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| Issuer | Bank of Australasia |
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| Year | 1895-1923 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette at upper centre shows two allegorical seated women in an intaglio engraving, framed by an ornate guilloche border with star and rosette corner ornaments; the bank title arches above in script lettering over the legend INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1835. The note body carries a manuscript promise-to-pay text with place, date, and denomination in letterpress, flanked by numeral 10 counters at left and right within star-burst frames, with NEW ZEALAND lettered vertically in the side borders and a bold TEN SHILLINGS panel at lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE BANK OF AUSTRALASIA INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1835 TEN SHILLINGS NEW ZEALAND PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND TEN SHILLINGS AT WELLINGTON FOR THE BANK OF AUSTRALASIA |
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| Reverse lettering | THE BANK OF AUSTRALASIA WELLINGTON |
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