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Auction: 11040 - British Banknotes featuring the Brian Ascroft and the Alasdair Macdonald Collections and other properties
Lot: 691

Sir William Forbes, James Hunter & Co, £1 Sterling, 2. 1. 1820 on watermarked paper, serial number 48/506, dated and numbered by hand, payable to Robert Borrowman or bearer, equestrian statue of Charles II at upper centre, uniface (Douglas 5; Pick not listed), ink smudges, otherwise about fine, ex Spink, Keith Austin sale 1999, when described as "probably a contempory forgery" Estimate £ 80-120

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