Private Bank Issues

Lot 1581       Private Bank Issues

Estimate $6,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $5,300

THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUSTRALASIA, Melbourne, Victoria, uniface ten 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 '10 POUNDS' in oval frame on right, ornamental tablet with '10' in corners and 'L TEN' 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 TEN POUNDS Sterling at Melbourne, For The National Bank of Australasia', red and orange 'TEN' across note, rainbow back with '10' in centre, bank name around with profile facing helmeted heads of Grecian women on either side, '10' in corners, perforated 'SPECIMEN' and overprinted in red 'SPECIMEN' below, rectangular block over the whole back, front note orange, red and black on white, back note orange and red on white, (Vort-Ronald, Type four 10(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.