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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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| Reference(s) | P#S225 |
| Obverse description | The obverse is engraved in a dark grey-green palette with elaborate guilloche scrollwork framing the entire note. At left, a vignette shows two Maori figures in traditional dress; at right, a corresponding vignette shows two kiwi birds beside a palm tree with a volcanic cone in the background. The central panel carries a large oval guilloche underprint bearing the denomination ONE POUND STERLING in bold letterpress, with the bank title BANK OF NEW ZEALAND arched above, and a serial number repeated twice along with a Wellington date line and manager's signature at lower centre. |
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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.