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1 & 2 March 2023
The Believers Bank Note, a religious note denominated ‘Whatsoever’, ND (likely early 20th century), promising that ‘my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory’, signed by Jesus Christ, printed by W.G.Wheeler & Co, Paternoster Row, London, toned, very fine and unusual Outing unlisted £70-£90
Hammer Price: £60
24 & 25 August 2022
S.W.Fores No. 1, for Self, St. Vincent, Duncan, Nelson & Co., 2 Pence, 17 November 1818, promising to pay ‘Monsieur Bonaparte or Bearer when the Gallic Flag shall triumph over the British and the French become the Masters of the Sea’, signed by John Bull and Ben Broadside, with a vignette of a ship of the line, labelled ‘Britain's Glory and its Pride’, light mounting traces, extremely fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £80
S.W.Fores No. 2, for Self, Grub, Snout and Starveling, 2 Pence, 25 December 1818, promising to pay ‘Messrs Flesh, Flour, Malt & Co. or Bearer when Roasting-beef shall be sold at four pence per pound, Porter at three pence per pot, and the Quartern Loaf at Sixpence’, signed by Gristle Barebones and Spoonmeat Littleflesh, with a vignette of a loaf, labelled ‘The Staff of Life’, extremely fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £70
S.W.Fores No. 3, for Self, Leinster, Ulster, Munster & Connaught, 2 Pence, 1 January 1819, promising to pay ‘Rory O’Bogg Esqr or Bearer, when the Union of the Kingdoms shall have produced a union of Civil & Religious principles’, signed by Pat Potatoe and Dermot O’Wisky, with a vignette displaying a map of Ireland, about extremely fine £100-£150
S.W.Fores No. 4, for Self, Taffy Bull, Andrew Bull & Pat Bull, 2 Pence, 4 June 1818, promising to pay ‘McCree, Trottoff & Co. or Bearer, when Melvillism shall have received its just reward and when its effects also shall have ceased in every department of the British Government’, signed by John Bull and Saml Brownstout, with a vignette showing a bugler, axe and rope, labelled ‘10th Report!! Beware of us!!’, toned, staple holes at left, otherwise extremely fine £100-£150
S.W.Fores No. 5, for Self, Lapstone, Staytape, Tossup & Winem, 2 Pence, 6 February 1819, promising to pay ‘Coll Pattypan & Sam Roarer Esq or Bearer, on the erection of a Statue of the late Heaven-born Minister composed of Pure Puff Paste, or Papier-machee, or Calf’s-head jelly, in Guildhall’, signed by Tim Tartlet and Sam Noisymouth, with a vignette showing what appears to be a gibbet, labelled ‘We restore liberty, and rank among the best correctives for baseness’, extremely fine ...
£100–£150
S.W.Fores No. 6, for Independence, Integrity, Honor & Self, 2 Pence, 23 May 1818, promising to pay ‘Messrs Sinecure, Pensioner, Peculator & Co. or Bearer, when Corruption, Bribery, & Want of principle shall have ceased throughout the Nation & when the noble example set by the Electors of Westminster shall have been followed by all the Electors of the United Kingdom’, signed by Public Virtue and Francis Trustworthy, with a vignette showing a liberty cap, labelled ‘Do Thou Great Liberty...
S.W.Fores No. 7, for Groaner, Hardpinch & Self, 2 Pence, 27 July 1818, promising to pay ‘Talents, Ins & Outs, or Bearer, when the Pensioned Drone & the Destructive Monopolizing Locust, shall have been remove’d from the Hive of British Industry, by the Axe or the Halter’, signed by Shirtless Raggedbottom and Tristram Moneyless, with a vignette showing a beehive, labelled ‘Copy the Bee’ and ‘Industry blesseth a man; idleness curseth him’, about extremely fine £100-£150
S.W.Fores No. 8, for Self, Silvertouch & Lovegold, 2 Pence, 1 August 1818, promising to pay ‘the Right Honorable William Pittachio or Bearer, on the dissolution of his Great Paper Manufactory and the Circulation of Specie only’, signed by Brass Hatepaper and George Pennypiece, with a vignette showing a George III penny, and labelled ‘A Scarce British Coin’, good very fine £100-£150
S.W.Fores No. 9, for Justice, Revenge, Millions & Self, 5 Danish Skillings, Copenhagen, 7 September 1818, promising to pay ‘Messrs Public Justice & Virtue or Bearer, Five Danish Skillings, when the Diabolical Massacre & Robbery of the Danes, shall gave been properly atoned for, and when the injured Honor & Moral Justice of Britain, shall have been completely restored’, signed by Hamlet and Heartfelt Horror, with a vignette showing the bombardment of a city and a mockery of a coat of...
