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Bank of Australasia, printer's proof for one pound (circa 1838) Launceston 18- No- (MVR type 1?), not numbered, unsigned, on paper, no watermark, imprint Ashby & Co. London, vignette of Royal Arms in centre all within a rectangular border, with Launceston on three sides, two colour printed, blue denomination on black main print. '204 Cls' in pencil on back of note. Right side margin with six mm tear, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $7,500
SOLD $8,500
Commercial Bank of Australia, specimen five pounds, Melbourne, 18-, No. A 60001 - No. A 70000 (MVR type 1), with Chinese text on each side of the front, imprint of Bradbury Wilkinson & Co., perforated SPECIMEN BW & CO. LONDON. Good extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $25,000
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Commercial Bank of South Australia, specimen five pounds, Adelaide, 1st August 1879, No B05001 (MVR type 2), German text on each side of the front, imprint of Bradbury Wilkinson & Co., perforated SPECIMEN BW & CO. LONDON. Nearly uncirculated and very rare.
Estimate $25,000
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Van Diemen's Land, Hobart Town, (April 2) 1825, No.32, one shilling, Promissory Note, signed Barrington(?) Walton. Fair and unpublished.
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $5,200
Van Diemen's Land, Hobart Town, handwritten "three months after date" pay to order Mr R. Burns, Hunter Street, ?26.6.11, dated 16 July 1835; another, Hobart Town, "promise to pay to Sarrah Mitchell" ?20.0.0, 12 Dec 1854, first payable at the Derwent Bank, both endorsed on back. The Bank of Van Diemen's Land Limited, unissued cheque, Hobart, 18.., "for Hobart Savings Bank", with original counterfoil. Fine - extremely fine and rare. (3)
Estimate $320
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The City Bank of Sydney, 187-., Sydney Branch, bank logo/vignette at left unissued cheque; The Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd, Melbourne Branch 19...; The English Scottish & Australian Bank Limited, Moss Vale Branch 19.. unissued. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
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The City Bank of Sydney, 187-., bank logo/vignette at left, unissued cheque. Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $80
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Pre-federation 'stage or theatre money', includes Bank of New South Wales, five pounds, Geelong, 1850's (2), fifty pounds, Sydney, 1862 (3); The Bank of Australasia, one pound, Adelaide, 1847, ten pounds, Adelaide, 1857 (3); The Bank of Australasia, Adelaide (1847); Union Bank, one pound, 1850's?; The Union Bank of Australia Limited, ten pounds, Perth, 1905 (12), also includes Great Britain, Bank of England, twenty pounds, 1935 (2), fifty pounds, 1935 (2), one hundred pounds, 1935 (2), an interesting group. Fine - extremely fine. (14)
Estimate $150
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