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Auction: 5027 - The McIntyre and Macmillan Collection of Scottish Banknotes & other properties
Lot: 37

Bank of Scotland, contemporary forgery (probably by French prisoners of war) of a £1, 11 January 1810, serial number 71/477, plate H, black and white, bank title at left in vertical panel, ornate manuscript text with embossed seal low right (Douglas 37), watermarked paper VY FIELD 1811 (Valleyfield paper mill at Penicuik where prisoners were housed), manuscript annotation on reverse suggesting a court appearance, some splitting at centre otherwise almost very fine, most unusual and interesting Estimate £ 250-350Provenance: Macmillan Collection

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