Description:

Rare

    Provenance:
  • The famous Australian race caller Ken Howard would broadcast “you can bet London to a brick" on a horse he was sure would get up in a photo finish result. A brick of course was colloquial slang for a £10 note which, being the highest denomination Australian banknote in circulation since the 1920s, was the currency of big betting punters on the racetrack. The racetrack was also the preferred venue for counterfeiters who working in tandem with a bent bookmaker could pass off one or two dud notes when paying out to an unsuspecting punter with both sharing a handy profit over the course of the day. The £10 note on offer is one such counterfeit which was plucked from a bank deposit and stamped 'Forgery' probably after passing through many hands. The current owner of this note tells us that it was tendered in a court case and pocketed by one of the lawyers at the end of the trial. Perhaps the legal eagle had a visit to the racetrack planned for the following weekend
  • Exhibited:
  • 396
  • Literature:
  • Collectibles
  • Medium:
  • Coins, Monies & Stamps
  • Circa:
  • Paper Money, Australia & New Zealand

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23 July 2023 12:00 AEST
Sydney, Australia

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