Catalogue
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
Passed in
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 Fair and unpublished.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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Ten shillings, Collins/Allen (1913) M 060565 (R.1c). With pinhole, cleaned, pressed and trimmed, fine.
Estimate $7,500
SOLD $6,700
Ten shillings, Collins/Allen (1915) N 932503 N (R.2c). Good fine.
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $3,600
Ten shillings, Collins/Allen (1915) N 530077 N (R.2c). Very good and rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $2,400
Ten shillings, Collins/Allen (1915) M 517210 A (R.2d). Rust pin hole very good.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,300
Ten shillings, Cerutty/Collins (1918) M 196990 E (R.3a). Fold, creases left margin five mm tear, frail edges, otherwise good and rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,900
Ten shillings, Cerutty/Collins (1918) N 525759 S (R.3b). Flattened of folds, very fine.
Estimate $6,000
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Ten shillings, Cerutty/Collins (1918) N 942350 G (R.3b). Limp paper but an attractive full good fine.
Estimate $1,750
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Ten shillings, Cerutty/Collins (1918) N 138036 C (R.3b). Solid body, toned paper, has been cleaned and flattened with top right corner expert repair, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,400
Ten shillings, Miller/Collins (1923) A/12 484657 (R.4). Flattened of folds, trimmed, original printer's ink mark on back, good fine.
Estimate $1,000
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Ten shillings, Kell/Collins (1926) A/32 290973 (R.5). Flattened of folds, slight trim, good fine.
Estimate $1,250
SOLD $1,200
Ten shillings, Kell/Collins (1926) A/28 336185 (R.5). Flattened and cleaned, otherwise very good.
Estimate $1,100
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Ten shillings, Kell/Heathershaw (1927) A/44 103820 (R.6). Flattened of folds, a 5mm tear right side, trimmed, fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $950
Ten shillings, Riddle/Heathershaw (1928) B/15 112569 (R.7). Good colour and body, good very fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,400
Ten shillings, Riddle/Heathershaw (1928) B/36 158725 (R.7). A 2mm tear top left, flattened and possibly trimmed good fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $950
Ten shillings, Riddle/Heathershaw (1928) A/62 604524 (R.7). Flattened of folds, trimmed, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $850
Ten shillings, Riddle/Sheehan (1933) B/37 202397 (R.8a), thick signature. With rust spots, otherwise fine.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,600
Ten shillings, Riddle/Sheehan (1933) B/37 627201 (R.8a) thick signature. Flattened, trimmed, otherwise nearly very fine.
Estimate $2,250
SOLD $2,000
Ten shillings, Riddle/Sheehan (1933) B/42 494752 (R.8b) thin signature. Good colour and body, some raised ink, rare as such.
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,500
Ten shillings, Riddle/Heathershaw (1928) B/31 138776 (R.7). Full bodied note, bright original colours, trimmed, otherwise nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $5,400
Ten shillings, Riddle/Sheehan (1933) B/40 566413 (R.8b) thin signature. Flattened of folds, trimmed, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,900
Ten shillings, Riddle/Sheehan (1933) B/42 370719 (R.8b) thin signature. Burnt on both bottom corners and centre of bottom edge, otherwise very good.
Estimate $300
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Ten shillings, Riddle/Sheehan (1933) C/3 468391 (R.9). Cleaned and flattened, with faint left margin tear repair, limp body to paper, otherwise good colour, very fine and rare.
Estimate $1,500
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Ten shillings, Riddle/Sheehan (1933) C/17 064099 (R.9). Slight trim, a 3mm tear in top and right border, good fine.
Estimate $850
SOLD $750