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Auction 20036  8 Apr 2020
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Lot 137

Starting price: 180 GBP
Price realized: 480 GBP
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Bank of England, Sarah John, polymer £20, ND (20 February 2020), serial number AA01 001818, purple and multicoloured, Queen Elizabeth II at right and in a transparent window at left with text £20 BANK OF ENGLAND. Margate lighthouse in gold and the Turner Contemporary in blue appear over the window, a second smaller window based on Tintern Abbey low right. Reverse purple, a self portrait of Turner and his painting of The Fighting Temeraire in field, a purple foil patch at upper right with letter T is based on the staircase at the Tate Britain, (EPM B416), this serial the date of Turner's renowned lecture in which the phrase "light is therefore colour" was coined.

Estimate: £300 - £400
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