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Stornoway (J. Stewart Mackenzie), £1, 1 February 1823, serial number L/441, black print, vignette of sailing ship at top centre, manuscript date and number, unsigned remainder, and The East Lothian Banking Company, £1, 1821, serial number 201/ 175, with manuscript signature, reverse red and black printed revenue stamp (Douglas 1, 2), both have minor tears in border otherwise, extremely fine (2) £80-120
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Bank of Scotland, large format colour trial £100, ND (18--), no serial number, olive green and orange on light tan underprint, bank arms top centre, Scotia in ornate panel at left with value above and below, also, Bank of Scotland proof on card £1, 22 September 1884, no serial number, black and white, together with Union Bank of Scotland specimen £5, 1923, blue on orange and yellow underprint, red-brown value panel at centre, arms flanked by maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, SPECIMEN overprint, reverse blue and white (Douglas not listed, 65 for type, 36), first, about uncirculated, second, hole punched, pencil annotation low right, mounting residue on reverse, third, hole punched, black CANCELLED stamp, red and black ink marks on reverse, fine (3) £300-400
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Bank of Scotland, specimen uniface obverse proof £100, Edinburgh, 18xx (ca 1851), no serial numbers, no signatures, black and pink, crowned Scotia in decorated circle at left, arms of the bank at upper centre, value in each corner (Pick 60p), fresh good extremely fine to about uncirculated, a striking Bradbury & Evans proof and very rare £100-200
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Bank of Scotland, printer's proof for £100, ND, no serial number, uniface, brown, red and tan, Scotia in ornate frame at left, arms at top centre, value in red tablet at centre and upper and lower left, black SPECIMEN handstamp, about uncirculated to uncirculated, scarce and very pretty £150-200
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Bank of Scotland, £5, 18 February 1893, serial number 13/B 8383, brown on light tan underprint, Royal coat of arms in ornate panel at left, bank title at centre with coat of arms above, grey medallion at centre, Stormonth Darling signature, accompanied by a handwritten note stating "NB £1 Bank of Scotland Note Celtic design. Pattern of, sent to Smith, Bk of England 13 March 87" (Banknote Yearbook SC101 for type), several purple CANCELLED stamps and perforations, manuscript ink date top centre and on reverse, top margin damaged, about fine £400-500
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Bank of Scotland, £1, ND (1885), no serial number, brown on light tan underprint, Royal coat of arms in ornate panel at left, bank title at centre with coat of arms above, grey medallion at centre, Stormonth Darling signature (Banknote Yearbook SC 101 for type), stain and small tear top right, otherwise, fine or better £250-350
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Bank of Scotland, £1, ND (1885), no serial number, brown on light tan underprint, Royal coat of arms in ornate panel at left, bank title at centre with coat of arms above, grey medallion at centre, Stormonth Darling signature (Banknote Yearbook SC101 for type), black ink manuscript Cancelled between two lines at centre and blue line centre to right, small split due to ink acid, fine to very fine £250-350
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Bank of Scotland, £1, ND (1886), no serial number, brown on light tan underprint, Royal coat of arms in ornate panel at left, bank title at centre with coat of arms above, grey medallion at centre, Stormonth Darling signature (Banknote Yearbook SC 101a for type), red CANCELLED overprint, stain top left, retaining crispness, about fine or better £300-400
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Bank of Scotland, £1, 10 January 1916, serial number 35/AE 6147, brown-yellow, vignette of Hibernia in grey background low centre, arms top centre, arms and medallions at left, MacDonald signature variety (Banknote Yearbook SC101b), original very fine, a nice example £200-250
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Bank of Scotland, £1, 14 August 1924, serial number 59/AQ 2007, brown, Scotia centre, in grey frame, arms top centre and in panel at left Rose signature variety (Banknote Yearbook SC101c), very good £80-100
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Bank of Scotland, £1 (5), 26 September 1929, serial number C0163665, 1941, serial number X0575620, 1948, serial number HOI159077, 1952 serial number P0408519, 1957, serial number P0831642, brown-yellow, vignette of Hibernia in grey background low centre, (Banknote Yearbook SC102, 103b), first good very fine, others good extremely fine (5) £180-220
