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25 Dollars - Charles Vyner Brooke
| Issuer | Government of Sarawak |
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| Year | 1929 |
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| Value | 25 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | Central oval vignette engraved in intaglio presents a view of a government building complex with palm trees to the left, set within an elaborate scrollwork border in blue. The denomination numeral 25 appears at the base within a decorative cartouche, and a rhinoceros hornbill device is positioned at the top centre above the frame. |
| Reverse lettering | THE GOVERNMENT OF SARAWAK |
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Bradbury, Wilkinson produced this note for the third and last White Rajah of Sarawak, Charles Vyner Brooke, whose family had governed the territory as a personal fiefdom since James Brooke received it from the Sultan of Brunei in 1841. The 1929 series was printed during a period of relative prosperity built on rubber and pepper revenues — the Depression would hit Sarawak hard within months of issue.
The $25 denomination is the awkward middle value of the series and consequently sees less collector traffic than the high values, despite being genuinely scarce in circulated grades.