Lot 4817

Sale 78 · Important Australian & World Coins & Banknotes, The Lampard Collection, The James Atkinson Collection

Description

Reserve Bank Presentation Book of type three specimen notes, one dollar, two, five, ten, twenty and fifty dollars, Johnston/ Stone (1983) inscribed to V.G. Wooding and signed by Johnston, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia thanking him for his actions on 21 September 1982, which contributed to forestalling a theft of a large quantity of Australian currency notes. Uncirculated and extremely rare.

Sold with copy of Wooding's letter to the General Manager TAA, a letter from the Reserve Bank Governor 21 October 1983 and a copy of the Daily Sun newspaper 22 September 1982. Being sold on behalf of the recipient.

Estimate
$120,000
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$100,000

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