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Auction: 1004 - Bonds & Shares of The World
Lot: 442

Exchequer Bill, 1697, £5, paying one farthing per day interest, signed by Sir Robert Howard, small format with scrollwork at each side, black, embossed seal depicts portcullis, endorsements on reverse, ink cancellation on face, small wear hole at right edge, otherwise about very fine and rare. Estimate £ 400 Issued £1,200,000 under Act of Parliament for funding King William´s War or the War of the Grand Alliance, between France and an alliance between England, Spain, United Provinces and the Holy Roman Empire. The peace of Ryswick was signed in 1697.

Sold for
£350