10 Shillings Siege of Mafeking
Features
| Issuer |
Cape of Good Hope
(South Africa (pre-Union))  |
|---|---|
| Type | Local banknotes |
| Year | 1900 |
| Currency | Pound |
| Composition | Paper |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Technique | Cut |
| Demonetized | 1908 |
| Number | N# 325518 |
| References | P# S654a, S654b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
Siege of Mafeking (1900).
Series: Siege of Mafeking
Obverse
Green note, with coat of arms of the UK on the top middle and two soldiers manning the cannon in the bottom corners of the note.
Scripts: Latin, Latin (Fraktur blackletter)
Lettering:
10S Mafeking Siege Note 10S
March, THIS NOTE IS GOOD FOR March,
1900 Ten Shillings 1900
(STERLING)
DURING THE SIEGE
AND WILL BE EXCHANGED
FOR COIN ON RESUMPTION
OF CIVIL LAW AT THE
Standard Bank
MAFEKING
Issued by authority of Col. R. S. S. Baden-Powell, Comanding Frontier Forces
H. Greener Capt.
Chief Paymaster
Townsend & Son, PRINTER, MAFEKING
Designer: Robert Baden-Powell
Reverse
Blank.
Comments
The 10 Shillings and 1 Pound notes were the only of the 5 denomination in actual circulation. The Mafeking Notes were printed in 1, 2, 3 and 10 Shillings denominations as well as 1 Pound notes.
The 1 Shilling, 2 and 3 Shillings notes were more coupons for use in the canteens as "rationing stamps".
The 10 Shillings and 1 Pound notes were designed by Colonel Lord Baden-Powell (also called Lord B-P or simply B-P). The later founder of the Scout movement.
The notes were exchangeable after the siege and even backed by the South African Bank. Very few were cashed in though, most kept as souvenir notes, which later became a problem in lack of payment back into the military.
The 1 Shilling, 2 and 3 Shillings notes were more coupons for use in the canteens as "rationing stamps".
The 10 Shillings and 1 Pound notes were designed by Colonel Lord Baden-Powell (also called Lord B-P or simply B-P). The later founder of the Scout movement.
The notes were exchangeable after the siege and even backed by the South African Bank. Very few were cashed in though, most kept as souvenir notes, which later became a problem in lack of payment back into the military.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1900-Mar | PS.654a: Error in spelling "Comaning" | ||||||||||||||
| 1900-Mar | PS.654b: Corrected spelling "Comanding" | ||||||||||||||
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