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Title
Banque Royale banknote, cent livres
Names
Maitland, Alexander (Creator)
Collection

Maitland collection of South Sea Company and Mississippi Scheme papers

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1720-01-01
Place: Paris
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 1848
Genres
Money
Notes
Biographical/historical: The South Sea Company was formed circa 1711 by the British government with a monopoly on trade in South America in exchange for liquidating the British national debt by selling shares in its trading enterprises and funding payment of the debt from a part of the company's capital stock. In 1721 the inflated value of the company's shares collapsed which brought on the fall of the British government and widespread financial and political ruin. The Mississippi Scheme was a rival project in France devised by the Scottish economist John Law.
Numbering: M50
Physical Description
Letterpress works
Extent: 3 3/8 x 6 inches
Printed sheet of paper money
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
French
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12018646
MSS Unit ID: 1848
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 20.09.016a
Photo Order: 62528
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bd9c62a0-4c36-0138-ea8e-0bfa95305645
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1720: Created
  • 2021: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Banque Royale banknote, cent livres" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1720. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4313d840-f139-0138-28af-0242ac110003

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Banque Royale banknote, cent livres" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4313d840-f139-0138-28af-0242ac110003

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1720). Banque Royale banknote, cent livres Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4313d840-f139-0138-28af-0242ac110003

Wikipedia Citation

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Banque Royale banknote, cent livres