The Simon Narbeth Collection of Early South African Banknotes

De Nationale Bank, Een Pond, 189–, A-0001, on watermarked paper, perforated SPECIMEN C. SKIPPER & EAST at lower centre (Pick 48s). Bottom corner cut-cancelled, some browning, otherwise good extremely fine (£500-600)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon Narbeth Collection of Early South African Banknotes.

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The first series of notes for the Nationale Bank, bearing a large vignette of Paul Kruger, were printed by Charles Skipper & East in England and issued in 1891. The bank continued trading after the Boer War as the National Bank of South Africa Ltd and is now the First National Bank of South Africa