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Auction: 11040 - British Banknotes featuring the Brian Ascroft and the Alasdair Macdonald Collections and other properties
Lot: 527

Bank of Scotland, specimen trial £5 (2), 21. 1. 1945, both serial number 8/Q 4233, issued in connection with the 250th anniversary of the Bank, both orange-brown and grey, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, both overprinted CANCELLED in purple, reverse one in deep grey, the other in pale olive-grey, arms, Elphinstone and Crawford signatures (Douglas 117-1 and Pick 97a for type), extremely fine to good extremely fine and scarce (2) Estimate £ 140-180

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