Watch List notes:

RHODESIA. Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd. 5 Pounds, 1913. P-S138. PCGS Currency Very Good 8 Apparent. Edge and Internal Splits and Tears.
5 pounds, 1st May 1913, Salisbury, serial number A15208. Black on yellow underprint with allegorical Britannia on left, blue back design, with overprinted Rhodesian Issue at top.

In the 1980's, around 17 notes with a face value of £85 was discovered hidden in a Bible in Rhodesia. Just about all of these notes have given collectors the known examples of P-S138 and S-139. Although this note is graded by PCGS Currency it is useful to see how many have been graded by PMG. The current population is one, indicating how rare this note is.

Purchased from a London auction in June 2008 for the equivalent of US$6,522.

PCGS Currency comments "Edge and Internal Splits and Tears."

Estimate: $3500 - $5000