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1000 Pounds
| Issuer | West African Currency Board |
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| Year | 1954 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Unadorned white face dominated by elaborate calligraphic lettering in a Gothic script style, with the issuer title and promise-to-pay legend rendered in large ornate blackletter. Denomination panels of £1000 appear at upper right and lower left in guilloche-engraved cartouches with zigzag borders. Arabic script denomination is inscribed centrally below the English legend, with five facsimile signatures of Board members and the Chairman arranged in the lower centre, dated 26th April 1954 at lower right; a pin-perforated SPECIMEN overprint appears at centre right. |
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| Obverse lettering | BRITISH WEST AFRICA WEST AFRICAN CURRENCY BOARD PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE SUM OF ONE THOUSAND POUNDS ألف جنيه CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE WEST AFRICAN CURRENCY BOARD 26TH APRIL 1954 £1000 |
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| Reverse lettering | SPECIMEN |
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