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Auction: 13037 - The Ibrahim Salem Collection of African Banknotes
Lot: 4

(x) Bank of Abyssinia a uniface obverse and reverse proof 100 thalers, 19- (ca 1915), no serial numbers, violet & multicoloured, Royal Lion of Judah top left centre, elephant at right, bank building at left, reverse purple and pale pink-red, value at centre
(Pick 4s for similar type) perforated CANCELLED, The ‘payable’ Amharic text written in traditional Amharic Fidel and unlike other proofs, has no cross out marks or with new suggested text in modern Amharic Abugida, extremely fine and very rare

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£3,200