Our public face

Ten objects highlighting some of the ways that banks have expressed their public identity over the centuries.

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From the Royal Bank of Scotland's first issue of banknotes.

Portrait by William Mosman of John Campbell, cashier of the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Promoting London & Westminster Bank's services for travellers.

From the floor of the Royal Bank of Scotland's Edinburgh head office.

History of the Royal Bank of Scotland by Neil Munro.

Homburg hat belonging to Westminster Bank's Market Drayton branch manager.

'You and the Westminster', advertising Westminster Bank.

Issued by the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Issued to female staff of the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Announcing the launch of the Royal Bank of Scotland's first website.