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26 & 27 May 2022
Royal Borough of Birkenhead, a proposed National Municipal Note Issue in the style of a Treasury third issue £1, denominated in goods pounds, 1 June 1934, with an explanation printed on the reverse, claiming that these notes would enable ‘your Corporation to abolish rates, build houses without interest, and turn poverty into plenty’, if only the public would have confidence in them, fine and rare Outing unlisted £150-£200
£150–£200
A note advertising Post Coaches & Diligences, departing from the Saracens Head Inn, Snow Hill, ‘with a guard’, ND (c. early 1800s), signature of B.W. Mountain, in the style of a £100 Bank of England note, with an engraving of a Saracen at top left, with an impressive list of destinations including Edinburgh ‘in four easy days’, York, Scarboro’, Whitby, Hull, Lancaster, and Grantham among others, printed on very thin paper, very good and rare Outing unlisted £150-£200
A note advertising Post Coaches & Diligences, departing from the Cross Keys Inn, Wood Street, Cheapside, ‘with a guard’, ND (c. early 1800s), signature of B.W. Mountain, in the style of a £100 Bank of England note, with an engraving of Crossed Keys at top left, with an impressive list of destinations including Edinburgh ‘in four easy days’, Carlisle, Penrith, Whitehaven, Dumfries, Glasgow and Leeds among others, printed on thin paper, very good to about fine and rare Outing...
Hammer Price: £120
Birmingham Bank, No.31, Bull Street, an advertising note for ‘novelty & fashion’, promising to ‘cut any Lady or Gentleman’s Hair and make Ornamental Hair in a most Superior manner, also to keep for sale Foreign and British Perfumery of the best Qualities or forfeit the Sum of One Hundred Pounds’, 26 April 1924, serial number 31, signature of M. Elmore, a remarkable engraving of a the shop front at left, showing the building and window display in perfect and meticulous detail, very...
Hammer Price: £240
Advertising Skit note for Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, the Public’s most Obed’t Serv’t, R. Ackermann, to the value of £100 more or less, 1 January 1803, promising to ‘pay one hundred pounds, more or less, for any fine drawings or execute orders for prints, drawings & ornaments & deliver them with expedition to any part of the world’, with a female allegory of art at left, very good and scarce Outing unlisted £150-£200
Bank of Enterprise, Sealfast Limited, an 1914 advertising note promising to ‘pay the user of Sealfast the sum of five pounds if he can prove same injures rubber’, serial number AI/OK 1914, signature of Leslie M. Lane and a vignette of a tin of the aforementioned Sealfast at top left, extremely fine and rare Outing unlisted £120-£160
Hammer Price: £110
Pure Tobacco, Wolverhampton, an advertising note for £5, 4 July 1895, serial number 16, signature of Lizzie Marrian, promising to supply ‘Guaranteed Genuine Irish Twist of Superior Quality’, at the premises on 145 Horseley Fields, Wolverhampton, fine and rare, unusual to find a female proprietor listed on a note of this kind Outing unlisted £120-£160
Hammer Price: £100
Bank of Elegance, a note promising to ‘pay on demand the sum of fifty pounds if I do not cut any lady or gentleman’s hair in the first style of fashion’, 4 May 1829, serial number 120, signature of J.G.Carver, with vignette of a lady with a very ornate and flowery hairdo at left, low right corner tip missing, otherwise about fine and scarce Outing unlisted £100-£150
£100–£150
Dunville & Co. Limited, an advertising note for Old Irish Whisky, as produced by the Royal Irish Distilleries, Belfast, ND (mid 1800’s), small hole at top left, otherwise good very fine, a classic and widely circulated skit note Outing unlisted £100-£150
Hammer Price: £80
Bank of Elegance, an unnamed and un-addressed note for £5, 1 January 1852, serial number 230, made out ‘For Myself & Co.’ and promising to ‘Pay on Demand the sum of five pounds if I do not sell Articles cheaper than any Body else in the whole universe’, which feels like a bold claim, mounting traces, overall fine and scarce Outing unlisted £100-£150
Beauty & Elegance, 29, Old Jewry, Cheapside, a note advertising the services of A. Gardner who ‘will Cut, Dress & Arrange any Lady or Gentleman’s Hair in a Superior style of forfeit the sum of one thousand pounds’, London, 29 May 1822, signature of Arthur Gardner and a lovely vignette of justice at left, remains of mounting on reverse, a few holes at folds, overall fine and very scarce, an attractive note Outing unlisted £150-£200
Bank of Elegant Engraving, a note denominated £100 advertising the services of H.H.Collins & Co., October 1855, signature of H.H.Collins, fine, rare and very nicely engraved note Outing unlisted £150-£200
