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5 Pounds Salop and North Wales Bank
| Issuer | Salop and North Wales Bank |
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| Year | 1839 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note in black on white paper, with a vignette of a building at centre, likely a civic or banking institution rendered in fine line engraving. The denomination Five Pounds appears at lower left, upper right, and centre, with the promise-to-pay text and date of issue below. The note bears the manuscript signature of Edwards and is countersigned for Price, Jones & Edwards, Shrewsbury. |
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| Obverse lettering | SALOP & NORTH WALES BANK I Promise to pay the Bearer on demand the sum of Five Pounds here or at Messrs. Barretts, Hoare & Co BANKERS, London Value received SHREWSBURY the 8th of Jan 1839 Entd. For Price, Jones & Edwards |
| Reverse description | Plain paper reverse, largely blank, bearing a manuscript bankruptcy stamp applied centrally and a handwritten official signature. The stamp records the exhibition of this note under a fiat in bankruptcy at the Shirehall, Shrewsbury, dated 16th May 1841, relating to the insolvency of partners William Birch Price and John Edwards. |
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