Auction Catalogue

29 & 30 November 2023

Starting at 10:00 AM

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World Banknotes

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Lot

№ 519 ††

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29 November 2023

Hammer Price:
£12,000

National Bank of Iraq, watermarked paper showing the ‘small head’ of King Faisal II as a youth, intended for the 50 Dinars of 1949, which was never fully printed or issued, glued into a blue card frame, ink and pencil annotations on paper, as produced, a highly unusual record of a note that has been largely lost to time, other than a couple of proofs in printers’ and bank archives
BNB not listed, Pick not listed £300-£400

These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive