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1 Dollar - Charles Vyner Brooke
| Issuer | Government of Sarawak |
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| Year | 1929-1940 |
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| Size | 152 x 89 mm |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Charles Vyner Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, in uniform at right within a fine-line border frame, with a palm tree vignette at left. The denomination ONE DOLLAR is printed in bold letterpress at centre above the date and the promise-to-pay legend referencing Kuching, with multi-script text in Jawi, Chinese, and Latin characters along the lower margin. The Treasurer of Sarawak signature line appears below the serial numbers, with the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. printer's imprint at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | The arms of Sarawak at centre, set within a large radiating guilloche medallion flanked by two oval guilloche rosettes each bearing the denomination numeral. THE GOVERNMENT OF SARAWAK is lettered beneath the central arms, with ONE inscribed within the left flanking medallion and SATU within the right, the whole executed in fine intaglio engraving against a plain ground. |
| Reverse lettering | THE GOVERNMENT OF SARAWAK ONE SATU |
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