Vollständige Bilder anzeigen — kostenlose Registrierung
Mit Google fortfahren — kostenlos oder mit E-Mail registrieren

80 Pounds White, 1759 issue

Emittent Bank of England
Jahr 1759-1775
Typ Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Nennwert Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Währung Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Material Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Größe Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Form Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Druckerei Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Designer Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Stecher Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Im Umlauf bis Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Referenz(en) P#109
Vorderseitenbeschreibung Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Vorderseitenlegende Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Rückseitenbeschreibung Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Rückseitenlegende Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Unterschrift(en) Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Sicherheitsmerkmal Watermark
Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale Britannia watermark incorporated into the handmade paper, visible when held to light.
Varianten Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Anmerkungen

The "White Notes" of the Bank of England — unprinted on the reverse, handwritten in part, and signed by a cashier — were the dominant form of high-value paper currency in Britain for nearly two centuries. The £80 denomination is among the more unusual of the series; most large-value transactions clustered around rounder figures, and £80 denominations were issued to satisfy specific commercial needs rather than as a standard offering. The partial manuscript completion, including payee name and date, means no two examples are identical documents.

The 1759 dating coincides with the height of the Seven Years' War, when Bank of England note issuance was under considerable strain financing government borrowing.