Sorry! This 1966 $10 Specimen Note Type 1 Coombs/Wilson about Unc has sold.

Australia 1966 Type I Ten Dollar Specimen Note Coombs / Wilson R#301 about Unc


Only two comparable examples have been sighted at auction in 2020.

To mark the introduction of Australia's new decimal currency notes in 1966, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) prepared a special album that included two examples of each of the new denominations, as well as information on their design and production.

It is known that 17 albums were personally named for the recipient and signed by the Governor of the Reserve Bank, and were presented to:

The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Governor-General (Lord Casey), The Governor General's Wife, (Mrs. Casey), The Prime Minister (Sir Robert Menzies), The Federal Treasurer (William McMahon), The Secretary to the Treasury (Sir Roland Wilson),    President of the Senate (Sir Alister McMullin),  Speaker in the House of Representatives (Sir John McLeay), Leader of the Opposition (Arthur Calwell), The Governor of the Bank of England (Retired, Lord Cromer), The Governor of the Bank of England (Lord Cobbold), The Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (Gilbert Wilson), the artist Alister Morrison, the artist Gordon Andrews and the artist Russell Drysdale.

An additional 235 albums were printed in exactly the same style, although they were not signed by the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia. Only 191 of these albums were actually distributed, to the following people and organizations:

The Governor of the Reserve Bank (Sir Herbert “Nugget” Coombs), The Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank, Reserve Bank Board Members, Members of the Design Panel, Major Trading, State, Savings & Foreign Banks, Commonwealth Central Banks, Other Central Banks, Libraries & other institutions in Australia & overseas, High Commissioner in London, People and Organizations on the General Manager's list (mostly printers and overseas banks), Reserve Bank Archivist, Retired Treasury officials as well as Mr. E. Kingsford Smith.

A total of 208 “Type I” specimen banknote albums were thus distributed.

If we presume that albums distributed to public collections will never be available to the collector market, it seems that at most, only 86 Type I Specimen note sets will ever be available to collectors.

Specimen banknotes are of great interest to collectors for the following reasons:

●    They are excessively rare;

●    They are printed before the commercial print run for the general public; and

●    They were generally presented to a “very restricted list of prominent persons”.

At the peak of the banknote boom, individual Type I decimal specimen notes were quite regularly bringing between $14,000 and $17,000 each. The market has now eased of course, it certainly seems to be finding a bottom.

Some doomsayers will say that the supply of these notes has escalated dramatically since mid-2012 - the reality just doesn't match that perception.

If we take the Type I specimen $10 note, only 1 example has been seen at auction in 2021. There were 2 seen in 2020, none in 2019, 5 in 2018 and just 3 in 2017.

Given how important these notes are to any collector of Australian paper decimal notes, I hardly see that as being a flood.

We haven't seen individual Type I decimal specimen notes trade in their current price range since the early 1990s, very few sets had been split up by that time, so individual notes were far and few between back then.

This note remains very close to pristine condition - it has great paper quality, but does have a horizontal bend (not a crease) from one side to the other.

This note remains as exclusive, rare and historic as it did when comparable notes were selling for more than $14,000 each, and is excellent value for money at the moment.

 

SKU: 18602

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Coin Name Reverse Obverse Price Status
1967 $10 Note Coombs/Randall R302 Extremely Fine 1967 $10 Note Coombs/Randall R302 Extremely Fine 1967 $10 Note Coombs/Randall R302 Extremely Fine $125.00 Available Now View Product
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1974 $10 Note Consecutive Pair Australia Phillips/Wheeler R305 about Unc 1974 $10 Note Consecutive Pair Australia Phillips/Wheeler R305 about Unc 1974 $10 Note Consecutive Pair Australia Phillips/Wheeler R305 about Unc $195.00 Available Now View Product
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1974 $10 Note Wet Ink Transfer Error Australia Phillips/Wheeler R305 Extremely Fine 1974 $10 Note Wet Ink Transfer Error Australia Phillips/Wheeler R305 Extremely Fine 1974 $10 Note Wet Ink Transfer Error Australia Phillips/Wheeler R305 Extremely Fine $395.00 Available Now View Product
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1976 $10 Note Run of 5 Gothic Centre Knight/Wheeler R306A about Unc 1976 $10 Note Run of 5 Gothic Centre Knight/Wheeler R306A about Unc 1976 $10 Note Run of 5 Gothic Centre Knight/Wheeler R306A about Unc $375.00 Available Now View Product
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1983 $10 Note Johnston/Stone R308 Uncirculated 1983 $10 Note Johnston/Stone R308 Uncirculated 1983 $10 Note Johnston/Stone R308 Uncirculated $70.00 Available Now View Product
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1990 $10 Note Fraser/Higgins R312 Uncirculated 1990 $10 Note Fraser/Higgins R312 Uncirculated 1990 $10 Note Fraser/Higgins R312 Uncirculated $35.00 Available Now View Product
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1991 $10 Note Paper Fraser/Cole With PIL R313a Uncirculated 1991 $10 Note Paper Fraser/Cole With PIL R313a Uncirculated 1991 $10 Note Paper Fraser/Cole With PIL R313a Uncirculated $35.00 Available Now View Product
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Australian Paper $10 Note Issued 1974 ~ 1993 Great Condition Australian Paper $10 Note Issued 1974 ~ 1993 Great Condition Australian Paper $10 Note Issued 1974 ~ 1993 Great Condition $15.00 Available Now View Product
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Commonwealth of Australia Paper $10 Note Issued 1966 ~ 1975 Decent Condition Commonwealth of Australia Paper $10 Note Issued 1966 ~ 1975 Decent Condition Commonwealth of Australia Paper $10 Note Issued 1966 ~ 1975 Decent Condition $30.00 Available Now View Product
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1966 $10 Note SAA First Prefix Coombs/Wilson R301F about Uncirculated 1966 $10 Note SAA First Prefix Coombs/Wilson R301F about Uncirculated 1966 $10 Note SAA First Prefix Coombs/Wilson R301F about Uncirculated $316.25
Last sold for this price on 21/5/2024
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1966 $10 Note SAA First Prefix Coombs/Wilson R301F Uncirculated 1966 $10 Note SAA First Prefix Coombs/Wilson R301F Uncirculated 1966 $10 Note SAA First Prefix Coombs/Wilson R301F Uncirculated $850.00
Last sold for this price on 23/10/2024
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1966 $10 Note Star Note Coombs/Wilson R301S Fine 1966 $10 Note Star Note Coombs/Wilson R301S Fine 1966 $10 Note Star Note Coombs/Wilson R301S Fine $380.00
Last sold for this price on 27/4/2023
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1966 $10 Note Star Note Coombs/Wilson R301s good Fine 1966 $10 Note Star Note Coombs/Wilson R301s good Fine 1966 $10 Note Star Note Coombs/Wilson R301s good Fine $295.00
Last sold for this price on 7/7/2021
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1966 $10 Note Star Note Coombs/Wilson R301SF Very Fine 1966 $10 Note Star Note Coombs/Wilson R301SF Very Fine 1966 $10 Note Star Note Coombs/Wilson R301SF Very Fine $495.00
Last sold for this price on 11/4/2024
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1966 $10 Specimen Note Type 1 Coombs/Wilson about Unc 1966 $10 Specimen Note Type 1 Coombs/Wilson about Unc 1966 $10 Specimen Note Type 1 Coombs/Wilson about Unc $2,850.00
Last sold for this price on 28/6/2021
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1967 $10 Note Coombs/Randall R302 good VF 1967 $10 Note Coombs/Randall R302 good VF 1967 $10 Note Coombs/Randall R302 good VF $75.00
