Aust. Banknotes - Private Bank Issues
Lot 3051 Session 10 (7.30pm Wednesday) Aust. Banknotes - Private Bank Issues
Estimate $1,200
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SOLD $1,400
THE BANK OF AUSTRALASIA, proof five pounds, uniface, black and white, Sydney, 11th August 1863, imprint of Perkins, Bacon & Co. London, Patent Hardened Steel Plate., '16th May 1863' added in pencil in lower margin, SPECIMEN stamped below in 'Manager' area (MVR.2a). Good very fine and rare.
Ex Perkins Bacon Archive, Spink (Melbourne) Sale 23 May 1995 (lot 333).
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