Old Times: An Unique Illustrated History of the Early Days, Volume 1, Issue 1Commercial Publishing Company, 1903 - Australia |
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... not because I was a rival banker , but from sheer laziness on his part . Alto- gether , I think his was the strang st bank I ever came across . CLEVER FORGERIES . " About the year 1864 the banking. APRIL , 1903 . 51 Old Times .
... not because I was a rival banker , but from sheer laziness on his part . Alto- gether , I think his was the strang st bank I ever came across . CLEVER FORGERIES . " About the year 1864 the banking. APRIL , 1903 . 51 Old Times .
Page 52
... FORGERIES . " About the year 1864 the banking community was somewhat alarmed by the number of forgeries presented and paid by the various banks . Some of the principal firms in Sydney had their names cleverly forged to cheques for large ...
... FORGERIES . " About the year 1864 the banking community was somewhat alarmed by the number of forgeries presented and paid by the various banks . Some of the principal firms in Sydney had their names cleverly forged to cheques for large ...
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... forgeries or stolen . I leaned to the former view , for I found a note for £ 100 cashed by my teller for the owner had no watermark woven in it . Half of it had been sent home , and , much to our surprise , it was declared genuine by ...
... forgeries or stolen . I leaned to the former view , for I found a note for £ 100 cashed by my teller for the owner had no watermark woven in it . Half of it had been sent home , and , much to our surprise , it was declared genuine by ...
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