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Auction: 19030 - The Ibrahim Salem Collection of British Commonwealth - Part One
Lot: 259

(x) BRITISH WEST AFRICA, West African Currency Board, 20 Shillings (4), Lagos, 4 January 1937, serial number H/3 290644, 6 November 1941, serial number J/10 920825, 24 December 1948, serial number 8/U 718322, 26 January 1951, serial number BB/7 693882, also 20 Shillings forgery, 14 September 1934, serial number D/7 691149, all black and red on pale green underprint, palm tree at centre, value in guilloche at left, reverse Arabic text,
(Pick 8b (4), 8a (forgery); TBB B108e, B108f, B108r, B108v, B108d (forgery), the first small piece missing from lower right corner, otherwise fine, the second about very fine, the third a tiny chop in top margin, otherwise good fine, the fourth good fine, the fifth with two diagonal lines on obverse and endorsed "counterfeit for comparison only" on reverse, otherwise extremely fine (5)

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