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Auction: 5004 - Banknotes of the World
Lot: 1290

Siege of Khartoum, 5000 piastres, 1884, with hectographic signature of General Gordon, (PS.110), with neat black stamp of Tito Fargi, lawyer representing a client seeking to force the government to redeem the note: in his diary Gordon wrote: "personally liable for the liquidation and anyone can bring action against me, in my individual capacity, to recover the money..." (Gordon was killed when Khartoum fell to the Mahdi's forces), extremely fine Estimate £ 200-250

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