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x Bank of Mauritius, 25 rupees, prefix A/1, green and 50 rupees, prefix A/6, purple, both ND (1967), Elizabeth II at right (Pick 32a, 33c), in PMG holders 55 AU and 64 PPQ (2) £360-420
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x Banco de Coahuila, Mexico, specimen 50 pesos, ND (1898-1914), red zero serial numbers, black on green and yellow underprint, 'Columbia' at right, Arizpe and Cepeda at top centre, value at top centre and each side, reverse blue, steam locomotive at centre, flanked by values, red SPECIMEN overprint, two cancellation holes (Pick S198), about uncirculated and scarce, a very pretty note £200-300
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† El Banco de Empleados, Mexico, printers archival specimen 500 pesos, Mexico, 18-, serial number 0001-1000, black and lilac, cherub at safe at left, palace at right, arms top centre, value in pale blue at centre, value at each corner, reverse red and lilac, value at centre and at each corner (Pick S204Fs), perforated SPECIMEN, uncirculated and extremely rare, a pretty note £1,200-1,800
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† Banco de Londres, Mexico y Sud America, Mexico, printers archival specimen 5 pesos, 1 September 1887, serial number 20001-30000, black and green, B.Juarez at left, bull low right, arms top centre, Serie F top left and right, reverse green, palace at centre, value at left and right (Pick S224as), pencil date 'Feb 28 88' in top left margin, perforated SPECIMEN, uncirculated and very rare £1,000-1,200
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† El Banco de Mexico, specimen 5 and 10 pesos, ND (1937), red zero serial numbers, first with Gypsy girl at centre, second with Ruiz de Velazquez at right, also specimen 1 peso, 1943, series L, red zero serial numbers, Aztec calendar stone at centre, all with red SPECIMEN overprints and three cancellation holes (Pick 34s, 35s, 38as), first two about uncirculated, last paperclip rust marks and one corner crease but good extremely fine, lovely notes (3) £150-200
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Banque d'Etat du Maroc, 100 francs (4), 10 November 1948, multicoloured, fortress (Kasbah) at centre, reverse multicoloured, ornate background design (Pick 45), first date for type, soft central crease, good extremely fine (4) £120-160
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† Banque d'Etat du Maroc, specimen 500 francs, ND (1951), serial number O.0 00000, no signature, brown on multicoloured underprint, monument in front of State Bank building at right, reverse city view, overprinted SPECIMEN in black on obverse and reverse, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 45A), only issued as a specimen, about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £500-700
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† Banque d'Etat du Maroc, specimen 1000 francs, 29 May 1951, serial number A1 00000, no signature, green on multicoloured underprint, fort at centre, value in each corner, reverse buildings at left, mountain landscape at centre, overprinted with one black specimen De La Rue oval on obverse (Pick 46A), only issued as a specimen, mounting traces, otherwise good extremely fine, rare £600-800
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† Banque d'Etat du Maroc, specimen 1000 francs, 29 May 1951, serial number A1 00000, no signature, green on multicoloured underprint, fort at centre, value in each corner, reverse buildings at left, mountain landscape at centre, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 46A), only issued as a specimen, choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £700-900
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† Banque d'Etat du Maroc, specimen 5000 francs, 29 May 1951, serial number A1 00000, no signature, red-brown on pink and yellow underprint, building with courtyard at centre, value in each corner, reverse bridge, perforated SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE (Pick 48), only issued as a specimen, mounting traces, ink annotation 'SPECIMEN No 161' in lower right corner, otherwise about uncirculated and very rare £900-1,200
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Banque d'Etat du Maroc, 50 dirhams overprinted on 5000 francs, 23 July 1953, serial number K.666 330, multicolour, view of city and mountains at centre, ornate borders, red overprinted value at centre, reverse hydro-electric dam at centre (Pick 51), in ICG holder 55, about uncirculated £600-800
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Banque d'Etat du Maroc, 100 dirhams overprinted on 10000 francs, 28 April 15, serial number R.989 058, multicolour, aerial view of city and port at centre, reverse with house and ornamental lake at centre (Pick 52), in ICG holder 58, about uncirculated plus £600-800
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† Banque du Maroc, a set of specimens of the 1970 issues, all King Hassan II at left, comprising 5 dirhams, serial number AA/62 000000, violet, reverse, factory; 10 dirhams, serial number B/1 000000, brown, reverse, processing oranges; 50 dirhams, serial number C/1 000000, green, reverse, dam; 100 dirhams, serial number D/1 000000, brown and blue, reverse, oil refinery, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two specimen De La Rue ovals on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 56s, 57s, 58s, 59s), glue residue, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated (4) £250-350
