Lot 2641

Description

Bank of New South Wales, one pound, issued at Sydney, 2 April 1883, (date mostly written), No.A/4 114004, hand signed by Manager W.B.Hawthorne and entered by J.H. Potts, on watermarked paper 'BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES' within saw-toothed multiple line frame, with imprint in centre of bottom, 'Charles Skipper & East, London', with vignettes of female seated with produce and in top corners oval framed tablet with ONE, all within rectangular ornate spiral border with words BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES at top and bottom, back with large ONE within rectangular frame surrounded by a ornate circles in each corner, black on white/red on white, (Vort-Ronald, p.67-85 on bank, Type Seven (g) and a similar note illustrated as Fig.87, This noted in Vort Ronald, Australian Private Banknote Pedigrees p.65). Trace of oval bank stamp on back with "Doris" written over in ink, folds and creases, however good colour and body, nearly very fine and very rare as such.

Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 84 (lot 2717).