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Title:
City Bank five pound note
Object name(s):
bank note; five pound note, City Bank Exeter, trial piece
Brief description:
This bank note was issued by City Bank in Exeter but is possibly a printer’s test piece as the reverse is a piece of scrap paper. The ‘City Bank’ building still stands on Cathedral Green, although the bank itself was later incorporated into Natwest. This object is not on display.
Collection:
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Current location:
Not on display
Field collection place:
Exeter
Field collection place:
Devon
Field collection place:
United Kingdom: England
Field collection place:
Northern Europe
Field collection place:
Europe
Material:
paper
Material:
ink
Object name:
bank note; five pound note, City Bank Exeter, trial piece
Object number:
65/1992/4
Object production date:
1833 to 1901
Date - period:
William IV (1830-1837)
Date - period:
Victorian (1837-1901)
Reproduction number:
65-1992-4.jpg
Reproduction number:
65-1992-4-shot1.jpg
Reproduction number:
65-1992-4-shot2.jpg
Responsible department/section:
Numismatics
Responsible department/section:
Numismatics
Non confidential restriction level:
level2

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/5216181b-7a72-3579-aa10-ba6f6e11ade0

Use licence for this record: CC 0

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/5216181b-7a72-3579-aa10-ba6f6e11ade0, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0

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