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Windsor & Eton Bank, unissued Ten Pounds, 180[–], vignette of the arms of New Windsor at left engraved by Thorowgood (Grant 3243A, but denomination not listed). Minor fold creases, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare (£200-250)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Paper Money.

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Provenance:
Christie’s Auction, 9 May 1978, lot 334.

Possibly a trial note: although issued by James Coombs, who established the bank in 1801, it does not bear his name. See Colour Plate VI