Catalog
10 Pounds Reserve Bank
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Australia |
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| Year | 1960-1965 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Governor Arthur Phillip within an oval vignette at left, with his name inscribed below; the Royal Australian Arms centred at top beneath the COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA legend. The denomination TEN POUNDS is rendered in large italic script at centre-right, flanked by guilloche underprint panels and £10 corner numerals, with the legal tender inscription in cursive lettering across the mid-field. Two facsimile signatures appear at lower centre, identified as Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia and Secretary to the Treasury. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette composed of allegorical symbols of science, industry and justice — including scales of justice, a sine-wave motif, and interlocking gear wheels — arranged within a horizontal panel across the centre. An allegorical female figure is seated at right, draped in classical robes, resting against the composition. Large guilloche rosette at left and £10 denomination panels in each corner frame the design, all printed in a deep red-brown intaglio. |
| Reverse lettering | COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA £10 |
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