- Title:
- Sir John Barton's scheme for preventing forgery of Bank of England notes'
- Object name(s):
- letters; letters
- Brief description:
- ['Sir John Barton's scheme for preventing forgery of Bank of England notes' / John Barton. ca.1819. 1 sheet, bearing fifty engravings, each 1 1/2" square and each of a unique pattern. Sheet originally mounted on piece of linen which bears the title [assigned in 1931?] and "Various combinations of engraved cubes probably done on Lathe with overhead motion & some in dividing Engine". See MS 1359 for letter relating to this item]
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Credit line:
- Barton, B.V.
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 19 11/16
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 500
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 9 13/16
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 250
- Object name:
- letters; letters
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1814
- Date - latest:
- 1824
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1819
- Date - latest:
- 1819
- Object production person:
- Barton, John, Sir, 1771-1834
- Other number:
- 1931-1138
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- MSL/0013
- Other number type:
- Adlib Reference number
- Other number:
- 4160/1/1
- Other number type:
- file number
- Responsible department/section:
- SCM - Archive
- Non confidential restriction level:
- level2
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c444b903-65f6-33d0-979b-4dc3b08ab1c8
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c444b903-65f6-33d0-979b-4dc3b08ab1c8, Science Museum Group, CC BY
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