Noonans
Auction B42 25 Nov 2021
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General Bank, Exeter, for Thomas, Joseph & George Sparkes,, proof £1, 18-, no signature or serial numbers, featuring a superbly engraved vignette of William Penn signing a treaty with Chief Tamanend of the Lanape, the Native American inhabitants of modern Pennsylvania, after a painting entitled 'William Penn's Treaty with the Indians' by Edward Savage, previously mounted but beautifully removed, good extremely fine to about uncirculated, and quite possibly the only depiction of people of colour on a provincial banknote
Outing 758e £200-£260
General Bank, Exeter, for Thomas, Joseph & George Sparkes,, proof £1, 18-, no signature or serial numbers, featuring a superbly engraved vignette of William Penn signing a treaty with Chief Tamanend of the Lanape, the Native American inhabitants of modern Pennsylvania, after a painting entitled 'William Penn's Treaty with the Indians' by Edward Savage, previously mounted but beautifully removed, good extremely fine to about uncirculated, and quite possibly the only depiction of people of colour on a provincial banknote
Outing 758e £200-£260