1 Pound Siege of Mafeking

€325,548.00
IssuerCape of Good Hope
Year1900
TypeLocal banknote
Value1 Pound
Currency
CompositionPaper
Size
ShapeRectangular
Printer
No. printed
Designer(s)Robert Baden-Powell
Engraver(s)
In circulation to1908
Reference(s) P#S655
Obverse descriptionSoldier 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.
Reverse descriptionBlank.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionOval watermark: A crown with `ONE PENNY` surrounde with more text along the sides of the oval.At the bottom `Protectorate`
Obverse letteringMAFEKING 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 lettering
Variants
Catalog ID6681529340
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