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Auction: 4005 - Banknotes of the World
Lot: 936

Greenock Bank Company, 1 guinea, 20 January 1800, serial number 454/1243, black and white, oval vignette top left of a dockside scene, bank title at left, two manuscript signature below (Douglas -, see page 144 for similar and forged in same hand as this example, Douglas was of the opinion that the note illustrated in his book was genuine. ), manuscript signature forged at centre, a contemporary copy of an extremely rare issue, type unlisted in Douglas, good fine and extremely rare Estimate £ 200-250

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