1922 South African Reserve Bank One Pound Banknote Sailing Ship P# 75 PMG VF 30
Description: A beautiful very fine Banknote from South Africa. This is the South African Reserve Bank one Pound note issued 1 July 1922. The banknote is black in color over a light red background. The note depicts the image of a sailing ship to the left of the front with people in various activities along the bottom and a factory with multiple chimneys spewing smoke to the right. There is a rising sun next to the ship. The back is brown and red in color and the same design as the front in reverse. The front is written in English while the back is written in Afrikaans. The note has a watermark showing the head of J. van Riebeek within the sun's disk. Both front and back display the name of the bank, one signature, that of W. H. Clegg, the date, and the serial number as well as the denomination. This particular note has the serial number A over 9 500602, which is displayed twice in black on both sides of the note. The note is graded by PMG as 30 very fine and comes in a plastic holder so labeled. A great looking note to add to your collection. Please carefully review the scans provided as they are part and parcel of our description.
Date: 1 Jully 1922.
Printer: St. Lukes Printing Works, London England
Size: The banknote measures 6" by ~3 3/8".
Pick Number: P 75 and is listed as B703a in The Banknote Book.
Condition: The banknote is graded as 30 very fine by PMG and comes in a plastic holder so labeled. The note is all original and shows signs of light circulation with minimum wear. It is lightly soiled with no objectionable stains. It should have creases, folds, and minor wrinkling, but we are unable to view them. It has minor roughness to the edges at the center of both the top and bottom and its corners are intact with minimum rounding if any. It is our opinion that the bank note is at a better grade than what PMG assigned to it, but you be the judge. Be that as it may, this is a great-looking example of this scarce note to add to your collection. Please see photo for additional condition information.
