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5 Pounds Barry & Nephews
| Issuer | Barry & Nephews |
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| Year | 1850-1859 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | Central oval intaglio vignette engraved by Royston & Brown of London shows an ox wagon drawn by a team of oxen before a Cape Dutch building with a mountain in the background, captioned SWELLENDAM below. The issuer name BARRY & NEPHEWS arches in bold letterpress across the top, flanked by serial number panels at upper left and right, with large script £5 denomination numerals at each side. Below the vignette, a promise-to-pay text in mixed script and letterpress reads On Demand We Promise to pay the Bearer at our Office here, or at CAPE TOWN, the Sum of FIVE POUNDS Sterling, with place and partial date Swellendam, 185_ at lower centre; a decorative guilloche cartouche bearing the word Five appears at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | BARRY & NEPHEWS SWELLENDAM On Demand We Promise to pay the Bearer at our Office here, or at CAPE TOWN, the Sum of FIVE POUNDS Sterling. Swellendam, 185 Five Royston & Brown, London HARD STEEL PLATE |
| Reverse description | Reverse is blank, without printing or ornamentation. |
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