5 Pounds

Issuer	Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Year	1939-1952
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Value	5 Pounds
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Obverse description	Portrait of King George VI in military uniform occupies an oval vignette at left, framed by an ornate guilloche border; the Royal Arms of Australia appears in an oval cartouche at right. The denomination £5 is printed in large script at centre, flanked by serial numbers at upper left and upper right, with two intaglio signature lines below — one for the Governor of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and one for the Secretary to the Treasury. The header reads COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA in bold letterpress across the top.
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Reverse description	A square intaglio vignette at left portrays a group of longshoremen loading or unloading barrels and bales, captioned COMMERCE below the scene. To the right, the denomination £5 and the word FIVE appear within an elaborate guilloche underprint composed of interlocking geometric and basket-weave patterns. The overall design is executed in a deep blue ink with ornate lathe-work borders framing the entire reverse.
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Signature(s)	Sheehan & McFarlane Armitage & McFarlane Coombs & Watt Coombs & Wilson
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