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

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:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.OIA 76
Date:	1838 2 February 1838
Material:	Paper
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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