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† Banque du Maroc, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 50 dirhams, ND (c.1984), serial number M/1 000000, green, yellow, brown and multicoloured, portrait of King Hassan II at centre right, palm trees at upper right, arches at centre left, reverse building and courtyard (Pick unrecorded), small part of design missing on reverse, otherwise about uncirculated, attractive, unique (2) £700-900
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, 2500 reis, 2 January 1908, red serial number 013462, black, green and pale orange, Vasco de Gama top left, ships at right, manuscript signature low left, two printed signatures low right, red steamship seal low centre, reverse blue, maiden and ships at centre (Pick 30), about fine and really quite rare with this date and in issued format £600-800
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printer's archival specimen 1000 reis with counterfoil, 1 March 1909, serial run 0, 000, 000 to 1, 850, 000, black on green and yellow underprint, value in ornate guilloche at left, steamship seal Type III at right, red overprint LOURENCO MARQUES at upper centre, reverse allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 33s), mounting traces, ink date '18. 5. 20' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine and very scarce (Pick 33s), mounting traces, ink date '18. 5. 20' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine and very scarce £150-200
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printer's archival specimen 2500 reis with counterfoil, 1 March 1909, serial number run 000000 to 610000, black on blue, green and yellow underprint, portrait of Vasco da Gama at left, passage of ships round The Cape of Good Hope at right, steamship seal Type III at lower centre, red overprint LOURENCO MARQUES at upper right centre, reverse blue, allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 35s), mounting traces, ink date '18. 5. 20' and annotation in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated and rare £250-350
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printer's archival specimen 5 mil reis with counterfoil, 1 March 1909, serial number run 000000 to 290000, black on blue, green and yellow underprint, portrait of Vasco da Gama at left, passage of ships round The Cape of Good Hope at right, steamship seal Type III at lower centre, red overprint LOURENCO MARQUES at upper centre, reverse green, allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 37s), mounting traces, ink date '23. 4. 20' and annotation in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine and rare £300-400
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printer's archival specimen 20 mil reis with counterfoil, 1 March 1909, serial number run 000000 to 134500, black on blue and yellow underprint, portrait of Vasco da Gama at left, his embarkation at right, steamship seal Type I at lower centre, red overprint LOURENCO MARQUES at upper centre, reverse orange-red, allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 40s), mounting traces, ink date '15. 10. 18' and annotation in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine and very rare £450-650
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printer's obverse specimen colour proof 50 mil reis with part counterfoil (2), 1 March 1909, no serial numbers, black on pink, blue, green and yellow underprint, portrait of Vasco da Gama at left, his embarkation at right, green steamship seal Type I at lower centre, LOURENCO MARQUES in black at upper centre, perforated SPECIMEN, [Pick 42 for type (2)], damage and pieces missing from both proofs but excessively rare (2) £200-300
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, 1 libra esterlina, 1 March 1909, red serial numbers, black and multicoloured, value in pale blue at centre, also specimen 5 libras esterlinas, black and orange and pink, both red steamship seal I (Pick 44s, 46s), counterfoil at left, good extremely fine and rare (2) £250-300
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, 1 libra esterlina, 1 March 1909, red serial numbers, black and multicoloured, value in pale blue at centre, also specimen 5 libras esterlinas, black and orange and pink, also specimen 10 libras esterlinas, blue and multicoloured, all red steamship seal III (Pick 45s, 46bs, 47bs), ink date in top margin, counterfoil at left, Pick does not list seal III for the 5 and 10 libras, good extremely fine and rare (3) £500-700
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, 10 centavos, purple and 50 centavos, green, both 5 November 1914, arms at right, ship seal low centre (Pick 56, 58), very fine (2) £50-60
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printer's archival specimen 20 centavos with counterfoil, 5 November 1914, serial run 0, 000, 000 to 9, 990, 000, blue and multicoloured; also printer's archival specimen 50 centavos with counterfoil, 5 November 1914, serial run 0, 000, 000 to 7, 490, 000, olive-green and multicoloured, both value at left, arms at right, overprint LOURENCO MARQUES at upper centre, steamship seal Type III at lower centre, reverse, allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 57s, 58s), mounting traces, ink date '11. 3. 20' and annotation in top margins, otherwise about uncirculated (2) £100-130
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, a group of specimens, 1 January 1921, comprising 1 escudo, green; 5 escudos, black; 10 escudos, brown; 20 escudos, blue; and 50 escudos, red-brown, all portrait of Francisco de Oliveira Chamico at left, steamship seal at right, reverse woman looking out at ships, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red or blue on obverse, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 66bs, 68bs, 69bs, 70bs, 71bs), slight mounting traces, otherwise choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare (5) £500-700
