South West Africa 5 pounds banknote 1959 Volkskas Limited

South West Africa 5 pounds banknote 1959 Volkskas Limited, P-15b.

Obverse: Waterfall; Volkskas Limited registered commercial bank promises to pay on demand at Windhoek. Vyf Pond - Five Pounds - Fünf Pfund.
Reverse: Gemsbok

Issued by Volkskas Beperk - Volkskas Limited
Date 1949-1959
Printer Waterlow & Sons Limited, London.

Volkskas Beperk (Afrikaans: Peoples' Bank) was a South African bank founded in 1934 as a cooperative loan bank, becoming a commercial bank in 1941. In 1991, by which time it had become South Africa's largest Afrikaner bank, Volkskas merged with United Bank, Allied Bank and Trust Bank to form Amalgamated Banks of South Africa.
The bank issued banknotes for circulation in South West Africa between 1949 and 1959 from its Windhoek branch.

Banknotes of Volkskas Limited (South West Africa)

Banknotes were issued by Volkskas Limited between 1949 and 1959 from its Windhoek branch. The notes are quite scarce. The notes are expressed in South West African pounds in Afrikaans, English, and in German.