Fiver Collection

A wad of five pound notes. 17th June 1973

RMS Titanic - letter, Mabel Francatelli, passenger
RMS Titanic - First Class passenger Mabel Francatelli. A fascinating letter from Mattison, Davey & Rader of New York to Miss Francatelli dated 17 April 1956

There was a young Man at a Crammer (engraving)
3622924 There was a young Man at a Crammer (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: There was a young Man at a Crammer)

A five pound note and seventy five pence in change. 8th February 1988

A handful of bank notes. 24th February 1987

WW1 - British hospital ship Anglia sinks, November 17th 1915
WW1 - HMHS Anglia was a British steam ship requisitioned for use as a hospital ship during the First World War. On 17th November 1915, Anglia was returning from Calais to Dover

Five sovereigns on a Christmas card
Five sovereigns on a card -- May Good Luck hit you jolly hard this Christmas, and may you never want... a fiver. circa 1890s

Agressive local man spots ths chance of a swift buck
Scene - Scarboro. Time - Sunday Morning. Very Muddy. Inhabitant: " Be Thoo a Strong Mon?" Amateur Weightlifter (rather proud that his fame has spread so far): " Well, yes, my friend

Two men on a street, one tall and slim, the other short and plump. Horace asks: Got such a thing as a spare fiver on you, old chap? The reply is unprintable. circa 1916

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June 17, 1973: Mabel Francatelli, a passenger on the RMS Titanic, clutched a wad of five pound notes in her hand, a small comfort as the ship sank. Fast forward to 1987 and a young man at a crammer session pulled out a five pound note and 75 pence in change, a welcome relief from textbooks. On February 8, 1988, another man found himself with a handful of bank notes worth five pounds, a fortunate find on an ordinary day. But not all five pound notes have such innocent beginnings. On November 17, 1915, during WWI, a British hospital ship, Anglia, sank, and among the lost was a letter containing five sovereigns. And who could forget the aggressive local man in an engraving, spotting an opportunity for a swift buck with a five pound note in hand? Two men on a street, a simple transaction, a five pound note exchanged for goods or services - the power of this humble currency, a symbol of value and exchange throughout history.