The ghost of a guinea! or the country banker's surprise!!-LCCN2006686403

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The ghost of a guinea! or the country banker's surprise!!-LCCN2006686403

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Print shows a banker astonished by a guinea coin with King George III on it. The banker says, "Surely my eyes do not deceive me--it certainly must be a Guinea!--I declare I have not seen such a thing since I have been in the Banking Line--Mercy on us--it may perhaps be one of the New Ghosts that go about--if thou beest a real guinea do drop in my till, and let me hear thee chink." Inscribed on the window pane behind him: "Tim Jenkins Banker--Paper Wholesale and Retail. NB--No Objection to take light Guineas for Goods."

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1804
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Library of Congress
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public domain

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