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Auction: 19031 - The Lou Manzi and A. J. Simms Collections of British Banknotes & other properties
Lot: 2711

Isle of Man, the Manx Bank Limited, specimen £1, 18- , serial number 28507, black with Tower of Refuge at centre, values to corners and reverse arms at centre with vignettes of the Albert Tower, Laxey Wheel, St. Germain's Cathedral and Castle Rushen at north, south, east and west respectively,
(IMPM M316, Q345), a good extremely fine, red ink 'SPECIMEN' annotation lower right, this is one of only 12 banknotes saved from being destroyed by the Bank and subsequently presented to Bank officials or institutions at some point between 1904 - 1909, an interesting survivor and very rare

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