Lipton's Notes"Sir Thomas Lipton told me the story of Lipton's Bulk Notes - almost the best piece of publicity that can have been invented. One of his chief slogans was 'Lipton gives £1 value for 15/-.' In order to spread this slogan all over England he had £1 notes printed with a note at the bottom saying goods to the value of £1 could be bought for 15/- at any Lipton's store. So beautifully were these notes engraved that occasionally they would be used by canny and dishonest persons in place of the real article. The authorities learned this and Lipton had to stop his noter. But not before several comedies occurred.
"'D'you know,' said Sir Thomas, 'that a man in a hotel at Edinburgh actually gave me one of my own notes as part of my change. He was a clever fellow. I let him keep it.'"
["I was travelling in the train once with two elders talking of the collection at the kirk," Lipton recalled of another occasion. "'Five pounds seventeen and eleven pence,' said one. 'Aye,' said the other, 'but three of the notes were Liptons.'"]
, Sir Thomas Lipton (1850-1931) Scottish businessman, founder of Liton's grocery store chain, founder of Lipton Tea
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