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Auction: 16050 - British Banknotes including the Collection of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland
Lot: 2451

Commercial Bank of Scotland, a contemporary forgery of a £1 one shilling, 1 October 1818, serial number 62/313, black and white, view of Edinburgh Castle top left, pay to Hugh Auld or Bearer' in text at centre, border of thistles and bank title at left, two manuscript signatures low right
(Douglas 5), red annotation 'FORGERY' on obverse, the style is good, probably a genuine note with forged signatures, very good to fine and rare

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£170