Banknote
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1794
Materials
Paper
Measurements
125 x 193 mm
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Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 781320.1
Summary
Bank note for 6 Guineas. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, 21st March 1794, Number B2857. 'Three days after date pay Mr A Dixon or order £6.6s'. Signed by Jon Peckover. Inscribed on reverse ' The Rage of Banking now is grown, So Great in county and in Town, That all our Rags, Shirts, Shifts and Coates, Will soon be turned to One Pound Notes!' Mounted on card within acetate sleeve.