The Simon Narbeth Collection of Early South African Banknotes

Cape Commercial Bank, Twenty Pounds, 1 September 1873, no.00586, uniface, printed by Nissan & Parker, London (Pick S163, this note illustrated). Split and rejoined at centre, dividend stamps printed on left side and handwritten on right side, pinholes and small holes at centre, otherwise good fine, rare (£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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Provenance:
DNW Auction 59, 7 October 2003, lot 1759.

The bank opened in Cape Town in 1854, but failed in 1882