Bank of England, a trial £5, London, 11 August 1843, manuscript serial number 1050, watermarked paper of Royal arms, the central design similar to Bank of England Marshall £5 of the period (B.203a), with vignette of Britannia top left, the external border of French style and with manuscript French annotation below. This is almost certainly a French attempt to produce an anti forging specimen on behalf of the Bank of England and thus presumably printed by the Bank of France. The central panel is so good it must have been produced from the genuine Bank of England plate, the outside design is pure French in style. A most attractive and extremely rare trial note and with impeccable provenance being from a group of notes formerly in the possession of Benjamin Heath, deputy Governor of the Bank of England (1842-1845), good extremely fine
Bank of England, a trial £5, London, 11 August 1843, manuscript serial number 1050, watermarked paper of Royal arms, the central design similar to Bank of England Marshall £5 of the period (B.203a), with vignette of Britannia top left, the external border of French style and with manuscript French annotation below. This is almost certainly a French attempt to produce an anti forging specimen on behalf of the Bank of England and thus presumably printed by the Bank of France. The central panel is so good it must have been produced from the genuine Bank of England plate, the outside design is pure French in style. A most attractive and extremely rare trial note and with impeccable provenance being from a group of notes formerly in the possession of Benjamin Heath, deputy Governor of the Bank of England (1842-1845), good extremely fine
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