r54 – Mc77b # 1925 Kell/Collins Ten Pound Banknotes
1925 Kell/Collins Ten Pound Banknote
| Commonwealth Bank Issue |
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| Obverse | Coat of Arms & George V |
| Reverse | Carting Wheat, Narwonah, New South Wales, 1909 |
| Signatories | C. J. Cerutty, Assistant Secretary James R. Collins, Secretary to the Treasury |
| Size | 180.34mm [width] 78.74mm [height] |
| Composition | Paper – 75 gsm |
| Watermark | Light basketweave around edges and ’£10’ (twice) in centre Dark ’Commonwealth’ above and ’Australia’ below centre |
| Serial Numbers | Commonwealth Bank Issue Prefix of U over numeral U/1 000001 to U/1 866000 |
Notes :
This note, designed and printed by Thomas S. Harrison, is longer and narrower than earlier issues. It was introduced to improve production efficiency by allowing 6 notes instead of 4 to be printed on each sheet. The reverse design of wheat carting at Narwonah was retained.
Lot 4610 [the note pictured above] at Noble Numismatics Sale 99 held on 19th April, 2012 was a r54 banknote – graded F – which reached a price of $3,615.
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| VG | Fine | VF | EF | aUNC | CFU | |
| 2014 | 9,300 | |||||
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## Catalogue value is $17,000 & I haven't seen one come up at Auction for years, but I can find one for $12,500 on sale at The Right Note at a 44% off sale .
entree updated: 03/01/2019
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