80 Pounds White, 1759 issue

Emittente	Bank of England
Anno	1759-1775
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Valuta	Pound sterling (1158-1970)
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Legenda del dritto	1764 I Promise to pay to _ or Bearer on Demand the Sum of EIGHTY Pounds London on the 6 day of June 1764 For the Govr and Compa of the Bank of England. £EIGHTY Ent.d
Descrizione del rovescio	The reverse of this white Bank of England note is plain, bearing manuscript notations, endorsements, and accounting figures added during the note's circulation. Two ornamental blue-printed flourishes or scroll devices appear at the right margin, and a bold letterpress PAID cancellation stamp is applied at the lower left, indicating the note was redeemed. The aged, worn paper surface exhibits foxing and fold lines consistent with heavy contemporary use.
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Commenti	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.