Catalog
5 Pounds Without reverse underprint
| Issuer | Commonwealth of Australia |
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| Year | 1913 |
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| Currency | Pound (1788-1966) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue and green, the note is framed by a fine guilloche border with numeral '5' repeated in each corner. The Commonwealth of Australia coat of arms appears in a circular vignette at left, flanked by ornate scrollwork. The central text area carries the promise-to-pay inscription in letterpress, with serial number panels at upper centre and two manuscript signatures at lower centre, above the imprint of the Australian Note Printer. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 5 The COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIAN NOTE The Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia promises to pay the Bearer FIVE POUNDS in gold coin on Demand at the Commonwealth Treasury at the Seat of Government. £ FIVE 5 5 |
| Reverse description | Printed in blue-green with a multicoloured underprint, the reverse centres on an oval vignette of the Hawkesbury River landscape. The denomination is indicated above and below the central vignette within elaborately engraved guilloche cartouches, with the value repeated in the four corners. |
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