Last sold for this price on 24/5/2023
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1967 $10 Note Coombs/Randall R302 Uncirculated 1967 $10 Note Coombs/Randall R302 Uncirculated 1967 $10 Note Coombs/Randall R302 Uncirculated $750.00
Last sold for this price on 6/10/2023
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1967 $10 Note Coombs/Randall R302 Very Fine 1967 $10 Note Coombs/Randall R302 Very Fine 1967 $10 Note Coombs/Randall R302 Very Fine $60.00
Last sold for this price on 5/7/2024
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1967 $10 Note Coombs/Randall SDR 1st Prefix R302F about VF 1967 $10 Note Coombs/Randall SDR 1st Prefix R302F about VF 1967 $10 Note Coombs/Randall SDR 1st Prefix R302F about VF $150.00
Last sold for this price on 10/4/2024
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1967 $10 Note Coombs/Randall SDR 1st Prefix R302F good Fine 1967 $10 Note Coombs/Randall SDR 1st Prefix R302F good Fine 1967 $10 Note Coombs/Randall SDR 1st Prefix R302F good Fine $150.00
Last sold for this price on 15/7/2024
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1967 $10 Note Star Note Coombs/Randall R302s Very Fine 1967 $10 Note Star Note Coombs/Randall R302s Very Fine 1967 $10 Note Star Note Coombs/Randall R302s Very Fine $1,250.00
Last sold for this price on 23/11/2023
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1968 $10 Note Consecutive Trio Phillips/Randall R303 Extremely Fine 1968 $10 Note Consecutive Trio Phillips/Randall R303 Extremely Fine 1968 $10 Note Consecutive Trio Phillips/Randall R303 Extremely Fine $150.00
Last sold for this price on 10/11/2022
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1968 $10 Note Phillips/Randall R303 Uncirculated 1968 $10 Note Phillips/Randall R303 Uncirculated 1968 $10 Note Phillips/Randall R303 Uncirculated $125.00
Last sold for this price on 11/1/2023
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1968 $10 Note Star Note Phillips/Randall R303S about VF 1968 $10 Note Star Note Phillips/Randall R303S about VF 1968 $10 Note Star Note Phillips/Randall R303S about VF $500.00
Last sold for this price on 27/6/2024
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1968 $10 Note Star Note Phillips/Randall R303s good VF 1968 $10 Note Star Note Phillips/Randall R303s good VF 1968 $10 Note Star Note Phillips/Randall R303s good VF $1,000.00
Last sold for this price on 14/5/2023
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1968 $10 Star Note Phillips/Randall R303s Very Fine 1968 $10 Star Note Phillips/Randall R303s Very Fine 1968 $10 Star Note Phillips/Randall R303s Very Fine $750.00
Last sold for this price on 7/3/2024
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1972 $10 Consecutive Run of 6 Notes Commonwealth of Australia Phillips/Wheeler R304 good EF 1972 $10 Consecutive Run of 6 Notes Commonwealth of Australia Phillips/Wheeler R304 good EF 1972 $10 Consecutive Run of 6 Notes Commonwealth of Australia Phillips/Wheeler R304 good EF $295.00
Last sold for this price on 28/6/2023
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1972 $10 Note Commonwealth of Australia Phillips/Wheeler R304 Uncirculated 1972 $10 Note Commonwealth of Australia Phillips/Wheeler R304 Uncirculated 1972 $10 Note Commonwealth of Australia Phillips/Wheeler R304 Uncirculated $75.00
Last sold for this price on 22/10/2020
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1972 $10 Note Commonwealth of Australia Phillips/Wheeler STH First Prefix R304F Fine 1972 $10 Note Commonwealth of Australia Phillips/Wheeler STH First Prefix R304F Fine 1972 $10 Note Commonwealth of Australia Phillips/Wheeler STH First Prefix R304F Fine $53.00
Last sold for this price on 27/9/2023
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1972 $10 Note Consecutive Pair Commonwealth of Australia Phillips/Wheeler R304 good EF 1972 $10 Note Consecutive Pair Commonwealth of Australia Phillips/Wheeler R304 good EF 1972 $10 Note Consecutive Pair Commonwealth of Australia Phillips/Wheeler R304 good EF $125.00
Last sold for this price on 3/9/2023
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1974 $10 Note Consecutive Run of 4 Australia Phillips/Wheeler R305 good EF 1974 $10 Note Consecutive Run of 4 Australia Phillips/Wheeler R305 good EF 1974 $10 Note Consecutive Run of 4 Australia Phillips/Wheeler R305 good EF $125.00
Last sold for this price on 4/4/2023
