Lot 4647
Sale 112 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals, Tokens & Banknotes
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Description
Queensland Government, five pounds, Brisbane, 2nd January 1902, A/5 306732, imprint of Perkins Bacon & Co Ld, London (MVR.1). A full note, multiple folds and creases, strong fine and very rare, one of the finest of the few known and historically important.
After 1893 the Queensland Government decided to continue to issue its own notes until 1910 and they circulated side by side with the notes from the other banks and were eventually withdrawn when the Commonwealth issued its own notes.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 102 (lot 3032), Sale 75 (lot 2989) and Spink Australia Sale 6 (lot 695).
- Estimate
- $25,000
- Result Status
- Passed in