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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aidan Work, post: 43150, member: 1824&quot;]Most people are unaware of the connection between the Scouts &amp; numismatics.I can tell you about this connection.</p><p>Colonel Robert Baden-Powell (also known as Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell,B-P,or the Founder) was serving in South Africa in 1900,when he was besieged at Mafeking.He decided to recruit some young boys to serve as scouts,who ran errands &amp; carried messages (Mafeking Postal Service).</p><p>As there was a coin shortage in Mafeking,due to the siege,</p><p>Colonel Baden-Powell decided to issue a series of emergency banknotes in the following denominations; 1/-,</p><p>2/-,3/-,10/-,&amp; 1 Pound.Well,there is 2 types of one of the notes,as the letter &#039;d&#039; was left out of the word,&#039;Commanding&#039;.I have got an example of the 1/- note.</p><p>Since then,I was able to buy a Bophuthatswana postal order with the datestamp inscribed &#039;Mafikeng&#039;.A very interesting find indeed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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