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Auction: 1023 - World Banknotes
Lot: 175

† Government issue, specimen 1000 rupees, Colombo, 1st July 1929, red serial number F/2 00000, black and orange and pale blue, value at centre, two printed signatures low right, reverse brown, elephant at centre (Pick 29 for similar), the Pick 29 reduced size, this is the larger format and unrecorded in Pick, Pick 20 for 100 rupees, perforated cancelled, ink numeral top right, very fine and extremely rare Estimate £ 4,000-6,000

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