Banknotes

Birmingham, Birmingham Workhouse, Five Shillings (2), both 180–, unissued, ‘Overseers of the Poor will pay the Bearer on Account of the Parish’ and ‘Mr. James Welch pay the Bearer, Guardians of the Poor’ (Davis 1220, 1222; Outing 3009b) [2]. First extremely fine, second nearly so £120-150

Provenance: W.J. Davis Collection, and by descent; The Property of a Lady, DNW Auction T7, 7 October 2009, lots 330, 332; D.B. Griffiths Collection