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various handwritten amounts
| Uitgever | Ad-Interim Administration Fiji Banking and Commercial Company Limited, Levuka |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1874 |
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| Waarde | various handwritten amounts |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Letterpress-printed Certificate of Indebtedness, Salary Account, issued at the Treasury, Levuka, dated 19th May 1874, with manuscript entries recording the payee's name, the sum in pounds sterling, and payment terms specifying settlement four months after date. A decorative guilloche border runs along the left margin, framing the typeset text. Three manuscript signatures appear in ink at the lower portion: the Treasurer and Chief Secretary at lower right, and the Accountant at lower left. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Plain laid paper, largely unprinted, bearing extensive handwritten manuscript endorsements in ink by multiple hands, including the payee's name, partial payment records, and various annotations. Vertical fold lines traverse the surface, consistent with the note having been folded during active circulation. |
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| Handtekening(en) | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Fiji Banking and Commercial Company was chartered in the early 1870s to service a colony that was still, technically, independent — Britain did not formally annex Fiji until October 1874. These notes therefore predate Crown rule by months and were issued under a commercial banking licence granted by the indigenous Fijian government. The "Ad-Interim Administration" designation reflects the transitional authority that governed the company's operations during an unusually unstable period of chieftaincy politics and European settler pressure.
W. Cook of Exeter was a provincial printer, not a specialist banknote house. The handwritten denomination blanks were almost certainly a deliberate workaround — avoiding the cost and lead time of engraved plates for each value, and allowing the company to issue whatever amounts the moment required.