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Auction: 19023 - World Banknotes
Lot: 1141

Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, specimen 5 shillings, Durban, 1 January 1912, serial number 000000, green and mauve sunburst at right, Britannia with flag and shield at left, value 5/- at right, VIJF low left, reverse green, turreted maiden at centre, value at each corner,
(Pick unrecorded denomination, Hearn unlisted), two perforations, in PMG holder 62 uncirculated and an extraordinary rarity, nothing listed in either Pick or Hearn for this denomination and therefore likely a unique example. A charming note and historically important

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