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10 Shillings Bank of New South Wales
| Issuer | Bank of New South Wales |
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| Year | 1924-1933 |
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| Value | 10 Shillings (1/2) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES TEN SHILLINGS TEN SHILLINGS PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND TEN SHILLINGS FOR THE BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES TEN SHILLINGS BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES |
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| Reverse lettering | TEN SHILLINGS |
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The Bank of New South Wales was the oldest trading bank in Australia, chartered in 1817, and still issuing its own notes well into the twentieth century — a function most Australian private banks retained until the Commonwealth Bank's note-issuing monopoly was finally enforced under the 1924 Australian Notes Act. This note falls within the transitional window: private bank notes remained technically redeemable but were progressively squeezed out of circulation as Commonwealth notes flooded the supply.
Charles Skipper & East in London printed the bulk of Australasian private bank paper through this period, supplying engraved plates across multiple colonial and post-Federation institutions. The 10 Shilling denomination was the smallest in the Bank of New South Wales series, and surviving examples from this issue are considerably scarcer than the higher values.