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Auction: 23231 - World Banknotes - e-Auction
Lot: 105

Egyptian Government Currency Note, 5 Piastres, 1st May 1918, series F/37, unrecorded prefix, purple on light green and orange, Wahba signature, reverse green, temple ruins on the Nile in oval frame at centre, value at left and right. Prefix unrecorded in BNB
(Pick 161, TBB B203a1, Hanafy M1), the first date of issue, the Banknote Book lists F/53 as the first prefix, this is an example a F/37. An original, good very fine and very rare

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Sold for
£380

Starting price
£300