Hammer

£250

Printers Plate (2), engraved steel Perkins & Heath printers plates, one showing Commercial Bank of Scotland 1 Pound top section of note with vignette of Edinburgh Castle flanked by portrait of George IV and an allegorical vignette of Caledonia (PMS CO18 for banknote type) issued between 1827 and 1847, the other depicts the top section as seen on many issues of the Commercial Bank 1 Pound, first seen on the 1850 issue featuring many allegorical figures, a fabulous example of the engravers art