The following is list of publications which will provide a greater level of detail on this topic. 

A Brief History of The National Bank of Scotland Limited - Centenary 1825 - 1925.

A Scottish Firm in Virginia 1767 - 1777, W. Cunninghame and Co (Scottish History Society, 1984).

As Good as Gold - 300 Years of British Bank Note Design (V. H. Hewitt and J. M. Keyworth, 1987).

Auction Catalogue: The Keith Austin Collection of Scottish Banknotes. (Spink, 1999).

Auction Catalogue: The Pringle Collection of Scottish Banknotes. (Spink, 2003).

Auction Catalogue: The McIntyre and Macmillan Collections of Fine Scottish Banknotes. (Spink, 2005).

Bank of Scotland 1695- 1995, A Very Singular Institution (A. Cameron, 1995).

Bank of Scotland, A History, 1695 - 1995 (R. Saville, 1996).

Banking In Glasgow During The Olden Time (J. Buchanan, 1862).

Clydesdale Bank - The First One Hundred Years (C. W. Munn, 1988).

Coutts & Co 1692 - 1992 - The Portrait of a Private Bank (E. Healey, 1991).

Duel - A True Story of Death and Honour (J. Landale, 2005).

English Paper Money (Third Edition) (V. Duggleby, 1984). - More recent editions now available.

History of Banking in Scotland (A. W. Kerr, 1884).

Joshua Bacon, The Printer of Banknotes and the First Postage Stamps (D. Rowse, 2000).

Kirkwood & Sons, Copper-plate Engravers (P. Symes, 1999).

Memoirs of a Banking House (Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, 1860).

Old Reminiscences of Glasgow (Two Volumes) (P. MacKenzie, 1890).

Scotland's Empire & the Shaping of the Americas 1600 - 1815 (T. M. Devine, 2003).

Scottish Banknotes (J. Douglas, 1975).

Swords Loaves & Fishes - A History of Dunbar (R. J. M. Pugh, 2003).

Take Note - A History of Scottish Banknotes (Bank of Scotland, 2007).

The British Linen Bank 1746 - 1946 (C. A. Malcolm, 1950).

The East Lothian Bank (Dissertation, C. W. Munn, 1971).

The History of the Clydesdale Bank (J. M. Reid, 1938).

The History of the Union Bank of Scotland (R. S. Rait, 1930).

The Industrial Revolution in Scotland (H. Hamilton, 1966).

The Making of Buchanan Street (D. Frazer, 1885).

The Making of Scotland - A Comprehensive Guide to the Growth of Scotland's Cities, Towns and Villages (R. Smith, 2001)

The North of Scotland Bank 1836 - 1936 (A. Keith, 1936).

The One Pound Note: In the History of Banking in Great Britain (W. Graham, 1911 (Second Edition)).

The One Pound Note; Its History, Place and Power in Scotland and its Adaptability for England (Third Edition) (W. Baird, 1912).

The Report of the Trial before The High Court of Justiciary, Her Majesty's Advocate against The Directors and the Manager of The City of Glasgow Bank (C. T. Couper, 1879).

The Royal Bank of Scotland - A History (Royal Bank of Scotland, 1997)

The Standard Catalogue of Provincial Banks and Banknotes (G. L. Grant, 1977).  Relates to ENGLISH Provincial Banks.

The Story of The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited During Its Hundred Years from 1810 - 1910 (J. L. Anderson, 1910).

Trial of Deacon Brodie (W. Roughead, 1906).