Banque de Ste Farce, a relatively modern spoof note in the form of a 1000 Francs, 1 April 1983, serial number E.457 799, advertising what appears to be an antiestablishment and anticlerical bookshop or library in Paris, the note is meticulously designed to mimic the original note, down to every one of the original allegorical figures being redesigned and the borders changed into sausages or similar, very fine and scarce, an amusing item £100-£150
Bank of Keiths, an advertising note for Fixture and Electrical Work, denominated £5, London, July 1906, serial number 94635, with a vignette of an anchor and labelled ‘hope’ at top left, extremely fine and scarce Outing unlisted £80-£120
Hammer Price: £60
Bank of Elfland, a note for £100 advertising the performances of Wiljalba Frikell, often known as Professor Frickell, 11 May 1868, serial number W/F 74899, signature of Wiljalba Frikell, bearing more than a passing resemblance to a real Bank of England £100, including the wording and vignette, minor edge damage, overall very fine and scarce Outing unlisted £120-£160
Hammer Price: £130
Berkeley’s Bank, vouchers for 5 and 20 Berkeley Pounds, ND (1997-98), serial numbers BB5 0017626 and BB2 0007246, with a ‘security feature’ showing a holographic image of a young lady, and the terms of service on reverse, very fine and good fine respectively, and certainly not your usual skit note! (2 notes) Outing Unlisted (unsurprisingly!) £50-£70
Hammer Price: £40
Stage Money, a note in the style of an Austro-Hungarian 1000 Kronen, for private circulation only, 1922, signed by the great ‘Generalissimo Londonovich’ on behalf of ‘Nosuchbank’ and the ‘International Ranch of the League of Nations’, watermarked paper, good fine and rare, an attractive item Outing unlisted £100-£150
Please Note, a 1913 advertisement in the form of a £5 note for the ‘Fighting Parson’, at the Kursaal Picture Theatre, Southend-on-Sea, and boldly claiming that the show is ‘the Best Drama Ever Staged in 4 Scenes’, minor damage to left margin, overall very fine and scarce Outing unlisted £100-£150
Please Note, a 1924 advertisement in the form of a £5 note for the “RATTLES” Revue at the New Theatre, Oxford, including performances by Ida Crispi, Uty Rowlands and Pip Powell and others, extremely fine and very scarce Outing unlisted £100-£150
Please Note, a c.1925 advertisement in the form of a £5 note for the “CRASH” Revue, London, unusually well printed by Albinson, Oldham, extremely fine and scarce Outing unlisted £100-£150
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
24 & 25 August 2022
S.W.Fores No. 1, for Self, St. Vincent, Duncan, Nelson & Co., 2 Pence, 17 November 1818, promising to pay ‘Monsieur Bonaparte or Bearer when the Gallic Flag shall triumph over the British and the French become the Masters of the Sea’, signed by John Bull and Ben Broadside, with a vignette of a ship of the line, labelled ‘Britain's Glory and its Pride’, light mounting traces, extremely fine £100-£150
S.W.Fores No. 2, for Self, Grub, Snout and Starveling, 2 Pence, 25 December 1818, promising to pay ‘Messrs Flesh, Flour, Malt & Co. or Bearer when Roasting-beef shall be sold at four pence per pound, Porter at three pence per pot, and the Quartern Loaf at Sixpence’, signed by Gristle Barebones and Spoonmeat Littleflesh, with a vignette of a loaf, labelled ‘The Staff of Life’, extremely fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £70
S.W.Fores No. 3, for Self, Leinster, Ulster, Munster & Connaught, 2 Pence, 1 January 1819, promising to pay ‘Rory O’Bogg Esqr or Bearer, when the Union of the Kingdoms shall have produced a union of Civil & Religious principles’, signed by Pat Potatoe and Dermot O’Wisky, with a vignette displaying a map of Ireland, about extremely fine £100-£150
S.W.Fores No. 4, for Self, Taffy Bull, Andrew Bull & Pat Bull, 2 Pence, 4 June 1818, promising to pay ‘McCree, Trottoff & Co. or Bearer, when Melvillism shall have received its just reward and when its effects also shall have ceased in every department of the British Government’, signed by John Bull and Saml Brownstout, with a vignette showing a bugler, axe and rope, labelled ‘10th Report!! Beware of us!!’, toned, staple holes at left, otherwise extremely fine £100-£150
S.W.Fores No. 5, for Self, Lapstone, Staytape, Tossup & Winem, 2 Pence, 6 February 1819, promising to pay ‘Coll Pattypan & Sam Roarer Esq or Bearer, on the erection of a Statue of the late Heaven-born Minister composed of Pure Puff Paste, or Papier-machee, or Calf’s-head jelly, in Guildhall’, signed by Tim Tartlet and Sam Noisymouth, with a vignette showing what appears to be a gibbet, labelled ‘We restore liberty, and rank among the best correctives for baseness’, extremely fine ...
