Banknote (front), Twenty shillings, issued by Perth Banking Company

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This is the front of a twenty shillings banknote issued by the Perth Banking Company on 2 February 1838. The note was printed from steel plates engraved by Kirkwood & Son of Edinburgh.

The note, numbered 195/182, is made payable to Walter Miller and is signed by H Lindsay and I Blair.

Founded in 1787, the Perth Banking Company was contracted to trade for 21 years. It then had to pass into voluntary liquidation and a new bank was formed, using identical establishment procedures. In 1857 the bank merged with the Union Bank of Scotland.

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• Online ID: 000-100-045-626-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.OIA 76
• Date: 1838
  2 February 1838
  
• Material: Paper
  Banknote
  
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 122 mm
  
• What: Banknote
  
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• Who: Perth Banking Company (Maker)
  
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• Description: Twenty-shilling banknote, Perth Banking Company, 2 February 1838
  
• References:
  • Douglas, J. Scottish Banknotes. London: Stanley Gibbons, 1975, pp 185-88 
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