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Auction: 11004 - World Banknotes
Lot: 52

Banque du Congo Belge, specimen 1000 francs, Kinshasa, ND (c. 1912), dark and light brown, two allegorical male figures at left, child and fruit low left, head of Ceres within wreath top left, foliage at right, reverse brown and multicoloured, maiden and lyre at left, rapids and cockatoo at right (Pick 12b for type), red SPECIMEN overprint, perforated ANNULE, with annotation ´ a la Banque de l´Afrique Occidentale 1912´ across face of note, good extremely fine, a lovely example, very rare Estimate £ 2,000-3,000

Sold for
£4,600