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1 Pound
| Issuer | Commonwealth Bank of Australia |
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| Year | ND (1926-1932) |
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| Reference(s) | P#16 |
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| Reverse lettering | £1 £1 |
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| Protection description | the Australian coat of arms visible when held to light |
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| Comments |
The Commonwealth Bank began printing its own notes in Melbourne from 1920, ending Australia's reliance on the British-printed Treasury notes that had circulated since 1910. This issue carries four distinct signature combinations across its undated production run — Kell/Collins, Kell/Heathershaw, Riddle/Heathershaw, and Riddle/Sheehan — reflecting the turnover of the Bank Secretary and Deputy Governor positions during a period of institutional consolidation before the Bank gained formal central banking powers in 1932.
The Riddle/Sheehan pairing is the scarcest of the four.