British and Irish Banknotes

Bank of Engineers, 8 Old Jewry, a skit note for £50, 1 May 1851, saying ‘We Promise and Demand the Sum of Fifty Pounds to any one who can produce work like ours’, signed by J.Schlesinger, with a pair of hand stamps on reverse reading ‘Great Exhibition 1851. Of All Nations’, and ‘Schlesinger & Co, 8 Old Jewry Cheapside’, very fine, scarce
Outing 4062a £80-£100

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

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Schlesinger & Co was an export stationer, with premises at 8 Old Jewry. The company exhibited at the Great Exhibition, registered metallic memorandum books, pocket books, letter clips and parallel rulers, among many other things.