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Auction: 1023 - World Banknotes
Lot: 181

Government issue, specimen/essay 10 rupees, Colombo, 1 July 1938, red zero serial numbers, blue and multicoloured, George IV at left, value at centre, top left and right, reverse blue, green and pale red, the Temple of the Tooth at centre, value at left and right, (Pick unrecorded type or date) the previous non-portrait type of 10 rupees was first issued in 1941, this presumably an experimental isue for the new series, uncirculated and attractive and an important missing link between the two types, extremely rare Estimate £ 5,000-6,000

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