Public Auction #319 - Coins and Banknotes on

Australian Joint Stock Bank £1 Wagga Wagga NSW 18- Uniface Proof. Imprint Perkins, Bacon & Co London, Patent Hardened Steele Plate. SPECIMEN in black in Manager's signature panel. Handwritten pencil date 6th November 1862 in bottom margin. gVF. Similar to note illustrated in McDonald but with "New South Wales" added to upper & lower borders. MVR type 1b.3. Ex Christies auction July 95, lot 39. Only 2 £1 notes of this type with Wagga Wagga domicile. Very rare. McD PFB/04/H1 9var) cat $10,000+.
Estimate price: A$2500-3500