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Auction: 327 - World Banknotes at NY INC, Waldorf Astoria
Lot: 1

Afghanistan, specimen 5 afghanis, ND, purple on light green underprint, portrait King Muhammad Zahir at right, arms top centre, value in three corners, reverse, Band-e Amir lake in the Hindu Kush mountains
(TBB B301.5, Pick not listed), printer's annotations top margin, perforated CANCELLED, about uncirculated, interestingly, the issued notes were lost in transit during WWII, and the colour for this denomination was changed from purple to green

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