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10 Pounds
| Issuer | The Natal Bank Limited |
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| Year | 1903 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black intaglio over a salmon-pink guilloche underprint, with a central vignette at the top showing a classical allegorical group of two female figures flanking a coat of arms, set within an arched frame. The bank title THE NATAL BANK LIMITED is inscribed in bold letterpress across the centre, beneath which the promise-to-pay text reads in script, with TEN POUNDS in a highlighted panel and the place and date HARRISMITH, ORANGE RIVER COLONY, 1ST OCTOBER 1903 below. Numeral 10 counters appear at the upper corners, with ornate foliate borders framing the composition, and the printer's imprint of Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. appears at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in rose-pink, with an elaborate symmetrical guilloche design composed of interlocking lathe-work rosettes and scrollwork filling the entire field. THE NATAL BANK LIMITED is lettered across the upper portion, split above and below the central motif, which comprises a starburst medallion enclosing the numeral 10. A CANCELLED perforation is present at the lower centre, consistent with the trial or specimen status of the note. |
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The Natal Bank Limited was one of several colonial banks operating in Natal before Union in 1910, competing directly with the Standard Bank and the Natal branch of the African Banking Corporation. Bradbury, Wilkinson produced a consistently high-quality intaglio product for colonial issuers during this period, and their work for Natal Bank followed that house standard — steel-engraved plates, fine-line security backgrounds, precise lettering.
Ten-pound notes from this issuer in any date are genuinely uncommon survivors. The denomination saw limited public circulation by volume, and the bank itself was absorbed into the National Bank of South Africa in 1914, ending the series entirely. Notes held in branch vaults at that point were almost certainly cancelled and pulped.