- Title:
- bank note from General Bank, Exeter
- Object name(s):
- bank note; one pound bank note, General Bank, Exeter
- Brief description:
- The General Bank in Exeter was one of several small banks established in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It eventually became part of the modern Lloyds Bank. This bank note is unused and is probably a printer’s test piece. This object is not on display. Inscription GENERAL BANK EXETER / I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND ONE POUND / [...] OF [...] MONTH 18... / FOR THOMAS, JOSEPH AND GEORGE SPARKES
- Collection:
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Dimension:
- whole length 122 mm
- Dimension:
- whole W 200 mm
- Field collection place:
- London
- Field collection place:
- Devon
- Field collection place:
- United Kingdom: England
- Field collection place:
- Northern Europe
- Field collection place:
- Europe
- Field collector:
- Miss Smee (collector)
- Material:
- paper
- Material:
- ink
- Object name:
- bank note; one pound bank note, General Bank, Exeter
- Object number:
- 93/1938
- Object production date:
- 1819 to 1822
- Date - period:
- Regency (1811-1820)
- Date - period:
- George IV (1820-1830)
- Date - period:
- William IV (1830-1837)
- Object production person:
- General Bank (issuer)
- Object production place:
- Exeter
- Reproduction number:
- 93-1938.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Numismatics
- Responsible department/section:
- Numismatics
- Non confidential restriction level:
- level2
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d73142cb-7389-37b5-aeaa-d7cc94a615fa
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d73142cb-7389-37b5-aeaa-d7cc94a615fa, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0
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