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1 Pound
| Issuer | Commonwealth Bank of Australia |
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| Year | 1936 |
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| Currency | Australian pound (1910-1966) |
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| Obverse description | Blue and pink note with a central text panel in cursive script reading the legal tender clause, flanked on the left by a blank oval vignette reserve within an intricate guilloche border and on the right by an intaglio portrait of King George VI in military uniform. The Commonwealth coat of arms appears at the top centre, with the issuer title COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA arched above. Signature panels for the Governor and Secretary to the Treasury appear below the central text, with numeral 1 and the word ONE repeated in the corners. |
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| Obverse lettering | COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA ONE 1 This Note is legal tender for ONE POUND in the Commonwealth and in all Territories under the control of the Commonwealth. GOVERNOR COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY |
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The Commonwealth Bank's Note Printing Branch at Fitzroy in Melbourne had been producing Australian notes since 1920, taking over from the Treasury Note issue and establishing domestic production as a matter of deliberate policy. By the mid-1930s the operation was well-established, and this series reflects that maturity — the printing quality is consistent and the paper stable, though notes from this period frequently show corner folds from heavy till use, as the one-pound denomination was the workhorse of everyday retail transactions.
Pick 24c sits within a long-running type; distinguishing the signature varieties requires attention to the specific Governor and Secretary combinations authorised under the Commonwealth Bank Act amendments of the period.