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Auction: 19038 - The Lou Manzi Collection of English Banknotes - Part II
Lot: 3074

Bank of England, Horace Bowen (1893-1902), £5, London 18 March 1901, serial number J/I 28352, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, 'I promise to pay to Bearer on demand the sum of Five Pounds' in text at centre, value in black tablet low left, printed serial number, date and signature,
(EPM B207a, Pick 295a), in PMG holder 45 Choice Extremely Fine. All Bowen notes are very rare and to find one in this condition is remarkable; a lovely note indeed

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Sold for
£6,500

Starting price
£4800