Promissory Notes
Lot 2613 SESSION 9 - 4.30PM Wednesday 30 July Promissory Notes
Estimate $1,200
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $2,000
VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, Lempriere & Company, four Spanish dollars, Hobart Town, June 1823, No L 100, imprint Engraved by S.Clayton Sydney, entered by C.Boucher and hand signed by T.J.Lempriere, red brown print on white, (note mentioned in Vort Ronald Colonial Currency & Promissory Notes p.89). Right side frayed and torn away otherwise full and nearly fine, very rare being an uncrossed note not used as a court exhibit.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 88 (lot 3042) and previously from Sale 87 (lot 3826).
Has been in a frame together with a newspaper photo clipping, as displayed by the owner, a direct descendant of Lempriere, whose family tree goes back to William the Conqueror's time in the Channel Islands.
Estimate / sale price does not include buyer's premium (currently 22% including GST) which is added to hammer price. All bids are executed on the understanding that the Terms & Conditions of sale have been read and accepted. For information on grading and estimates please refer to the Buying at Auction advice.
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