000-100-083-451-C
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Banknote, Twenty shillings, issued by J Stewart Mackenzie, Stornoway, Lewis, Outer Hebrides
This twenty shillings banknote was issued by J Stewart Mackenzie of Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides on 21 January 1823. The note was printed using steel plates engraved by Rowe, Change Alley, London.
The central vignette is of a sailing ship with 'Stornaway' mis-spelt underneath. The note is dated, numbered and signed by hand.
Although no bank existed in Stornoway until 1830, £1 banknotes were circulated in the 1820s by J Stewart MacKenzie, husband of the proprietor of the Isle of Lewis, Lady Hood MacKenzie.
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| Online ID: |
000-100-083-451-C |
| Image Rights Holder: |
National Museums Scotland |
| Project: |
0098: National Museums Scotland
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| Ref: |
National Museums Scotland A.1933.58 |
| Date: |
1823
21 January 1823
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| Material: |
Paper. Inscription: Obverse: vignette of dismasted sailing ship, STORNAWAY in panel above, flanked by Twenty / Shillings; a- / 363 [by hand]; 21 Janyr. 1823 [by hand]; J.A. Stewart Mackenzie [signed by hand] / Reverse: revenue stamp
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| Dimensions: |
150 mm x 122 mm
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| What: |
Banknote
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| Who: |
J.A. Stewart Mackenzie
Rowe, Change Alley, London (Engraver)
Stornoway Bank, Stornoway, Lewis (Issuer)
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| Where: |
England, London (Change Alley)
Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Stornoway
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| Description: |
Private twenty-shilling banknote of J.A. Stewart Mackenzie, Stornoway Bank, 21 January 1823
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| References: |
- Douglas, 1
- Douglas, J. Scottish Banknotes. London: Stanley Gibbons, 1975, pp 154-5.
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