Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Pound Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd.
| Issuer | Commercial Bank of Australia Limited |
|---|---|
| Year | 1914-1919 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Pound (1840-1967) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a central intaglio vignette of a seated allegorical female figure holding a globe and caduceus, framed by elaborate guilloche scrollwork and floral ornamental borders executed in gold and black. The bank title 'THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED' arches across the top, with 'ONE' at upper left and right corners and 'NEW ZEALAND' running vertically along both side margins; two serial number panels flank the central vignette. The bold 'ONE POUND' obligation text and the place of issue 'Wellington' appear in manuscript style above two manuscript signatures at the lower left. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The monochrome green reverse centres on a large guilloche medallion bearing the numeral '1' and the word 'POUND', encircled by the legend 'THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED'. Symmetrically positioned oval vignettes at left and right each contain a facing female portrait head rendered in fine intaglio line work, set within dense lathe-work patterns. Repeated micro-text 'ONE' and 'POUND' fills the border registers across the top and bottom margins. |
| Reverse lettering | ONE THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED 1 POUND ONE ONE |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |