Securities which backed the original £1.2 million loan to the Government in 1694

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Date released: 28 August 2015

Disclosure:

The loan of £1.2 million that created the Bank was not backed by gold or silver but was raised on the security of taxes on Tonnage and Excise.  The Bank received from the taxes a fund of £140,000 per annum: £100,000 to pay the interest of 8% to the subscribers of the £1.2 million, and £40,000 to pay for Life Annuities for which subscriptions to the extent of £300,000 were invited.

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