Green’s Dictionary of Slang

marshall n.

[proper name Marshall, chief cashier of the Bank of England, whose name appeared on the notes, c.1870]

a £5 note.

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[UK] newspaper cutting in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues IV (1890–1904) 286/1: To the Yankee I’m partial, and those who see far shall, Impounding each Marshall, so smooth and so crisp .