England 10 shillings type 1940

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Pick: #366 , The Banknote Book: B175

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Description

England. Bank of England. 1940 "Emergency Wartime" Issue. 10 shillings type 1940. Date: No date (1940). Dimensions: 138 x 78 mm. Watermark: Helmet head of Britannia and wavy line pattern. Material: Paper. Solid security thread. Printer: Bank of England Works. Front and back: polychrome printing predominantly purple and green. Description of the front: Ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left. Series and numbering printed in black. Texts in English: "Promise to pay to Bearer on Demand the sum of Ten Shillings" in text at centre. Signature: K. O. Peppiatt (Chief Cashier). Description of the back: English text. Guilloche patterns. Acanthus leaf swirls. Replacement notes with prefix T##D.

Banknotes :Bank of England (1940)