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1 Pound Bank of New Zealand, Text on back
| Issuer | Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 1916-1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | ONE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED BY ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON DEMAND WE PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ONE POUND STERLING WELLINGTON FOR THE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND ONE |
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| Reverse lettering | BANK OF NEW ZEALAND ONE POUND ONE POUND |
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The Bank of New Zealand's wartime pound series occupies an interesting position in New Zealand's private banking history — the BNZ was one of several trading banks still issuing their own notes under the Note Issue Act framework, a system that would eventually be dismantled when the Reserve Bank of New Zealand took over sole issue rights in 1934. Bradbury Wilkinson, the Surrey-based security printers, handled the BNZ's note production throughout this period, as they did for numerous colonial and dominion banking clients.
The "text on back" designation in the Pick reference distinguishes this issue from related varieties within the S225 series, where back plate differences — primarily the arrangement and inclusion of printed text — serve as the primary differentiating factor between catalogued types.