Catalog
1 Dollar - Charles Vyner Brooke
| Issuer | Government of Sarawak |
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| Year | 1929-1940 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | THE GOVERNMENT OF SARAWAK PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT KUCHING ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY FOR VALUE RECEIVED TREASURER OF SARAWAK |
| 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. |
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Sarawak under the Brooke Rajahs was one of the few territories in the world governed as a personal family domain — Charles Vyner Brooke was the third and final White Rajah, and the notes issued under his name carried legal authority derived from his own person rather than from any colonial banking apparatus. Bradbury, Wilkinson produced the series to a high standard, as was their habit with colonial currency work.
The series ran across more than a decade, ending with Japanese occupation in December 1941. Notes dated after 1940 were not issued.