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10 Shillings
| Issuer | Southern Rhodesia Currency Board |
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| Year | 1939-1951 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | SOUTHERN RHODESIA CURRENCY NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT TEN SHILLINGS ISSUED IN TERMS OF THE COINAGE AND CURRENCY ACT 1938 FOR THE SOUTHERN RHODESIA CURRENCY BOARD |
| Reverse description | A large intaglio vignette of Victoria Falls occupies the centre, rendered with fine engraved linework capturing the cascading water, rocky gorge, and framing trees in a naturalistic landscape composition. A circular medallion at left repeats the denomination as 10/- on a guilloche background, with a decorative blank panel at right reserved for the serial number. The denomination is printed in letterpress at the foot of the note. |
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The Southern Rhodesia Currency Board was not a central bank but a colonial sterling exchange authority — it held British government securities in London as backing for every note issued, a rigid arrangement that gave the territory no monetary independence whatsoever. Bradbury Wilkinson printed this series, as they did much of the colonial currency coming out of London for British Africa during this period.
The twelve-year issue window spans the entirety of the Second World War and its immediate aftermath, a time when Southern Rhodesia contributed disproportionately to the war effort both in manpower and material. Notes from the early 1939–40 dates are considerably scarcer than later ones.