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5 Pounds Stockton on Tees Bank
| Issuer | Jonathan Backhouse & Company (Stockton on Tees Bank) |
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| Year | 1884 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1970) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is centred on a finely engraved intaglio vignette of a classical female figure seated before a maritime harbour scene with sailing vessels. The bank title 'Stockton on Tees Bank' runs across the top in ornate copperplate script, with an elaborately bordered guilloche medallion carrying the bank monogram to the upper left and the denomination 'FIVE' to the upper right. The lower portion carries the promise-to-pay clause, the place of issue 'STOCKTON', the manuscript date, and the authorising signature for Jonathan Backhouse & Company, with 'Five Pounds' rendered in bold script at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stockton on Tees Bank. £5. Promise to pay the Bearer FIVE POUNDS STOCKTON For Jonathan Backhouse & Company Entd Five Pounds. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green and carries a bold letterpress underprint in which the word 'FIVE' is formed by interlocking guilloche rosettes arranged in a broad horizontal band across the centre of the note. The issuer's name 'J. BACKHOUSE & Co.' appears in bold serif lettering within the central guilloche panel, with the serial number repeated in the upper left and lower right corners. |
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