"MILLION" NOTES
FREAK OF CURRENCY 1 A BANK OFFICIAL'f jCURKM?' For the second time in six years, a Lancashire bank official, Mr Lebivard T. Onslew, of Kingsway.,- Blacky pool, has found a "million" £ note.. Mr Onslow, who. is employed at the Midland Bank, Fishergate, PrestOn, detected this freak of cur,rency Out of thousands of Bank df England notes which pass through his hands.- '''' "'■''"' £•■**>*?>• £ The index letters, D 29 A, are followed both at the top right hand and bottom left hand of the note by the figures 1,000,000. England policyi as- tM v sdfiaT number of notes never exceeds 999,999. I In was manager of the Midland Bank at Lytham road,. Blackpool,.:he detected a similar errpr in ,a, £ note. How' these notes escaped the sharp eyes of London banking experts is ft mystery. • •■>: ; j, '"*'':"':"/* .%■ " It is certainly a most remarkable coincidence that these two million £ notes should fall into my hand's" said Mr Onslbw. - ..,.:;.:' .;:
. "I kept the first one'as a curio, never dreaming there would bis 'twins.' -I shall keep thie secbnd one also. The chances against'aby one person coming across these two isolated notes are beyond calcular tion." ' i•..,„ ; i
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23883, 10 August 1939, Page 16
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191"MILLION" NOTES Otago Daily Times, Issue 23883, 10 August 1939, Page 16
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