Aust. Banknotes - Private Bank Issues
Lot 3059 Session 10 (7.30pm Wednesday) Aust. Banknotes - Private Bank Issues
Estimate $1,800
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SOLD $2,000
THE BANK OF AUSTRALASIA, proof fifty pounds, uniface, black and white, Geelong, undated, imprint of Perkins, Bacon & Co. London, Patent Hardened Steel Plate., 'Augt. 14th 1863' added in pencil in lower margin, SPECIMEN stamped below in 'Manager' area (MVR.2a). Blunt corners, some ink smudging, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Ex Perkins Bacon Archive, Spink (Melbourne) Sale 23 May 1995 (lot 250).
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