Lot 2688

Description

Excelsior Bank, Sydney, one pound, not dated (18 printed), numbered No.8038, on paper, unissued, no signatures, no watermarks, imprint of 'Perkins Bacon & Co. London' lower left, vignette of emu and kangaroo separating 'Excelsior' climbing mountain, 1 in circlar geometric frames in corners and 'ONE' in value tablets either side of vignette and in block lower left, all within rectangular spiral frame, states 'On demand I Promise to pay to the Bearer ONE POUND Sterling. Sydney ... For the EXCELSIOR Land Investment and Building Company and BANK Limited', with ONE in blue inside five geometric circles, on back geometric ovals with central value tablet '1' and 'ONE' written inside scrolls six times around, blue and black on white/blue on white, (Vort-Ronald, Fig.173 and [p.162], comments p.162 on bank, also Tomlinson p.66). Extremely fine and rare.

This lot comes with folder, certificate of value and a booklet describing a history of this bank prepared by John Pettit and Tony James.