Lot 3770

Sale 111 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals, Tokens & Banknotes (40th Anniversary Sale)

Description

Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Mehmed V (1909-1918), State Notes of the Ministry of Finance, specimen five hundred livres, 1st issue, AH1334 (1918), C.000000, signed Cavid on front, unsigned on back, 'DRUCKPROBE' perforated twice at top (P.107Bs; Gaciroglu RS-7-2). Two folds on top left corner, otherwise nearly uncirculated and excessively rare.

Gaciroglu states that an issued example of this note is unique. Unpriced in Pick. A typed list with the collection indicates that 25,670 of this denomination were printed.

Estimate
$12,500
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$14,000

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