Catalogue
Five pounds, Riddle/Sheehan (1933), R/18 995493 (R.44b), white face. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $5,000
Passed in
Five pounds, Sheehan/McFarlane (1939), R/31 509574 (R.45). Uncirculated.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $2,700
Five pounds, Armitage/McFarlane (1941), R/69 912448 (R.46). Uncirculated.
Estimate $1,000
Passed in
Five pounds, Coombs/Watt (1949), S/4 064743 (R.47). Uncirculated.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $750
Five pounds, Coombs/Wilson (1952), S/30 130249/50 (R.48), consecutive pair. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $900
Five pounds, Coombs/Wilson (1954), TB/12 131512/3 (R.49), consecutive pair. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $600
SOLD $700
Five pounds, Coombs/Wilson (1961), TD/06 517926 (R.50). Uncirculated.
Estimate $400
SOLD $420
Ten pounds, Collins/Allen (1913), W 244801 (R.51). Very fine and very rare, one of the finest known.
Estimate $30,000
SOLD $22,000
Ten pounds, Kell/Collins (1925), U/1 477876 (R.54). Good extremely fine or nearly uncirculated and very rare in this condition.
Estimate $20,000
SOLD $13,000
Ten pounds, Riddle/Sheehan (1934), V/2 298464 (R.57). Uncirculated and rare in this condition.
Estimate $5,000
SOLD $5,500
Ten pounds, Sheehan/McFarlane (1940), V/3 093901/2 (R.58), consecutive pair. Uncirculated and rare as such. (2)
Estimate $12,000
SOLD $8,200
Ten pounds, Armitage/McFarlane (1943), V/8 506234 (R.59). Uncirculated.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $3,000
Ten pounds, Coombs/Watt (1949), V/17 718405 (R.60). Uncirculated.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $2,000
Ten pounds, Coombs/Wilson (1952), V/23 494964/5 (R.61), consecutive pair. Uncirculated and rare as such. (2)
Estimate $8,000
Passed in
Ten pounds, Coombs/Wilson (1954), WA/00 144058/9 (R.62F), consecutive pair of first serial prefix. Uncirculated and rare as such. (2)
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $2,000
Ten pounds, Coombs/Wilson (1960), WA/56 263204 (R.63). Uncirculated.
Estimate $500
SOLD $700
Twenty pounds, Collins/Allen (1914), X 027346 (R.64). Slight vertical fold, good extremely fine or nearly uncirculated and very rare, one of the finest known, originally part of a run of five from the family in Tasmania connected with the scene on the back and the run was broken up in the mid 1970s.
Estimate $55,000
SOLD $44,000
Twenty pounds, Cerutty/Collins (1918), X 045538 (R.65a). Nearly uncirculated and very rare, one of the finest known.
Estimate $65,000
SOLD $47,000
Twenty pounds, Cerutty/Collins (1918), 331787X (R.65b). Nearly uncirculated and very rare in this condition, one of the finest known.
Estimate $50,000
SOLD $40,000
Fifty pounds, Collins/Allen (1914), Y 005494 (R.66), cancelled specimen type 3/C. Virtually uncirculated and excessively rare, no issued currency note known.
Estimate $50,000
SOLD $32,000
Fifty pounds, Cerutty/Collins (1918), 281543Y (R.67b). Nearly extremely fine and rare, one of the finest known.
Estimate $35,000
SOLD $30,000
Fifty pounds, Cerutty/Collins (1918), Y 400232 (R.67c). Almost invisible hole in the lower left, otherwise, virtually uncirculated and very rare in this condition, one of the finest known.
Estimate $45,000
SOLD $32,000
One hundred pounds, Collins/Allen (1914), Z 006943 (R.68a), cancelled specimen type 3/C. Virtually uncirculated and excessively rare, no issued currency note known.
Estimate $75,000
SOLD $59,000
One hundred pounds, Collins/Allen (1914), Z 105260 (R.68b). Uncirculated and the only known issued one hundred pounds note, missing from all the great collections, a once in a lifetime opportunity to own, perhaps the world's rarest banknote.
Estimate $350,000
SOLD $410,000
World War II, Internment Camp Hay, Camp Seven Bank, sixpence, Hay, 1st March 1941 C 39811, Epstein/Stahl (MVR p.46). Virtually uncirculated and rare in this condition.
Estimate $7,000
SOLD $4,500
World War II, Internment Camp Hay, Camp Seven Bank, one shilling, Hay 1st March 1941 D 22820, Robinow/Stahl (MVR p.58). Uncirculated and rare especially in this condition.
Estimate $8,000
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World War II, Internment Camp Hay, Camp Seven Bank, two shillings, Hay, 1st March 1941 E 40381, Mendel/Stahl (MVR p.12). Uncirculated.
Estimate $7,000
SOLD $5,000
The Australian Banking Company of Sydney, one pound, Sydney, 18-, No. A 3517, unissued form (MVR 1b). Light stains, nearly very fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $5,000
Passed in
Australian Joint Stock Bank, New South Wales, one pound printer's proof, uniface, black and white, on paper stuck on card, Sydney, (c1862), payable on demand, 'here or in Sydney' imprint of Perkins, Bacon & Co, London, Patent Hardened Steel Plate, SPECIMEN stamped in Manager reserve, '7th November 1862' written in pencil bottom margin (MVR 1b). Nearly extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $400
SOLD $500
The Australian Joint Stock Bank Limited, Sydney (New South Wales), printer's proof of back on paper, black and white, one pound, Sydney, June 23rd 1893 pencilled below, imprint of Perkins, Bacon & Co, Ld. London, (MVR fig.48, type 4b). Toned, with several dark lines, otherwise very fine and very rare.
Estimate $500
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