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printer's archival specimen 20 escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number run 788, 001 to 888, 000, without Decreto, blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Francisco Oliveira de Chamico at left, steamship seal at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse seated allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 70bs), mounting traces, ink date '6. 7. 28' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine, rare £160-240
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printer's archival specimen 100 escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number run 000, 001 to 060, 000, without Decreto, blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Francisco Oliveira de Chamico at left, steamship seal at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse seated allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 72bs), mounting traces, ink date '25. 8. 20' and annotations in top margin, otherwise extremely fine, rare £250-350
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, an obverse and reverse black and white photographic bromide print, 20 escudos, 1 January 1937, serial number A000000, portrait of Francisco de Oliveira Chamico at left, steamship seal at right, with Decreto, reverse woman looking out at ships, (Pick unrecorded), ink date '3.12.36' in lower right margins, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, extremely rare (2) £100-200
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, specimen 50 escudos, 11 January 1938, grey-olive, reverse green; and specimen 100 escudos, 11 January 1938, purple, both portrait of Antonio Ennes at left, steamship seal at right, reverse woman looking out at ships, both overprinted with red Bradbury Wilkinson specimen seal, two punch holes (Pick 75s, 76s), ink letter in lower right corners, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare (2) £200-300
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, specimen 100 escudos, 27 March 1941, serial number 520001-540000, purple and pale green and lilac, Antonio Ennes at left, steamship seal at right, reverse purple, maiden and shipping at centre, value at left and right (Pick unrecorded denomination), ink date '4.7.42' in top margin, good extremely fine and probably extremely rare £600-800
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, specimen 500 escudos, serial number 04001-08000, purple and specimen 1000 escudos, serial number 10001-15000, brown and multicoloured, both 27 March 1941, both Antonio Ennes at left, ship seal at right, reverse youth, shipping and value (Pick 78s, 79s), perforated CANCELLED, ink date '19.4.41' in top margin, uncirculated and rare, attractive (2) £600-800
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, specimen 2.50 escudos, 1 September 1941, serial number A 0000000, blue on brown and orange underprint, portrait of Francisco de Oliveira Chamico at left, steamship seal at right, reverse woman looking out at ships, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse with black De La Rue specimen oval on obverse (Pick 82s), about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce £100-140
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, obverse and reverse uniface proof 50 escudos, dark green, 100 escudos, red-orange, 500 escudos, violet and 1000 escudos, brown, all ND (c.1941), all Antonio Ennes at left, steamship seal at right, arms top centre (Pick 85, 86, 87, 88 for type), printers typed annotations in margin, mounting traces otherwise extremely fine, very rare, (8) £500-700
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, specimen colour trial 5 escudos, ND (c.1943), red-brown; and specimen colour trial 10 escudos, 15 April 1943, olive-green, reverse violet and pink, both Antonio Ennes at left, steamship seal at right, reverse woman looking out at ships, overprinted SPECIMEN in red, two punch holes (Pick 89ct, 90ct), glue residue on 10 escudos, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare (2) £200-300
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, specimen 10 escudos (2), 15 April 1943, brown, specimen 5 escudos (2), 15 April 1943, green, two signature combinations on each denomination, specimen 100 escudos, 1943, orange-red, all Antonio Ennes at left (Pick 89s, 90s, 91s), ink date in top margin, good extremely fine and rare (5) £350-550
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, obverse specimen colour proof 1 escudo, olive-green and 2.50 escudos, blue, both 23 May 1944, Antonio Ennes at left, steamship seal at right (Pick 92p, 93p), glue residue and mounting traces, typed date '10. 10. 44' and annotations in margins of both copies, the first otherwise about extremely fine, the second about uncirculated, rare (2) £100-200
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, obverse and reverse specimen colour proof 5 escudos, green, 15 April 1943, Antonio Ennes at left, steamship seal at right, reverse woman looking out at ships (Pick 94p), glue residue and mounting traces, typed annotation 'Plate colour Green 39' in top margin of obverse and 'Green 39' in lower margin of reverse, otherwise good extremely fine to about uncirculated, rare (2) £100-200
