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5 Pounds
| Issuer | Standard Bank of South Africa Limited |
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| Year | 1954-1958 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | THE STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED DIE STANDARD BANK VAN SUID AFRIKA BEPERK THIS NOTE IS SECURED BY DEPOSITS WITH THE GOVERNMENT PROMISES TO PAY BEARER ON DEMAND BELOOF OM AANVRAAG TE BETAAL AAN TOONDER AT WINDHOEK FIVE POUNDS VYF POND VALUE RECEIVED / WAARDE ONTVANG BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OP LAS VAN DIE RAAD VAN DIREKTEURE HIERDIE NOOT IS GEDEK DEUR DEPOSITOS BY DIE REGERING |
| Reverse description | Central landscape vignette with a herd of kudus at a waterside, mountains in the background, printed in red-brown intaglio. Large numeral 5 at left within an ornate cartouche. Bilingual bank title legends in English and Afrikaans frame the design at upper left and lower right. |
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The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited was a commercial bank incorporated in London, and its South African banknotes were accordingly printed there throughout this period. Waterlow & Sons had handled the bank's note production for decades by the time this series was issued, a working relationship that survived well into the postwar reorganization of South African banking.
The Union of South Africa was still using pounds, shillings, and pence in these years — decimalization wouldn't arrive until 1961, when the Rand replaced the pound at two Rand to one pound. Notes of this denomination saw genuine commercial use and survivors in problem-free condition are not common.