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10 000 Pounds - Gold Certificate
| Issuer | Union of South Africa, Treasury |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The Union of South Africa coat of arms bearing the motto EX UNITATE VIRES is centred at the top, flanked to the left by an oval denomination vignette reading £10,000 and to the right by a cartouche inscribed Gold Certificate. Below, the issuer title Union of South Africa is rendered in ornate Gothic script within a guilloche band, followed by a cursive English-language certification text attesting to the deposit of Ten Thousand Pounds in gold coin or bullion in the Treasury. The lower portion carries a bold letterpress panel reading TEN THOUSAND, with the place of issue Pretoria and the Secretary for Finance signature line. |
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| Obverse lettering | £10,000 Gold Certificate Union of South Africa This Certifies that there have been deposited in the Treasury of the Union of South Africa IN GOLD COIN OR Ten Thousand Pounds GOLD BULLION Pretoria TEN THOUSAND SECRETARY FOR FINANCE |
| Reverse description | The layout mirrors the obverse in the Afrikaans language, with the Union of South Africa coat of arms centred at the top, flanked to the left by an oval £10,000 denomination vignette and to the right by a cartouche inscribed Goud Certifikaat. The issuer title Unie van Zuid Afrika appears in matching Gothic script within a guilloche band, beneath which a cursive Dutch-language certification text confirms the deposit of Tien Duizend Pond in coined or uncoined gold in the Treasury. A bold letterpress panel at lower right reads TIEN DUIZEND, with the place of issue Pretoria and the Sekretaris voor Financiën signature line below. |
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