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5 Pounds
| Issuer | Standard Bank of South Africa Limited - Salisbury Branch |
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| Year | 1911-1913 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | Horizontal format note printed in olive-green and black, with a dense guilloche border and numeral '5' repeated along the upper and side margins. At centre-left, an intaglio vignette presents a classical allegorical figure — Britannia with shield and flag — set against a pastoral landscape with cattle. To the upper right, a circular guilloche rosette encloses the large numeral '5'. The text body carries the promise to pay inscription, the branch designation 'SALISBURY BRANCH', and the denomination 'FIVE POUNDS' in bold letterpress, with manuscript date and serial number, and a footer reading 'BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS' above two manuscript signature lines for Accountant and Manager. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a deep blue-green tone and composed entirely of intricate guilloche lathe-work, with three large interlocking rosette medallions arranged horizontally across the note. The central medallion bears the large white numeral '5' within a complex geometric underprint. The bank name 'THE STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA' arcs across the upper portion of the design, with 'LIMITED' inscribed at the base of the central medallion. |
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The Standard Bank of South Africa's Rhodesian branches occupied an awkward administrative position — nominally South African, operating in territory governed by the British South Africa Company. Salisbury itself had only been a settlement for two decades when this note was issued. Branch-specific overprinting or designation on banknotes of this period was common practice for the Standard Bank across southern Africa, allowing a single base design to serve dispersed operations while still identifying the liability point.
Waterlow & Sons produced the underlying plate work. Five-pound denominations from provincial branches in this period survive in very small numbers — the notes were high-value instruments that changed hands rarely and were typically cancelled and retained by the bank rather than released into general commerce.