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100 Rupees
| Issuer | Zanzibar Government |
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| Year | 1908-1916 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1908-1935) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is framed by an elaborate engraved border of intricate guilloche work, with a vignette of a dhow under sail at left and a vignette of fruit pickers on a coconut palm at right, flanking a central text panel set within a Moorish arch motif. The issuer title 'THE ZANZIBAR GOVERNMENT' runs across the top, with the denomination 100 in each corner, and multilingual inscriptions in English, Arabic, and Gujarati throughout. Two manuscript signatures appear at lower centre, identified as Chief Secretary and Treasurer, with a printed date of 1st August 1916. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE ZANZIBAR GOVERNMENT ١٠٠ ૧૦૦ PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED RUPEES مائة روبية ١٠٠ ૧૦૦ એકસો રૂપિયા ZANZIBAR FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF ZANZIBAR (Translation: 100 100 100 one hundred rupees 100 one hundred rupees) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on plain, unadorned paper with no pictorial or typographic design elements. A perforated cancellation reading 'CANCELLED' is applied across the centre, with groups of three circular punch-hole cancellations at both the lower left and lower right corners. |
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