Lot 2982

Description

Lempriere & Company. Hobart Town, currency note, one Spanish dollar, 12 June 1823 (year 182 printed), No. L16, hand signed by Thomas James Lempriere, on printed form by S. Clayton, Sydney, red-brown on white, on unwatermarked paper, 'Exhibited / Et' written across. Base of note very uneven with tears and loss of bottom portion of note, otherwise nearly fine, and rare.

See comment on a similar lot 1506 in the Dr. Alan Nicholson Collection.