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Country
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Australia |
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Authority
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Commonwealth of Australia, Treasury Notes |
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Currency
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Pound |
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Denomination
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1 |
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Issue Start Date
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1914 |
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Issue End Date
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1915 |
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This Notes Issue Date
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1914 |
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Set/Series Name
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Australia, 1914 Emergency Issue |
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Type
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Emergency |
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Material
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Paper |
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Width in mm
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184 |
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Height in mm
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102 |
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Signatures
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J.R. Collins & G.T.Allen |
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Description Front
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Superscribed ES&A Note similar to A111 but dated 1894 |
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Description Back
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Bank Seal Guilloche patterns |
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Comments
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Emergency pound was issued to alleviate short comings of the printers for one pound notes after forgeries of the Rainbow type emerged. They used Superscribed technique on ES&A notes dated 1894 for Notes dated 1891 see A series superscribed There are two varieties Having Letter A Or Letter B as prefix suffix on serial. |
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Source
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Noble Numismatics |
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BNI Banknote Id
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81659 |