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Auction: 12034 - The David Kirch Collection of Bank of England Notes - Part I.
Lot: 1

Bank of England, Abraham Newland (1778-1807), £1, London, manuscript date 2 March 1797, manuscript serial number 4, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left, manuscript Mr Abraham Newland in text at centre and manuscript signature low left and low right(EPM B 200a), slight foxing otherwise a pleasing good fine and a superb low number. Number 1 whereabouts unknown, number 2 in a private collection, number 3 in the Institute of Bankers and this lot, number 4, is the Kirch example, exceptional

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