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Auction: 24500 - World Banknotes - e-Auction
Lot: 162

Hampshire Banking Company, proof £5, Newport, dated 18--, the Hampshire Banking Company is not listed specifically in Outing and as no individuals from the bank are named on the note, it is hard to distinguish. Jones, Loyd & Co. are the London agents listed under Outing 2719 circa. 1808-1864. Comparing the design here to known notes, it is possibly connected to Outing 1535, which does not have a trading name, or Outing 1538, which is the Isle of Wight Joint Stock Bank. Although notes for both of these are 'not seen', they both are later taken over by National Westminster Bank, which later became NatWest. This is also the case for the agents Jones, Loyd & Co., as Outing 2719 describes their later absorption by National Westminster Bank, uniface,
(bank is unlisted), fine, staining, mounted

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Sold for
£150

Starting price
£140