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Lachlan & Waterloo Mills' Company, twenty Spanish dollars 18. (MVR fig.41, p.42). Originals issued 1822-5, this unissued proof was printed in c1888 from the original plates engraved by Samuel Clayton. Slight thin, nearly uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $600
Australia Joint Stock Bank, uniface black and white printer's proof, five pounds, Sydney 1st Jany. 1875 (MVR type 3a) pencilled 'from this'. Chip in top edge, otherwise nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $400
The Australian Joint Stock Bank Limited, Sydney (New South Wales), printer's proof of back on paper, black and white, one pound, Sydney, June 27th 1893 pencilled below, imprint of Perkins, Bacon & Co, Ld. London, (MVR fig.48, type 4b). Toned, with minor discolouration, otherwise extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $330
SOLD $200
Bank of Australia, share certificate for one hundred pounds sterg., No 2042, issued to Thomas de la Condamine 1st July 1833, imprint S. Clayton Sct., printed in black ink on vellum by W.M.Moffitt. Named to an important person in colonial New South Wales, this certificate is of great historical significance, good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $4,000
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The Bank of Australasia, uniface black and white printer's proof stamped SPECIMEN, five pounds, Sydney (MVR type 1b). Spotted and toned, otherwise nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $320
The Bank of Australasia, uniface black and white printer's proof twenty pounds, Sydney 18 stamped SPECIMEN (MVR type 1b) c1854. Heavy stain lines both sides and glue tip marks, otherwise good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $420
The Bank of Australasia, uniface black and white printer's proof one pound, Adelaide 15th Septr. 1874 (MVR type 2a) pencilled To this 23nd July 1874. Repaired, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $450
The Bank of Australasia, uniface black and white printer's proof, five pounds, Beechworth 11th August 1863, pencilled 'To this 11th June/63' (MVR type 2a). Repaired left side corner, glue tip marks on back, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $350
The Bank of Australasia, uniface black and white printer's proof, one pound, Ballaarat 1st Jany. 1873, pencilled 'from this' (MVR type 2a). Glue tip marks on back corners, otherwise good extremely fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $450
The Bank of Australasia, uniface black and white printer's proof, one pound, Belfast (Port Fairy) 1st Jany. 1874 pencilled 'To this 16th Decr./73' (MVR type 2a). Repaired top left corner, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $450
The Bank of Australasia, uniface black and white printer's proof, one pound, Maitland 13th Dec 1870 (MVR 2a) pencilled Septr. 1870. Good very fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $600
The Bank of Australasia, uniface black and white printer's proof, one pound, Sandhurst 15th Septr. 1863 pencilled 'from this' (MVR type 2a). Glue tip marks on back corners, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $450
The Bank of Australasia, uniface black and white printer's proof fifty pounds, Sydney, pencilled July 10th 1868 stamped SPECIMEN (MVR type 2a). Corner cut, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $600
The Bank of Australasia, uniface black and white printer's proofs one pound, Adelaide with Adelaide on side borders, pencilled date April 1878; another one card with South Australia on side borders, pencilled date Feb 4th/97, thin on card, both with three punch hole cancellation (MVR type 2c). Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $750
SOLD $1,000
Bank of New South Wales, uniface black and white printer's proof one pound Adelaide 18 (MVR type 7c). Repaired, otherwise fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $550
Bank of New South Wales, uniface specimen one pound Sydney 19, perforated specimen C Skipper and East (MVR 7f). Good very fine.
Estimate $900
Passed in
Bank of New South Wales, five pounds, Sydney 1st October 1881 A/A 54672 (MVR 7c) signed by Spofforth (signed 1863-1875) only two outstanding of this variant, New England Hoard No 56. Some slight staining, otherwise nearly very fine and very rare.
Estimate $3,500
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Bank of New South Wales, five pounds, Sydney 1st April 1882 A/A 213307 (MVR type 7c, Pedigrees p.79). Very good.
Estimate $3,000
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Bank of Parramatta, unissued form, one pound, Parramatta 183- (MVR 1), H.H.MACARTHUR in script sideways. Nearly uncirculated and extremely rare.
Estimate $5,000
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The City Bank, black and white printer's proof on card, one pound, Sydney 26th January 1865 (MVR 1), imprint Bradbury Wilkinson & Co., Engravers, London, blue ink stamped specimen with three punch hole cancellation. Extremely fine or better and very rare.
Estimate $900
SOLD $500
The City of Melbourne Bank Limited, one pound, Melbourne 1st April 1877 overprinted in red 19th June 1893, no A343173 (MVR type 2, Pedigrees p.126). Small perforation at vignette, otherwise very fine and excessively rare.
Estimate $10,000
Passed in
The Colonial Bank of Australasia, printer's proof one pound, Melbourne, 30th June 1872, third issue, imprint W. & A.K. Johnson, Edinburgh (MVR 3a), on board. As issued uncirculated and very rare.
Estimate $1,600
Passed in
The Colonial Bank of Australasia, black and white printer's proof on card, one pound, Melbourne, 30th June 1872, imprint W.K. & A.R. Johnston, Edinburgh (MVR3a), four punch hole cancellation. Virtually uncirculated and very rare.
Estimate $1,200
Passed in
The Federal Bank of Australia Limited, specimen twenty pounds on cardboard, Melbourne, 1st June 18-, printed on front only, number not noted on note, imprint of Sands & McDougall, engravers, Melbourne (type illustrated Vort Ronald p.163, Fig.174). Nearly uncirculated and very rare.
Estimate $3,200
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The National Bank of Austalasia, uniface black and white printer's proof ten pounds Adelaide 18 (MVR type 1), left border with Moreton Bay/Mauritius thus predating 1859, bank commenced in 1858. Some repairs, otherwise fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $350
South Australian Banking Company, uniface specimen, twenty pounds, Adelaide - imprint Batho and Bingley Lombard Street London. On thick paper or card, printed c1860, good extremely fine and extremely rare, unlisted by M.Vort Ronald.
Estimate $3,000
Passed in
Union Bank of Australia, uniface black and white printer's proof twenty pounds, Sydney 18 pencilled 'Septr 11th 1854' and stamped SPECIMEN (MVR type 1a). On backing card, corners cut, otherwise good fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $480