Top Pop Low Number Rhodesia Five Pounds Banknote Discovered

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14 Jan

Top Pop Low Number Rhodesia Five Pounds Banknote Discovered

Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Five Pounds, 3rd April 1956, serial number Y/1 000003, blue on multicolor under-print, Elizabeth II at right, arms at top centre, sabre antelope at low left, view of Victoria Falls on reverse, signature of A. P. Grafftey-Smith, (Pick 22a, BNB 103a1a), an incredibly low serial number 3 of the first prefix, as well as the first date of type of this ever-popular Commonwealth issue.

Provenance:

Aventine Coins & Bullion (New Zealand),

From the estate of a former signatory of the Bank of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, to whom the note was presented.

Spink Auctions will present the note in their 2026 NY INC World Banknotes sale on 16th January 2026. For enquiries, please contact their New Zealand Representative, JLee@Spink.com