Reverse detail (upright) of a 5 pound interest-bearing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" class="extiw" title="w:Kingdom of England">Kingdom of England</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchequer" class="extiw" title="w:Exchequer">Exchequer</a> note dated 6 August 1697. This note was issued during the reign of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England" class="extiw" title="w:William III of England">William III</a>, less than a decade after England’s 1689 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_Rights_1689" class="extiw" title="w:Bill of Rights 1689">Bill of Rights</a> was adopted, and a decade before the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" class="extiw" title="w:Kingdom of Great Britain">Kingdom of Great Britain</a> was formed.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:National_Museum_of_American_History" class="extiw" title="w:en:National Museum of American History"><span title="history museum in Washington, D.C., a division of the Smithsonian Institution">National Museum of American History</span></a>
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1697-08-06
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