Banknote, One pound (unissued) by Sir William Forbes, James Hunter & Company

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This one pound banknote is of the private bank of Sir William Forbes, James Hunter & Company. Made payable to Robert Borrowman, the note was not issued and the number, date and signature remain incomplete.

The vignette at the top is of Parliament Close in Edinburgh.

Scotland had few private banks compared to England. This highly respected firm began issuing notes in 1773. Despite a merger with the Glasgow Union Bank in 1838, it carried on under its own name until the creation of the Union Bank of Scotland in 1843.

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• Online ID: 000-100-079-411-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.OIA 118
• Date: First half of the 19th century
  
• Material: Paper
  Banknote
  
• Dimensions: 196 mm x 122 mm
  
• What: Banknote
  
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• Who: Sir William Forbes, James Hunter and Company (Maker)
  
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• Description: One-pound banknote, Sir William Forbes, James Hunter and Company, unissued with counterfoil, partly hand dated, 18--
  
• References:
  • Douglas, J. Scottish Banknotes. London: Stanley Gibbons, 1975, pp 132-3. 
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