Auction: 24400 - World Banknotes - e-Auction
Lot: 317
Collection of Provincial Skit Notes, [4 notes] Bank of Economy, 1 Pound 1 Shillings, Liverpool, 30th March 1833, "Promise to supply...the best London Beaver Hat that can be made for One Pound One Shilling, and every article in the Hat, Cap & Bonnet trade, proportinably cheap";
no bank title, 2 Pence, London, 4th June 1818, "Promise to pay...Two Pence when Melvillism shall have received its just reward and when its effects also shall have ceased in every department of the British Government";
no bank title, 2 Pence, 1st October 1818, promise to pay the Right Honourable and Honourable Members of the Four in Hand Club, or Bearer, Two Pence, when his Majesty, in consideration of their transcendant merit, shall have placed the Reins of Government in their hands & when the Slang of the Stable shall have become a standard for Polite Conversation";
no bank title, 20 Maravedis, London, 29th February 1818, "Promise to pay...Twenty Maravedis, when the Golden Dreams of the Outs shall have been realised, and when the most dearly beloved Loaves and Fishes shall have been placed within their grasp"
(Outing 4010, 4036, unlisted), fine to very fine (4 notes)
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Estimate
£200 to £300
Starting price
£140