R.B.COLLEY, Adelaide, two shillings and sixpence, currency note, November 3, 1852 (1852 printed), no. 502, on uncertain watermarked paper, signed by R.B.Colley, and on behalf of the Bank of South Australia D.Melville (?), stating on front 'Silver Notes, Issued upon Capital only, In consideration of TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE paid me by ..... I Promise to Pay Him or Bearer, on Demand, the sum of TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE in Bank Notes of this Province, on presentation of any number of these Orders amounting to even Pounds, here; or to not less than Five Pounds at the Bank of South Australia.' A further endorsement follows from the bank and signed, black on white (Vort Ronald p.20, Fig. 24, illustrates a similar example, type illustrated Vort Ronald..Shinplaster..p.33). Some folds and creases, minor discolouration on front and back, otherwise good fine and extremely rare. / Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 49 (lot 1621) from the Dr. Alan Nicholson Collection, and previously from Spink Noble Sale 36 (lot 2685).