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Lot 2974    Session 10 (7.30pm Wednesday)    Pre-Decimal Banknotes

Estimate $80,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $119,000

ONE POUND, Collins/Allen (1910), superscribed issue on the Bank of Victoria one pound, Melbourne, No. E004897, superscribed serial A000009, (R. S21, this note illustrated p.39 Nicholson). A magnificent example, with two folds horizontaly and vertically and two small pin-holes, otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare, the finest known from this bank and the lowest superscribe serial known.

Ex Sir George Foster Pearce, Max Stern & Co Sale 17th nov. 1976 (lot 656) and Dr. Alan Nicholson Collection, Sale 49 (lot 1670).

Estimate / sale price does not include buyer's premium (currently 22% including GST) which is added to hammer price. All bids are executed on the understanding that the Terms & Conditions of sale have been read and accepted. For information on grading and estimates please refer to the Buying at Auction advice.

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