Auction Catalogue
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
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