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unusual facts about bank note



Jacques-Jean Barre

In this position, he engraved and designed French medals, the Great Seal of France, bank notes and postage stamps.


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Bank of England Act 1696

So much of this Act as related to forging or counterfeiting the Common Seal of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or any sealed bank bill, or any bank note, or altering or raising any indorsement on any bank bill or note was repealed as to England on 21 July 1830 by section 31 of the Forgery Act 1830.

Barrington Hills, Illinois

Barrington Hills is home to Hill 'N Dale Farms, belonging to Richard L. Duchossois, owner of the Arlington Park racetrack, Meryl and Richard Cannon's Horizon Farm, formerly owned by Bill McGinley, and Fitzgerald's Bank Note Farm.

Daikoku-ten

Daikoku's image was featured on the first Japanese bank note, designed by Edoardo Chiossone.

Demand Note

Because the Bureau of Engraving and Printing did not exist at the time, the American Bank Note Company and National Bank Note Company were contracted to create Demand Notes.

Dull-blue Flycatcher

This bird appears in 50 Sri Lankan rupee bank note (2010 series).

Fiji Petrel

The rarity and significance of this species is known to local residents of Gau and it is featured on a Fijian bank note, as well as featuring in the logo for now-defunct Air Fiji.

Kendriya Vidyalaya, Dewas

It has been affiliated with CBSE and school building is situated in the Bank Note Press (BNP), Dewas.

New York Bank Note Company

The New York Bank Note Company was an engraver of stock certificates in New York City.

Stephen Alonzo Schoff

Schoff was employed by a number of bank note companies, including: Toppan, Carpenter & Company, the John A. Lowell Company of Boston, the Continental Bank Note Company, the National Bank Note Company, and the American Bank Note Company of New York.

Stephen J. Stilwell

In 1913, Stilwell was accused by George H. Kendall, President of the New York Bank Note Company, of demanding a bribe of $3,500 to pass legislation which would make it a misdemeanor for the New York Stock Exchange to refuse certificates engraved by the New York Bank Note Company.