5 Shillings 1967, Nigeria
in Krause book | Number: 6a |
Years of issue: | 1967 |
Edition: | |
Signatures: | Governor: Alhaji Aliyu Mai-Bornu (Served From: 25/7/1963 - Retired 22/6/1967), Director: Mr.Mallam Yakubu Wanka (7/1/1958 - 6/30/1970), Director: Mr. E. A. Iyanda ( 7/1/1963 - 6/30/1966), Director: Mr. J. A. Obahor (7/1/1958 - 6/6/1970) |
Serie: | Second Series |
Specimen of: | 1965 |
Material: | Cotton fiber |
Size (mm): | 126 х 73 |
Printer: | TDLR (Thomas de la Rue & Company), London |
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Description
Watermark:
Head of lion. Security thread.
Avers:
The building of Bank of Nigeria in Lagos is on left side.
The building was built in the second half of the 1950s, it is embodied on the banknote as it looked just after construction.
Lagos, 1965
Denominations in numerals are in all corners. In words in lower right corner.
Revers:
Two workers sawing tree trunks.
Today, May 21, 2020, I decided to look for any materials on this banknote. And not for nothing:)
As it turned out, something on the banknote went unnoticed.
Firstly, on the tree trunk, which the workers saw, there is a marking - CE JА 22/55/1.
Secondly - the saw, itself, is very interesting.
In third - there is Timber rafting also visible, on background.
Timber rafting is a method of transporting felled tree trunks by tying them together to make rafts, which are then drifted or pulled downriver, or across a lake or other body of water. It is arguably, after log driving, the second cheapest means of transporting felled timber. Both methods may be referred to as timber floating.
Unlike log driving, which was a dangerous task of floating separate logs, floaters or raftsmen could enjoy relative comfort of navigation, with cabins built on rafts, steering by means of oars and possibility to make stops. On the other hand, rafting requires wider waterflows.
Timber rafts were also used as a means of transportation of people and goods, both raw materials (ore, fur, game) and man-made.
Theophrastus (Hist. Plant. 5.8.2) records how the Romans imported Corsican timber by way of a huge raft propelled by as many as fifty masts and sails.
This practice used to be common in many parts of the world, especially North America and on all main rivers of Germany. Timber rafting allowed for connecting large continental forests, as in south western Germany, via Main, Neckar, Danube and Rhine with the coastal cities and states, early modern forestry and remote trading were closely connected. Large pines in the black forest were called „Holländer“, as they were traded to the Netherlands. Large timber rafts on the Rhine were 200 to 400 m. in length, 40 m. wide and consisted of several thousand logs. The crew consisted of 400 to 500 men, including shelter, bakeries, ovens and livestock stables. Timber rafting infrastructure allowed for large interconnected networks all over continental Europe. The advent of the railroad, steam boat vessels and improvements in trucking and road networks gradually reduced the use of timber rafts. It is still of importance in Finland. In Spain, this method of transport was used in the Ebro, Tajo, Júcar, Turia and Segura rivers, mainly and to a lesser extent in the Guadalquivir. There is documentary evidence of these uses as early as the sixteenth century, and its use was extended until the middle of the XX century.
2 questions - what exactly does the marking means and the question about the brand and manufacturer of the saw - I asked two museums logging (yes, there are some). One is in the USA, the other is in Austria. I also sent a request for a large sawmill in the UK. We'll see or they will answer (entry dated May 21, 2020).
Record of May 26, 2020 - 5 days have passed. I sent inquiries to 3 museums, 1 power-saw bench:), and 4 collectors from Germany, Slovenia, Austria and the USA.
Only one answered, from Germany.
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