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Show BANK OF ENQLAND'8 MU8EUM. Curious Collection of Notes of Historical His-torical interest. Tho bank of England has a curious museum In which tho principal exhibits ex-hibits aro Its own notes. Among them li a note for a penny, which was Issued by mlstako and bought back by the bank for $25. Another An-other Is a noto for a million pounds. A third Is a banknoto, which was found lnsldo a codfish caught off the Newfoundland banks, and a fourth is a noto which was In circulation for ovor a century and a half boforo It was presented for payment. There aro many forgod notes in tho museum, tholr valuo aggregating many millions of dollars, nnd there aro also some notes which woro recovered by divers from tho sunken wreck of the British warship "Kurydlco." |