Australia 1890 - Bank of New South Wales £10 Brisbane Circular Note Specimen (Pick Unlisted)
This £10 Sterling Circular Note specimen was prepared for The Bank of New South Wales at Brisbane as a portable banking instrument linking the bank's Australian branch network with its London office and correspondent bankers abroad. The printed form belongs to the 19th-century series identified by the open date field "18__" and preserves the complete unused structure through which a traveler could obtain funds while overseas. The face is headed "The Bank of New South Wales" above the designation "CIRCULAR NOTE for £10 STERLING." Brisbane appears beneath the denomination, while the opening instruction is addressed to the bankers named in the accompanying Letter of Indication. ... Read more →