Catalog
10 Pounds
| Issuer | National Bank of Australasia Limited |
|---|---|
| Year | ND (1910) |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| 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 | Pink and black note with elaborate guilloche border. Left vignette shows a classical female portrait in an oval frame; centre carries the promise-to-pay text and large red TEN POUNDS underprint. Branch name ADELAIDE appears in a panel at top, SOUTH AUSTRALIA at foot. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUSTRALASIA LIMITED ADELAIDE SOUTH AUSTRALIA On Demand I promise to pay the bearer TEN POUNDS Sterling at ADELAIDE TEN POUNDS 10 |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| 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 |
The National Bank of Australasia was one of the major colonial-era trading banks that retained private note-issuing rights well into the twentieth century. Australian private bank notes were finally extinguished by the Australian Notes Act of 1910, which transferred the monopoly on currency issuance to the Commonwealth government. This note sits right at that threshold — the "ND (1910)" dating almost certainly reflects final-year issue stock, printed before the Act took effect on 1 December.
Private £10 notes from Australian trading banks in this period had limited retail circulation; they moved primarily between merchants and between banks settling interbank obligations. Surviving examples are correspondingly rare.