A unique 1864 City Bank of Sydney £1 banknote coming up for auction by Mowbray Collectables has a rich history in the Manawatū.
The one-of-a-kind note is the only known banknote to have been issued and the only surviving example of the bank’s first issued £1 note.
First owned by Charles Thorne, who was a Sydney wine and spirit merchant, it was then passed on to the family of Joseph Nathan.
The Nathan family was “greatly significant” in New Zealand business history, a spokesperson from Te Manawa Museum of Art, Science and Heritage said.
Joseph was a Jewish immigrant who first went to Australia before moving to Wellington in the 1850s.
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