Lot 4651

Description

Union Bank of Australia, (part, approx. one quarter) one pound, date and domicile not visible, 2Y 20098 (Perth domicile serial) (MVR type 2(b)), mounted on grid paper with short essay on Chalon portrait written in cursive script, 'The Chalon Portrait / The second Humphrys die / Part of a Banknote Draft found in the / records of Messrs Perkins, Bacon & Co. / by the late Percy de Worms, 1936. / This die differs from the first as it is more coarsely / engraved, the eyes lack detail, the ear rings are / different and there are many other small points / at variance.' Very fine.