Banknotes

Hoares Bank (est. 1672), a drawn note, for ten pounds and ten shillings, 31 January 1721, addressed to Mr. Hoare at the Golden Bottle in Fleet Street, ‘Pray pay to Mr. James Davies’, signed by Edward Harley (Earl of Oxford), repaired tear, fine and rare, an example of a note for the earliest private bank in England £200-£260