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ª Great Britain: Exchequer Bill, 1697, £5, paying one farthing per day interest, #27234, signed by Sir Robert Howard, small format with scrollwork at each side, black, embossed seal depicts portcullis. Issued £1,200,000 under Act of Parliament for funding King William's War or the War of the Grand Alliance, between France and an alliance between England, Spain, United Provinces and the Holy Roman Empire. The peace of Ryswick was signed in 1697. Sir Robert Howard (1626-1698), dramatist, playwright and politician, son of Thomas, 1st Earl of Berkshire. Member of Parliament, Secretary to the Treasury in 1671, auditor of the Exchequer in 1673 and Privy Councillor in 1689. Backed on cream paper, small tear at bottom right otherwise VF and rare.
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