Private Bank Issues
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Lot 1580 Private Bank Issues
Estimate $5,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $4,100
THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUSTRALASIA, Melbourne, Victoria, uniface five pounds front and back, not dated, but c.1895, not numbered, specimen note, unsigned, perforated 'SPECIMEN' twice, overprinted in red 'SPECIMEN', on paper, imprint of 'Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Engravers &c. London', vignettes to left of woman as a personification of Victoria, and '5 POUNDS' in oval frame on right, ornamental oval tablet with '5' in corners and 'L FIVE' in frame lower left, all within rectangular ornate geometric border, 'MELBOURNE' above and 'VICTORIA' below, states below, 'On Demand I promise to pay to the Bearer FIVE POUNDS Sterling at Melbourne, For The National Bank of Australasia', blue and orange 'FIVE' across note, rainbow back with '5' in centre, bank name around with profile facing helmeted heads of Grecian women on either side, '5' in corners, perforated 'SPECIMEN' and overprinted in red 'SPECIMEN' below, rectangular block over the whole back, front note blue, orange and black on white, back note blue and orange on white, (Vort-Ronald, Type four 5(M), comments on bank and type p.175-185, similar note but one pound and issued illustrated Fig.188 [p.179]). Stuck down and mounted on a thick white card base edged in gold, extremely fine and extremely rare. (2)
Ex. $$ See previous note on earlier lot on the National Bank of Australasia Specimen issues.
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