British and Irish Banknotes

Bank of Engraving, W.C. Clayton, Reading, a skit note for £50, 3 January 1852, serial number W/C 43826, promising to ‘Engrave and Print in Letter Press or Copper Plate, Bind Books and supply Stationery on Demand, for the Sum of Fifty Pounds, in the first style of the Art, or forfeit the above Sum, signature of W.C. Clayton, thin paper, fine and scarce
Outing unlisted £80-£100

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

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William Charles Clayton of West Street, Reading, was born in 1822 or 1823. by 1851 the census records him living in Oxford Street, Reading, with his wife Jane and one child, and that his occupation is printer and bookbinder. by 1853 he is recorded with premises at West Street, as per this note. He died in 1864, aged only about 41.