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Auction: 18015 - World and British Banknotes
Lot: 245

Egyptian Government Currency note, colour trial for 5 piastres, 27 May 1917, serial number 800919, purple on pink, yellow and green underprint, papyrus flower at centre, signature of Youssef Wahba, text reads 5 piastres in English but 10 piastres in Arabic, reverse the Temple of Isis at Philae
(Pick 158, Hanafy p.116), pinhole at right, this type never issued due to an error with two different denominations shown in the text, uncirculated, scarce

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Estimate
£2,000 to £2,500