S.W.Fores No. 6, for Independence, Integrity, Honor & Self, 2 Pence, 23 May 1818, promising to pay ‘Messrs Sinecure, Pensioner, Peculator & Co. or Bearer, when Corruption, Bribery, & Want of principle shall have ceased throughout the Nation & when the noble example set by the Electors of Westminster shall have been followed by all the Electors of the United Kingdom’, signed by Public Virtue and Francis Trustworthy, with a vignette showing a liberty cap, labelled ‘Do Thou Great Liberty...
S.W.Fores No. 7, for Groaner, Hardpinch & Self, 2 Pence, 27 July 1818, promising to pay ‘Talents, Ins & Outs, or Bearer, when the Pensioned Drone & the Destructive Monopolizing Locust, shall have been remove’d from the Hive of British Industry, by the Axe or the Halter’, signed by Shirtless Raggedbottom and Tristram Moneyless, with a vignette showing a beehive, labelled ‘Copy the Bee’ and ‘Industry blesseth a man; idleness curseth him’, about extremely fine £100-£150
S.W.Fores No. 8, for Self, Silvertouch & Lovegold, 2 Pence, 1 August 1818, promising to pay ‘the Right Honorable William Pittachio or Bearer, on the dissolution of his Great Paper Manufactory and the Circulation of Specie only’, signed by Brass Hatepaper and George Pennypiece, with a vignette showing a George III penny, and labelled ‘A Scarce British Coin’, good very fine £100-£150
S.W.Fores No. 9, for Justice, Revenge, Millions & Self, 5 Danish Skillings, Copenhagen, 7 September 1818, promising to pay ‘Messrs Public Justice & Virtue or Bearer, Five Danish Skillings, when the Diabolical Massacre & Robbery of the Danes, shall gave been properly atoned for, and when the injured Honor & Moral Justice of Britain, shall have been completely restored’, signed by Hamlet and Heartfelt Horror, with a vignette showing the bombardment of a city and a mockery of a coat of...
S.W.Fores No. 10, for Self, Fearnought & Hardblow, 1 Penny, 4 June 1818, promising to pay ‘the Emperor Napoleon or Bearer, one penny, when British Valour shall have been wholly subsided & when the French Army shall have become masters of the British Islands’, signed by George Lather’em and Bob Trimmer, with a vignette showing a map of the United Kingdom, labelled ‘Britannia, The Pride of the Sea, I’faith they are tight little Islands’, good extremely fine £100-£150
S.W.Fores No. 11, for Self, Fool and Dupe, 1 Penny, 14 June 1818, promising to pay ‘Thos Plunder, Puffwell Esqr or Bearer, when Lottery Insurance shall have ceased and when the Morocco-men & those infamous Leeches their Masters, shall have been, by aid of the Gallows, deprived of the means of robbing the humble table of a meal, or, driving Property-stricken Credulity into Despair and Suicide’, signed by Susan Nosmock and Tabby Allrag, with a vignette showing a purse being pickpocketted,...
