50 Pounds White

50 Pounds (White) - obverse

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Features

Issuer England (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Issuing bank Bank of England
Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
King Edward VII (1901-1910)
George V (1910-1936)
Edward VIII (1936)
George VI (1936-1952)
Type Standard banknote
Years 1870-1943
Value 50 Pounds
Currency Pound sterling (1158-1970)
Composition Paper
Size 209.55 × 133.35 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
204157
References P# 280,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.
P# 289,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.
P# 298,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.
P# 307,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.
P# 315,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.
P# 323,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.
P# 331,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.
P# 338
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Britannia at top-left

Lettering:
Bank of England
I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of Fifty Pounds
London
For the Govr. and Compa. of the Bank of England

Reverse

Blank.

Signatures

G. Forbes (GF) Chief Cashier
F. May (FM) Chief Cashier
H. G. Bowen (HGB) Chief Cashier
J. G. Nairne (JGN) Chief Cashier
E. M. Harvey (EMH) Chief Cashier
C. P. Mahon (CPM) Chief Cashier
B. G. Catterns (BGC) Chief Cashier
K. O. Peppiatt (KOP) Chief Cashier

Comments

Illustration is P# 307
In addition to London, these notes were also issued at branch offices.

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Date Signatures VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1870-1873)  GF P#280
ND (1873-1893)  FM P#289
ND (1893-1902)  HGB P#298
ND (1902-1918)  JGN P#307
ND (1918-1925)  EMH P#315
ND (1925-1929)  CPM P#323
ND (1929-1934)  BGC P#331
ND (1934-1943)  KOP P#338

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