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Twenty -shilling Note (Fife Banking Company)
Twenty-shilling Note (Fife Banking Company)
Twenty -shilling Note (Fife Banking Company)
Twenty -shilling Note (Fife Banking Company)

Twenty-shilling Note (Fife Banking Company)

Designer
Issuer
Date01-Oct-1825
Object NameBanknote
Mediumpaper
ClassificationsBanknotes
DimensionsOverall: Height: 13.4 cm, Width: 11.5 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1965 by J F Robertson.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS017344
Other Titles
  • One-pound Note
About MeThis small bank was based in Cupar, Fife. Founded in 1802 it survived only until 1825 when it failed as a result of criminal mismanagement.

Only one denomination, the twenty-shilling (one-pound) note, was ever issued by the Fife Banking Company. It is a simple design, printed by Kirkwood and Son, showing at top centre a knight in armour on a galloping horse.

A local bank based in central Fife would have been mainly concerned with supporting the area's agriculture but the fact that it set up a branch (the only one) in Kirriemuir, Angus suggests that it supported also that town's busy textile industry.
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