banknote
- Museum number
- CIB.5686
- Description
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Banknote (1 pound).
- Production date
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1821 (dated)
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1826 (issued)
- Dimensions
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Length: 201.000 millimetres
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Width: 125.000 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- This note is dated 1821 but was issued in 1826. It was probably recycled back into use by the Bank of England following a note shortage when many provincial note issuing banks failed during the 1825 panic.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2012-13, 29 Nov-5 May, British Museum, Gallery 69a, Bubbles and Bankruptcy: Financial Crises in Britain since 1700
- Acquisition date
- 2009
- Acquisition notes
- On loan from ifs School of Finance (previously Chartered Institute of Bankers) between 1987 and 2009.
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- CIB.5686
- Banknote serial number
- 16543