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5 Pounds Stamford, Spalding and Boston
| Issuer | Stamford, Spalding and Boston Banking Company Limited |
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| Year | 1874-1911 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress and intaglio print on plain white paper, enclosed within a fine guilloche border with ornamental corner devices. The upper left carries a heraldic shield vignette flanked by decorative scrollwork, and the upper right bears a circular guilloche medallion with the numeral '5' in bold relief; the issuer's name runs in elaborate copperplate script across the upper portion, with the promise-to-pay text in italic script across the centre field. A solid rectangular panel at lower centre contains 'FIVE' in bold serif capitals, and the printer's imprint appears at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stamford, Spalding and Boston BANKING COMPANY LIMITED. №L8129 STAMFORD 1 May 1901. №L8129 Promise to Pay the Bearer on demand at the Company's Office here or at Messrs Barclay & Co. Limited, London FIVE POUNDS Value received Entd For the Company FIVE Perkins Bacon & Co Ld London. |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted paper reverse bearing multiple contemporary ink stamps applied during circulation: a rectangular violet stamp reading 'Parr's Bank Limited', a large violet oval stamp for 'Midland Counties Banking Company Limited, Leicester', and a circular black postmark dated March 1904 from Oakham; additional handwritten endorsements and partial stamps are also visible across the surface. |
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