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1 Pound Reserve Bank
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Australia |
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| Year | 1961-1965 |
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| Printer | Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in a circular medallion at right, wearing a tiara, rendered in intaglio. The Royal Australian Arms appears as a central vignette at top centre, flanked by intricate guilloche underprint in green. The denomination ONE POUND is printed in large letterpress text across the centre, with the legal tender inscription below. |
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| Reverse description | Three circular medallion vignettes arranged horizontally across the centre, each set within ornate foliate borders: at left a pound sterling symbol, at centre a portrait bust of explorer Charles Sturt facing right with his dates inscribed around the medallion, and at right a portrait bust of explorer Hamilton Hume facing left with his dates similarly inscribed. A partial watermark area for Captain James Cook is visible at far right. The overall design is printed in green intaglio on an unprinted ground. |
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| Signature(s) | H.C. Coombs and Roland Wilson |
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