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| Issuer | Bank of Auckland |
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| Year | 1865-1866 |
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| Value | 10 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette at upper centre shows a seated allegorical female figure of Commerce flanked by a standing figure and produce, with sailing ships in the harbour background, all within an ornate intaglio frame surmounted by the bank title in elaborate script. Guilloche rosettes enclosing the numeral "10" appear at upper left and lower left, with a rectangular panel at lower centre bearing the word "TEN" in bold letterpress. The note body carries manuscript-style promise-to-pay text with spaces for handwritten date and number, with fields for Accountant and Manager signatures at lower right, and the printer's imprint of Charles Skipper & East, London, at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF AUCKLAND INCORPORATED BY ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF TEN POUNDS STERLING AUCKLAND___DAY OF___18___ FOR THE BANK OF AUCKLAND TEN |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 10 |
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