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| Issuer | South African Reserve Bank |
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| Year | 1948-1959 |
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| Size | 136 × 77 mm |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed portrait vignette of Jan van Riebeeck facing left, set within a circular guilloche frame at left, on a warm ochre-brown ground with fine lathe-work underprint. The bilingual bank title 'SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK' and 'SUID-AFRIKAANSE RESERWEBANK' appears in the upper and lower panels respectively, flanking a central floral guilloche ornament. The denomination is inscribed in bold letterpress in English 'TEN SHILLINGS' above the Afrikaans 'TIEN SJIELINGS', with a promise-to-pay clause rendered in script lettering in both languages above, and signature lines for Governor and President below. |
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| Obverse lettering | SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK SUID-AFRIKAANSE RESERWEBANK TEN SHILLINGS TIEN SJIELINGS I promise to pay the bearer on demand at Pretoria. Ek beloof op aanvraag te betaal aan toonder te Pretoria. For the South African Reserve Bank. Vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank. 10 Shillings 10 Sjielings |
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| Variants | P#91a - 10.04.1948 - 21.04.1949 P#91b - 22.04.1949 Melamine (varnish) treated paper P#91c - 01.04.1950 - 30.11.1951 / 20.04.1950 P#91d - 01.12.1951 - 18.12.1959 / 04.01.1954 |
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