Royal Bank of Scotland - Edinburgh, Scotland 1951

Beautiful certificate from the Royal Bank of Scotland issued in 1951. This historic document has an ornate vignette of the company's seal and has the original signatures of the Bank's Secretary and Cheif of Accounts, and is over 62 years old.




Certificate Vignette



The Royal Bank of Scotland plc is one of the retail banking subsidiaries of the The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, and together with NatWest and Ulster Bank, provides branch banking facilities throughout the British Isles. The Royal Bank of Scotland has around 700 branches, mainly in Scotland though there are branches in many larger towns and cities throughout England and Wales. The Royal Bank of Scotland and its parent, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, are completely separate from the fellow Edinburgh based bank, the Bank of Scotland, which pre-dates The Royal Bank of Scotland by 32 years. The Bank of Scotland was effective in raising funds for the Jacobite Rebellion and as a result, The Royal Bank of Scotland was established to provide a bank with strong Hanoverian and Whig ties.

History from Wikipedia and OldCompany.com (old stock certificate research service)