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10 Shillings Bank of New Zealand, Without numerals in upper corners
| Issuer | Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 1917-1918 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S223 |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED BY ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON DEMAND WE PROMISE TO PAY TO THE BEARER TEN SHILLINGS WELLINGTON FOR THE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND TEN SHILLINGS |
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| Reverse lettering | BANK OF NEW ZEALAND 10 SHILLINGS 10 SHILLINGS |
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The Bank of New Zealand was a private trading bank, not a central authority — its notes circulated as a matter of commercial trust rather than legal tender, competing alongside notes from other private issuers until the Reserve Bank of New Zealand took over the monopoly on issue in 1934. This 10 Shilling denomination sits in a narrow two-year window, with the variant lacking numerals in the upper corners distinguishing it from later printings in the same series.
Bradbury Wilkinson's work for colonial and dominion banks was extensive by this period, and the New Zealand private bank contracts were among their more durable relationships.