20 Pounds
© National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Features
| Issuer |
Australia
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Commonwealth Bank of Australia |
| King |
George V (1910-1936)
|
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Years | 1914-1918 |
| Value | 20 Pounds |
| Currency | Pound (1788-1966) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 170 × 104 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Number | N# 218881 |
| References | P# 7 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Series: Commonwealth of Australia - Treasury: Arms issue
Obverse
Blue and green print.
Coat of arms in round medallion to left.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
20 20
THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIAN NOTE
THE TREASURER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Promises to pay the Bearer
TWENTY POUNDS
in gold coin on demand at the Commonwealth Treasury at the seat of Government.
£20
20 20
T. S. HARRISON AUSTRALIAN NOTE PRINTER
Reverse
Blue and green print.
Lumberjacks felling tree in Bruny Isle, Tasmania.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
20
20 20
TWENTY POUNDS 20 TWENTY POUNDS
Signatures
| James R. Collins (JRC₁) | Assistant Secretary |
|
| George T. Allen (GTA) | Secretary to the Treasury |
|
| Charles J. Cerutty (CJC) | Assistant Secretary |
|
| James R. Collins (JRC₂) | Secretary to the Treasury |
|
Printer
T. S. Harrison Australian Note Printer, Melbourne, Australia (1913-date)Comments
Total printed approximately: 421,500
Total known surviving notes: 22, plus 2 specimens and 1 trial.
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| Date | Signatures | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1914-1918) | JRC₁, GTA | P# 7aStandard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
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| ND (1914-1918) | CJC, JRC₂ | P# 7bStandard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Prefix: X | ||||||||||||
| ND (1914-1918) | CJC, JRC₂ | P# 7cStandard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Suffix: X | ||||||||||||
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