40 Pounds White, 1778 issue

€385,748.00
IssuerEngland (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Year1778-1807
TypeStandard banknote
Value40 Pounds
CurrencyPound sterling (1158-1970)
CompositionPaper
Size211 × 130 mm
ShapeRectangular
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Reference(s) P#155
Obverse descriptionBritannia at upper-left, promise of payment by the Bank of England throughout note.
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Obverse lettering1779 I Promise to pay to_ or Bearer on Demand the Sum of FORTY Pounds London on the 3 day of June 1779 For the Govr and Compa of the Bank of England £FORTY Ent.d
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Catalog ID9570367570
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