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owd money

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owd money 2
owd money 2
Photo: dk
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Item #: 4868
This is a second owd money close up although taken with a different camera on a 3" transparency and can't be dated exactly - about 1950. The one pound note looks like the ink is still wet! The cigarettes are printed with W.D. & H.O. Wills - Woodbines.

Comment by: dave marsh on 7th February 2008 at 12:29

Seems like a premature Q.E.2.sneeked in there dk.About that time there were still items marked up in farthings especially in cake shops.

Comment by: dk on 7th February 2008 at 21:05

Well......I have pored over this photograph looking for clues as to the date including searching the internet for £1 note serial numbers without success and gave it up as a bad job in the end. Talk about not being able to see the wood for the trees it still took another five minutes to work out what you meant.
This is good though because it will enable me to better date some others from this particular group of transparencies - he said squirming with embarrassment.

Comment by: JOHN DAVIES on 6th July 2008 at 16:01

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the full total comes to 1 pound 12 shillings and 10 pence ha'penny.

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