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Auction: 1004 - Bonds & Shares of The World
Lot: 443

Exchequer Order of Payment, issued under Act of 1711, authorising repayment, at 6% interest, a loan of £500 made by Sir Justus Beck in December 1710, handsigned by Paget, Mansel and Benson, Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, Lord Halifax, Chancellor of the Exchequer and on the reverse by Sir Justus Beck, 4 pages, folio, black printing with manuscript insertions, a rare complete document which is not trimmed as is usual with these pieces, very fine. Estimate £ 300 Sir Justus Beck, 1st Baronet (died 1722), Director the Bank of England. One of the largest losers in the South Sea Bubble, being declared bankrupt in 1720.

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