Description:

A variety with 3 digits of the date printed. Effectively an error note with the ungrammatical singular spelling of 'Shilling(s).' This is the finest known in private hands of this denomination by this issuer

    Provenance:
  • Lot 1894 W.G. & L.M. Wright Collection Nobles Auctions Sale 89B (Nov 08) sold for $10,485
  • Exhibited:
  • Paper Money, Australia & New Zealand
  • Literature:
  • Coins, Monies & Stamps
  • Medium:
  • 396
  • Circa:
  • Collectibles
  • Notes:
  • No '27' Sydney, 'July 27' 181'2'. I promise to Pay to Bearer the Sum of Two Shilling and Six-pence, on Demand, in Copper Coin. 2s. 6d. 'Wm Jenkins'. William Jenkins came to Australia as a convicted sheep duffer (thief). On his release he started a number of successful businesses in partnership with his brother which included farming, boat building and property development. Jenkins issued 'Shilling', 'One Shilling & Sixpence" and 'Two Shillings & Sixpence' Promissory Notes all dated 1812. Tragically his business career was cut short in 1814 when he was shot dead during a robbery at the Parramatta Toll Gate.
  • Condition:
  • Pin holes

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