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100 Pounds English - Dutch
| Issuer | South African Reserve Bank |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a large radiant sun disc incorporating a watermark portrait of Jan van Riebeeck, with a sailing ship to the left amid a panoramic coastal landscape. The denomination ONE HUNDRED POUNDS is printed in large intaglio letterforms across the centre, with the issuer name SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK at the top. The promise-to-pay text, date Pretoria 30 September 1921, Governor signature line, and serial number appear in script and letterpress type to the right, all within a guilloche border with corner numerals 100. |
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| Protection description | Portrait of Jan van Riebeeck |
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The South African Reserve Bank opened in 1921, and this 100 Pound note is among the earliest issues it ever produced — the bank had been established by Act of Parliament only the previous year, replacing the commercial banks that had previously handled note issue in the Union. Clegg served as the first Governor, which places this note at the very founding moment of South African central banking.
St. Lukes Printing Works is an unusual credit for a high-denomination note of this period; most comparable colonial and dominion issues went to established security printers like Waterlow or De La Rue. The bilingual English-Dutch designation reflects pre-Afrikaans policy — Afrikaans would not achieve official language status until 1925.