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1973.11.47

ID Number: 1973.11.47
Category: Communication Artifacts
Sub-category: exchange medium
Item Name: currency
Date: 1824
Materials: paper, unknown
Measurements: overall: 4 3/4 in x 6 in
Description: British 1 pound note:
buff, black and red
"Aberdeen, Montrose, Dundee, Edinburgh & Glasgow/ no. 12724 one/ exchange & deposit banks/ we promise to pay the bearer on demand/ one pound sterling at Messrs. Mastermeann & co./ bankers London/ edinbro 1 day of June 1824/ for John Maberly/ and company/ enp John Stephens accountant/ edmn Bartley J.A. Blyth Agent
reverse: GR IV/ one [coat of arms]
ragged along edge; torn on center fold; hole lower right
History: This item and others from Windsor Public Library (WPL) (73.11) were found when the library relocated from Carnegie hall to its new Main library on Ouellette in 1973. Probably had been accumulated by the Essex Historical Society.
Place made: Canada
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

Subjects

Accountants subject

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