Private Bank Issues
Lot 2657 SESSION 9 - 4.30PM Wednesday 30 July Private Bank Issues
Estimate $2,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $2,000
THE CITY OF MELBOURNE BANK LIMITED, Melbourne, one pound, dated 1st Jany 1875, printed on paper but stuck down on cardboard, not numbered, not watermarked, no imprint, signed by two signatures, (This note illustrated in Vort Ronald, Australian Private Banknote Pedigrees p.125, Vort-Ronald p.125-6 for background). Fair and apparently unique for type.
Ex Downies Auction June 2002 (lot 2869).
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