Scotland, The Aberdeen Banking Company (active 1747-53), five pounds sterling or sixty pounds Scots,, 1st March 1748, printed in black on white watermarked paper with counterfoil panel at left, the number, date, denomination and signatures all in manuscript, payable to 'Mr James Saull or the Bearer on demand...' and signed by William Monat, William Brebner, James Ligertwood and Alexr. Osborn, 223 x 135mm (cf Douglas 1-2), cancelled by crossing through signatures and simple handwritten word 'cancelled', small piece missing at lower centre (not affecting printed area) and with some staining, very good to fine; also an extremely early and rare survival of the first Scottish banknote issue outside Edinburgh
Estimate: £2,000 - 3000