Yeovil Old Bank, Somersetshire £1 1820 Hutchings & Gollop (O.1169f / D.673c - - 18.9cm x 9.9cm) Condition - Good Very Fine or better for issue, usual signature cut cancelled This bank is recorded as having been established by Samuel Daniell in 1782. However a webpage has 1774 as the start date. Please see the following yeovilhistory.info/yeoviloldbank.htm for further. The note issue disappeared in the 1840s when the bank was acquired by Stuckeys, the famous west country bankers. At that time the note issue was £10,000+-. This is the last type before the Batten & Batten period, which began in 1819 (see Saunders 1928).
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