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10 Cents - George V
| Uitgever | Government of the Straits Settlements |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1919 |
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| Referentie(s) | P#8 |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS Promises to pay the bearer on demand at SINGAPORE TEN CENTS 10 14th October 1919. LOCAL CURRENCY FOR VALUE RECEIVED. Treasurer. TEN CENTS سڠ ولهسين 壹角 10 |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Printed entirely in olive-green, the reverse centres on an elaborate intaglio vignette of a heraldic lion passant set within a hexagonal guilloche panel, flanked symmetrically by two large floral rosette motifs rendered in fine lathe-work. Decorative foliate and scroll borders frame the entire composition. The denomination is expressed in four scripts: "TEN CENTS" in Roman lettering at upper left, Jawi script at upper right, Chinese characters "壹角" at lower left, and Tamil script "10 சென்ட்" at lower right. |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Straits Settlements 10 Cents notes of this period were a direct response to the acute small-change shortage that plagued the region during and immediately after World War I. Silver subsidiary coinage had been hoarded and melted, and the colonial administration turned to De La Rue in London to produce emergency fractional currency quickly. This series ran across several issues between 1917 and 1920, with P#8 being among the later printings as the shortage dragged on longer than authorities anticipated.
De La Rue's production quality was reliable, but these small-denomination notes circulated hard in humid tropical conditions — paper deterioration is a known issue with surviving examples, not a grading caveat but a genuine consequence of Malayan coastal climate.