1928 Ten Shilling Riddle/Heathershaw R7 PCGS Gem Unc 65 PPQ
| We Last Sold This Item For: | $7,500.00 |
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| Last Sold On: | 30/5/2021 |
| # Sold In Past 12 Months: | 0 |
Ten Shillings / Half Sovereign 1928
Signatures: Riddle / Heathershaw
Serial Number: B/31 138762
Issued Between: February 1928 and January 1933
Grade: PCGS Gem Unc 65 PPQ
Provenance:
Lot #1636, Downie's (Australian Coin Auctions) Auction 276 (August 2001). Estimate: $2,000, Hammer: $4,750, Nett: $5,533.75.
This note has fantastic paper quality and is as good as notes from this period come.
Most collectors working towards a type set of Australian pre-decimal ten shilling notes start at the easiest end and work back – from the more readily available Queen Elizabeth (QEII) notes issued in the 1960s to those issued before World War I.
The first really tough note these collectors come across is the Gold Bearing ten bob of the 1920’s – all of the QEII and King George VI notes can be sourced with patience, while the total number of Gold-Bearing notes is so small that some collectors will take them in any condition they can get.
Internal records held by the Commonwealth Bank showed that as of October 1945, 99.69% of all of the Gold Bearing ten shilling notes ever printed had been destroyed - we can only imagine just how few have survived the seven decades that have passed since then.
The first thing a collector notices when they handle a Gold Bearing Ten Pound note is the light texture of the paper - they were printed on paper with a 1,500 MDF rating. KGVI notes had a 2,500 MDF rating, while our paper decimal notes had a 3,150 MDF rating.
These technical figures clearly show that the Gold Bearing notes were half as strong as our decimal notes. When we consider that most decimal notes lasted for less than 2 years, we understand why there are so few Gold Bearing notes around today in high grade.
This particular note retains all of the original body and crispness to the paper that an Uncirculated note should have - it has great colour, as well as perfect edges and corners.
It is a superb example, suitable for the finest collection of Australian pre-decimal notes.
Click the PCGS icon below to verify the certificate details for this note directly on the PCGS website.
PCGS Certificate Number: 42520598
SKU: 2315
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