Auction Catalogue

30 April 2009

Starting at 2:00 PM

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British and World Paper Money

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 536 x

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30 April 2009

Estimate: £1,500–£1,800

Bank Note Specimen, 17 October 1858, ‘I promised to Manufacture Bank Note Specimens which it was Impossible to Counterfeit’, in the style of a contemporary Bank of England note with text added at bottom ‘For the Gov. and Comp. of the BANK of ENGLAND. Missing strip from upper left edge and a short split at centre, otherwise fine, scarce
£1,500-1,800

Watermarked banknote paper; P.A. Sparre’s patent