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Auction 22177  14 Jul 2022
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Lot 165

Starting price: 140 GBP
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(x) Egyptian Government Currency note, colour trial for 5 piastres, 27 May 1917, serial number 899762, purple on pink, yellow and green underprint, papyrus flower at centre, signature of Youssef Wahba, text reads 5 piastres in English but 10 piastres in Arabic, reverse the Temple of Isis at Philae, (Pick 158, Hanafy p.116), in PMG holder, previously mounted, pinhole, 63 Choice Uncirculated, this type never issued due to an error with two different denominations shown in the text, scarce.

Estimate: £1,400.00 - £1,800.00
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