r29 – Mc45 # 1938 Sheehan/McFarlane One Pound Banknotes
1938 Sheehan/McFarlane One Pound Banknote
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Obverse | Coat of Arms & George VI |
Reverse | Pastoral Scene – Tending Sheep |
Signatories | H.J. Sheehan, Governor, Commonwealth Bank of Australia S.G. McFarlane, Secretary to the Treasury |
Size | 154.94mm [width] 81.28mm [height] |
Composition | Paper – 77gsm |
Watermark | Captain Cook in left oval ’ONE POUND’ behind each signature |
Serial Numbers | Letters N, O or P over numeral N / 71 372001 to P / 76 408000 |
Notes :
Introduced following the death of King George V, the design of the King George VI one pound note remained unchanged throughout his reign, with only the signatories being modified. The first signature combination – Sheehan/McFarlane – was printed in green, while the remaining combinations until 1953 were printed in black.
For the first time, the letter ’O’ was used as a serial number prefix on this note.
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VG | Fine | VF | EF | aUNC | CFU | |
2013 | [189]300 | 700 | [1928] 2214 | |||
2014 | [41] 68 | [195]313 | [621] 987 | [1657] 2185 | ||
2015 | 45 | [272]406 | ||||
2016 | [15]51 | [25] 55 | 138 | [103]111 | [170]232 | 490 |
2017 | [25]33 | 35 | [64]105 | [86]365 | ||
2018 | [42]52 | [50]75 | [82]200 | [205]215 | ||
2019 | [20]44 | [50]56 | [34]69 | [71]165 | [188]210 |
First serial prefix N/71 # r29F – Mc45a
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Last serial prefix P/76 # r29L – Mc45b |
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2016 | 825 | |||||
2017 | 400 | |||||
2018 | 265 | |||||
2019 | 320 | 375 |
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