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5 Pounds
| Issuer | Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd., Durban |
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| Year | 1900-1920 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in blue-green and brown tones within an elaborate guilloche border, with the inscription NATAL ISSUE at the top margin. To the left stands a vignette of a Boer settler figure in period dress holding a staff, and to the right an allegorical female figure of Commerce seated beside trade goods. The central text reads THE STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED, DURBAN BRANCH, with the denomination FIVE POUNDS in a panel at centre, a promise-to-pay clause, serial number, date of 1st July 1918, and a manuscript signature below the board of directors notation. The word VIJF appears at lower left and FIVE at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | NATAL ISSUE THE STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED. DURBAN BRANCH. DURBAN Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand at their Office FIVE POUNDS VALUE RECD. 1st July, 1918. By order of the Board of Directors VIJF FIVE |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue-green on plain paper, centred on a large circular guilloche medallion bearing the inscription THE STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED around its perimeter, within which a portrait vignette of a young woman is set. To the left of the medallion is a small architectural vignette of the Cape Town branch building labelled CAPE TOWN BRANCH, and to the right a corresponding vignette of the Johannesburg branch building. The numeral 5 appears in guilloche cartouches at upper left and upper right, with FIVE at lower left and VIJF at lower right. |
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