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Album of paper currency items, c1812-1873

0.07 metres
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This collection comprises money and treasury notes from Levuka and Noumea, together with notes on early Fijian paper currency read before the Australian Numismatic Society by P.J. Marks (undated). There is also paper money from Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) and a letter from W. S. Weigh Son enclosing I.O.U.'s for various amounts.
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Animals observed or collected by Joseph Banks esqr. & Doctor Solander in the voyage round the world begun August 25th 1768 ended July 12th 1771

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Unpublished notebook containing some of the earliest known scientific descriptions of Australian fauna, based on observations of participants in Cook's first voyage to the Pacific aboard HM Bark Endeavour. The notebook (octavo bound in vellum) summarises mostly zoological information given to Pennant by his close associates, Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Carl Solander, and by other members of the Endeavour crew. Besides references to Australian fauna, the volume contains notes about species in New Zealand, South East Asia (particularly Java) and South Africa, presumably observed by Banks and others on the return voyage. Notes about animals and birds of the North Pacific were most likely added by Pennant in later years, based on information collected on Cook's second and third voyages.
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Australian Currency Collection, 1830-1900

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A group of currency items acquired by the National Library. They comprise City Bank of Sydney (1864-1918) specimen notes of one pound, five pound, ten pound, twenty pound and fifty pound dating; two cheques of Derwent Bank, Tasmania (1827-1849); a one mark German note; and one lottery ticket on the funds of the Bank of Australia.
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Banknotes, mainly First World War, 1874; 1914-1918

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A small collection of First World War low denomination banknotes from Belgium, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Egypt together with an early banknote from the United States of America.
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Captain James Cook letterbook, 1771-1778

0.66 metres
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Letterbook, 1771-1778 - chiefly orders to and from the Admiralty, Navy Commissioners, and Victualling Commissioners; Cook's orders to his officers and alterations to his staff caused by officers' deaths. Also includes photocopies of letter book plus a typescript list comparing the letter book with the Historical Records of N.S.W. (9 p.)
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Captain James Cook letterbook, 1771-1778 0.66 metres

 

Central Bank of Ceylon specimen banknotes, 1951-1968

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A set of seventeen specimen notes issued by the Central Bank of Ceylon, comprising design variations of notes in the following denominations: one rupee, two rupees, three rupees and ten rupees.
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Collection of promissory notes from remote areas of Australia, 1863-1925

0.03 metres
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56 promissory notes and IOUs from remote parts of Australia, mostly put out by storekeepers, hotel keepers and commission agents in country areas. Several of the notes are signed and dated, mostly from 1922.
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Copper printing plates and printer’s proofs for 16 promissory notes issued by Lachlan and Waterloo Mills Co. afterwards the Waterloo Warehouse, 1822-1833

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This collection comprises 16 copper printing plates and 32 printer’s proofs (2 of each) of company promissory notes of denominations two shillings and sixpence, five shillings, ten shillings, one pound (4 varieties), 1 Spanish dollar, 2 Spanish dollars, 4 Spanish dollars, 20 Spanish dollars, 10 dollars, 10 pounds (2 varieties) issued by Lachlan and Waterloo Mills Co., Waterloo Warehouse and Waterloo Warehouse and Bank.
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