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Further Reading

Books that contain detailed information about Bank of England notes are:-

“English Paper Money: Treasury & Bank of England Notes 1694-2006”
by Vincent Duggleby
ISBN 0 9543457 1 1

“Promises to Pay: The First Three Hundred Years of Bank of England Notes”
by Derrick Byatt
ISBN 0 907605 50 8

“The Moneymakers International”
by W.Kranister
ISBN 0 9514522 0 7

“As Good as Gold; 300 Years of British Bank Note Design”
by V.H.Hewitt & J.M.Keyworth
ISBN 0 7141 0868 5

The Bank of England has produced a Fact Sheet that summaries much of the information about banknotes that is contained in the web pages.

Legislative publications of interest:-

“Bank Charter Act 1844”

“Currency and Banknotes Act 1928”

“Currency and Banknotes Act 1954”

“Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981”

 

 

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