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5 Pounds
| Issuer | Commercial Bank of Australia Limited |
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| Year | ND (1910) |
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| Currency | Pound (1840-1967) |
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| Obverse description | Blue and black intaglio note with an ornate floral guilloche border. Central vignette shows a seated allegorical female figure with a globe and sheaf, flanked by Chinese script panels on each side. The bank title in gothic lettering arches above, with a £5 cartouche at lower left and printer imprint B.W. & Co., London below centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED FIVE POUNDS FIVE Promise to Pay Bearer on Demand the Sum of FIVE POUNDS Value received Melbourne The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited GENERAL MANAGER B.W. & Co. LONDON 新金山金嗎士銀行 伍磅 |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in blue, the reverse carries dense lathe-work guilloche surrounds and a central shield cartouche bearing the denomination numeral 5 and POUNDS. Oval medallions to the left and right each contain a classical female portrait bust in profile. The bank title THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED runs in a circular legend around the central device. |
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