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, obverse and reverse specimen colour proof 10 escudos, brown, 15 April 1943, Antonio Ennes at left, steamship seal at right, reverse woman looking out at ships (Pick 95p), glue residue and mounting traces, typed annotation 'Plate colour No. 11' in margins, otherwise good extremely fine to about uncirculated, rare (2) £100-200
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, obverse and reverse specimen colour proof 1000 escudos, blue, ND (1946), Antonio Ennes at left, steamship seal at right, reverse woman looking out at ships (Pick 99p), glue residue and mounting traces, obverse typed annotation 'Plate colour 26 Blue' and '8. 2. 46' in margin, nick and grease mark in left margin, reverse piece missing and grease mark at upper left, both otherwise good extremely fine, rare (2) £100-200
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printer's archival specimen 1000 escudos, 27 March 1947, serial run 307, 001 to 319, 500, blue on multicoloured underprint, Antonio Ennes at left, steamship seal at right, reverse woman looking out at ships, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 99bs), ink date '8. 4. 47' and annotations in top margin, 12mm paper split on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine, very scarce £120-180
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, colour trial 500 escudos, ND (1953), zero serial numbers, grey-green, Xavier at right, specimen 1000 escudos, 1953, blue and colour trial 100 escudos, ND (1953), brown, both de Albuquerque at right, also colour trial 100 escudos, ND (1961, violet, de Ornelas at right (Pick 104ct, 105s, 105ct, 109ct), specimen 1000 annotated at centre, uncirculated, rare (4) £500-700
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† Banco de Beira, Mozambique, 50 centavos and 1 escudo, 1919, specimen 10 and 20 centavos, 1931, 20 centavos, 1933, 1/2 libra and 1 libra, 1930, 1 libra, 1934, 5 libras, 1934, 1 escudo, 1937, (Pick R3s, R11as, R24s, R25s, R26s, R29s, R30s, R31s, R32s, R33s), generally uncirculated, rare (10) £300-500
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† Bank of Namibia, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 1 unit, ND, serial number AA123456, purple and red, arms at left, map of Namibia at right, value in each corner, reverse purple, red and yellow-ochre, mountain range at centre, value in each corner (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated, attractive, unique (2) £300-500
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† Bank of Namibia, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 2 units, ND, serial number AA123456, bluish grey, blue and olive on pink and pale green underprint, arms at lower centre, map of Namibia at right, value in three corners, reverse beetle at centre, decorated circle at upper right (Pick unrecorded), obverse good extremely fine, reverse good very fine, most attractive, unique (2) £300-500
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† Bank of Namibia, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 20 units, ND, serial number AA123456, purple, red and blue on multicoloured underprint, tree and arms at lower centre, map of Namibia at right, value in three corners, reverse sea eagle with fish in talons at centre with Lakeland scene in background vignette, decorated circle at top right (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated, most attractive, unique (2) £500-700
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† Central Bank of Nepal, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 5 rupees, ND (1973), zero serial numbers, red-brown on pale yellow underprint, King Birendra Bir Bikram in military uniform at left, temple at centre, reverse two yaks at centre, columns at right and centre left, Himalayas in background (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated, unique (2) £600-800
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† Central Bank of Nepal, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 100 rupees, ND (1973), zero serial numbers, green and violet on multicoloured underprint, King Birendra Bir Bikram in military uniform at left, mountains at centre, temple at centre right, reverse Indian rhinoceros at centre, arms at upper right (Pick 26 for type), about uncirculated, unique (2) £700-900
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† Central Bank of Nepal, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 500 rupees, ND (1973), zero serial numbers, brown and slate-purple on multicoloured underprint, King Birendra Bir Bikram in military uniform at left, mountains at centre, ornate acanthus scrollwork in borders, reverse two tigers at centre right, arms at upper right, value at lower left and right (Pick 27 for type), about uncirculated, unique (2) £800-1,000
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Central Bank of Nepal, an obverse and reverse printers archival photograph for a 20 rupees, ND (1967), King Mahendra Vira Vikrama at right in plumed crown, street scene at left, flowers at centre, reverse Himalayas, also another 20 rupees, same portrait, stupa at left, reverse rice fields on a hillside (Pick unrecorded design), dated '29.12.67' on reverse (4) £300-400
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Koninkrijk Der Nederlanden, 1 gulden, 1 October 1918, serial number 13489, brown, bank title top centre, denomination in each corner and at centre, also De Curacaosche Bank, 5 gulden, 1960, serial number 041355, blue and multicoloured, seated woman at left, view of Curacao at centre, reverse denomination, date and arms (Pick 13, 51), first, central fold, extremely fine, second, several folds, damage to right edge, otherwise good (2) £200-300
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