Aust. Banknotes - Private Bank Issues
Lot 3040
THE GOVERNMENT OF QUEENSLAND, Queensland Treasury Note, specimen five pounds, uniface, Treasury, Brisbane, Novr. 1st 1866, No., imprint of the Government Printing Office, Brisbane, 'Cancelled/G.W' handwritten vertically across front (MVR p.197). Centre fold, otherwise good extremely fine and excessively rare, possibly the only known surviving example of a five pound note.
Estimate
$22,000
SOLD $19,500
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Estimate / sale price does not include buyer's premium (currently 16.5% including GST) which is added to hammer price. All bids are executed on the understanding that the Terms & Conditions of sale have been read and accepted. For information on grading and estimates please refer to the Buying at Auction advice.
Adjacent lots
Lot 3038
THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUSTRALASIA, one pound, Adelaide, 1st November 1893 (date printed), 110043, handsigned ...
Estimate $28,000
Lot 3039
THE GOVERNMENT OF QUEENSLAND, Queensland Treasury Note, specimen one pound, uniface, Treasury, Brisbane, Jany. 1st ...
Estimate $20,000
Lot 3040 This lot
THE GOVERNMENT OF QUEENSLAND, Queensland Treasury Note, specimen five pounds, uniface, Treasury, Brisbane, Novr. 1st ...
Estimate $22,000
Lot 3041
THE ROYAL BANK OF QUEENSLAND LIMITED, Brisbane, one pound, dated 1 January 1887 (date printed), ...
Estimate $16,000
Lot 3042
UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA, one pound, issued at Melbourne but overstamped GEELONG three times, 1 ...
Estimate $16,000
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