unadopted design, presented to James Douglas by the Bank of Scotland in November 1973, extremely fine and unusual, interesting Estimate £ 250-300 Provenance: Christie's Sale- Douglas Collection, Lot 22, London, 6th October 1981 Private Collection Spink Sale- Banknotes including Printer's Proofs from the Perkins Bacon Archives, Lot 609, April 1996

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