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5 Pounds Orange Free State
| Issuer | African Banking Corporation Limited |
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| Year | 1910-1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | ORANGE FREE STATE ISSUE AFRICAN BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF FIVE POUNDS STERLING AT THEIR OFFICE HERE BLOEMFONTEIN THE AFRICAN BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED ACCOUNTANT MANAGER BRADBURY WILKINSON & CO ENGRAVERS LONDON |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown and displays an elaborate symmetrical design built around a central shield vignette containing a map of Africa, flanked by the legends CORPORATION and LIMITED. The issuer's name AFRICAN BANKING is arched above the shield within dense guilloche ornamentation, with numeral 5 cyphers at each lateral margin and the denomination FIVE POUNDS repeated twice along the lower border. The overall composition is enriched by intricate lathe-work rosettes and floral motifs throughout, with the printer's imprint of Bradbury Wilkinson & Co at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | AFRICAN BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED FIVE POUNDS FIVE POUNDS BRADBURY WILKINSON & CO ENGRAVERS LONDON |
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