 La Banque (Royale). September 2, 1720. Cinquante Livres Tournois. No.2621304. Not signed, as usual. Printed on laid, watermarked ''Billet de Banque'' paper. 163mm by 110mm. Uniface, typeset note, with block letter indent and embossed bank seal. Indent, partial ''E ROY''. Pick Type A23. Extremely Fine. Very faint foxing and some scattered pinholes. A pencil price, ''4.50'' on the verso. A lovely note from this last series and very scarce. These are very much underrated compared to January 1, 1719 notes.
Ex Wayte Raymond Estate, 1957-58.
There were 2.7 million notes issued of this denomination on this series.
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