Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd :Mafeking siege note, March 1900. This note is good for ten shillings (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, Commanding Frontier Forces. [Signed] H Greener, chief paymaster. [Printed by] Townshend & Son, Printers, Mafeking.

Voucher printed in green with the British coat of arms at the top. It is signed by Captain H Greener, chief paymaster, and issued by authority of Colonel R S S Baden-Powell. There are illustrations of a machine-gun[?] operator and a soldier beside a cannon.

The ticket is rubber-stamped with the number 4816 (the 6 is indistinct).

According to the website at http://www.tokencoins.com/rarest.htm, "this ten-shilling note was printed from a woodcut, using a croquet mallet cut in half for the block. As each issue of notes was released into circulation, the army paymaster gave the notes authority by depositing a cheque of an equivalent amount into the Mafeking branch of the Standard Bank of South Africa".

Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).

Physical Description: Relief print on ticket, 118 x 159 mm.

Provenance: Donated by Mrs N B Duncan, in 1954.

Transfers: Previously housed at Curios-024-a-001..