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20 Shillings
| Issuer | West African Currency Board |
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| Year | 1953-1962 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The left half of the note is occupied by an intaglio-printed tropical river landscape vignette with palm trees, lush foliage and still water rendered in dark olive-green tones. To the right, a multicolour guilloche rosette in blue, yellow and red frames an unprinted central oval. The red letterpress border is composed of fine lace-pattern guilloche work, with denomination numerals in each corner and Arabic script at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | BRITISH WEST AFRICA 20 20 WEST AFRICAN CURRENCY BOARD PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE SUM OF TWENTY SHILLINGS MEMBERS OF THE WEST AFRICAN CURRENCY BOARD 31ST MARCH 1953 20 20 WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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