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10 Pounds Bank of New Zealand
| Issuer | Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 1895-1908 |
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| Value | 10 Pounds |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in golden-brown on a pale green ground, with the words TEN POUNDS rendered in large, ornate letterpress capitals composed entirely of fine repeated guilloche microtext. The numeral 10 appears in circular cartouches at each lateral extremity of the central vignette. A perforated CANCELLED cancellation is applied below the central design. |
| Reverse lettering | TEN POUNDS 10 |
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The Bank of New Zealand was not a central bank but a private commercial institution, and its right to issue banknotes under New Zealand law was a point of ongoing parliamentary friction throughout this period. The £10 denomination would have seen almost no retail circulation — at a time when a skilled tradesman earned roughly £2 per week, these moved between merchants, solicitors, and land transaction parties rather than across shop counters.
Bradbury Wilkinson's engraved work from this era is technically accomplished, and the firm held numerous colonial banking contracts simultaneously. The "S" prefix in the Pick reference denotes a privately issued commercial note rather than a state-backed issue.