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Auction: 20008 - World Banknotes - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 688

Banco de Angola, an obverse and reverse composite essay on board for a proposed issue of 1000 angolares, ND (1944), black serial number A 000000, purple, very ornate orange and pale blue, pale blue ornate guilloche low centre, portrait of Don Joao II at right, value top left and right, Portuguese arms low right, bird (phoenix ?) and doves low left, reverse purple, the return of Diogo Cao to Beja in 1489, value at each corner
(Pick 82 for type, TBB B412 for type), one of the most iconic Portuguese colonial designs and absolutely beautiful, in PMG holders 67 EPQ Superb Gem Uncirculated, unique (2)

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Sold for
£4,500

Starting price
£2800