Catalog
1 Pound
| Issuer | Bank of Western Samoa |
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| Year | 1959-1961 |
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| Reference(s) | P#11 |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue and red on a plain light ground, the reverse displays an elaborate symmetrical guilloche pattern composed of interlocking geometric rosettes and scroll-work corner pieces. A large stylised £1 numeral occupies the central field beneath the legend TREASURY NOTE, with POUND denomination tablets set in decorative cartouches at left and right. The inscriptions TERRITORY OF and WESTERN SAMOA arc above and below the central design respectively. |
| Reverse lettering | TERRITORY OF BANK OF WESTERN SAMOA £1 TREASURY NOTE Legal tender in Western Samoa by virtue of the Bank of Western Samoa Ordinance 1959 WESTERN SAMOA |
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| Variants | P#11a - 08.11.1960 & 01.05.1961 signature title left: "High Commissioner" blocked out at lower left - "Minister of Finance" below P#11b - 01.05.1961 signature title left: "Minister of Finance" in plate |
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