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25 June 2025
King’s Bench & Fleet Bank in England, 1 Penny, 16 April 1811, serial number 4176, signature of R. Denton, a couple of edge stains, good fine, rare Outing 4018 for similar £100-£150
Hammer Price: £160
Fleet Bank in England, 2 Pence, 1811, serial number 41106, promising to pay Abraham Lattitat or bearer, manuscript signature of James Simms at low right, lower left corner missing, otherwise very good to about fine, scarce Outing 4018 for bank £80-£100
Hammer Price: £120
Fleet Bank in England, 25 Pence, 21 June 1811, serial number 64781, signature of R. Denton, some toning and small stains but a nice looking example, very fine and very scarce Outing 4018d £100-£150
Hammer Price: £170
Isaacs Bank, Tamworth, 3 Pence, 9 July 1792, serial number C405, signature of I. Hare, with several engravings at left including a Hare called Loo Loo and a crude depiction of Tamworth Castle, low left corner tip missing, otherwise very good and very scarce, one of the earliest known skit notes in existence Outing 4087a £70-£90
Hammer Price: £50
A Skit Note with Naval Origins or Connections, for Sir Tom Bowling, Jack Splicewell & Self, for 2 Pence, 1 May 1793, serial number 1061, promising to ‘pay Mr Jack Oackham or Bearer on Demand the Sum of Two Pence Value Received Town & County of Kingston upon Hull New Bank, with signatures of David Jones and Tom Natch Block, very good, very rare and a very early skit note, of unknown origin or purpose, but certainly something to do with the French revolution and the war declared on Britain...
Hammer Price: £110
Bank of Bagland, an amusing joke note for £5, Liverpool, 10 February 1936, serial number 72/V 15793, signed by R.O. Peppiatt, Chief Cashew, good fine, of no obvious purpose so likely just a joke! Outing unlisted £60-£80
Hammer Price: £45
Bank of Disneyland, a note for £1,000,000, 1967, advertising the Disney film ‘The Happiest Millionaire’, promising to ‘reward the bearer with One Million Pounds of Happiness’, and featuring images of some of the principle actors (Tommy Steele, Fred MacMurray and Greer Garson) on obverse and the full cast on the reverse, very fine and highly amusing Outing Unlisted £60-£80
£60–£80
Bank of Fanland, a huge format skit note for 1 Joker, in the style of a green £1 note, promising to ‘prove that sixteen ounces make one pound’, featuring a feather-boa-clad young lady at top left, and a signature of U.R.A. Stinker, Chief Spiv, also a large format copy of a Page £1 note, with ‘This is a Novelty’ printed on both sides, very fine (2 notes) Outing Unlisted £60-£80
Swank of England, a joke note for £5, 23 October 1950, serial number 890 C59365, signed by E.S.Pratt, with a form of specimen overprint on face, also facsimile copies (2) of a Bank of England £5, K.O.Peppiatt, produced by Fine Furniture Ltd, Langbank, presumably as a promotional measure, very fine to extremely fine (3 notes) Outing Unlisted £60-£80
Hammer Price: £60
Bank of Oporto, a skit note of unknown purpose promising to pay WIlliam Thomas the sum of £100, December 1820, serial number 54321, with wording and design perilously close to a real banknote, very good and very scarce Outing unlisted £80-£100
Bank Side, a skit note of unknown purpose promising to pay WIlliam Shakspeare or bearer, £100, 10 October 1603, serial number 2538, for the Governor and Company of the Globe, Bank Side, signature of William Burbage, almost torn in half along horizontal fold, thus very good, but very scarce Outing unlisted £70-£90
Hammer Price: £100
Hull New Bank, for Perring, Friz, Lather & Co, a joke note for Halfpence, ND (probably late 1700s), no serial number, promising to ‘pay Mr. Richd Puff or Bearer on Demand Five Halfpence at the House of Messrs Scrapewell Catgut & Minuet Bankers London or of Sr Thomas Shandy Blockshead Shave Cut & Tie Bankers, Southward’, signature of Charles Snip, very good, scarce Outing unlisted £60-£80
