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5 Pounds Bank of Australasia
| Issuer | Bank of Australasia |
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| Year | 1899 |
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| Currency | Pound (1840-1967) |
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| Obverse description | Central allegorical vignette at upper centre shows two seated classical figures in a pastoral landscape, surmounted by an arched script bank title. Intaglio-engraved guilloche medallions bearing the denomination numeral '5' appear at upper left and upper right, with 'NEW ZEALAND' lettered vertically in ornamental panels along both side borders. The promise-to-pay clause and denomination text are set in a guilloche underprint band across the lower centre, with a countersignature line and manuscript authorization at bottom. |
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| Obverse lettering | FIVE FIVE THE BANK OF AUSTRALASIA INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1835 WELLINGTON PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND FIVE POUNDS AT WELLINGTON FOR THE BANK OF AUSTRALASIA NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND FIVE POUNDS |
| Reverse description | Uniface; the reverse is unprinted, showing plain paper with faint show-through of the obverse intaglio impressions. |
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