S.W.Fores No. 12, for Self, Knapsack & Firelock, 2 Pence, 18 March 1819, promising to pay ‘Duke, Clark’s, Farquhar, or Bearer, when Boys, by purchase, shall no longer supersede the Veteran Subaltern, and when hard & meritorious service shall be the only recommendation to Military Promotion throughout the British Army’, signed by Hector Broadsword and Ron-don-don, with a vignette showing a petticoat above a crown, and labelled ‘Triumphalis Ruina’, and ‘Long Live the Petticoat; Its...
S.W.Fores No. 13, for Self, Simple & Pennyless, 2 Pence, 1 April 1819, promising to pay ‘Messrs Catchpole, Latitat & Puzzlecause or bearer, when the glorious uncertainty of the Law shall have ceased and when the whole fraternity of Attornies, including Pettifoggers and Luitammers, throughout the United Kingdom shall have the acquired integrity’, signed by Simon Lostall and Ninny Smartuch, with a vignette showing a pair of tailors scissors, and labelled ‘The Pettifoggers Arms’, and...
S.W.Fores No. 14, for Self, Knightly Puff, Warning Puff, Racer Puff, Horney Puff & Moonshine Puff, 2 Pence, 12 April 1819, promising to pay ‘Aldn Puff & Deputy Puff or Bearer, when Lottery-Puffs shall be swallowed as eagerly as Pastry-Puff by the good people of the United Kingdom and when Lottery Insurers & Swindlers shall deserve the name of Gentleman’, signed by Old Tom Puff and Young Tom Puff, with a vignette showing the Royal Exchange and a losing lottery ticket, and labelled...
S.W.Fores No. 15, for Self, Catcall, Buglehorn, Trumpet, Bell, Rattle, Hiss & Groan, 1 Penny, 1 November 1818, promising to pay ‘Messrs Riches, Wantes & Jem Jackall or Bearer, when the Spirit of a London Audience shall have been subdued by A Hero of the Bushkin, Jew Vagrants & Thieftakers and when private Boxes of a Theatre shall be dedicated to Diana’, signed O.P. and Roarer Row, with a vignette showing a air of imbalanced scales and a grand building, and labelled ‘Justitia Impar’...
Hammer Price: £75
S.W.Fores No. 16, for Self, Sneezer, Cougher & Windcracker, 2 Pence, 5 December 1818, promising to pay ‘Spouter, Snearlie & Promtspeech, Affidavit Makers, or Bearer, when Coughing, Sneezing, or the Bowel-easing Flatus, shall By a Westminster Jury, be deemed a flagrant breach of The Kings’s Peace, or, constitute the fundamentals of a wicked conspiracy’, signed O.P. and Evergreen Laurel, with a vignette showing a judge in a fools cap, with the caption ‘T’is strange such difference...
Hammer Price: £85
S.W.Fores No. 17, for my Father, Mr. John Bull, 5 Farthings, 11 December 1818, promising to pay ‘the Master, Wardens & Court of Assistants, of the Worshipful Company of Thiefcatchers, or Bearer, when their Worships shall have received the appointment of Superintendents of the various Theatres and other Places of Public Amusement throughout the United Kingdom’, signed O.P.Bull and John Huzza, with a vignette showing three heads in profile, with the caption ‘Shadows of Power, “Trifles,...
S.W.Fores No. 18, for Right, Justice & Self, 2 Pence, 9 July 1819, promising to pay ‘Tom Leatherbrigs, alias Noodle, alias Doodle and Bob Sarum, alias Bounce, alias Welch Bob, or Bearer, when Magna-Charta shall become a Dead Letter, when the Trial by Jury shall have been abolished, and when Sir Francis Burdett shall have ceased to be a Patriot and an Honest Man’, signed Alfred Trueblood and Frank Freeborn, with a vignette showing Magna Charta, and labelled ‘Although mutilated, still...
S.W.Fores No. 19, for Clodhopper, Bumpkin & Co., 2 Pence, 1 August 1819, promising to pay ‘Messrs Fudge, Swindle and Nocash, Bankers or Bearer, when Country Banks shall have been abolished and when Sterling Gold and Silver, only, shall again become the circulating medium of Old England’, signed Zekel Hardbrass and Roger Rustic, with a vignette showing ‘Shuffleton Bank’ building with a collapsed sign with the caption ‘All is not Gold that glitters, Mind yourself’ and the poem...
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