Banknotes

Pluckington Bank, a Liverpool joke note for 1 Penny, December 1819, serial number 2235, promising to pay Mr John Tump or Bearer on Demand, on behalf of Mud Pluckington & Co., with indeterminate manuscript signature, fine, rare and amusing
Outing unlisted £80-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes.

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Pluckington Bank was a mud bank in the River Mersey, close to Princes Dock. It has long since been dredged out of existence, but was immortalised in this piece of paper.