S.W.Fores No. 10, for Self, Fearnought & Hardblow, 1 Penny, 4 June 1818, promising to pay ‘the Emperor Napoleon or Bearer, one penny, when British Valour shall have been wholly subsided & when the French Army shall have become masters of the British Islands’, signed by George Lather’em and Bob Trimmer, with a vignette showing a map of the United Kingdom, labelled ‘Britannia, The Pride of the Sea, I’faith they are tight little Islands’, good extremely fine £100-£150
S.W.Fores No. 11, for Self, Fool and Dupe, 1 Penny, 14 June 1818, promising to pay ‘Thos Plunder, Puffwell Esqr or Bearer, when Lottery Insurance shall have ceased and when the Morocco-men & those infamous Leeches their Masters, shall have been, by aid of the Gallows, deprived of the means of robbing the humble table of a meal, or, driving Property-stricken Credulity into Despair and Suicide’, signed by Susan Nosmock and Tabby Allrag, with a vignette showing a purse being pickpocketted,...
S.W.Fores No. 12, for Self, Knapsack & Firelock, 2 Pence, 18 March 1819, promising to pay ‘Duke, Clark’s, Farquhar, or Bearer, when Boys, by purchase, shall no longer supersede the Veteran Subaltern, and when hard & meritorious service shall be the only recommendation to Military Promotion throughout the British Army’, signed by Hector Broadsword and Ron-don-don, with a vignette showing a petticoat above a crown, and labelled ‘Triumphalis Ruina’, and ‘Long Live the Petticoat; Its...
S.W.Fores No. 13, for Self, Simple & Pennyless, 2 Pence, 1 April 1819, promising to pay ‘Messrs Catchpole, Latitat & Puzzlecause or bearer, when the glorious uncertainty of the Law shall have ceased and when the whole fraternity of Attornies, including Pettifoggers and Luitammers, throughout the United Kingdom shall have the acquired integrity’, signed by Simon Lostall and Ninny Smartuch, with a vignette showing a pair of tailors scissors, and labelled ‘The Pettifoggers Arms’, and...
S.W.Fores No. 14, for Self, Knightly Puff, Warning Puff, Racer Puff, Horney Puff & Moonshine Puff, 2 Pence, 12 April 1819, promising to pay ‘Aldn Puff & Deputy Puff or Bearer, when Lottery-Puffs shall be swallowed as eagerly as Pastry-Puff by the good people of the United Kingdom and when Lottery Insurers & Swindlers shall deserve the name of Gentleman’, signed by Old Tom Puff and Young Tom Puff, with a vignette showing the Royal Exchange and a losing lottery ticket, and labelled...
S.W.Fores No. 15, for Self, Catcall, Buglehorn, Trumpet, Bell, Rattle, Hiss & Groan, 1 Penny, 1 November 1818, promising to pay ‘Messrs Riches, Wantes & Jem Jackall or Bearer, when the Spirit of a London Audience shall have been subdued by A Hero of the Bushkin, Jew Vagrants & Thieftakers and when private Boxes of a Theatre shall be dedicated to Diana’, signed O.P. and Roarer Row, with a vignette showing a air of imbalanced scales and a grand building, and labelled ‘Justitia Impar’...
Hammer Price: £75
S.W.Fores No. 16, for Self, Sneezer, Cougher & Windcracker, 2 Pence, 5 December 1818, promising to pay ‘Spouter, Snearlie & Promtspeech, Affidavit Makers, or Bearer, when Coughing, Sneezing, or the Bowel-easing Flatus, shall By a Westminster Jury, be deemed a flagrant breach of The Kings’s Peace, or, constitute the fundamentals of a wicked conspiracy’, signed O.P. and Evergreen Laurel, with a vignette showing a judge in a fools cap, with the caption ‘T’is strange such difference...
Hammer Price: £85
S.W.Fores No. 17, for my Father, Mr. John Bull, 5 Farthings, 11 December 1818, promising to pay ‘the Master, Wardens & Court of Assistants, of the Worshipful Company of Thiefcatchers, or Bearer, when their Worships shall have received the appointment of Superintendents of the various Theatres and other Places of Public Amusement throughout the United Kingdom’, signed O.P.Bull and John Huzza, with a vignette showing three heads in profile, with the caption ‘Shadows of Power, “Trifles,...
S.W.Fores No. 18, for Right, Justice & Self, 2 Pence, 9 July 1819, promising to pay ‘Tom Leatherbrigs, alias Noodle, alias Doodle and Bob Sarum, alias Bounce, alias Welch Bob, or Bearer, when Magna-Charta shall become a Dead Letter, when the Trial by Jury shall have been abolished, and when Sir Francis Burdett shall have ceased to be a Patriot and an Honest Man’, signed Alfred Trueblood and Frank Freeborn, with a vignette showing Magna Charta, and labelled ‘Although mutilated, still...
