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Auction: 13034 - World Banknotes
Lot: 4

(†) Bank of Afghanistan, printer's archival specimen 100 Afghanis, SH1318 (1939), serial run 000001 to 6500000, dark green and multicoloured, King Muhammad Zahir at right, reverse mosque; printer's archival specimen 500 Afghanis, SH1318 (1939), serial run 000001 to 125000, purple and multicoloured, King Muhammad Zahir at left, reverse mosques; also stage proof for 100 Afghanis with underprint and guilloche only on obverse, purple, orange and blue underprint on reverse, the archival specimens both perforated SPECIMEN
(Pick 26as, 26p, 27as), mounting traces, ink date '12. 2. 45' and annotations in top margins of specimens, stage proof annotated 'Approved for watermarks for 100 and 500 Afghanis 6. 4. 40', small tear in top margin, the 100 Afghanis otherwise good extremely fine, the 500 Afghanis otherwise good very fine and a very rare group (3)

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