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Bank of Scotland, £1 (5), 1 March 1941, serial numbers X0967877-80, plus X0689960, brown and grey, arms at left, grey medallion at centre, value at each corner (Banknote Yearbook SC103b), soft central fold and some additional minor folds and handling, fresh and totally original, good extremely fine and a nice consecutive run (5) £200-250
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Bank of Scotland, £1 (10), 5 November 1951, serial number run O0413336-45, brown and grey, value at low left and right, medallion at centre, reverse brown, arms at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC105a), original, very soft central fold, good extremely fine to about uncirculated and a very nice consecutive run (10) £200-250
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Bank of Scotland, £1 (14), all 5 January 1948, prefix H, brown and grey, value at low left and right, medallion at centre, reverse brown, arms at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC105a), many consecutive numbers, all original and mostly about uncirculated, a few good extremely fine (14) £300-400
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Bank of Scotland, £1 (9), comprising dates 1945 (1), 1947 (5) and 1951 (3), brown and grey, value at low left and right, medallion at centre, reverse brown, arms at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC105a), all completely original, first good very fine, others about extremely fine to good extremely fine (9) £150-200
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Bank of Scotland, £1 (4), 1 December 1959, consecutive serial numbers A/A 0141970/80/81/82, brown with grey-blue, bank title top centre, bank arms in circular frame at centre, reverse, brown, sailing ship in ornate panel at centre flanked by thistles, value low left and right, also £1 (4), 1939, 1055, 1958, 1961 (Banknote Yearbook SC016c), first four, faint central fold, extremely fine to about uncirculated, fifth to seventh, very fine to extremely fine, eighth, fine (8) £200-250
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Bank of Scotland, £1 (12), 1 October 1957, serial numbers from the range P083601-19, brown, tan and blue, value at low left and right, medallion at centre, reverse brown, ship at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC106c), all completely original, soft central fold and in some cases minor handling, good extremely fine or a little better (12) £120-160
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Bank of Scotland, £1 (19), 1 October 1957, serial numbers P0831705-23, brown, tan and blue, value at low left and right, medallion at centre, reverse brown, ship at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC106c), all completely original, soft central fold good extremely fine and a superb consecutive run (19) £200-250
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Bank of Scotland, £1 (3), 1955, prefix E, and £1 (6), 1957, prefix P, brown, tan and blue, value at low left and right, medallion at centre, reverse brown, ship at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC106b, 106c), one from each date good very fine, others extremely fine, all original and fresh (9) £80-120
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Bank of Scotland, £1 (20), 3 March 1967, all serial numbers B/B 0870453-72, brown, tan and blue, value at low left and right, medallion at centre, reverse brown, ship at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC107c), original good extremely fine, a great consecutive run (20) £150-200
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Bank of Scotland, £1 (26), 3 March 1967, all prefix BB, brown, tan and blue, value at low left and right, medallion at centre, reverse brown, ship at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC107c), original, one with stain at low right, otherwise most have a hint of a central fold and minor handling only, good extremely fine to about uncirculated, with several consecutive runs (26) £150-200
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Bank of Scotland, £1 (5), 17 July 1968, consecutive serial numbers A/1 0250516-A/10250520, multicoloured, bank arms at centre, value low left, centre and top right, reverse, brown, orange and mauve, shield and thistles flanked by arms and ship (Banknote Yearbook SC108), first has small pencil graffiti annotation at right, otherwise all about uncirculated £150-200
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Bank of Scotland, £1 (50), 19 August 1988, serial numbers E/13 0649820-870 (number 0649850 missing), dark green and purple on multicolour underprint, Walter Scott at right, arms at centre, thistle at left (Banknote Yearbook SC109f), uncirculated, number E/13 0650000 was the last note printed of this series, so these notes are extremely close to the end, thus rather interesting (50) £250-300
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Bank of Scotland, a group of specimens comprising, £1 (2) 1970/78, £5, 1988, £10, 1992, green, blue and brown, all zero serial numbers and featuring Sir Walter Scott at right, bank arms at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC 109a, b, 122a, 135), all red SPECIMEN overprint, extremely fine to about uncirculated (4) £200-250
