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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MEC2, post: 1688456, member: 38692&quot;]Great pickup Funkee, you did right waiting for one with good margins, this issue generally has just terrible cuts... I myself would be happy with an XF with decent centering, but it seems like these small red seal aces are either beat to ****, or slab queens. That note looks familiar, is it an eBay conquest? </p><p><br /></p><p>Today&#039;s new pickup is a nice XF five pound note from Scotland, I really like the notes that have the crests with griffons and lions, this one has it as well, it also has a design element that I think is common to Bradbury Wilkinson designs from the period, which is the subtle fishnet in the background of the face - you see this on Egyptian notes a ton, again due to the BW design, they generally do quality work. Like the blue on a note, always have, and this and alot of Scottish notes double down with heavy blue front and back. The reverse here shows Edinburgh Castle, and what I believe is an early version of engravers photoshop as I don&#039;t believe the National Commercial Bank of Scotland building really is in the foreground of Edinburgh Castle. I mean who builds a castle next to these kind of pedestrian buildings, King Friday? BOOM SHAKALAKA on the King Friday reference, I just rocked your childhood world with that.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Scotland/5PoundNCBOSLF_zpscc24a068.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Scotland/5PoundNCBOSLB_zpse1337596.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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