Aust. Banknotes - J Wilson - Aust. Comm Banknotes
Lot 4074 SESSION 15 (7.30PM THURSDAY 1ST AUGUST) Aust. Banknotes - J Wilson - Aust. Comm Banknotes
Estimate $350,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $410,000
ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, Collins/Allen (1914), Z 105260 (R.68b). Uncirculated and the only known issued one hundred pounds note, missing from all the great collections, a once in a lifetime opportunity to own, perhaps the world's rarest banknote.
Discovered in Tasmania c1974 by Max Stern, ex Keith Deutsher Collection July 1977 (lot 80), Roy Brook Collection, Downies September 1978 (lot 507), Spink Australia Sale 4 (lot 349) and the Athol Tiver Collection, Spink Australia Sale 21 (lot 2112).
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Estimate $350,000
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