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Auction B46 24-25 Aug 2022
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The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes - Part Three
S.W.Fores No. 6, for Independence, Integrity, Honor & Self, 2 Pence, 23 May 1818, promising to pay 'Messrs Sinecure, Pensioner, Peculator & Co. or Bearer, when Corruption, Bribery, & Want of principle shall have ceased throughout the Nation & when the noble example set by the Electors of Westminster shall have been followed by all the Electors of the United Kingdom', signed by Public Virtue and Francis Trustworthy, with a vignette showing a liberty cap, labelled 'Do Thou Great Liberty Inspire Our Souls', good very fine £100-£150
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This note is a comment on the high levels of corruption in government and the justice system at the time.
S.W.Fores No. 6, for Independence, Integrity, Honor & Self, 2 Pence, 23 May 1818, promising to pay 'Messrs Sinecure, Pensioner, Peculator & Co. or Bearer, when Corruption, Bribery, & Want of principle shall have ceased throughout the Nation & when the noble example set by the Electors of Westminster shall have been followed by all the Electors of the United Kingdom', signed by Public Virtue and Francis Trustworthy, with a vignette showing a liberty cap, labelled 'Do Thou Great Liberty Inspire Our Souls', good very fine £100-£150
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This note is a comment on the high levels of corruption in government and the justice system at the time.