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Auction: 366 - World Banknotes NYINC - Conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 114

(x) Government of Iraq, India Printing 1/4 dinar, law of 1931 (1941), serial number E/1 195192, green on brown and blue, King Faisal II as a child at left, Lionel Swan and Ibrahim Kamal signatures, reverse blue, bank title and value
(Pick 13, TBB B114a), in PMG holder, paper pull, 35 Choice Very Fine, strongly embossed serial numbers. This rare Emergency issue was printed by Nasik Security Printing Press to meet the increase spending during WWII, but transport from Great Britain was too risky. Therefore Nasik printing press in India was commissioned. The supply continued for three years, until the service was resumed by Brarbury Wilkinson again. Scarce in such a high grade

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Sold for
£9,000

Starting price
£7500