Aust. Banknotes - Pre-Decimal
Lot 3023 Session 10 (7.30pm Wednesday) Aust. Banknotes - Pre-Decimal
Estimate $5,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $3,500
FIVE POUNDS, Cerutty/Collins (1918) U 937988 E (R.37b) mosaic of fives overprint on back almost missing result of ink fadeout. Top edge with centre nick from crease, otherwise a full note, fine and extremely rare as such an error note in a high denomination.
The mosaic of fives overprint was introduced as a deterent to forgers in 1914, so for this error note to occur was sacrilege.
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Lot 3023 This lot
FIVE POUNDS, Cerutty/Collins (1918) U 937988 E (R.37b) mosaic of fives overprint on back almost ...
Estimate $5,000
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Lot 3025
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