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British Banknotes - Canterbury Union Bank - 1840 - Ten

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British Banknotes - Canterbury Union Bank - 1840 - Ten
British Banknotes - Canterbury Union Bank - 1840 - Ten
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Description
Dated 30th January 1840, inked number 2231. Obv: printed 'Canterbury Arms' and text with handwritten 'R. Barker' name, serial number and date; signed R. Halford and bearing oval 'FIRST DIVIDEND PAID' inkstamp. Rev: printed design. The banknote split and re-joined with printed jointing paper to the reverse signed E Brockman; various ink notations both sides. 180 x 100mm. Outing 415f. The bank was established in 1791 and was known as the Canterbury Union Bank from 1796, with the partners in 1840 being Richard Halford the younger, William Henry Baldock and Osborn Snoulton the younger; the bank failed in 1841 and paid off at 10 shillings in the pound on a £120,000 liability.
Condition
Generally very good; edges cut into as usual, soiled and creased, pinholes. Scarce.
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British Banknotes - Canterbury Union Bank - 1840 - Ten

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