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№ 499

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29 November 2023

Hammer Price:
£100,000

Government of Iraq, specimen 100 Fils, 1931 (1941), serial number O/00 000000, mauve on multicoloured underprint, portrait of King Faisal II as a baby at right, small red SPECIMEN overprint at top left, reverse mauve, in PMG holder 25, very fine, the only specimen example of this rare note in private hands and probably the only time in history that collectors will be able to acquire this key note for the Iraq series
BNB B113as, Pick not listed £50,000-£70,000