Auction: 11040 - British Banknotes featuring the Brian Ascroft and the Alasdair Macdonald Collections and other properties
Lot: 507
Bank of Scotland, proof £1, ND (c1885), orange-brown and pale brown, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, value at top and bottom, printed signature of the secretary, Stormonth Darling, watermark of complex Celtic design (Douglas 71), the plate note in "20th Century Scottish Banknotes" Volume 1, 2nd Edition, page 14,a most attractive Waterston engraving, pencil annotation on obverse, ink annotation on reverse, good extremely fine and very rare Estimate £ 600-800
Sold for
£750