Five Pounds
SOLD December 2015 |
CDV-format albumen print showing a British five-pound bank note circa 1884.
The bank note in image has folds indicating it was in actual use, not a specimen bill.
Text of note reads in part:
"Bank of England / ...to pay the Bearer on demand / the sum of Five Pounds / here or in London / ...Manchester Jan.y 2 1884..."
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