Year: 1961
Denomination: Ten Shillings
Signatories: H.C.Coombs,Governor,Commonwealth Bank Australia
Roland Wilson, Secretary to the Treasury
Serial Number: AG 46 623641
Renniks No.: R17
Approx Grade: aF
Description:
A well circulated note. Paper quality is no longer crisp due to handling. Creasing, soiling and fading of the ink. A good collection filler.
Design Details:
Obverse:
Captain Matthew Flinders RN (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was one of the most successful navigators and cartographers of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years, he sailed with Captain William Bligh, circumnavigated Australia and encouraged the use of that name for the continent. He survived shipwreck and disaster only to be imprisoned for violating the terms of his scientific passport by changing ships and carrying prohibited papers. He identified and corrected the effect upon compass readings of iron components and equipment on board wooden ships and he wrote what may be the first work on early Australian exploration A Voyage to Terra Australis.
Reverse:
After World War I the Federal Capital Advisory Committee was established to prepare Canberra to be the seat of government, including the construction of a Parliament House. The committee decided that it would be best to erect a "provisional" building, to serve for a predicted 50 years until a new, "permanent" House could be built. In the event, Old Parliament House was Parliament's home for 61 years. It was officially opened in 1927.
Watermark:
Captain Cook in left hand oval . The word ’Half’ also sits behind each of the signatories.
All biographical details are taken from Wikipedia for education purposes only.