Banknotes

Bank of Rewards, a beautifully produced little note for 1 Penny, date unknown, serial number 1, promising to ‘give, as a reward of Diligence and Good Conduct, the value of one penny’, and made out by hand to Mary Lees, with the signature of A. Bowie, Teacher, with a very sweet vignette of two children, one gardening and the other playing with a bat and shuttlecock, unusual for being printed on both sides, very good and probably a unique survivor
Outing unlisted £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes.

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It has not been possible to trace either of the two people mentioned, as there is no date on the note and no location mentioned. However, the note is in a format that bears considerable resemblance to several 19th century Scottish notes, so it may be from there.