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Auction: 17031 - A Fine Collection of Middle Eastern and North African Banknotes
Lot: 224

(x) National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 25 Piastres (2), 31 May 1948 serial number run L/92 000001 to L/92 100000, 14 February 1949, serial number run L/93 000001 to L/93 100000, Leith-Ross signature, blackish purple on pale green and multicoloured underprint, banks of the Nile at centre, value in each corner, reverse deep blue, light blue and orange, value in western and Arabic numerals set in guilloches and ornate pattern, perforated SPECIMEN
(Pick 10ds, Hanafy M1s), mounting traces, ink dates and annotations in top margin, otherwise uncirculated, rare

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