Lot 1564

Description

Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, uniface one pound, issued at Sydney, 1 Decr 1889, (18 printed), No.C92624, hand signed by Manager, G.L. Rutland (?) and entered by E. Platt, printed on uncertain watermarked paper (?), with imprint on centre of bottom, 'Bradbury Wilkinson & Co, Engravers &c London', with vignettes of bank building and Sydney Harbour scene, in tablet 1 in all corners and in lower tablet Ã…â€Å‣ ONE, all within rectangular ornate border, in ink on back John & Martin, black on white, (Vort-Ronald p.142-152 on bank, similar note illustrated as Fig.154, p.147). Folds and holes on creases, with some aging edge tone, otherwise very good and very rare.

This issue of the Commercial Bank of Sydney (1834-1982, merging to form the NAB in 1982), is much rarer than the five pound note issue as they all come from the 1971 'New England Hoard'.