AcknowledgmentsAuthor’s notes on conventionsGlossaryA cast of characters1 Introduction2 The Financial Revolution at home: Scotland, 1690–17073 ‘Land is what produces everything, silver is only the product’: the land bank debates of England, North America, and Scotland, 1650–17054 ‘The proper question is not whether paper money be as good as silver or gold, but whether it is better than no money’: William Burnet and the New Jersey Loan Office5 ‘We are far from fairy tale Mr Chancellor’: John Law and the proposed National Bank of France, 1701–026 For the want of ‘scots projects’: Scottish financial actors and Scottish financial institutions after 17077 The long road to the Royal Bank of Scotland, and the growth of Scottish banking, 1707–17728 ConclusionIndex