A curiosity in the possession of Mr J. Cook, of Coromandel, is a one-shilling credit note • circulated in Auckland in 1845. In those days the inconvenience of a shortage of metallic currency wai frequently experienced during the intervals between • the arrival of sailing ships-from "England, and it was the custom,'therefore, ; for certain firms to issue crcditnote3-redeemablo in gold or silver to tide over the period of shortage. The. specimen in question -was printed by J. Williamson and issued by the firm of Gundry and McDonald, of Lower Queen street. Printed on a piece of frail paper, if bears the imprint: "One'shilling. August. 1, 1845. On ■presentation'of "five of these notes vre promise'to pay the bearer the sum of five shillings, the value of this note being oiie shillinc"
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18420, 29 June 1925, Page 11
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128Page 11 Advertisements Column 5 Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18420, 29 June 1925, Page 11
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