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Auction: 13037 - The Ibrahim Salem Collection of African Banknotes
Lot: 35

(x) Banco de Angola, 5 angolares (2), 1 January 1947, decree of 14 August 1926, pale and dark brown, General Carmona, the 11th President of Portugal (1926–1951), at right, arms top centre, reverse pale blue-green, also a 20 angolares, 1944, purple, Benevides at right. This note is quite unusual as although not a commemorative note, it does includes in its reverse design a commemorative features; the note marking the visit of President General Carmona in 1938 to the colony in the event of 455th anniversary for Vasco da Gama first landing in Luanda Bay; showing a marble column surmounted by the Portuguese arms, and part of his speech regarding the sacred unity of the colony with the motherland.

(Pick 77), fine, almost very fine (2)

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