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10 Pounds
| Issuer | Bank of Africa, Johannesburg |
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| Year | 1889-1920 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S565 |
| Obverse description | Central text panel with promise-to-pay inscription and denomination TEN POUNDS in bold letterpress. Left vignette shows a globe with map of Africa; right vignette bears a wildlife scene with big game animals. Elaborate guilloche border frames the note with diamond-shaped corner panels bearing the numeral 10. |
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| Variants | P#S565a - Issued note P#S565s - Specimen |
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The Bank of Africa was a British-registered institution operating in southern Africa from the 1870s, with its Johannesburg branch becoming increasingly significant after the Witwatersrand gold rush transformed the Transvaal economy from 1886 onward. A 10 Pound denomination was a substantial instrument — not retail currency but a note moving between merchants, mining houses, and commercial agents.
Waterlow & Sons had deep experience printing notes for colonial and quasi-colonial banking operations across Africa and Asia. The long issue span — over three decades — means considerable variation in signatories and branch endorsements likely exists across surviving examples.