British and Irish Banknotes

Skit Note for Self, Knapsack & Firelock, 2 Pence, 18 March 1809, serial number 30725, with a promise to pay ‘Duke, Clark & Farquhar or Bearer’, ‘when Boys, by purchase, shall no longer supersede the veteran subaltern, and when hard and meritorious service shall be the only recommendation to military promotion throughout the British Army’, with signatre of Hector Broadsword at low right and vignette of a petticoat covering a crown with the phrase ‘long live the petticoat: its influence is universal’, very good to fine, and an extremely well produced note with a clear and interesting message, rare
Outing unlisted £150-£200