File:EB1911 Tally - tally stick (diagram).jpg

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English: Diagrammatic view, showing notches with facsimile of writing, of an English exchequer tally, acknowledging the receipt of £236, 4s. 3½d. on the 25th of October 1739, from Edward Ironside, Esq., as a loan to the king on £3 per cent. annuities payable out of the Sinking Fund, on account of £500,000 granted by Act 11 Geo. II., c. 27. The date is written upon the upper side of the tally, where the two notches denoting £200 are cut. The lower side, on which the smaller notches are cut, has only the word Sol written upon it.
Date published 1911
Source “Tally,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 26, 1911, p. 379, fig. 2.
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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.

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current22:28, 30 January 2018Thumbnail for version as of 22:28, 30 January 20181,427 × 208 (92 KB)Bob Burkhardt{{Information |Description ={{en|1=Diagrammatic view, showing notches with facsimile of writing, of an English exchequer tally, acknowledging the receipt of £236, 4s. 3½d. on the 25th of October 1739, from Edward Ironside, Esq., as a loan to the k...