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New South Wales, currency note for one shilling, payable in Copper Coin, Hutchinson, John, Sydney (April 6) 181(3) No (86), in copper coin on Demand crossed out and currency written above signature. Minute holes, hole, full note, nearly fine and rare.
Estimate $2,000
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New South Wales, currency note for two shillings and sixpence payable in copper coin, Jenkins, W(illiam), Sydney (07 Oct) 18(12) No (121), MVR type AW (cf Dixson 263). Series of minute pin holes, otherwise good fine and very rare.
Estimate $2,400
SOLD $1,800
Van Diemen's Land, currency note for Three-pence payable in Spanish dollars at 5s each, Stace, Thomas, Hobart Town, (6 May) 1826 no. (B225) (MVR type fig 144). Stuck to backing paper, holes in centre, torn vertically in centre, otherwise a full note, very good.
Estimate $800
SOLD $860
Van Diemen's Land, currency note for Six-pence payable in Spanish dollars at 5s each, Stace, Thomas, Hobart Town (10 June) 1826, No. (43) printed on alphabet paper (MVR figs 146 and 148). Corners off or torn, otherwise fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $800
Van Diemen's Land, Read & Bethune, copper printing plate for five shillings, Hobart Town 182- 'Engraved by S. Clayton Sydney' back impressed 'T Shafe/94 Little Moorefields/London' (175 x 90 mm). Housed in protective thick paper envelope or sleeve with a later gloss paper proof printing stuck down, the plate, good very fine and probably unique.
Estimate $12,500
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Van Diemen's Land, Read & Bethune copper printing plate for one pound, Hobart Town 182- 'Engraved by S. Clayton Sydney', back impressed three times 'T. Shafe/ 94 Little Moorfields/London'. Housed in protective thick paper envelope or sleeve (250 x 120 mm) or sleeve with a later gloss paper proof printing stuck down, the plate in very fine condition and probably unique.
Estimate $12,500
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Van Diemen's Land, Read & Bethune, black and white proof of one pound, Hobart Town 182, imprint, 'Engraved by S. Clayton Sydney'. Later print on gloss art paper, nearly uncirculated and excessively rare.
Estimate $300
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Van Diemen's Land, Read & Bethune, black and white proof of five shillings, Hobart Town 182- imprint 'Engraved by S. Clayton Sydney'. Later print on gloss art paper, some foxing, nearly uncirculated and excessively rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Van Diemen's Land, Bill of Exchange for one hundred pounds sterling in British silver, third of exchange, Commissariat Office, Hobart Town, 30 Septr. 1835, No.5952, imprint S.Clayton, payable to Mr Gam Butler, signed A.Moodie. Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $15,000
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Australian Joint Stock Bank, uniface specimen one pound, Sydney, N.S.Wales, 1st Jany. 1883 (date printed) T106499T, imprint of Perkins, Bacon & Co London (MVR type 3a), perforated CANCELLED. Remnants of paste on back, otherwise extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $12,000
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The Bank of Australasia, Victoria, uniface printer's proof ten pounds, Sandhurst, 18-, not numbered, unsigned specimen, imprint of Perkins, Bacon & Co London, Patent Hardened Steel Plate, '10th October 1859' handwritten in pencil in bottom margin, SPECIMEN in signature field (MVR type 1c). Nearly uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $12,000
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Bank of New South Wales, specimen one pound, Sydney 18- (MVR 7c) imprint Charles Skipper & East London, perforated 'Specimen C.Skipper & East' in signature reserve. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $2,100
Bank of New South Wales, one pound forgery, issued at Sydney, c1880, No. A/3 766681, hand signed by uncertain manager and another, printed on unwatermarked paper, without imprint, with vignettes of female seated with produce and in top corners oval framed tablet with ONE, all within rectangular ornate spiral border with words NEW SOUTH WALES in frame at top and bottom, back with large ONE within rectangular frame surrounded by a ornate circles in each corner, 'Forged Note' written in red in two places on front (cfMVR 7c). Fair.
Estimate $500
SOLD $450
Bank of New South Wales, specimen one pound, Sydney 19-, un-numbered, perforated vertically in two places SPECIMEN/C.SKIPPER & EAST (MVR7f). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,400
Bank of New South Wales, five pounds, Sydney 1 April 18(78), A/A 145349 (MVR 7c), George Skardon, shoe merchant ink stamp on back. Fine and rare.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $2,900
Bank of New South Wales, ten pounds, Rockhampton 18-, uniface printer's proof on un-watermarked paper, imprint Perkins Bacon & Co Patent Hardened Steel Plate, pencil dated instructions 23rd April 1862, marked 'SPECIMEN' in signature reserve (MVR 7c). Good extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $10,000
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Bank of New South Wales, specimen ten pounds, Sydney 18- uniface red brown on white (MVR 7c) Specimen C. Skipper & East perforated in signature reserve, imprint Charles Skipper & East London, Bank of New South Wales watermark. Broad left margin or counterfoil, good extremely fine.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,000
Bank of Van Diemen's Land, Hobart Town, one pound, 18- (c1826), not numbered, printers proof on paper, vignette on left of farming scene and distant ships, states below, 'We promise ..... For the President & Company of the Bank', black on white (cfMVR 2). Stamp hinges on back corners, extremely fine.