Bank of Love, a note denominated only in ‘love’, promising to ‘pay to you on Demand the entire Love of the suppliant who sends this’, dated 14 February 1867, at the Temple of Hymen, and signed Cupid, mounting traces on reverse, minor water stains in top margin, otherwise good very fine and scarce Outing 4061 for similar £70-£90
Hammer Price: £90
A Victorian Lovers Skit note in the form of a Court Summons, with blank spaces to be filled out by the suitor, the charge being that the receiver of the summons has ‘stolen their heart’, on blue paper with V.R. and a Royal coat of arms at top centre, faint mounting traces on reverse, overall good very fine and rare Outing Unlisted £80-£100
Bank Restriction Bill, an original copy of the 'Anti-Hanging note', 1819, a satirical note designed by George Cruickshank, signed by J. Ketch (the hangman), with a design very similar to the Bank of England white notes, this example with ‘ROPE’ written in black tablet at left instead of the usual ten faces, laid down on part of an album page, with a few additional newspaper cuttings and some cartoons on reverse, the ‘ROPE’ variety vastly rarer, a wonderful piece of political...
Hammer Price: £320
The Gospel Bank Note, a religious skit note for ‘Whosoever’, ND (likely late 19th or 20th century), stating that ‘This is a Faithful Saying and worthy of all acceptation that Christ Jesus came into the World to Save Sinners’, with the references to several bible passages (see footnote), extremely fine, scarce and unusual Outing Unlisted £60-£80
Bank of Elegance, C.M’Alpine, 47 or 48 Threadneedle St, London, a series of skit notes for £50 (3), £10,000, first three dated 30 January 1821, 1822 and 1823, last dated 29 September 1823, all promising to ‘cut any Lady or Gentleman’s hair Superior to any man in England or forfeit on Demand the Sum of Fifty Pounds/Ten Thousand Pounds’, all with coat of arms at upper left and signature of C.M’Alpine, some with backing paper or mounting, third with minor damage to top margin,...
Hammer Price: £260
Bank of Fashion, J. Money, 49 Threadneedle St and 13 Fleet St, London, a skit note for £100, dated 24 October 1823, promising to ‘cut any Lady or Gentleman’s hair equal to any man in Europe or forfeit on Demand the Sum of One Hundred Pounds’, with coat of arms at upper left and signature of J. Money, good fine and rare Outing Unlisted £80-£100
Bank of Elegance, Marsh & Aurendel, 25 Upperhead Row, Leeds, a skit note for £50, dated 11 April 1824, promising to ‘cut any Lady or Gentleman’s hair equal to any man in England or forfeit on Demand the Sum of Fifty Pounds’, with coat of arms at upper left and signatures of March and Aurendel, tape repairs to central fold on reverse, overall good fine and rare Outing Unlisted £80-£100
Bank of Elegance, E. Clarke, 103 Golwell St, London, a skit note for £50, dated 1 April 1927, promising to ‘cut or arrange any Lady or Gentleman’s hair in the first style of fashion or forfeit on Demand the Sum of Fifty Pounds’, with coat of arms at upper left and signature of E. Clarke, repaired tears, good fine and rare Outing Unlisted £80-£100
Hammer Price: £140
Bank of Fashion, Arthr Gardner, 29 Old Jewry, Cheapside, a skit note for £1000, dated 29 May 1822, stating that ‘A. Gardner will Cut, Dress & Arrange any Lady or Gentleman’s Hair in a Superior style or forfeit the Sum of One Thousand Pounds’, with a vignette showing a female allegory of Justice at left, mounting traces and associated damage to corner, overall fine and rare Outing Unlisted £80-£100
Bank of Engraving, Matthews, 20 Lease Lane, Birmingham, a skit note for £5, 29 April 1856, promising to ‘Engrave & Print, in Letter Press on Demand for the Sum of Five Pounds, in the First Style of the Art or forfeit the above sum, serial number 7651, extremely worn, very good but rare Outing Unlisted £60-£80
