1 Pound Siege of Mafeking

Issuer Cape of Good Hope
Year 1900
Type Local banknote
Value 1 Pound
Currency
Composition Paper
Size
Shape Rectangular
Printer
Designer(s) Robert Baden-Powell
Engraver(s)
In circulation to 1908
Reference(s) P#S655
Obverse description Soldier Lord Baden-Powell, with the cannon WOLF to one side and to the other a woman. On both sides again, soldiers manning cannons. A flagpole with the Union Jack in the middle, behind everything.
Obverse lettering MAFEKING SIEGE Marche NOTE 1900 £1 ONE POUND £1 Issued by authority of Colonel R. S. S. Baden-Powell (Commanding Rhodesian Forces) This note is good for One Pound during the siege and will be exchanged for coin at the Standard Bank Mafeking on the resumption of Civil law. Entered______ Chief Paymaster______
Reverse description Blank.
Reverse lettering
Signature(s)
Protection type Watermark
Protection description Oval watermark: A crown with `ONE PENNY` surrounde with more text along the sides of the oval.At the bottom `Protectorate`
Variants January 2, 1911
Numisquare ID 6681529340
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