S.W.Fores No. 19, for Clodhopper, Bumpkin & Co., 2 Pence, 1 August 1819, promising to pay ‘Messrs Fudge, Swindle and Nocash, Bankers or Bearer, when Country Banks shall have been abolished and when Sterling Gold and Silver, only, shall again become the circulating medium of Old England’, signed Zekel Hardbrass and Roger Rustic, with a vignette showing ‘Shuffleton Bank’ building with a collapsed sign with the caption ‘All is not Gold that glitters, Mind yourself’ and the poem...
S.W.Fores No. 20, for Cardinal, Monk & Inquisitor, 10 Quatrini, 12 August 1818, promising to pay ‘Monsieur de Pap, alias the Pope, or Bearer, when the Roman Catholic Faith shall constitute the Established Religion of England, and when the French Emperor shall, with all humility, Kiss the Great Toe of His Holiness’, signed Maria Crucifix and Dominic Friar, with a vignette showing what is presumably a bible with the writing Her Sins have reach’d unto Heaven, and additionally, ‘Rome,...
S.W.Fores No. 21, for Self, Science, Art & Courage, 10 Centimes, 16 August 1818, promising to pay ‘Sir Richd Fillup & Sir Jonathan Crazy, Knts or Bearer, when the Honour of Knighthood shall be lo longer conferred on Swindling City-Tradesmen, or, Lottery Insurers, but be the reward of Real Merit, True Valour and Learning, Only’, signed Horatio Hardbattle and Lexio Scholastic, with a vignette showing two figures in stocks, captioned ‘Knights of the Wood, Such is the exaltation we...
S.W.Fores No. 22, for Decency, Propriety & Self, 5 Sous, 21 August 1818, promising to pay ‘the Misses Scantdress & Littlecloaths or Bearer, when our Dashing Ladies shall have acquired more Delicacy and our Fops more Brains’, signed Common Sense and Rectitude, with a vignette showing five young ladies in pretty dresses, with the caption ‘Naked we came into the World, Almost Naked we live in the World, Naked we shall go out of the World, Cover yourself, lest Shame cover you, extremely...
Hammer Price: £100
S.W.Fores No. 23, for Ge-up, Ge-ho, Hoyte and Co., 2 Pence, 1 October 1818, promising to pay ‘the Right Honble & Honble Members of the Four in Hand Club, or bearer, when his Majesty, in consideration of their transcendent merit, shall have placed the Reins of Government in their hands & when the Slang of the Stable shall have become a standard for Polite Conversation’, signed Prime Bang-up!! and Squire Groom, with a vignette showing a satyr with a whip and a spinning top, and the caption...
S.W.Fores No. 24, for Self, Be-just & Fear-not, 5 Farthings, 1 September 1818, promising to pay ‘Ignorance, Hypocrisy & Fanaticism, Methodist Preachers, or Bearer, when Methodism shall have been done away by the Pious exertions of the established Clergy, and when John Bull’s Family shall be no longer scared by the tale of the Devil let loose’, signed Moral Rectitude and No Cant, with a vignette showing a Methodist preacher, and the caption ‘I give ye this consolation - You’ll all...
S.W.Fores No. 25, for Vantaxwell, Lord Pat & Co., 20 Maravedis, 29 February 1818, promising to pay ‘Messrs Longface, Widemouth & Dumps, or Bearer, when the Golden Dreams of the Outs shall have been realized, and when the most dearly beloved Loaves and Fishes shall have been placed within their grasp’, signed Solomon Snugbirth and Sinecure Rosey, with a vignette showing a three fishes and six loaves, and the caption ‘Good Mr. V, crown all my wishes, Do let me taste the loaves & fishes,...
A Skit Note sold at 377 Strand, London, for Justice, Revenge, Millions & Self, 5 Danish Skillings, Copenhagen, 7 September 1807, promising to pay ‘Messrs Public Justice & Virtue or Bearer, Five Danish Skillings, when the Diabolical Massacre & Robbery of the Danes, shall gave been properly atoned for, and when the injured Honor & Moral Justice of Britain, shall have been completely restored’, signed by Hamlet and Heartfelt Horror, with a vignette showing the bombardment of a city and a...
A Skit Note sold by Luffman, at 377 Strand, London, for Self, Lapstone, Staytape, Tossup & Winem, 2 Pence, 6 February 1806, promising to pay ‘Coll Pattypan & Sam Roarer Esq or Bearer, on the erection of a Statue of the late Heaven-born Minister composed of Pure Puff Paste, or Papier-machee, or Calf’s-head jelly, in Guildhall’, signed by Tim Tartlet and Sam Noisymouth, with a vignette showing what appears to be a gibbet, labelled ‘We restore liberty, and rank among the best...
