Promissory Notes
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Lot 1501 Promissory Notes
Estimate $3,000
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SOLD $5,000
O'NEIL, Jas., commercial and currency note, five shillings, Sydney, 7 Feb 1814, No.120, with imprint of R. Slager Sculp., at base, black on white. Folds, holes and tears these reinforced on back with stamp hinges, stains on front and back, missing three corners to varying degrees, and with various minor edge tears and breaks, otherwise very good and extremely rare if not unique.
The issue of James O'Neil is only known for the five shillings of 1814, and Mira notes the existence of only one example of this issuer.
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