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British Banknotes
British Banknote
| CATTERNS five pounds bank note of 1932, issued in NEWCASTLE ON TYNE. B228g |
| The top right corner is missing? The paper was hand made in a wooden trays, one sheet |
| at a time. One sheet being enough to cut into two note size pieces. Three edges of each |
| banknote are deckled, one is cut/straight. Confirming this is £5 watermarked paper. |
Notches
| The right hand edges of the notes shown above in order of denomination: £5, £10, £20, £50, £100 |
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| The notches appear on the right hand edge only, which is always deckled |
| For further reading :- Promises to Pay page 98 |
| In order to prevent banknotes being printed on the wrong watermarked paper, Portals created |
| a simple solution. As the sheet of paper was moulded, a small notch was formed on the right |
| hand edge, at a specific point for each denomination. This ensured the banknotes were |
| printed on the correct watermarked paper. The paper was made up to create a pair of notes, |
| thus, the left hand note has a cut /straight right hand edge and three deckled edges, top, bottom |
| and left. The right hand note has a cut/straight left hand edge and three deckled edges, top, bottom |
| and right - the right hand with the relevant notch for the denomination. |
| This method also utilised on the £200, £500 and £1000 notes |
| The £200 notch is between the £20 and £50 notch |
| The £500 notch is between the £10 and £20 notch |
| The £1000 notch is between the £5 and £10 notch |
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