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1991 Australia Five Dollars x 2 – QKF

$69.00 AUD

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SKU: QKF240325X2-18B Category:
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A pristine pair of Fraser / Cole last year of issue banknotes with consecutive numbering.

A fabulous chance to put some great bank notes in your collection.

Seriously, a good investment and definately a pair to put away for the future.

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Obverse:Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS (13 February 1743 – 19 June 1820) was a British naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences. He took part in Captain James Cook’s first great voyage (1768–1771). Banks is credited with the introduction to the Western world of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa, and the genus named after him, Banksia. Approximately 80 species of plants bear Banks’s name. Banks was also the leading founder of the African Association, a British organization dedicated to the exploration of Africa, and a member of the Society of Dilettanti, which helped to establish the Royal Academy.

Reverse: Caroline Chisholm (30 May 1808 – 25 March 1877) was a progressive 19th-century English humanitarian known mostly for her involvement with female immigrant welfare in Australia. She is commemorated in the Calendar of saints of the Church of England. There are proposals for the Catholic Church to also recognise her as a saint,

Watermark: Captain Cook in left panel

History

Caroline Chisholm was born to Caroline Jones in Wootton, close to Northampton. Her well-to-do father, William Jones, was a land owner and pig farmer. She was the youngest of a large family and was educated by a governess, excelling in mathematics and French. When still a child, her father took into his house a poor maimed soldier. Her father pointed out the children’s obligations to the man who had fought for them. There is little doubt this led to the developed sense of responsibility that was the basis of Mrs Chisholm’s life work. At the age of 22, Caroline married Captain Archibald Chisholm, of the East India Company, thirteen years her senior. The Chisholms were married in the Church of England, but Caroline converted to her husband’s religion, Roman Catholicism, at about this time.

*All details taken from Wikipedia for educational purposes only.

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