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Bank of Scotland, £5 (3), 1955, prefix 8/A, 1956, prefix 9/J, 1957, prefix 20/R brown and light blue, arms top centre flanked by values, vignette of Hibernia background centre, arms and medallions in panel at left, (Banknote Yearbook SC116a, 117a, 117b), original very fine, good extremely fine and extremely fine respectively (3) £200-300
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Bank of Scotland, specimen £5, 14 September 1961, serial number 1/A 0000, brown and light blue, arms top centre flanked by values, vignette of Hibernia in grey background centre, arms and medallions in panel at left, red SPECIMEN overprint, (Banknote Yearbook SC118 for type, Douglas 97), about uncirculated and quite scarce £200-300
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Bank of Scotland, £5 (8), 9 December 1969, serial numbers D 0086213-20, blue, brown and dark green on green and yellow underprint, arms at centre, value at low left and top right (Banknote Yearbook SC120), soft central fold and minor handling, original good extremely fine to about uncirculated, a really lovely consecutive group (8) £400-500
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Bank of Scotland, a group of notes comprising, £5, 8 December 1969, serial number C0353568, green and multicolour, also £1, 31 August 1971, serial number B/14 0963829, £5, 4 November 1974, serial number Y762301, £10, 3 July 1975, serial number B379322, blue, green and brown respectively, arms at centre, reverse, bank shield, sailing ship, £10, 1 February 1995, serial number AS984902, brown and multicolour, £20, 1 May 1995, serial number AH818719, multicolour, all featuring Sir Walter Scott (Banknote Yearbook SC120, 109, 121c, 134a, 136a, 147a), very fine or better (8) £150-200
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Bank of Scotland, £10, 26 September 1963, serial number 6/C 3051, brown, tan, black and blue, arms at top centre and low left, value at each corner, blue medallion at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC133), fresh and original, good very fine and a scarce denomination £300-400
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Bank of Scotland, £10, 26 September 1963, serial number 6/C 3055, brown, tan, black and blue, arms at top centre and low left, value at each corner, blue medallion at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC133), fresh and original, good very fine and a scarce denomination £300-400
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Bank of Scotland, £10, 26 September 1963, serial number 6/C 3057, brown, tan, black and blue, arms at top centre and low left, value at each corner, blue medallion at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC133), fresh and original, good very fine and a scarce denomination £300-400
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Bank of Scotland, £10, 26 September 1963, serial number 6/C 3059, brown, tan, black and blue, arms at top centre and low left, value at each corner, blue medallion at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC133), fresh and original, good very fine and a scarce denomination £300-400
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Bank of Scotland, £10, 26 September 1963, serial number 6/C 3165, brown, tan, black and blue, arms at top centre and low left, value at each corner, blue medallion at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC133), fresh and original, good very fine and a scarce denomination £300-400
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Bank of Scotland, £10, 26 September 1963, serial number 6/C 3167, brown, tan, black and blue, arms at top centre and low left, value at each corner, blue medallion at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC133), fresh and original, good very fine and a scarce denomination £300-400
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Bank of Scotland, £10, 26 September 1963, serial number 6/C 3169, brown, tan, black and blue, arms at top centre and low left, value at each corner, blue medallion at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC133), fresh and original, good very fine and a scarce denomination £300-400
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Bank of Scotland, £10 (4), 18 August 1998, serial numbers CU787025-28, brown on multicolour underprint, Sir Walter Scott at left, arms at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC136c), uncirculated (4) £80-120
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Bank of Scotland, a small set form the 1995 issue comprising £100, serial number AA141371, red £50, serial number AA251916, green, £10, serial number BB123129, brown (Banknote Yearbook SC136a, 147a, 176a), £100 extremely fine, remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated (3) £200-250
