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Promissory note
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| Title |
Promissory note |
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| Object type | Currency/wars; coastal trading; whaling and sealing/activity; banking Classification: 77182 |
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| Description |
English: Poverty Bay promissory note- 1 pound- serial number 2830- 1860s Promissory note issued by Captain GE Read to pay troops engaged in the NZ Wars of that period black; printed on paper; overstamped with serial number- 2830; undated; unsigned (paper originally coloured pink); patterned background with thick border; Royal Arms at top centre of note printed- ONE ONE - No. 2830 No. 2830 - I Promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum - of ONE POUND sterling. - Poverty Bay__ Day of __ 186_ - £1-0-0 |
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| Date | Circa 1860; Circa 1948; New Zealand Wars-Wars; 05 Mar 2007; Queen Victoria (1837 - 1901)-English reign | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions |
length: 177mm |
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| Accession number |
2007.18.3 |
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| Place of creation | New Zealand; Gisborne; Poverty Bay | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 2007.18.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Poverty Bay promissory note - 1 pound - 186- - serial number 2830 Promissory note issued by Captain GE Read to pay troops engaged in the NZ Wars of that period "Captain G.E. Read - was associated in business with Hon. W.B. Rhodes of Wellington. He was also engaged in trading on the east coast of the North Island, and resided at Te Mawhai, a whaling station near Tokomaru; but about 1840 he settled in the Poverty bay district, from which he kept up a coastal trade - There being a shortage of money in the district in the 'sixties', he issued notes for £1 and £5, the former pink, the latter buff in colour. They were issued in little books, the notes perforated on the left, like cheque-books - The notes were current at Poverty Bay and beyond that district. The Royal Arms being present shows that they were sanctioned by the Government; and indeed the soldiers in the district were paid in these notes." (JC Anderson) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Permission (Reusing this file) |
This image has been released as "CCBY" by Auckland Museum. For details refer to the Commons project page. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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