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10 Pounds
| Issuer | Rafidain Bank |
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| Type | Cheques |
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| Obverse description | Traveller's cheque in deep red and olive on a multicolour guilloche underprint with a repeated 'RAFIDAIN BANK' letterpress tint. The Rafidain Bank circular seal with Arabic legend appears at upper left, beside the title text, while a vignette of the Spiral Minaret of Samarra occupies the right margin. The denomination £10 is printed in large figures at lower left and upper right. |
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| Obverse lettering | TRAVELLER'S CHEQUE PAYABLE IN ALL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD UNLESS ENDORSED ON THE BACK TO THE CONTRARY PLACE OF ISSUE AND DATE COUNTERSIGN HERE IN PRESENCE OF PAYING AGENT RAFIDAIN BANK مصرف الرافدين HEAD OFFICE BAGHDAD-IRAQ UPON PRESENTATION OF THIS CHEQUE COUNTERSIGNED BY THE PERSON WHOSE SIGNATURE APPEARS BELOW WILL PAY TO THE ORDER OF TEN POUNDS STERLING OR THE EQUIVALENT AT BANKERS BUYING RATE FOR SIGHT DRAFTS ON LONDON For RAFIDAIN BANK SPECIMEN SIGNATURE OF HOLDER PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN THIS CHEQUE IS REIMBURSABLE IN STERLING AT RAFIDAIN BANK, 7-10 LEADENHALL STREET, LONDON, EC3V 1NL |
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Rafidain Bank was established by the Iraqi government in 1941 as a state-owned commercial bank, and its early note issues were contracted to Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company at their New Malden facility — a common arrangement for newly nationalized banking institutions lacking domestic printing infrastructure. BW&C had long experience producing high-security currency for colonial and post-colonial governments across the Middle East and Africa.
The 10 Pounds denomination sat at the high end of everyday transactional use in Iraq, and notes of this value typically accumulated more handling wear than lower denominations held speculatively by collectors.