A Skit Note sold by Luffman, at 377 Strand, London, for Independence, Integrity, Honor & Self, 2 Pence, 23 May 1807, promising to pay ‘Messrs Sinecure, Pensioner, Peculator & Co. or Bearer, when Corruption, Bribery, & Want of principle shall have ceased throughout the Nation & when the noble example set by the Electors of Westminster shall have been followed by all the Electors of the United Kingdom’, signed by Public Virtue and Francis Trustworthy, with a vignette showing a liberty cap,...
A Skit Note by an unknown printer for Self, Leinster, Ulster, Munster & Connaught, 2 Pence, 1 January 1803, promising to pay ‘Rory O’Bogg Esqr or Bearer, when the Union of the Kingdoms shall have produced a union of Civil & Religious principles’, signed by Pat Potatoe and Dermot O’Wisky, with a vignette displaying a map of Ireland, mounting traces, fine and a scarce original printing for this design £100-£150
A Skit Note ‘Publish’d as the Act directs by J.S.Jordan, No.166 Fleet Street, London’, for Self, Expope, Cardinal, Inquisitor, Rack & Torment, 2 Pence, Loretto, 15 February 1798, promising to pay ‘General Monk or Bearer, on the reestablishment of the Papal Power in Rome’, signed by Maria Crucifix and Dominick Friar, with a vignette of a Papal crown, with the text ‘Vive la Liberte’ and ‘T’will soon be over’, repaired along central fold, overall fine, scarce £100-£150
A Skit Note by an unknown printer, for Self Grumble & Bearmuch, 2 Pence, 1 August 1795 (with an additional date added in ink 1799), promising to pay ‘Sir Marmaduke Monopoly or bearer, on the Conquest of France and Establishment of Royalty’, signed by Stephen Starvation and Daniel Discontent, with a vignette of John Bull carrying a sack full of taxes and saying ‘God Save the King’, backed on paper, very good and very scarce, this is one of two known printings with identical text but...
A Skit Note by an unknown printer, for Self Grumble & Bearmuch, 2 Pence, 1 August 1795, serial number added by hand 119, promising to pay ‘Sir Marmaduke Monopoly or bearer, on the Conquest of France and Establishment of Royalty’, signed by Stephen Starvation and Daniel Discontent, with a vignette of John Bull carrying a sack full of taxes and saying ‘God Save the King’, very good to about fine and very scarce, this is one of two known printings with identical text but from an...
Hammer Price: £90
26 & 27 May 2022
The Non Existent Bank, a spoof payment order printed on green paper, Edinburgh, 18- (c.1820s-30s), with the names of Willm & Alexr K. Johnston listed at centre, laid on paper, overall good very fine and rare, an amusing piece that may be either a joke or an advertising note Outing unlisted £150-£200
£150–£200
Poor Isaacs Bank, Tamworth, 3 Pence, 9 July 1792, serial number 492, signature of I. Hare, with several engravings at left including a Hare called Loo Loo and a crude depiction of Tamworth Castle, top left corner tip missing, otherwise fine and quite scarce, one of the earliest known skit notes in existence Outing 4087a £120-£160
Isaacs Bank, Tamworth, 3 Pence, 9 July 1792, serial number C405, signature of I. Hare, with several engravings at left including a Hare called Loo Loo and a crude depiction of Tamworth Castle, low left corner tip missing, otherwise very good and very scarce, one of the earliest known skit notes in existence Outing 4087a £100-£150
Fleet Bank in England, 2 Pence, 1811, serial number 41106, promising to pay Abraham Lattitat or bearer, manuscript signature of James Simms at low right, lower left corner missing, otherwise very good to about fine, scarce Outing 4018 for bank £120-£160
£120–£160
Bank of Oporto, a skit note of unknown purpose promising to pay WIlliam Thomas the sum of £100, December 1820, serial number 54321, with wording and design perilously close to a real banknote, very good and very scarce Outing unlisted £120-£160
Bank Side, a skit note of unknown purpose promising to pay WIlliam Shakspeare or bearer, £100, 10 October 1603, serial number 2538, for the Governor and Company of the Globe, Bank Side, signature of William Burbage, almost torn in half along horizontal fold, thus very good, but very scarce Outing unlisted £100-£150
Bank of Love, denominated in Love, 14 February 1847, serial number L/Y 67579, signed by Cupid, who also appears with his bow and arrows in the vignette at top left, lovely condition, good very fine and scarce Outing 4061 for similar £150-£200
Hammer Price: £120
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