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Auction: 14013 - World Banknotes
Lot: 248

(†) Government of Ceylon, black and white obverse and reverse photographic proofs on card for an unissued 5 Rupees, Colombo, 1 July 1938, serial number N/25 00000, profile portrait of King George VI at upper left, value in guilloche at upper right, reverse proof figure '5' set in ornate guilloche at centre, also an obverse and reverse photograph for a 50 rupees, 1 July 1938
(Pick unlisted), ink date '23.5.38' in lower right margin on obverse and reverse, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and a not to be missed opportunity for Ceylon research collectors, extremely rare (4)

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