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- Collection: Money Matters, Thursday 3/18
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Chinese 1 guan (1 string of 1000 cash) note
Six-character inscription giving name of banknote across the top. Below this a border of dragons. At the centre is an illustration of 1000 coins (strung as 10 groups of 100 coins). The two-character inscription above this gives the denomination;…
French Assignat, issued in 1792
Female allegorical figure Liberty, centre, with Gallic rooster, olive branch and musical instrument (?), seated on stone block showing two parazoniums and the hat of Liberty; decorative border. (obverse)
French Assignat issued on May 23, 1793
Lower right, Justice, draped, seated left, holding scales in right hand, leaning on parazonium with left arm: to left unidentified allegorical figure, draped, seated right, holding inscribed tablet in both hands with Gallic rooster at feet;…
British 1 guinea banknote
Entwined thistles and roses and an image of Britannia with a sailing ship in the background
Opaque watercolor painting on European paper of a man, possibly a business agent, and his wife
Opaque watercolour painting on European paper of a man, possibly a factor or business agent, wearing a turban and a dhoti with an angavastra (shawl) draped over his chest and shoulder; his feet are shod. On his forehead, neck, chest and upper arms…