Watch List notes:

BANKNOTES, Great Britain, Provincial Notes and Cheques, Northumberland, Newcastle, The Newcastle Bank (1755-1839, founded by Ralph Carr and known as the "Old Bank" from 1755, taken over by The Northumberland & Durham Bank in 1839), Card Proof £5 "for Sir M W Ridley, Bart. C W Bigge & Co", c.1832/1839, unumbered, vignette of the Coat of Arms of Newcastle Upon Tyne to left, St Nicholas Cathedral and Castle top centre, "FIVE Pounds" to either side, engraved on steel by W H Lizars of Edinburgh (cf Grant 2043L). Pinholes to left, extremely fine and extremely rare.
ex Spink auction, 9 April 2003

Estimate: £800-1200