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Auction: 20009 - World Banknotes
Lot: 181

British Linen Company, £1, Edinburgh, manuscript date 1 November 1855, printed serial number E 93/382, black and white, arms top centre flanked by value in circular frames, Britannia seated at left, 'promise to pay on demand William Spence or bearer' in text at centre, two manuscript signatures low centre
(PMS BL33c), a Perkins Bacon & Co. first issue engraving and much rarer than the blue and white design that followed in 1860. In PMG holder 20 Very Fine, extremely rare

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Sold for
£1,700

Starting price
£1100