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10 Shillings Siege of Mafeking
| Uitgever | Mafeking Siege Note Authority |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1900 |
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| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
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| Ontwerper(s) | Robert Baden-Powell |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Green letterpress-printed note with a royal coat of arms vignette centered at the top. The denomination "10S" appears in the upper corners, flanked by text panels bearing the full siege note legend. Two vignettes in the lower corners each show a soldier manning a cannon, evoking the military context of the Mafeking siege. The text is arranged in a typeset layout characteristic of emergency wartime issues, with the issuing authority and paymaster signatures printed below the central inscription. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | 10S Mafeking Siege Note 10S March, THIS NOTE IS GOOD FOR March, 1900 Ten Shillings 1900 (STERLING) DURING THE SIEGE AND WILL BE EXCHANGED FOR COIN ON RESUMPTION OF CIVIL LAW AT THE Standard Bank MAFEKING Issued by authority of Col. R. S. S. Baden-Powell, Comanding Frontier Forces H. Greener Capt. Chief Paymaster Townsend & Son, PRINTER, MAFEKING |
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| Opmerkingen |
Among the most historically loaded emergency issues in British colonial numismatics, the Mafeking siege notes were produced between October 1899 and May 1900 while some 1,200 British troops and roughly 7,000 civilians withstood a 217-day Boer encirclement. Baden-Powell, then a colonel commanding the garrison, authorized the notes himself — his signature appears on the design authority, though Greener as Chief Paymaster countersigned the financial obligation. Townsend & Son was a local Mafeking printer, not a security press, and the notes were produced under active siege conditions with whatever materials were available.
The relief of Mafeking on 17 May 1900 triggered celebrations across Britain disproportionate to its military significance — the word "mafficking" briefly entered the English language as a result. Notes not redeemed after the siege are presumed to have been retained as souvenirs almost immediately.