skit note

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Object Type
Museum number: 2019,4123.1
Denomination: pound, 50
Description: Skit note. (whole); Ambulance at centre, bust of Florence Nightingale at right. Printed in pink and brown.; Blank.
Producer name
Production date: 2017
Production place: Printed in: British Isles
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Covent Garden, Lamb & Flag Pub
Materials
Dimensions: Length: 179 millimetres; Width: 96 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This was originally published as postcard, 'Florence Nightingale to Save the NHS' in 2014. The banknote version was handed out at an NHS demonstration. It was designed and published by George Blair who started producing postcards in 1980. His most popular postcard, Wish You Were Here featuring jobcentres in UK unemployment hotspots, sold a quarter of a million copies during the Thatcher era.
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Florence Nightingale; Named in inscription & portrayed: NHS
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 2019
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 2019,4123.1

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