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5 Pounds
| Issuer | Bank of Africa Limited, Johannesburg |
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| Year | 1889-1920 |
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| Printer | Waterlow, London |
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| Obverse lettering | THE BANK OF AFRICA LIMITED Promise to pay to the Bearer on Demand at their Office here FIVE POUNDS Value recd. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS JOHANNESBURG THE TRANSVAAL FIVE 5 |
| Reverse description | Printed in warm orange-brown tones, the reverse is dominated by a large central arabesque vignette of interlaced scrollwork incorporating a prominent numeral 5 in script. Four corner medallions carry guilloche rosettes with FIVE / 5 inscriptions, and an elaborate engine-turned lathe-work border frames the entire design. The lower panel bears the denomination legend FIVE POUNDS in a plain letterpress band, while two diagonal violet handstamp overprints reading CANCELLED cross the face of the note. |
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| Variants | P#S564a - Issued note P#S564b - Cancelled note |
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