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Auction: 25200 - World, British and Irish Banknotes - e-Auction
Lot: 541

Royal Bank of Scotland, trial proof set, 1994, a presentation folder containing a set of trial proofs of the portrait plate of Robert Louis Stevenson, prepared for the Royal Bank of Scotland. The set includes 6 embossed, individual portrait proofs made with various papers and inks, as well as two individually presented obverse and reverse proof notes of the 1994 commemorative £1 note for the centenary of the author's death (Pick 358), dated 24th March 1992, serial number B/54 000000. Four sets of trial proofs were prepared for the note, this set is #2 of 4, all of which used an engraving by Alan Dow of Robert Louis Stevenson, hand-printed by Christopher Bacon. The set comes in a hardbound orange and brown marbled presentation folder. Originally owned by Patricia Angles, assistant cashier at the Royal Bank of Scotland, sold at the request of her sole heir,

an attractive and unusual set with excellent provenance

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Sold for
£350

Starting price
£320