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№ 1440

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7 October 2004

Hammer Price:
£850

Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland, Twelve Pounds Scots or Twenty Shillings, 9 February 1750, uniface black on white on watermarked paper with George II in profile at upper left (Douglas 6). Well circulated and missing a short section from right edge and other small pieces from edges, a few splits in body and a vertical tear running from top edge through to centre, otherwise intact, good to very good, rare (£600-800)

One of the earliest issued notes from the Royal Bank seen by the cataloguer