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20 Pounds Colonial Bank of New Zealand
| Issuer | Colonial Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 1880-1899 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | INCORPORATED BY ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1874 THE COLONIAL BANK OF NEW ZEALAND PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF TWENTY POUNDS STERLING AT THEIR OFFICE HERE DUNEDIN FOR THE COLONIAL BANK OF NEW ZEALAND |
| Reverse description | A large intaglio vignette at centre depicts a grand neoclassical building rendered in brown, surrounded by elaborate multicolour guilloche work in violet and green. Oval portrait medallions of classical female heads are positioned at the left and right margins within decorative cartouches, with the denomination TWENTY and numeral 20 repeated in each corner. The bank title arcs across the upper portion of the design in bold letterpress. |
| Reverse lettering | THE COLONIAL BANK OF NEW ZEALAND TWENTY 20 |
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