Estimate $9,000
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The Bank of Van Diemens Land Limited, one pound, Hobart, 1st July 1881 No. 96027 (MVR type 4), imprint of Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Engravers &c, London. An issued form, heavy folds split in centre, otherwise nearly fine and rare.
Estimate $10,000
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Bank of Victoria Limited, specimen one pound, Melbourne 18- (MVR type 3a) discordant serials No. C000,001 and No. C100,000, imprint of Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Engravers &c London, perforated SPECIMEN BW & Co London in three lines, printer's instructions written in pencil at top left Nov '12/89'. Uncirculated and very rare.
Estimate $12,000
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Bank of Victoria Limited, Melbourne, one pound (18-- printed), 13th Dec 1901, A 068148, imprint of Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Engravers &c. London, vignette on left, facing head of Queen Victoria, on right arms of Great Britain and Victoria, the number 1 in each corner within ornamental oval tablet, one pound in block above and below, all with ornate border, pink, orange and black on white, letter R in black twice in design above Bank of Victoria (MVR 3c). Very fine and a superb example of an excessively rare note.
Estimate $20,000
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The City of Melbourne Bank Limited, Melbourne, one pound, dated originally 1st April 1877 and red overprinted date 19th June 1893 (dates printed), No. A 341591, uncertain signatures, imprint of 'Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Engravers &c London' lower centre (Vort-Ronald, cf.Fig.134a & 134b and [p.125-6], comments p.125-6 on bank, also Tomlinson p.48-49). Many creases and folds, tear on left and two pin-holes, otherwise fine and excessively rare, being one of two known (see following lot for the other).
Estimate $12,000
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The City of Melbourne Bank Limited, Melbourne, one pound, dated originally 1st April 1877 and red overprinted date 19th June 1893, (dates printed), No. A 343173, on paper, uncertain signatures, no watermarks, imprint of 'Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Engravers &c London' lower centre, vignette of female figure facing in oval tablet, 1 in circular geometric frames in corners and 'ONE' in value tablet lower left, all within rectangular frame built up on 'ONE POUND' in intricate design, states 'I Promise to pay the Bearer on demand ONE POUND Sterling. Melbourne ... For The City of Melbourne Bank Limited', with ONE in blue and yellow inside central area, on back arms, geometric ovals with value tablet '1' and 'ONE' written, inside border pattern, around, blue, yellow and black on white/red and blue on white, (Vort-Ronald, cfFig.134a & 134b and [p125-6], comments p125-6 on bank, also Tomlinson p48-49). Many creases and folds, perforation near vignette, stain on reverse, otherwise nearly fine and excessively rare, being one of two known (see previous lot for the other).
Estimate $11,500
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The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited, specimen ten pounds, Melbourne, 18-, discordant serial numbers, No. A 15001 and No. A 20000 (MVR type 1), with Chinese text on each side of the front, imprint of Sands & McDougall, Stationers, Melbourne, perforated SPECIMEN BW & CO. LONDON. Good extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $20,000
SOLD $18,750
The Commercial Bank of South Australia, one pound 'Ein Pfund', Adelaide, 1st day of November 1878 (date printed), No.A6467, handsigned by Manager and Acct., imprint of Sands & McDougall Engravers Melbourne (MVR type 1, p.136). Creases, folds and foxing, otherwise fine and very rare.
Estimate $18,000
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Commercial Bank of Sydney, one pound, Sydney 18- (c1875) printer's specimen, light blue print on watermarked paper, multicoloured back, imprint W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh for Cowan & Coy., Sydney (MVR 3?). Several pin holes, printers instructions in margins, otherwise very fine and very rare.
Estimate $10,000
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Commercial Bank of Sydney, contemporary forgery, one pound, Sydney, 1st July 1889, No. A 992044, 'Forgery' written in red on front (MVR -). Faded and dirty, very good.
Estimate $1,000
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The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited, one pound sterling, [1] day March 19[1]0, No.H061150, imprint of Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ld, Engravers, London (MVR type 5b). Light bank cancelled stamp on front and c/c 3183 written in pen, several pin holes, folds and creases, otherwise crisp body, good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $12,000
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The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited, one pound, Sydney 1 May 1909, No. G929454 Entd W.Wright E.A.McDougal manager, imprint Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Engravers London (MVR type 5b). Left edge nick at fold, vertical folds, otherwise good fine and rare in this condition.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $3,700
English, Scottish & Australian Chartered Bank, South Australia, ten pounds, black and white printer's proof on card, Adelaide, 1st January 1887, imprint of Perkins, Bacon & Co. London, three small punch hole cancellations at bottom, printer's instructions in pencil '22nd January 187.' in bottom margin (cfMVR 2). Remnants of glue marks on back, extremely fine.
Estimate $7,000
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