Watch List notes:

Bank of Australia, copper printing plate (21x12.2cm), uniface, for One Share of Bank Capital Stock, One Hundred Pounds Sterg., 18-, engraved by 'S. Clayton Sct'. Very fine. Provenance - The Bank of Australia was established on 8 June 1826 by John Macarthur and his business associates with capital raised by the issue of one thousand ϱ00 shares. The bank commenced trading on 3 July 1826 but by December 1826 was in financial trouble and when the banking crisis hit in the next year, it closed its doors on 2 March 1843. In his books, Michael P. Vort-Ronald illustrates some of the types issued however the selection of printing plates offered in the following lots appear to be different in design to these. Ex John Houstone Collection.

Estimate: 500 AUD