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Estimate $2,500
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SOLD $4,600
GEORGE SHENTON, Perth, issued at Perth, one pound, currency note, dated 1st June 1866, (18- printed), number No.767, no watermark, value tablets in upper corners, vignette of swan, no imprint, stating on front 'On Demand, I Promise to pay the Bearer One Pound Sterling, at Perth, Western Australia', signed G. Shenton (father) and entered by Geo. Shenton Jnr. (son), with two additional black ink oval stamps for, The National Bank of Australia, Perth W.A., and another for Geraldtown, green on yellow, (Vort-Ronald, [p.23], Fig.29 a similar note). Folds and creases, otherwise very good and extremely rare.
See previous lot for details of issue and discussion on George Shenton Jnr., whose signature appears on this note.
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