Scotland 5 Pounds, 1893

Union Bank of Scotland

Scotland 5 Pounds, 1893 obverse
Scotland 5 Pounds, 1893 reverse

Information:

Country Scotland
Period Pound sterling (1707-1970)
Currency Pounds
Denomination 5 Pounds
Type Circulation banknotes
Issuing bank Union Bank of Scotland
Year 1893
Shape Rectangular
Composition Paper
Demonetized Yes

Obverse:

Scotland 5 Pounds, 1893
Latin

Obverse text

5 INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. 3rd. April 1893 FIVE THE UNION BANK OF SCOTLAND LIMITED Promise to pay the Bearer on demand at their head offices in Glasgow or Edinburgh. FIVE POUNDS. By order of the Directors. CASHIER ACCO.T PERKINS. BACON & Co. LONDON

Obverse symbol

Blue print; red overprinted 'FIVE' at centre. Two seated allegorical women flanking arms at upper centre. Equestrian statue of King Charles II in Parliament Square, Edinburgh at lower left. Equestrian statue of Duke of Wellington by Sir John Steell, outside Register House, Edinburgh at lower right.

Reverse:

Image 1
Latin

Reverse text

THE UNION BANK OF SCOTLAND, LIMITED Perkins Bacon & Co. Ld. London

Reverse symbol

Blue print. Large guilloche with bank name at centre.

Varieties

Date Variety Iss. Value
VG F VF XF AU UNC
1893-Apr-03 Specimen. + - - - - - -