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Auction: 20008 - World Banknotes - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 701

Banco de Angola, 1000 angolares, 1 March 1952, black serial number 14F 017417, red, pale blue and orange-green, D Joao III at right, arms low left and right, value top left and right, very ornate background, signatures of Anibal de Mesquita Guimares and Francisco Luis da Silva Duerte and Artur de Melo Quintela Saldanha, reverse red, a vignette depicting the return of Diogo Cao to Portugal in 1489 at Beja
(Pick 86, TBB 412b), in PMG holder, rust, 35 NET Choice Very Fine, an iconic design and in issued format a great rarity. There are six specimens listed on Track and Price at time of cataloguing but no issued examples

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Sold for
£3,500

Starting price
£2100