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Auction: 18015 - World and British Banknotes
Lot: 246

(x) Egyptian Government Currency note, colour trial for 5 piastres, 27 May 1917, serial number 801036, brown on pink, papyrus flower at centre, signature of Youssef Wahba, text reads 5 piastres in English but 10 piastres in Arabic, reverse purple and pale pink, the Temple of Isis at Philae
(Pick 158, Hanafy p.116), in PMG holder 64 CHOICE UNCIRCULATED, 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 £2,400