Aust. Specimen Banknotes

Sale 111    5–8 Apr 2016   Dixson Room, State Library of NSW   Sydney

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Lot 4168    Session 15 (7.30pm Thursday)    Aust. Specimen Banknotes

Estimate $12,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $11,000

RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, the remnants of a presentation album with five remaining specimen notes, type one, Coombs/Wilson (1966) one, two (2), ten and twenty dollars all with AA prefixes and six zeros. The notes tipped into place as issued, uncirculated. (5 notes)

The album, presented by the Reserve Bank of Australia, is signed by H.C.Coombs, Governor and nine other Directors or Officials.

This is one of the standard presentation albums of which 191 were issued.

One of each of the original pairs of one, ten and twenty dollars, plus the Coombs/Randall (1967) five dollars pair (which would normally have been part of the complete album) have been removed by cutting the pages from the album.

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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  • Lot 4168   This lot

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    Estimate $12,500

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