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5 Pounds
| Issuer | Bank of Adelaide |
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| Year | ND (1910) |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | THE BANK OF ADELAIDE AUSTRALIAN NOTE FIVE POUNDS For the Bank of Adelaide Manager Ent. Acc. |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted white cotton paper reverse, showing heavy fold lines and surface wear consistent with circulation. No vignettes, text, or decorative elements are present on this side. |
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The Bank of Adelaide was a relatively minor South Australian institution, absorbed into the Union Bank of Australia in 1917. This note predates that merger, placing it in the bank's final independent decade — a period when Australian private bank currency was already under sustained pressure from the Commonwealth Bank, established in 1911.
Private banknote issuance in Australia continued legally until 1910 legislation imposed a prohibitive tax on non-government notes, effectively ending the era. A note from this date sits at precisely that threshold.