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banknote
Numismatics (O.4079)
Unissued bank note printed on one side only in black ink. In the top left-hand corner is the Bristol Coat of Arms supported either side by two unicorns. On top are two crossed arms holding a serpent and a pair of scales. The motto underneath reads "VIRTUTE ET INDUSTRIA". In the centre of the note towards the bottom is an embossed three pence stamp. The following is written on the note: ONE POUND No Bristol CITY Bank I Promise to pay or Bearer on demand One Pound Value received For James Ireland, One Pound Henry Bengough, Joseph Haythorne, Matthew Wright & William Gore. Ent.d. The note is in very good condition.
token
Numismatics (O.4564)
Obverse: Bristol Eg. & Ind. Co-op Society. £1. H.Smith.. B(irmingham). Reverse: Plain, except for beaded rim.
commemorative object
Numismatics (O.2403.2)
Vellum certificate from Royal Humane Society for Silver medal award (O.2403.1) for Axbridge Swiss (Basle) Air Disaster 1973 given to David Besley.
coin token
Numismatics (O.4488)
Abolition token - penny. Obverse: 'Am I Not a Man and a Brother?'. Reverse: 'Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them'.
badge
Numismatics (G1849)
Colston School large bronze badge. 8 small holes in pairs for attachment. A paper label on the back states "635 Dolphin Badge Purchased 26-1-04". (Colston's crest was a dolphin, supposedly because on a voyage one of his ships sprang a leak and a dolphin wedged itself into the hole, so saving the ship, it's crew and cargo.)
coin token
Numismatics (O.4487)
Abolition token - farthing. Obverse: 'Am I Not a Man and a Brother?'. Reverse: 'Advocates for the Rights of Man. Thos. Spencer. Sir Thos. More. Thos. Paine. 1795'.
token
Numismatics (O.4550)
Tea brick, made from compressed black tea leaves. The front is moulded into a picture of a Chinese arch or building, flanked by a tree on each side. Above the image are 5 stars in a horizontal line & below it is Chinese writing. All 3 sections are surrounded by a rectangular outline each. The back of the block is split into 16 rectangular sections, which would have made it easier for them to be cut into equal sections. The sections are decorated in a Chinese style. Tea bricks originated from the 9th century in the ancient spice trade routes of the Far East. In an effort to make tea more portable and to take up as little space as possible, tea producers compacted tea into tea bricks for easy travel. Tea bricks became so widely used and accepted that they served as currency during the 19th and 20th century in Tibet, Mongolia, Siberia, and Northern China.
coin
Numismatics (O.5855)
Silver penny of the Empress Matilda, Bristol Mint, with the Empress's head in profile with large beaded collar and sceptre, with cross moline on reverse. Tentative reading of the damaged reverse legend is basis for the attribution of the coin to the Bristol Mint.
medal
Numismatics (O.1619)
George Pine's Distinguished Conduct Medal. Red and blue ribbon; vertical stripes. Medals O.1619-O.1623 swing mounted on a large pin.
token
Numismatics (O.4601)
Brass 1 1/2 d token for George Wigens, The Dolphin Wine & Spirit Vaults, Marlborough Street, Bristol
commemorative medal
Numismatics (O.1746)
Commemorative medal, nickel silver struck for the City of Bristol, by the Tower Mint, December 1979. Jointly produced by the Lord Mayors office and the Museum shop.
medal
Numismatics (O.2055)
coin
Numismatics (O.0022)
Gold stater of Antedrig, dish-shaped, off-circular, with uneven edge at bottom right quadrant.
medal
Numismatics (O.2078)
medal
Numismatics (O.2077)
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