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1 Pound
| Issuer | The Natal Bank Limited |
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| Year | 1903 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is executed in fine intaglio engraving in black on white paper, centred on a large ornate vignette of a colonial coat of arms flanked by two allegorical female figures in classical dress, with a sailing ship visible in the background. The bank name THE NATAL BANK LIMITED appears in bold letterpress within a decorated panel across the upper centre, with the denomination ONE POUND in a further inset cartouche below; the text of the promise to pay is rendered in copperplate script, dated 1st October 1903, place of issue given as Harrismith, Orange River Colony. Corner numeral guilloche panels bear the serial numbers D0001 and D0500, with the printer's imprint of Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. London at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | ESTABLISHED 1854 INCORPORATED BY CHARTER 1862 THE NATAL BANK LIMITED We Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand at our Office here the Sum of ONE POUND Sterling value received. HARRISMITH, ORANGE RIVER COLONY. 1st OCTOBER 1903 For The Natal Bank Limited ACCOUNTANT MANAGER BRADBURY WILKINSON & CO LE REDGRAVERS LONDON |
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The Natal Bank Limited was one of several commercial banks operating in the Colony of Natal before Union in 1910, competing directly with the Standard Bank and the Bank of Africa for colonial business. Bradbury, Wilkinson produced the plates to a high technical standard — their intaglio work for colonial and dominion issuers during this period was consistent and closely held, with guilloche underprint patterns used to complicate photographic reproduction at a time when that threat was becoming commercially significant.
The bank was absorbed into the National Bank of South Africa in 1914, ending its note-issuing career entirely. S465A survivors from 1903 predate that merger by over a decade.