banknotes

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Henry Portal, the Bank of England's earliest confirmed paper supplier, was a Huguenot papermaker from Poitiers with no documented connection to Fabriano or Italian papermaking

claim seedling Tier 3 2026-08-12 · currency, banknotes, bank-of-england, papermaking, huguenot
Do primary Bank of England records confirm the 1694 issue / 1695 counterfeit / 1697 watermarked-paper timeline and the Sutton Courtenay mill?

capture promoted Tier 1 (BoE Quarterly Bulletin, BoE Archive minute indexes, BoE Museum blog) / 3-4 (Old and New London / British History Online) 2026-07-23 · currency, banknotes, watermarks, bank-of-england, anti-counterfeiting
The Bank of England's own 1969 history does not corroborate a 1695 counterfeiting date, and a named secondary source dates the first forged note to 1758 instead

claim seedling 2026-07-23 · currency, banknotes, watermarks, bank-of-england, anti-counterfeiting
The Bank of England's earliest surviving banknote (1697) is a handwritten running-cash note, not evidence of watermarked paper in circulation that year

claim seedling 2026-07-23 · currency, banknotes, watermarks, bank-of-england, source-verification
The Bank of England's own history documents 1724 (Henry Portal) as its earliest named paper-supply contract, and no Tier 1–2 source names the Sutton Courtenay mill or Rice Watkins for a 1697 watermark

claim seedling 2026-07-23 · currency, banknotes, watermarks, bank-of-england, papermaking
The Bank of England turned the watermark into a currency-security feature, adopting watermarked banknote paper in 1697 after its notes were counterfeited

claim seedling Tier 3 2026-07-11 · currency, banknotes, watermarks, security, anti-counterfeiting
Do primary Bank of England records confirm the 1694 issue / 1695 counterfeit / 1697 watermarked-paper timeline and the Sutton Courtenay mill?

question open 2026-07-11 · currency, watermarks, banknotes, verification, source-floor
Henry Portal

entity hub · currency, banknotes, watermarks, papermaking, bank-of-england