Exchequer tallies of willow - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 37982 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 160.00 SALICACEAE Salix sp | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Exchequer tallies of willow | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Exchequer tallies of willow | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Exchequer tallies of willowUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles etc, outsize | Related Items | |||
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| Donor Date | 07/11/1822 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: Tallies are an ancient kind of receipt, dating back to times before printing was invented and few could read or write. Sums of money were represented by different sizes of notches cut along a stick. The stick was then cleft into two halve, s, so that the giver and the received could each keep a half which could only be matched by the other. The accompanying old print, dedicated to the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the time, Sir Robert Peel (born 1788 died 1850) explains the system of tall, ies. It is interesting to note that the use of tallies persisted until the beginning of the last century. Label source: Explanation and pictures of tallies explaining their worth, use etc. | ||||