Catalog
10 Shillings
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Rhodesia |
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| Year | 1966-1968 |
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| Size | 152 x 76 mm |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a broad intaglio landscape of a tobacco field in full cultivation, with rows of large-leafed tobacco plants extending into the middle ground and a mountain range rising along the horizon. The denomination appears in each corner as '10/-' and is repeated in full text along the lower margin. A plain rectangular panel at right centre provides space for the serial number block, set against a blue guilloche underprint. |
| Reverse lettering | RESERVE BANK OF RHODESIA TEN SHILLINGS |
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Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence in November 1965 created an immediate practical problem: the country needed its own currency but could not openly procure it through normal international channels. This note, issued under the Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, was printed by Rhodesian Security Printing — a name that obscures the actual production arrangement. The omission of any printer's imprint on the finished note was deliberate, shielding the identity of the facility involved from international scrutiny during the UDI sanctions period.
Bruce's tenure as Governor coincided with the most diplomatically isolated years of the Rhodesian financial system.