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Our expanding world
Ten objects showing how the horizons of bankers, communities and customers have developed from local to global over the centuries.
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51: Coat of arms, 1696
Arms of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies.
53: Garibaldi letter of credit, 1860
Issued to Giuseppe Garibaldi, hero of Italian unification, by National Bank of Scotland.
54: Florence Nightingale letter, 1872
To her bankers Glyn, Mills, Hallifax & Co.
55: Loan certificate, 1880
Dominion of Canada 4% loan certificate issued through Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co.
56: Bank dinner photograph, 1905
Taken at a London dinner in honour of Korekiyo Takahashi, vice governor of the Bank of Japan.
57: War loan poster, 1919
Issued by London County & Westminster Bank (Paris) Ltd.
58: Overseas business advert, c.1923
Promoting services offered by Westminster Bank.
59: Foreign delegate telegram, 1931
To the Royal Bank's head office from its foreign delegate, Edward Davies.
60: Konkani-English leaflet, 1950s
Dual language brochure advertising Westminster Bank's money transfer services.