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Ms Scroope said the design of the note was fairly simple. " the Fisher note is in fact not a specimen and there was no reference to Mr Fisher or it being the first note in the catalogue description." then we expect that it would reach something well over $1 million. "My understanding is they aren't currency that has gone into circulation, they are produced as an example or master," Ms Scroope said.īased on sales of comparable items. "Then it became a matter of using the library's catalogue to search for any collection that had a description that made reference to currency or banknote," Ms Scroope said.Įventually the note was found in a collection said to contain specimen bank notes. The search of Mr Fisher's personal papers turned up nothing, so the search widened to the entire collection. "We knew that Mr Fisher had an association with the establishment of this currency, and the printing." "The first place we started looking was in the personal papers of then prime minister Andrew Fisher. Other collections have many hundreds of boxes and thousands of items," curator Kylie Scroope said.

"The manuscript collection altogether has 12,000 collections and some of those collections are one item or one box. That sparked a search of the National Library's myriad of manuscript files. The note, marked with the serial number P000001 was the first piece of currency to carry the Australian Coat of Arms.ĭespite its significance, the note's discovery came about purely by chance.Ī coin dealer, looking to sell Australia's first 10-shilling note to the library, alerted them to his suspicions that the note lay within their collection. Please note that for precious metal coins we can only accept direct deposit.The National Library has found Australia's first pound note, thought to be lost to history for nearly 80 years, in its very own archives. Cost on application or you can insure through your own insurance company. While every care is taken, no responsibility can be accepted and we do advise insurance to our clients. This includes all uncirculated banknotes, best described as rate and available. Polymer banknotes, reproductions of banknotes in visual form including serial numbers are only facsimiles and not the serial number you may receive. In the case of mass printed banknotes e.g. The RIGHT NOTE reserves the right to change / alter prices of any or all banknotes listed within our website without notice.

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