5 Shillings, Cape of Good Hope Bank, Cape Colony (South Africa), late 1820s
date: label: date made
content: late 1820s
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 5 shilling note
label: Description (Brief)
content: Cape Colony, late 1820s
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Ships on water, mountains in distance. Decorative border.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: NO. / 5 SHILLINGS STERLING. / CAPE OF GOOD HOPE BANK. / I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND FIVE SHILLINGS STERLING. / CAPE TOWN THE DAY OF _ 182_ / FOR EBDEN & COMPANY
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: N/A
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: N/A
label: Description
content: In 1837 the Cape of Good Hope Bank became the first private bank to open in the British Cape Colony (South Africa). The bank’s founder, J. B. Ebden, had this five-shilling banknote made in the late 1820s as a sample while he awaited the government’s permission to open the bank. Ebden’s name is written in the center of the banknote.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: Cape Colony
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: South African Currency
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Chase Manhattan Bank
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.79.112.CM01195BB
label: catalog number
content: 79.112.CM01195BB
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
label: collector/donor number
content: CM 01195BB
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.5 cm x 18.4 cm; 4 1/8 in x 7 1/4 in