Bank note from General Bank, Exeter
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.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 93/1938
- Category
- Array
- Collection Class
- Numismatics
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Smee, Miss
- Material
- paperink
- Common Name
- bank note from General Bank, Exeter
- Simple Name
- bank note
- Inscription Transcription
- GENERAL BANK EXETER / I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND ONE POUND / [...] OF [...] MONTH 18... / FOR THOMAS, JOSEPH AND GEORGE SPARKES
- Period Classification
- Regency (1811-1820); George IV (1820-1830); William IV (1830-1837)
- Production Year Low
- 1819
- Production Year High
- 1822