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Bank of Scotland, £20, 17 July 1915, serial number 1/E 1446, orange-brown, arms top centre, arms in vertical panel at left, Scotia in grey flanked by values in red lozenge top centre, Scotia in grey at centre, Macdonald signature variety (Banknote Yearbook SC141b), graffiti on reverse, dirt at left otherwise a totally original good fine, rare £300-400
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Bank of Scotland, £20, 2 March 1951, serial number 10/I 1516, orange-brown, arms top centre, arms in vertical panel at left, Scotia in grey flanked by values in red lozenge top centre, Scotia in grey at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC142c), staple holes at right, good very fine but a nicer example than the grade might dictate £100-150
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Bank of Scotland, £20, 14 September 1960, serial number 5/F 0462, orange-brown, arms top centre, arms in vertical panel at left, Scotia in grey flanked by values in red lozenge top centre, Scotia in grey at centre, Craig and Bilsland signatures (Banknote Yearbook SC143b), staple holes at right, good very fine and a very attractive example £80-100
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Bank of Scotland, £20, 3 January 1973, serial number A443551, red and multicolour, also £1, 26 November 1975, serial number C/42 0097115, green, £5, 4 November 1974, serial number AC266931, blue, and £10, 3 July 1975, brown, all featuring arms at centre, Sir Walter Scott at right (Banknote Yearbook SC145b, 109, 121c, 134a), extremely fine or better, a lovely group (4) £100-150
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Bank of Scotland, £100, 23 November 1962, serial number 3/N 0784, brown-yellow, blue and red, vignette of Hibernia in blue background centre, arms and medallions in panel at left (Banknote Yearbook SC173b), ink graffiti in top margin, but original about very fine, very scarce £350-450
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Bank of Scotland, £100, 22 November 1962, serial number 2/N 0512, brown, tan, red and blue, arms at top centre and low left, value at each corner, blue medallion at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC173b), totally fresh and original, good very fine and rare £700-900
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Bank of Scotland, £5 (27), 1 January 2006, prefix CC, all low serial numbers in the range 000172-190, blue on multicolour underprint, Sir Walter Scott at left, arms at centre, also £5 (2), 1987, blue on multicolour underprint, Sir Walter Scott at right (Banknote Yearbook SC123e, SC121e), generally uncirculated (29) £200-250
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Bank of Scotland, £5 (7), 1 January 2006, prefix CC, all low serial numbers in the range 000172-190, blue on multicolour underprint, Sir Walter Scott at left, arms at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC123e), uncirculated, some good numbers (7) £80-120
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Bank of Scotland, a group of £1 notes, including dates 1981 (4), 1983 (3), 1986 (48) and 1988, all dark green and brown on multicolour underprint, Sir Walter Scott at right, arms at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC109e, 109f), generally uncirculated (56) £120-150
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Bank of Scotland, £100, 5 December 1971, serial number A019281, red and multicolour, Sir Walter Scott at right, arms at centre, bank title top centre, value low left and centre, top right, reverse, bank's head office building at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC174a), extremely fine to about uncirculated £400-500
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Bank of Scotland, a mixed group of £1 notes, comprising dates 1951 (2), 1955, 1956 (3), 1964, 1967 (3), 1969 (25), 1970 and 1976, (Banknote Yearbook SC105a, 106a, 106b, 107a, 108, 109a, 109c), all original, generally very fine to extremely fine (37) £150-200<@Heading 10pt U&L>
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British Linen Company, a group of proofs comprising, £1, 1 February 1864, £1, 2 March 1876, £1, 2 November 1878 and £1, 30 June 1890 (on card), all bank title flanked by value in circular panels top centre, bank title and denomination in dark grey tablet at centre, seated Britannia in ornate panel at left, all uniface (Douglas - ), fine or better, a superb group of proofs (4) £300-400
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British Linen Bank, colour trial £5, ND (c.1915), no serial numbers, brown on red and green underprint, Britannia at left, arms at top centre, reverse brown, Britannia at centre, four cancellation holes, red SPECIMEN NO VALUE overprints, blue WATERLOW & SONS roundel (Banknote Yearbook SC211bct), mounting traces at left, about uncirculated and extremely rare £1,000-1,500
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