Bank of Economy, Edmund Morris, 11 Hollywell Street, Strand, a skit note for the unusual sum of 54 pence, 15 October 1834, promising to ‘engrave a Ladies or Gentlemens Card plate in a superior manner and print 100 Cards for the small charge of Fiftyfour Pence, with a coat of arms at upper left, signature of Edmund Morris, mounting traces on reverse, overall fine and rare Outing Unlisted £80-£100
Bill of Exchange, W.A.Bezant, 12 Victoria Terrace, Leamington, a skit note for £20, ND (likely mid to late 19th century), promising to ‘on demand, supply the Bearer, in exchange for Twenty Pounds Cash, with a First Class Pianoforte in handsome Walnut Wood Case having Iron Frame, Check Action, and all the most modern improvements, and to Guarantee its stability for Ten Years’, with W.A.B. monogram at left, very fine and rare Outing Unlisted £80-£100
Hammer Price: £65
Bank of Exchange, J.E. Rogersons, Blacksmiths Arms, Henbury, Macclesfield, a skit note for £5, ND (likely late 19th or early 20th Century), promising to ‘provide Bearer or his Friends in Exchange for Cash an Excellent Dinner and Tea and the finest Ales and Stout at my Hotel’, with the blacksmiths arms and motto at top left, very fine and rare Outing Unlisted £80-£100
Hammer Price: £300
Bank of Exchange, Frank Witt & Co., 17 James Street, Weston Super Mare, a skit note for £5 (or ⅛ per month) advertising the services of a pawnbroker, promising to ‘lend Bearer Cash in small or large amounts upon any collateral security such as Plate, Jewellery, Diamonds, Antiques, Pianos, Deeds etc. Rates of Interest as laid down by Government. No fees of any kind.’, reverse in red advertising ‘A Great Sale of unredeemed pledges at marvellously reduced prices’, good fine and very...
Bank of Exchange, G.D. Gale, Shirley Drive, Hove, a skit note for 100 percent of good value, ND (c.1920s-1930s), promising to ‘give Bearer sterling value for the purchase of one of the Artistic Homes now being erected in Shirley Drive, Hove, with the lovely views of the Downs and Sea’, very fine, very scarce Outing Unlisted £60-£80
Hammer Price: £80
Norfolk, Suffolk & Essex, Banks of Elegance, a note denominated £5,000 advertising the hairdressing services of the Faiers family, ND (c.1840’s-50’s), serial number 12, signature of H.H.Faiers, minor foxing but good fine to about very fine, rare Outing unlisted £100-£150
A note advertising Post Coaches & Diligences, departing from the Saracens Head Inn, Snow Hill, ‘with a guard’, ND (c. early 1800s), signature of B.W. Mountain, in the style of a £100 Bank of England note, with an engraving of a Saracen at top left, with an impressive list of destinations including Edinburgh ‘in four easy days’, York, Scarboro’, Whitby, Hull, Lancaster, and Grantham among others, printed on very thin paper, very good and rare Outing unlisted £100-£150
Bank of Elegance, a note promising to ‘pay on demand the sum of fifty pounds if I do not cut any lady or gentleman’s hair in the first style of fashion’, 4 May 1829, serial number 120, signature of J.G.Carver, with vignette of a lady with a very ornate and flowery hairdo at left, low right corner tip missing, otherwise about fine and scarce Outing unlisted £70-£90
An Advertising notes for Richards, ‘Perfumer, Hair Desser, and Ornimental Hair Manufacturer, No.1 London Road, near the Elephant & Castle, and at his Manufactory, Garden Row’, cleverly denominated (n) One, dated 1804, serial number 1, signed Fashion, about very fine, scarce Outing unlisted £60-£80
Adelphi Theatre, Edinburgh, a note in the style of a Bank of England white note, denominated ‘Ten Thousand a Year’ advertising a performance, promising ‘to play on Monday, November 15th and all the Week a New and Interesting Drama of Real Life in Four Epochs’ dated 15 November 1841, serial number 411, unusual in that it takes the form of a pamphlet with an illustration of a note on it, rather than a note itself, possibly to get round the sticky issue of accusations of forgery, one...