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1974 $10 Note Consecutive Run of 8 Australia Phillips/Wheeler R305 about Unc 1974 $10 Note Consecutive Run of 8 Australia Phillips/Wheeler R305 about Unc 1974 $10 Note Consecutive Run of 8 Australia Phillips/Wheeler R305 about Unc $484.00
Last sold for this price on 5/10/2024
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1974 $10 Note Consecutive Trio Australia Phillips/Wheeler R305 good EF 1974 $10 Note Consecutive Trio Australia Phillips/Wheeler R305 good EF 1974 $10 Note Consecutive Trio Australia Phillips/Wheeler R305 good EF $95.00
Last sold for this price on 4/4/2023
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1976 $10 Note Gothic Serials Centre Thread Knight/Wheeler R306A Uncirculated 1976 $10 Note Gothic Serials Centre Thread Knight/Wheeler R306A Uncirculated 1976 $10 Note Gothic Serials Centre Thread Knight/Wheeler R306A Uncirculated $185.00
Last sold for this price on 7/8/2024
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1976 $10 Note Gothic Serials Side Thread Knight/Wheeler R306B Uncirculated 1976 $10 Note Gothic Serials Side Thread Knight/Wheeler R306B Uncirculated 1976 $10 Note Gothic Serials Side Thread Knight/Wheeler R306B Uncirculated $70.00
Last sold for this price on 28/11/2019
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1979 $10 Note OCR-B Serials Side Thread Knight/Stone R307B Uncirculated 1979 $10 Note OCR-B Serials Side Thread Knight/Stone R307B Uncirculated 1979 $10 Note OCR-B Serials Side Thread Knight/Stone R307B Uncirculated $95.00
Last sold for this price on 11/11/2021
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1985 $10 Note Paper Johnston/Fraser R309 Uncirculated 1985 $10 Note Paper Johnston/Fraser R309 Uncirculated 1985 $10 Note Paper Johnston/Fraser R309 Uncirculated $35.00
Last sold for this price on 9/8/2024
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1991 $10 Note Bundle Paper Fraser/Cole With PIL R313a Uncirculated 1991 $10 Note Bundle Paper Fraser/Cole With PIL R313a Uncirculated 1991 $10 Note Bundle Paper Fraser/Cole With PIL R313a Uncirculated $2,500.00
Last sold for this price on 16/2/2024
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1991 $10 Note Paper Fraser/Cole With PIL R313a Consecutive Run of 4 about Unc 1991 $10 Note Paper Fraser/Cole With PIL R313a Consecutive Run of 4 about Unc 1991 $10 Note Paper Fraser/Cole With PIL R313a Consecutive Run of 4 about Unc $55.00
Last sold for this price on 23/6/2023
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1991 $10 Note Paper Fraser/Cole With PIL R313a Consecutive Run of 9 about Unc 1991 $10 Note Paper Fraser/Cole With PIL R313a Consecutive Run of 9 about Unc 1991 $10 Note Paper Fraser/Cole With PIL R313a Consecutive Run of 9 about Unc $120.00
Last sold for this price on 23/6/2023
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1991 $10 Note Paper Fraser/Cole Without PIL R313b Gem Unc PCGS 66 1991 $10 Note Paper Fraser/Cole Without PIL R313b Gem Unc PCGS 66 1991 $10 Note Paper Fraser/Cole Without PIL R313b Gem Unc PCGS 66 $35.00
Last sold for this price on 14/5/2021
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1991 $10 Note Paper Fraser/Cole Without PIL R313b Uncirculated 1991 $10 Note Paper Fraser/Cole Without PIL R313b Uncirculated 1991 $10 Note Paper Fraser/Cole Without PIL R313b Uncirculated $35.00
Last sold for this price on 15/7/2024
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1991 Ten Dollars Uncut Block of Four Melbourne Show 1991 Ten Dollars Uncut Block of Four Melbourne Show 1991 Ten Dollars Uncut Block of Four Melbourne Show $80.00
Last sold for this price on 28/12/2019
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1992 $10 Note MRR Last Prefix Fraser/Cole With PIL R313aL Uncirculated 1992 $10 Note MRR Last Prefix Fraser/Cole With PIL R313aL Uncirculated 1992 $10 Note MRR Last Prefix Fraser/Cole With PIL R313aL Uncirculated $250.00
Last sold for this price on 12/10/2024
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1992 $10 Note MRR Last Prefix Fraser/Cole Without PIL R313bL Uncirculated 1992 $10 Note MRR Last Prefix Fraser/Cole Without PIL R313bL Uncirculated 1992 $10 Note MRR Last Prefix Fraser/Cole Without PIL R313bL Uncirculated $63.25
Last sold for this price on 29/11/2023
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