The ghost of a guinea or the country's surprise! Artist, George Moutard Woodward (1760-1809). Print shows a banker astonished to 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., February c.1804.
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3937 x 5327 px | 33.3 x 45.1 cm | 13.1 x 17.8 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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