Bank of Talent, an incomplete and undated skit note, clearly adapted directly from a Bank of England £5 note, which promises ‘to pay the bearer on demand the sum of five pounds or to any person who will produce a better Entertainment (at the price) than is to be found every Evening at’, the rest being blank, serial number R/R 11528, very fine and unusual, possibly printers’ waste from whoever produced the note Outing Unlisted £60-£80
Hammer Price: £55
Please Note, an undated skit note (c.1820s) for £5, suggesting ‘you might Pay Five Pounds to your Doctor for attendance but you can obtain the same result by visiting “SNATCHES” and thereby obtaining a special prescription for the cure of dull care, for it is an acknowledged fact that “laughter kills a thousand ills”’, about uncirculated and scarce Outing Unlisted £60-£80
Hammer Price: £75
A Group of mid-20th century skit notes, all loosely in the style of Bank of England £1 notes, including one ‘Bash of England’ featuring an image of a boxer and signed by K.O.Poppeye, two varieties of the Royal Mint of England, one featuring the portrait of Antony Tudor, ‘claimant of the crown’, listing his entire supposed lineage on reverse, and the other, presumably earlier type, hand numbered and signed by him, and also two varieties of stage money, each stating that ‘all the...
A Group of 20th and 21st Century Skit notes, comprising a Bank of Apple (Apple Corps, formed by the Beatles), 1 Million apples, a cheque for the Bank of Good Fortune, several Bank of England spoof £1 notes (3), a Walkers Pound, featuring Gary Lineker, a Bank of Carlton £1m, featuring Chris Tarrant, a 20 Deceptions note featuring Tony Blair, a £1m ‘eternity’ note and David Kirch Charitable trust Liberation Day and Merry Christmas notes for £10 and £5, along with a Bank of Baker...
13 March 2025
Feversham Bank, for Sir Wm Moore, Sooty, Smokejack, & Self, unissued 2 Pence, ND (1790s), no serial number, signatures of Simon Scrape and Benjamin Brush, with vignette of a chimney sweep chasing a donkey with a brush, and the latin Nunquam non Nigri (never not black), light mounting traces, top left corner tip missing, good fine to about very fine, very scarce Outing 4003a £100-£150
Feversham Bank, for Sir Wm Moore, Sooty, Smokejack, & Self, 2 Pence, 29 February 1792, serial number 5564, signatures of Simon Scrape and Benjamin Brush, with vignette of a chimney sweep chasing a donkey with a brush, and the latin Nunquam non Nigri (never not black), mounted on blue paper, minor ink burn, very good and rare, a very early skit note Outing 4003a £100-£150
Hammer Price: £85
Feversham Bank, for Sir Wm Moore, Sooty, Smokejack, & Self, an embroidered copy of a skit note for 2 Pence, 20 June 1790, serial number 4679, signatures of Simon Scrape and Benjamin Brush, with vignette of a chimney sweep chasing a donkey with a brush, and the latin Nunquam non Nigri (never not black), embroidered using a mixture of thread and (probably human) hair onto what was likely once paper-backed silk, which has now cracked almost entirely, condition is somewhat poor but mostly...
Kings Bench & Fleet Bank in England, 1 Penny, 16 April 1811, serial number 1176, signature of signature of R. Denton, a few small splits and one spindle holes, very good to about fine, rare Outing 4018 for similar £120-£160
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