Banknote, Five pounds, issued by Tweed Bank

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This five pounds banknote was issued by the Tweed Bank on 1 January 1840. The note was printed using steel plates engraved by Perkins, Bacon & Petch of London.

The note is engraved with a view of the town of Berwick and the bridge over the River Tweed. Dated and numbered by hand, the note is signed, 'T. Langhorn' & 'Geo K Nicholson'.

Founded in Berwick-on-Tweed in 1813, most of the Tweed Bank's notes were circulated in the Scottish county of Berwickshire. Branches may have existed in Kelso and Selkirk. The bank failed in 1841.

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• Online ID: 000-100-045-627-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.OIA 85
• Date: 1 January 1840
  1840
  
• Material: Paper
  Banknote
  
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 107 mm
  
• What: Banknote
  
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• Who: Tweed Bank (Maker)
  
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• Description: Five-pound banknote, Tweed Bank, 1 January 1840
  
• References:
  • Douglas, J. Scottish Banknotes. London: Stanley Gibbons, 1975, p 221. 
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