The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 12, March 21, 2004, Article 12

TASMANIAN BILLS OF EXCHANGE OFFERED

  Noble Numismatics of Australia will auction "a unique volume of
  monetary documents that straddle the change of administration
  of Tasmania from New South Wales 179-years ago.

  The documents, known as Bills of Exchange, were issued in
  Hobart between 1823 and 1842.

  Bills of Exchange were written orders by an individual or an
  authority to pay a specific sum to another person or bearer.

  The auction will be conducted in Sydney on April 1...

  "Individually these Bills of Exchange have sold for up to
  $10,000 each and there are some 217 in total in this album."

  Bills of Exchange Article

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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