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500 Pounds White

500 Pounds (White) - obverse

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Features

Issuer England (United Kingdom)
Bank emisyjny Banque d'Angleterre
Królowa Victoria (1837-1901)
Król Edward VII (1901-1910)
George V (1910-1936)
Edward VIII (1936)
George VI (1936-1952)
Type Standard circulation banknotes
Years 1870-1943
Value 500 Pounds
Currency Pound sterling (1158-1970)
Composition Papier
Size 211 × 133 mm
Shape Prostokątny
Demonetized 16 April 1945
Number
N#
204164
References P# 288, 293, etc.
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

Obverse

Britannia w lewym górnym roguAutomatically translated

Lettering:
Bank of England
I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of Five Hundred Pounds
London
For the Govr. and Compa. of the Bank of England

Reverse

Puste.Automatically translated

Signatures

George Forbes (GF) Chief Cashier
Frank May (FM) Chief Cashier
Horace George Bowen (HGB) Chief Cashier
John Gordon Nairne (JGN) Chief Cashier
Ernest Musgrave Harvey (EMH) Chief Cashier
Cyril Patrick Mahon (CPM) Chief Cashier
Basil Gage Catterns (BGC) Chief Cashier
Kenneth Oswald Peppiatt (KOP) Chief Cashier

Comments

(en)

Date first issued: Between 1725 and 1745
Notes in earlier years are slightly smaller. £500 notes issued by some Bank of England Country Branches from 1826.

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Date Signatures VG F VF XF AU UNC References
ND (1870-1873)  GF P# 284
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
ND (1873-1893)  FM P# 293
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
ND (1893-1902)  HGB P# 301
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
ND (1902-1918)  JGN P# 310
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
ND (1918-1925)  EMH P# 318
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
ND (1925-1929)  CPM P# 326
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
ND (1929-1934)  BGC P# 333
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
ND (1934-1943)  KOP P# 340
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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