Currency 10 Rand banknote 1962 - 5 Jan van Riebeeck
Afrikaans over English = Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank - Reserve Bank
Obverse: Portrait of Jan van Riebeeck (1619 1677), was a Dutch navigator and colonial administrator and the founder of Cape Town. At the top are the name of the bank in Afrikaans and English: "Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank" and "South African Reserve Bank". An inscriptions: "Ek beloof op aanvraag te betaal aan toonder te Pretoria TIEN RAND Vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank" & "I promise to pay the bearer on demand at Pretoria TEN RAND For the South African Reserve Bank".
An Allegory of Hope at lower left corner - seated allegorical female with an anchor symbolises hope of Voortrekkers for best and richer future. Vignette of pioneers and covered wagons train drawn by cattle rolls across plain (Voortrekkers) at bottom center. (The basic motive was taken after the coloured illustration from Ian D. Colvin's book "", published by London publisher "Caxton Pub. Co." in 1909. The illustration made by G. S. Smithard and J. S. Skelton). At the lower right corner of the banknote depiction of a lemon tree (Citrus limon). On the left from the Lemon tree are two Golden Wildebeest (male - forehead and female - on background).
Reverse: The iconic ship "Dromedaris" at center. The face value of the banknote in words, in English and Afrikaans, are at the top and in arabic numerals "10" in ornate guilloche are at lower corners. The name of the bank in Afrikaans and English: "Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank" and "n Reserve Bank" at left and right.
The "Dromedaris" was one of the three ships (Dromedaris, Rejiger and De Goede Hoop) landed by Jan van Riebeeck at the future Cape Town site on 6 April 1652 and the Reijger on 7 April 1652 and then commenced to fortify it as a way station for the Dutch East India Company (VOC "Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie") trade route between the Netherlands and the East Indies. The primary purpose of this way station was to provide fresh provisions for the Dutch East India Company fleets sailing between the Dutch Republic and Batavia, as deaths en route were very high. The arrival of Van Riebeeck marked the beginning of permanent European settlement in the region.
Watermark: Portrait of Jan van Riebeeck and the wavy lines along the borders of banknote.
Size: 170mm x 97mm.
Colour: Green and brown on multicoloured under print.
Condition: Used with some folds & marks. As seen.
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