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10 Pounds
| Issuer | Port Elizabeth Bank |
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| Year | 1871 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is executed in an engraved letterpress style on plain white paper, with an elaborate calligraphic script heading reading "Port Elizabeth Bank" at the top center, flanked by oval denomination cartouches bearing "£10" at both upper corners. A central intaglio vignette depicts a standing classical female figure — emblematic of the Cape of Good Hope — beside a ship at anchor, framed by scrollwork; the inscriptions "CAPE OF" and "GOOD HOPE." appear to either side. The lower portion carries the promise-to-pay text in copperplate script, with "TEN POUNDS" set in a boldface rectangular panel at lower left and the manuscript completion lines for date, place, and authorization by the Directors and Trustees left blank. |
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| Obverse lettering | PORT ELIZABETH BANK CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Promise to pay to the Bearer on Demand at our Office the Sum of TEN POUNDS Value received Port Elizabeth By order of the Directors. For the Trustees. TEN POUNDS |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, consisting of plain cream-white cotton paper with no engraved or typeset design elements; faint manuscript endorsement traces are visible across the surface, consistent with typical usage of early Cape colonial bearer notes. |
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