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Auction: 15009 - World Banknotes
Lot: 151

(†) Central Bank of Ceylon, printer's archival specimen 100 Rupees (2), the first dated 3 June 1952, serial number run V/1 00001 to V/20 100000, signatures Jayewardene and Exter; the second dated 16 October 1954, serial number run V/21 00001 to V/30 100000, signatures Jayawardena and Ranasinha, both brown on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at left, reverse fresco of two women with lotus flowers, perforated SPECIMEN
(Pick 53s (2); LNZ CBC B9as, B9bs), mounting traces, ink dates '7/ 2/ 51 and 31/ 5/ 54' respectively and annotations in top margins, the1954 note red ink traces, the first otherwise very fine, the second about very fine and an outstanding opportunity to obtain the whole print run for this note, very rare (2)

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