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5 Pounds Durham Bank
| Issuer | Jonathan Backhouse & Co Ltd |
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| Year | 1813-1896 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1970) |
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| Obverse description | At left, a classical standing female vignette is accompanied by a bird, serpent, and dog; the background carries an engraved view of a church and a bridge spanning a river. The text panel bears the promise-to-pay obligation with the date handwritten in Quaker style ('18th of the 3rd Mo. 1887'), signed on behalf of Jonathan Backhouse & Co Ltd. Denomination and issuing bank name appear in letterpress across the face. |
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| Obverse lettering | Durham Bank £5 I Promise to pay the Bearer on demand FIVE POUNDS Value received Durham 18th of the 3rd Mo. 1887 For Jonathan Backhouse & Co Ltd Five Pounds |
| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large guilloche-work numeral FIVE printed in blue, with the bank name J. BACKHOUSE & CO. in a curved legend above and a serial number positioned at the top of the letter F and below the letter E within the numeral vignette. |
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