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Auction: 14013 - World Banknotes
Lot: 2

(†) Bank of Afghanistan, printers archival specimen for 5 afghanis, SH1318 (1939), serial number 12J000001-1000000, purple on green and multicolour underprint, King Muhammad Zahir at right, arms at top centre, reverse purple, view of Hindu Kush mountains at centre, perforated CANCELLED
(Linzmayer DAB B1.5s, Pick not listed), ink annotations on face 'never issued' and 'lost by enemy action' with the date '22.1.40', because the shipment of the issued notes was lost in transit during the Second World War, this note is only obtainable as a specimen, mounting traces on reverse, one fold, about uncirculated and of the utmost rarity

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,500