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Greetings card in the shape of a well, with a bucket full of gold coins. Date: circa 1890s
Handbill, Grand Match of Cricket Epsom Downs, SurreyHandbill, Grand Match of Cricket, Epsom Downs, Kent versus Surrey. 1820
G Sheridan Knowles, Christmas Pennies
Two pigs with a bag of gold coins on a cutout card. Date: circa 1890s
REVOLUTIONARY ASSIGNATFRANCE A French assignat of the Revolutionary era
Automata newsboy and flower girl 1887Aut-omata aut nullus, erected by the anti-street Brawling association, to replace newsboys and flower girls. Date: 1887
Poster, Victory Liberty Loan, WW1Poster, Victory Liberty Loan, And They Thought We Couldn t Fight, First World War. circa 1917-1918
French postwar poster, finance for reconstructionFrench postwar poster, design by Rene Lelong, Credit National, finance for reconstruction after the First World War. circa 1920
Label for painting, The Buffet, by William Strang, WW1Label for painting, The Buffet, by William Strang, First World War. Buffets were held to raise money as part of the war effort. 1917
The Buffet, by William Strang, WW1The Buffet, painting by William Strang, First World War. Buffets were held to raise money as part of the war effort. 1917
French poster, War Bonds, WW1French poster, design by Irma Karoly Simay, advertising War Bonds, First World War. 1918
View of Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois, USAView of Clark Street, between Lake and Randolph, Chicago, Illinois, USA, one of 16 historical paintings by Lawrence C Earle in the Banking Room of the Central Trust Company of Illinois
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1905
Petrol Attendant - People You See. From Teddy Bear (14 September 1965). Original artwork loaned for scanning by the Illustration Art Gallery. Date: 1965
Crossing-sweeper nuisance Crossing-sweeper nuisance 1856Group of young children with brooms, sweeping the ground as a gentleman walks alone, asking for a ha penny. Date: 1856
Postcard explaining the currency of Portugal, with equivalent values for other countries. Date: circa 1900
Boys crossing-sweepers, London boys asking an affluent gentlemen for a penny for keeping the streets tidy. Date: circa 1850s
Compensation for the murder of Mr RichardsonSketches in Japan: conveying the compensation money to HMS Pearl for the murder of Mr. Richardson, an English merchant in 1862. Date: 1863
Postcard explaining the currency of Japan, with equivalent values for other countries. circa 1900
Railway Orphanage Charity Collecting Dogs, December 1907. 1907
Advert for Dr. Barnardos Homes 192294, 000 children have been rescued by Dr. Barnardos Homes. Help to give Happy Christmas by sending money. Date: 1922
Collecting Wroth MoneyCeremony at Knightlow Cross. A tribute which dates back for a thousand years and connects the present with that remote past when the central countries of Ebgland were for the most part a wild
Poster, The Poor Mans Burden -- Lloyd Georges Budget on food, beer, tobacco and spirits. Date: circa 1909
The Losing Lady And The Cough-Drop, A Hectic Moment At Monte Carlo by H M Bateman. The innocent cough-drop and the worried officials
The Tune we Dance to - Pacifism - Society of Friends" The Money Goes Round and Around... And it comes out here!" Pay your income tax and it ends up being fired from a gun. Pacifist postcard published by the Society of Friends (Quakers)
Street Trade seller - toysWilliam Liston from Glasgow, served under the Duke of York in Holland, where on the 6th of October 1799, he lost his right arm and left leg and his place in the army
BIG BOSSDemocracy - Depicting a vulture over looking workers while sitting upon a human skull 1941
Bell 209 Cobra N209J (given the spoof serial 64-7015). The private venture prototype of the Huey-Cobra, built by Bell while the US Army was wasting time and money on the Lockheed AH-65 Cheyenne
A man who never stops to attract a crowd in the streets of London, with his little table on which he feasts upon small objects. Swallowing pebbles, nails, broken glass and similar delicacies
WW1 - A group of young girls collecting for wounded soldiersWW1 - A group of young girls dressed as nurses collecting for wounded soldiers in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France circa 1915
Money To Burn Date: 1950
The Money Lenders Date: 1600
Cartoon, New drama by Reade and PettittCartoon, New drama by Charles Reade and Henry Pettitt -- Star actors sometimes get very dainty. Their melodrama, Love and Money, was in production at the Adelphi Theatre, London
Mother begging in streets of London 1851Mother selling flowers from a basket for a bit of money in the Strand, London, while her baby sleeps in her arms. Date: 1851
Waits at Seven Dials, London, 1853Group of Christmas Waits or street musicians playing at Seven Dials, London. Until the middle of the 19th century Waits had been town musicians
Maundy Thursday Service, Whitehall Chapel, London 1843Distribution of Maundy Money in Whitehall Chapel, London. In this image a group of the Yeomen of the Guard may be seen at centre, keeping an eye on proceedings. Date: 1843
Communards cleaning out the coffers of the Church 1871Communards cleaning out the coffers of a convent of the Little Sisters of the Poor, during the Paris Commune of 1871. The Communards were anti-religious
Royal Mint, London 1900Receiving silver ingots to make coins. Date: 1900
ENGLISH POUND NOTESA five pound note, a one pound note and a ten shilling note. Date: 1960s
VARIOUS ENGLISH COINSA selection of British coins, including a half crown, a sixpence and a penny. Date: 1960s
OLD ENGLISH COINSOld (pre-Decimalisation) British coins (left to right): Top - penny, half penny, threepenny bit. Bottom - half crown, two shillings, one shilling, sixpence - heads. Date: 1960s
JAPANESE SHOPPING LISTThe Japanese lady of the house writes out her shopping list for her maid. The maid does not take any money to the shops with her and all accounts are settled monthly. Date: 1930s
SAXON COINSA selection of Saxon coins, showing the heads of various kings. Date: 798 - 821
A HUGE SAFEA banker with a bunch of keys puts a tin of jewellery among safety deposit boxes, accounts books and other precious items, into a huge safe with an intricate door mechanism. Date: 1930s
BALANCING THE BOOKSAn accountant checks his ledger and balances his books before rubber stamping them. Date: 1930s
STREET ARTIST & KIDS STREET ARTIST & KIDSAn inquisitive little boy and girl try to make out what this street artist is painting. Date: 1930s
Christ and the tribute money
GERMAN MERCHANT CHARITYA German merchant digs into his money-bags and hands a fistful of coins to a poor family. Date: circa 1510