Show MANY MN QUEER QUER BANK BANKNOTES DAN S NOTES ARE EXHIBITED I S On Aladdin's principle of giving new I lamps for old Moberly Phillips an n associate associate as as- I of the Institute of Bankers is preparing at any i time Ume m to to give give new Jew ew I notes or their equiv equivalent lent in gold for old notes which have some interesting interest history attached to them Mr ir Jr Phillips is the only collector ot bank notes In Inthe Inthe inthe I the country and probably ou out t of it and his collection amounts to more or less Some of of the more valuable specimens he exhibited re recently enty at a meeting of the Institute of Bankers in inthe inthe inthe the London institution One of the most interesting was a note issued by Gen Baden Powell during the siege of ot Mafeking It I Is numbered dated March 1900 and aid printed In green Ink ik on n an obviously primitive machine Another nother with if possible a still more fascinating history vaS was vaS a currency note lettering print printed d by Gen G Gordon when he was besieged in Khartoum Of Bank of England notes notes' Mr Phillips has specimens of the face value of tl n 1 not unlike In appearance the Scotch 20 shilling notes of the present present present pres pres- ent day In times Ures of emergency when coin wa was scarce paper money of as low a a value as 5 shillings was issued by trad traders rs But there has has' been een aloer aloer depth ven even than this cards and paper tickets have I been resorted to In some pl places ces for as small a sum a 1 shilling An Another ther In Interesting interesting In- In special Issue shown by Mr 11 I Phillips was that of ot the Birmingham workhOuse use These ese n notes fes were ere were lied by bythe the overseers for various small smal amounts for lor the convenience nl nce ce of ot payIng payin paying pay pay- in ing the poor and payment was made mad when eight 2 shillings 6 p pence ce or four 5 5 chilling hil g notes otes were brought t together In JEt In one corner of these theRe notes is a picture picture pic pie ture of Charity nursing yoUng children A As showing the length of time during which notes may remain in currency Mr Phillips mentioned that he had a Scotch note for 12 dated 1731 and the bank which Issued it offered red to change it for him Being a collector Mr Phillips Phillips Phil Phil- Phi Phi- lips pre preferred erred to keep his ancient bit of f fp p paper per In the matter mater of diminutive bank banknotes banknotes banknotes notes a correspondent sends send an account of a note thiCh ich h he has in his possession It IUs Itis Is a card caid measuring Inches on one side sTe of which Is twice I printed the word while on the other side sid the s sum m is printed In words and figures around the border S In In the middle is the following I to pay phy the b healer on demand S e. e By order C the theof Corporation of ot the City of v of New York Feb 20 1790 D. Chronicle D. D Phoenix City Treasurer Treasur London r. London |