New Zealand 1870–1890 - Bank of New Zealand £1 Green Specimen (Pick S191s)
The one pound green sits at the foundation of the Bank of New Zealand’s chromatic denomination system, later expanded by the five pounds orange (Pick S192s) and ten pounds brown (Pick S193s). This structured denomination-color mapping became the defining framework of the BNZ color lineage, later influencing early Reserve Bank design logic following centralization in 1934. Read more →
New ZealandSpecimen18701 PoundPMG 58 Choice About Uncirculated Specimen1 PoundBank of New ZealandBradbury WilkinsonBWCDual Serial NumbersA197001B047000Perforated CANCELLEDAudit MarginPrinter Control SystemColonial IssueVictorian DesignMāori Portrait SeriesEngraved Security PrintingNew Zealand Banking HistoryPrivate Banknote EraPre-Reserve BankBNZ Color LineageColor Lineage Origin19th Century OceaniaMaritime Economy NotesEarly Indigenous ImageryBritish Colonial FinanceHistoryNew Zealand187018901870–1890Pick S191sPMG 58Choice About UncirculatedMuseum GradeR7 Extremely Rare
