hi all,

[etzel 0]

hi all, i'm wondering if anyone can help me, i'm looking for a stornoway pound note printed by james mackenzie. sorry if this is posted in the wrong forum but i can't seem to find any about scottish bank notes. thanks very much......etzel

[scottishmoney 31]

Ta a Scot, our wee doshes are kaypers and nae for the lettings:

Like 'at one aye?

[etzel 0]

hi scottish, that's the very one. i'm new to this note collecting and dont know anything about them. do you ever see them for sale? my interest in the note is that i'm a stornoway cove myself. thanks for the pics and reply.

[scottishmoney 31]

They are scarce, but can be found. The Mackenzies printed up a fair few of them, an' tried to circulate them on the mainland in Inverness, where they were retired quickly. Most of what are about are remainders, or half dones like my example. I purchased this one probably 8-9 years ago whence I was still actively collecting the notes. Now I only collect Scottish coins actively, but keep the notes as lookers.

This note is unusually well printed for the day, with a double embossed pressing for the red ochre and black inks. Curiously as you will see, Stornoway is spelled as Stornaway. This note was printed in London.

I would suggest haunting Spinks, Britishnotes.co.uk and Ian Gradon for these, they come up from time to time.

[etzel 0]

thanks for the info scottish,i'll start my hunt right away. regards.....etzel