An Unrecorded Series of Skit Notes – William Seville and his Striking Likenesses – Gary Oddie

Skit notes are items resembling banknotes but were never intended to be used as money. The most well-known of these is the “anti-hanging” note produced by George Cruikshank in 1818. Banknote catalogues usually have a separate section for these, often quite rare, pieces of printed ephemera.
The recent acquisition of a skit note that is not catalogued, has prompted research into the life and career of its issuer. This, along with the discovery of two more unrecorded notes from the same issuer, but with different dates and addresses, suggests that several, and possibly many others are likely to have existed.