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Exchequer note, 5 pounds, Kingdom of England (1697)

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Original – An interest-bearing Kingdom of England Exchequer note for 5 pounds, dated 6 August 1697. These bills were first introduced one year earlier (1696) and paid interest for loans made to the government.[1] Issued during the reign of William III, this note is dated less than a decade after England’s 1689 Bill of Rights was adopted, and a decade before Great Britain was formed.

Reason

High EV and Quality

Articles in which this image appears

Exchequer, History of the English fiscal system

FP category for this image

Currency

Creator

By Act of the Parliament of England.
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Image by Godot13.

• Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 03:23, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
• Support - 300-year-old exchequer notes don't come up every day. Very useful (I was snooping your contributions and had half a mind to nominate this myself, but now I see you got to it first) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:39, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
• Support Exceptional quality image and useful as a historical reference. Good encyclopedic value. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 05:31, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
• Support — Historical EV, quality image. Sca (talk) 14:47, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
• Support — per Sca, Hafspajen (talk) 21:56, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
• Support Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 22:00, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Promoted File:Kingdom of England Exchequer note-5 Pounds (1697).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:24, 28 October 2014 (UTC)