The City of Melbourne Bank Limited 1877 Pound Private Colonial Banknote

1877 Pound The City of Melbourne Bank Limited
Private Colonial Banknote

Obverse:
Reverse:
Signatories:
Printer:	Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. Engravers E.C. London
Size:
Composition:	Paper.
Watermark:	None.
Serial Numbers:	Single letter prefix & six digits printed twice

Valuation :
1877 Pound The City of Melbourne Bank Limited
Private Colonial Banknote - Circulated

	Very Good	Fine	Very Fine	Extra Fine
1997			10,000

Notes:

Much easier to obtain perforated printer specimens of this note are available - the note displayed above is an example of a peforated specimen. The following table shows their values:

Valuation :
1877 Pound The City of Melbourne Bank Limited
Private Colonial Banknote - Perforated Printer Specimen

	Very Good	Fine	Very Fine	Extra Fine
1997				2,750

In 1893 during the financial crisis, the bank made an emergency issue of one pound notes using original note stocks. The original date of 1st April, 1877 was struck through and a new date of 19th June 1893 was overprinted on the note. An example of this note is displayed at right.

1877 Pound The City of Melbourne Bank LimitedPrivate Colonial Banknote

Valuation :1877 Pound The City of Melbourne Bank LimitedPrivate Colonial Banknote - Circulated

Notes:

Valuation :1877 Pound The City of Melbourne Bank LimitedPrivate Colonial Banknote - Perforated Printer Specimen

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1877 Pound The City of Melbourne Bank Limited
Private Colonial Banknote

Valuation :
1877 Pound The City of Melbourne Bank Limited
Private Colonial Banknote - Circulated

Valuation :
1877 Pound The City of Melbourne Bank Limited
Private Colonial Banknote - Perforated Printer Specimen

Website Design by AG Photography & Design
Material by Coinweb, Copyright © 2001-07 Australian Stamp & Coin Co Pty. Ltd. Last modified: 05 December, 2007