5 Pounds

Issuer	Standard Bank of South Africa Limited - Salisbury Branch
Year	1911-1913
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Composition	Cotton paper
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Obverse description	Horizontal format note printed in olive-green and black, with a dense guilloche border and numeral '5' repeated along the upper and side margins. At centre-left, an intaglio vignette presents a classical allegorical figure — Britannia with shield and flag — set against a pastoral landscape with cattle. To the upper right, a circular guilloche rosette encloses the large numeral '5'. The text body carries the promise to pay inscription, the branch designation 'SALISBURY BRANCH', and the denomination 'FIVE POUNDS' in bold letterpress, with manuscript date and serial number, and a footer reading 'BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS' above two manuscript signature lines for Accountant and Manager.
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Reverse description	The reverse is printed in a deep blue-green tone and composed entirely of intricate guilloche lathe-work, with three large interlocking rosette medallions arranged horizontally across the note. The central medallion bears the large white numeral '5' within a complex geometric underprint. The bank name 'THE STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA' arcs across the upper portion of the design, with 'LIMITED' inscribed at the base of the central medallion.
Reverse lettering	THE STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED
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