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Auction: 13004 - World Banknotes
Lot: 383

East African Currency Board, obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 10000 shillings or 500 pounds (2), Mombasa, 15 December 1921, black, blue and turquoise, George V at top right, value at top left and each corner, reverse blue, lion at centre flanked by values, with values at each corner
(Pick 19 for type), ink annotations "duplicate" and showing the date "22-8-25", obverse quite foxed, a remarkable essay of an iconic note, very attractive and unique

Sold for
£3,200