£6
BANKING EPHEMERA. Small advertising handbill; "TO DETECT COUNTERFEIT GOLD AND SILVER. - FROM the great Impositions practiced on the unsuspecting Public, by unprincipled Depredators in passing Counterfeit Money for real Specie to the great loss of the Community, particularly those in Trade. W. DAVISON, Alnwick, thinks it a Duty incumbent on him to offer, for general benefit, his Chemical Test at a low Rate, the slightest Touch of which will discover the Presence of the Baser Metals, and thereby shew at one View the Counterfeit from the Real. - He has no doubt but the great Benefit arising from the Use of his Test will sufficiently Prove the Utility of such a valuable Article. Prepared and Sold Wholesale and Retail by W. DAVISON, Alnwick. - Price only One Shilling a Bottle, which will prove some Thousands of Pieces, as a single Drop will try a Dozen." 155mm x 122mm, printed by Davison, Alnwick. VG+, rather grubby, minor loss to upper corner, small manuscript catalogue numbers.
Fees apply to the hammer price:
Free Registration
19.8% inc VAT*
Flat Fee Registration
16.20% inc VAT*
