- Object name(s):
- bank note; bank note
- Brief description:
- a £1 bank note, number 184, dated 2nd January 1805 from the Falmouth Bank of Joseph Banfield & Co.
- Collection:
- Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1971
- Acquisition method:
- gift
- Associated concept:
- NUMISMATICS
- Associated concept:
- Banking
- Comments:
- the name "Falmouth Bank" and the double-headed eagle were used by many different bankers
- Completeness:
- complete
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension value:
- 12.5 cm
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension value:
- 18.5 cm
- Inscription content:
- Inscription description:
- double headed eagle
- Inscription content:
- P.Perry, 2nd Jan. 1805
- Inscription type:
- inscription
- Material:
- paper
- Number of objects:
- one
- Object name:
- bank note; bank note
- Object number:
- TRURI : 1971.15
- Object production organisation:
- Falmouth Bank
- Object production place:
- Cornwall
- Place status:
- County
- Object production place:
- England
- Place status:
- Country
- Other number:
- TRURI : 1600.86
- Other number type:
- previous number
- Technique:
- printing
- Text:
- Joseph Banfield was the earliest proprietor of the bank
- Text reason:
- Brief description notes
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