Bank of Blackburn pound note sells for £900
Published June 15th, 2007
The Bank of Blackburn note was printed by bank Cunliffes, Brooks & Co, at a time during the late 1700s and 1800s when towns across England were allowed to print their own money.
It was expected to fetch £600 at London auctioneers Spink. But it went for £300 more than expected. Barnaby Faull, director of the firm’s banknotes department, said: “All towns and cities used to issue their own banknotes. When many of these local banks went bust, their notes became completely worthless.”
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