10 Pounds Bank of New South Wales

正面描述	Central vignette at top depicts a seated allegorical female figure accompanied by a cornucopia, with sheep and a sailing ship visible in the background. The note carries a text panel below with the promise-to-pay inscription and denomination in full. Engraved in the intaglio style characteristic of Perkins, Bacon & Co. productions of the period.
正面铭文	NEW ZEALAND BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES ON DEMAND I PROMISE TO PAY TO THE BEARER TEN POUNDS STERLING FOR THE BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES TEN NEW ZEALAND
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备注	The Bank of New South Wales — founded in 1817 and the oldest trading bank in Australia — relied on Perkins, Bacon throughout much of the nineteenth century for its private banknote production. The firm's steel intaglio process was specifically chosen because its fine-line engraving was notoriously difficult to counterfeit, a real concern in colonial New South Wales where official oversight of private bank issuance was inconsistent at best. The twenty-year date span reflects the long uninterrupted run of this series rather than any reissue or design change. High-denomination private banknotes of this period rarely circulated hand-to-hand — £10 represented roughly two months' wages for a laborer — and survivors typically show light wear or none at all.

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