100 objects by date

The NatWest Group History 100 tells the stories of specific events, changes and actions in our history. You can also follow an overview of the NatWest Group story.

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Before 1700

11. Company of Scotland subscription list, 1696

21. Hanging sign, 1660s

31. Cloth stocktaking account, 1653-59

32. Goldsmith banker's ledger, 1671-72

51. Coat of arms, 1696

71. Customer ledger, 1663-74

91. Cheque, 1659/60

1700-1740

1. Overdraft authorisation, 1728

33. Founding charter, 1727

61. Twenty shilling note, 1727

1740-1780

12. Wealth of Nations, 1776

62. Cashier's portrait, 1759 

72. Cashier's diary, 1745

1780-1820

2. Business rules, 1792

13. Customer ledger, 1791

22. Glasgow branch daybook, 1783

23. Bank founder's portrait, c.1810

24. Royal Bank rules, 1819

25. Account passbook, 1817-23

26. Pocket coin scales, c.1820

41. Spike file, 1781

52. Chinese wallpaper, c.1793

73. Blunderbuss, 1781

74. Directors' minutes, 1793

81. Box for Volunteer papers, 1802

82. Raeburn portrait, 1809

1820-1860

3. Note issued by the Royal Bank of Scotland, 1827

14. Plain Statement of Facts, 1824

15. Director's rail pass, 1837

27: Gilbart medallion, 1853

34: Bank articles, 1826

35. Banknotes bill, 1844

42: Memorial ring, 1838

53: Garibaldi letter of credit, 1860

63: Bank advertisement, 1846

83: Daniel O'Connell portrait, 1838

1860-1890

16. Decorative glass, 1865

17. Apprentices's application, 1873

28. Annual reports, 1864-1935

43. Clerk's armrest, 19th century

53. Garibaldi letter of credit, 1860

54. Florence Nightingale letter, 1872

55. Loan certificate, 1880

64. Head office floor tile, 1861

75. Oliver Heywood's diary, 1866

92. Lettre d'indication, 1860s

93. Photo of Fanny Hopkins, c.1870

1890-1920

4. Model of a head office bank vault, c.1900

5. Photograph of Catford branch, 1908

18. Letter from Manchester Ship Canal Company, 1891

36. Branch sign, c.1909

44: Royal Bank Magazine, 1895

45: Montage photograph, 1899

46: Field service postcard, 1918

56: Bank dinner photograph, 1905

57: War loan poster, 1919

76: Notice to branches, 1914

77: Tank lapel flag, 1917

84: Bank holiday notice, 1896

85: Jackanapes, c.1910

86: Book of poetry, 1920

1920-1950

6. Home safe, 1920s

37. Acquisition letter, 1924

47. Typewriter, 1925

48. Exam papers, 1929

49. Marriage ban memo, 1932

58. Overseas business advert, c.1923

59. Foreign delegate telegram, 1931

65. Company history, 1928

78. Manager's spectacles, 1922

79. A Day at Lothbury, 1940

87. Retirement testimonial, 1923

88. Letter from a star runner, 1928

89. Disaster donations, 1897-1932

94. Dolls' house passbook, 1926

95. Advertising leaflet, 1929

96. Night safe wallet, c.1934

97. Cheque completion guide, 1938

1950-1980

7. Cash dispensing machine card, 1969

8. Credit card advert, 1972

19. 'A Diabolical Liberty', 1967

29. Ashes of the A's and U's, 1965

30. Perkins Brailler, 1976

38. Clock, 1961

60. Konkani-English leaflet, 1950s

66. Bank manager's hat, 1950s

67. Cinema advert, 1961

68. £5 note, 1966

69. Brand mark brooch, 1970

98. Saving stamps, 1967

99. Mobile bank film, 1979

1980-date

9. Piggy bank, 1984

10. Telephone tonepad, 1988

20. Optical fibre cable, 1996

39. Poster, 1982

40. NatWest offer document, 1999

50. Staff uniform sari, 2004

70. Website press release, 1995

80. Sustainability Report, 2008

90. Cricketforce T-shirt, 2011

100. Banking app, 2011