Aust. Pre Decimal Banknotes
Lot 4518 Session 15 (7.30pm Thursday) Aust. Pre Decimal Banknotes
Estimate $150
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SOLD $160
TEN SHILLINGS, Armitage/McFarlane (1942) F/39 368167 (R.13), WWII signed 'short snorter' with eleven signatures on front, one of which is by famous American baseball player, Johnny Mize, and as a wartime service signature scarce. Taped at side edges, nicks along top and bottom edges, fine.
Johnny Mize, nicknamed 'The Big Cat' because of his size, was a first baseman for the St Louis Cardinals, New York Giants and New York Yankees in a career spanning fifteen years between 1936 and 1953. He was a recipient of the Babe Ruth Award in 1952 and inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in 1981. He served during WWII from 1943 through to 1945. With research.
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Lot 4516
TEN SHILLINGS, Sheehan/McFarlane (1939) E/15, E/73, E/89, E/98 (R.12) (4); Armitage/McFarlane (1942) F/54, F/62, G/19, ...
Estimate $120
Lot 4517
TEN SHILLINGS, Armitage/McFarlane (1942) F/93 918791 (R.13). Flattened of two folds, otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $200
Lot 4518 This lot
TEN SHILLINGS, Armitage/McFarlane (1942) F/39 368167 (R.13), WWII signed 'short snorter' with eleven signatures on ...
Estimate $150
Lot 4519
TEN SHILLINGS, Armitage/McFarlane (1942) to Coombs/Wilson (1961)(R.13 - 17 (2)). Very fine - nearly uncirculated. ...
Estimate $400
Lot 4520
TEN SHILLINGS, Coombs/Wilson (1952) B/46 606152 (R.15). Uncirculated.
Estimate $400