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                THE BRITISH WEST AFRICAN CURRENCY BOARDS INTRODUCTION OF PAPER MONEY  

After the poor reception of the 1916-1918  paper money introductions it was not until ten years later that the Board was ready to introduce restyled notes. This was largely driven by the widespread use of forgeries for the existing notes. The new notes were printed on better quality paper, printed on direct plate rather than a lithographic process and a watermark was added to the right hand side. The 1928 series was issued between 1928-1951

                                                           TEN SHILLINGS 9TH MAY 1941 PICK 7b

                             

                                                    TWENTY SHILLINGS 14th SEPTEMBER 1934 PICK 8a

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