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1 Pound Bank of Australasia, 3 circles
| Issuer | Bank of Australasia |
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| Year | 1895-1923 |
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| Printer | Perkins, Bacon & Petch (Perkins, Bacon and Co.), United Kingdom (1820-1935) |
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| Obverse lettering | THE BANK OF AUSTRALASIA INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1835 WELLINGTON PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND ONE POUND IN WELLINGTON ONE FOR THE BANK OF AUSTRALASIA NEW ZEALAND ONE NEW ZEALAND |
| Reverse description | Uniface note; the reverse is unprinted, showing plain paper with no design, lettering, or security elements. |
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The Bank of Australasia was a London-incorporated institution that operated branches across Australia and New Zealand from 1835 until its 1951 merger with the Union Bank to form ANZ. This note was produced by Perkins, Bacon & Petch — the same London firm responsible for the world's first adhesive postage stamp, the 1840 Penny Black — whose steel intaglio engraving techniques were specifically valued for their difficulty to counterfeit.
The 28-year date range reflects not prolific production but bureaucratic inertia: colonial-era private bank notes in Australia were progressively strangled by the Australian Notes Act of 1910, which gave the Commonwealth a monopoly on new issuance. Existing stocks could still circulate, explaining the long tail into the 1920s.