Object Number: O.3975

Collection: Numismatics

Object Name: banknote

Description: Bank note printed on one side only in black ink. The Bristol High Cross is depicted on the left-hand side, underneath is written "Bristol High Crofs" The following is written on the note: No [A627] Bristol Tolzey Bank. No [A627] I Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand the Sum of One Pound, Value received the [1] day of [January] 18[18] For Samuel Worrall & Andrew Pope. ONE POUND [And.w Pope] Ent.d [J.Watson] There is a first dividend paid bankruptcy stamp across the words "the Sum of". The previous registration number is written in the right-hand corner. The paper is discoloured through ageing, with darker patches appearing where there is creasing. The note is torn around the edges and has been mounted onto another piece of paper.