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1 Pound
| Issuer | Queensland Government |
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| Year | ND (1910) |
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| Value | 1 Pound |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress on white paper with intricate guilloche underprint. Upper left carries a Queensland coat of arms vignette; the legend QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT appears across the top in ornate script. Central text reads ONE POUND in bold letterpress with a handwritten promise-to-pay inscription, date 1910, and manuscript signature for the Under Secretary, Treasury at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT AUSTRALIAN NOTE I Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand ONE POUND Sterling For The Queensland Government Under Secretary, Treasury |
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Queensland was one of the last Australian colonies — by then a state — to issue its own government treasury notes. The Commonwealth Bank Act of 1911 would soon bring federal note issue under central control, making this series extremely short-lived. Notes issued under the Queensland Treasury Note Act of 1910 were essentially a stopgap, circulating only briefly before being withdrawn as Commonwealth notes took over from 1913 onward.
The Pick A127 designation reflects genuine catalogue uncertainty about this issue — documentation on exact print runs and redemption quantities remains incomplete, and surviving examples are correspondingly rare.