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Auction: 4005 - Banknotes of the World
Lot: 924

The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, proof £ 1, 1 Nov. 1881, black and white uniface proof on thicker paper, classical frieze from the pediment of the Bank's Head office in Edinburgh top centre, value in oval panels top left and right, 'pay to bearer' in text, printers imprint 'Perkins, Bacon & Co. London' at lower margin (cf Douglas 26), the surface untidy and the top border a little ragged, bank title entered by hand, very fine Estimate £ 200-250 Provenance: Ex Spink Sale- Printed Proofs from the Perkins Bacon Archive Great Britain (Part 1), April 1995

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