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Auction: 18015 - World and British Banknotes
Lot: 247

(x) Egyptian Government Currency note, colour trial for 5 piastres, 27 May 1917, serial number 800641, green and pale brown, papyrus flower at centre, signature of Youssef Wahba, text reads 5 piastres in English but 10 piastres in Arabic, reverse violet and pale green, the Temple of Isis at Philae
(Pick 158, Hanafy p.116), in PMG holder 58 CHOICE ABOUT UNC, 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 £2,200