Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Baden-Powell authorized Siege of Mafeking 10 Shilling note (1900)
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- Reason
- High quality, high EV, very good condition. Authorized/issued by Robert Baden-Powell during the Boer War Siege of Mafeking. This emergency issue currency was printed locally in Mafeking.
- Articles in which these images appear
- Siege of Mafeking, Robert Baden-Powell
- FP category for this image
- Currency
- Creator
- Townshend & Son, Printers (Mafeking) for Col. Baden-Powell
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Image by Godot13.
- Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 09:24, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
- Comment - Very strong image. Sadly, I don't see any discussion of the note (or the issue) in the article. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:21, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
- Chris, Fixed...--Godot13 (talk) 20:40, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
- Support - — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:13, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
- Chris, Fixed...--Godot13 (talk) 20:40, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
- Support – SagaciousPhil - Chat 17:24, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
- Support – Interesting historical tidbit. Sca (talk) 14:28, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
- Support – EV. Bammesk (talk) 01:40, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:SA-S654b-Boer War-Mafeking-10 Shillings (1900).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:23, 4 June 2015 (UTC)