Lot 3026
Sale 100 · Important Australian & World Coins, Tokens, Medals & Banknotes
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Description
Commercial Bank of Sydney, one pound, Sydney 18- (c1875) printer's specimen, light blue print on watermarked paper, multicoloured back, imprint W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh for Cowan & Coy., Sydney (MVR 3?). Several pin holes, printers instructions in margins, otherwise very fine and very rare.
This and the following eight lots were originally collected by Charles J.Hutchinson, born Orkney Is in 1885. He and his family came to Australia as free settlers in 1888. He was with the CBC and ESA as a bank employee (later manager) from about 1900 onwards.
- Estimate
- $12,000
- Result Status
- Passed in