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10 Pounds
| Issuer | Bank of Australasia |
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| Year | ND (1910) |
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| Reference(s) | P#A83 |
| Obverse description | Black and green note with guilloche border panels bearing the state name QUEENSLAND vertically at left and right. Numeral 10 in corner medallions, central vignette with a seated figure above the denomination TEN POUNDS in bold letterpress, serial numbers at centre left and right, with manuscript signatures and MANAGER designation at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Plain back printed in black with an elaborate central vignette of the Bank of Australasia armorial seal surrounded by intricate scrollwork and foliate ornament, enclosed within a fine guilloche frame. Numeral 10 appears in rounded corner cartouches at all four corners. |
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The Bank of Australasia was a British-chartered colonial bank, incorporated in London in 1835 and operating branches across Australia and New Zealand. By 1910 it was well into its twilight years — it merged with the Union Bank of Australia in 1951 to form what became ANZ — but continued issuing notes under its own name well into the twentieth century.
High-denomination colonial bank notes of this type survive in vanishingly small numbers. Ten-pound notes saw hard commercial use, passed between merchants and squatters rather than casual retail hands, and were rarely hoarded. The undated format was common practice for private bank issues of the period, with date and branch filled on individual presentation.