World Banknotes
Lot 4273 Session 14 (4.30pm Thursday) World Banknotes
Estimate $10,000
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EAST AFRICA, The East African Currency Board, uniface colour ink print and hand touched essay, twenty shillings or one pound, Nairobi 1st January 1954, D/69 00000, (cf.P35). On board, glue marks and tiny patches of surface removal, otherwise extremely fine and unique.
This note was designed as a proposal for the currency of East Africa and printed by Thomas de la Rue. The design was subsequently rejected and this is the only example known to exist.
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