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Maker(s):Brixton Pound
Culture:British
Title:Brixton ten pound note
Date Made:2017
Type:Coin/Numismatic
Materials:Ink on polymer
Place Made:Europe; United Kingdom; Great Britain; Brixton
Measurements:Overall: 2 13/16 in x 5 1/2 in; 7.1 cm x 14 cm
Accession Number:  MH 2019.15
Credit Line:Purchase through prior Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Polymer note with neon orange, blue, pink, purple, and green. On the obverse: an image of David Bowie on the right, separated from the rest of the field by a vertical orange bar. The denomination written out twice as "10" and once as "ten." In the lower left, "Brixton£." On the reverse: imagery running from the lower right to the upper left of a hand releasing a bird that morphs across the note into a peace sign, which forms the zero in the "10" in the upper left. Blue, green, and orange band down the right side. Inscriptions noting the denomination and other information.

Tags:
money; numismatics; performing artists; music

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