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Auction: 4005 - Banknotes of the World
Lot: 959

Royal Bank of Scotland, original hand painted proof for £ 20 on card, 18-- (c.1854), black, white and pink-red, ornate arms top centre, portrait George I in oval frame at centre, Britannia, lion and Justitia low left, learning and Abudance, low right 'pay to James Wright' at centre (cf Douglas 34) extremely fine, most unusual, unique Estimate £ 450-550 Provenance: Christie's Sale- Douglas Collection, Lot 204, London, 6th October 1981 Private Collection Spink Sale- Banknotes including Printer's Proofs from the Perkins Bacon Archives, Lot 651, April 1996

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£700