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

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This is the back 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 back has been engraved with a black and red revenue stamp.

In 1850, in an attempt to prevent increased incidences of forgery, the Perth Banking Company introduced new attractive steel engraving plates, designed by W H Lizars of Edinburgh.

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• Online ID: 000-190-000-851-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
  
• Subject:
• 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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