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Banque Centrale du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, specimen 500 francs, 15 March 1953, purple, woman at left, also specimen 50 francs, 15 November 1953, green, woman at left, both with red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes (Pick 27s, 28s), some tape/glue stains on reverse, mainly at top centre, ink numerals in top right corner, extremely fine and rare (2) £600-800
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x Government of Belize, $1 (2), 1 January 1976, consecutive serial numbers A/4068817/8, green on multicolour underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at left, reverse, brown and green, ornate tablet (Pick 33c, GOB B1c), crisp, fresh and uncirculated £80-120
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Central Bank of Belize, $100, 1 November 1988, serial number X/1 673404, blue and purple on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right, arms at top left, shoal of fish at centre left, Swift, Marshalleck and Gregg signatures, reverse blue and lilac, the National Assembly building (Pick 50a, CBB B8a), a faultless original note with full embossing on the reverse and a beautiful and sought after design, only 500,000 notes printed for this Pick number, uncirculated and rare £700-900
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Bermuda Government, obverse and reverse printers archival photograph showing a design for a £10 of 1963, black and white, Pietro Annigoni's 1954-55 portrait of the Queen at right, reverse arms at centre, flanked by values (Linzmayer BG B23, Pick 22 for similar), the Annigoni portrait never used on Bermuda notes, this design very similar to the 1964 issue but the portrait and a few other elements are slightly different, unique and interesting (2) £180-220
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x Bermuda Monetary Authority, $10, 2 January 1982, serial number A/2 000009, purple on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right, oleander flowers at centre, value at each corner (BMA B3b, Pick 30b), in PMG holder 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated, a nice low number thus rare £250-300
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x Bermuda Monetary Authority, specimen set series 1989 (6), $2, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100, all serial number B/1 000000, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverses, various scenes of Bermuda (Linzmayer BMA B7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, Pick 34-39), all hole punched, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, a vibrantly colourful group £900-1,100
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x Bermuda Monetary Authority, specimen set 1996 (6), series comprising $2, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100, all prefixes B/3, B2, B2, B2, C1 and C1 respectively, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverses, various scenes of Bermuda (Linzmayer BMA B14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, Pick 40A, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46), all hole punched, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated £900-1,100
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x Bermuda Monetary Authority, specimen set 1997 series (6) comprising $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, prefixes B3, B2, B2, C1, C1, C1, all portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverses, various scenes of Bermuda (Linzmayer B14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, Pick 40A, 41, 42, 47, 48, 49), all hole punched, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated £900-1,100
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† Royal Government of Bhutan, a red leather presentation album with gold lettering 'ROYAL GOVERNMENT OF BHUTAN, and containing specimen 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 ngultrum, ND (198-), all Yeshi Dorji signature Pick 5s-11s, RGB B5as-11as var.), a lovely presentation (7) £800-1,200
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† El Banco Francisco Argandona, Bolivia, printer's archival specimen 10 bolivianos, 1 July 1893, serial run A44000 to A63999, black on slate-violet and orange underprint, portrait of Francisco Argandona in oval at upper left supported by two cherubs, arms at top centre, bank legend decorated with acanthus swirls, bull's head at lower right, reverse scarlet, vignette of Castillo de la Glorieta at Sucre at centre, value in ornate guilloches with acanthus leaves at left and right, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick S143s), about uncirculated to uncirculated, attractive and rare £250-350
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† El Banco Francisco Argandona, Bolivia, printer's archival specimen 20 bolivianos, 1 July 1893, serial run A0000 to A999, black on pale green and orange underprint, portrait of Francisco Argandona in oval frame at left, arms at top centre, two allegorical women with easel and lyre representing the arts at right, reverse blue and indigo, vignette of Castillo de la Glorieta at Sucre at centre, value in ornate guilloches at left and right, perforated SPECIMEN BW & Co LONDON (Pick S144s1), about uncirculated to uncirculated, attractive and rare £300-400
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Banco de Brasil, 50 mil reis, ND (1915), serial number 059742, black on ochre underprint, handwritten signature, reverse, value in ornate tablet, also 20 mil reis, ND (L.1923), serial number 024754, black on multicolour underprint, portrait A Bernardes at right, reverse, brown, building at centre (Pick 55, 117a), first, in ICG holder number 10, very good, second, in ICG holder number 10, very good (2) £100-150
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Republica dos Estados Unidos do Brazil, 2 mil reis, ND (1919), serial number 85553, dark blue, peach and mauve, Marques de Olinda at centre flanked by value in ornate tablets, reverse, dark grey, value at left, right and centre (Pick 14a), faint central fold, extremely fine to about uncirculated £150-200
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† The British Caribbean Territories, Eastern Group, an obverse and reverse partially hand-executed composite essay on card for a $1, 15 October 1950, serial number AB 123456, dark blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of King George VI in oval frame at right, map at lower left, value in each corner, reverse coats of arms of the eastern group of islands at left and right, king in biga at top centre (Pick 1 for type), about uncirculated, unique (2) £600-900
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† The British Caribbean Territories, Eastern Group, printer's archival specimen $100, 28 November 1950, serial number run A/1 000001 to A/1 025000, black on green and multicoloured underprint, portrait of King George VI in oval frame at right, map at lower left, value in each corner, reverse coats of arms of the eastern group of islands at left and right, king in biga at top centre (Pick 6s, CB B6s), glue residue and mounting traces, ink annotations on obverse and reverse top margins, otherwise original very fine and very rare £500-700
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† The British Caribbean Territories, Eastern Group, specimen colour trial $1, no serial numbers, no signatures, blackish brown on pink and multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in oval frame at right, map at lower left, value in each corner, reverse coats of arms of the eastern group of islands at left and right, queen in biga at top centre, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 7ct, CB B7t), uncirculated and very scarce £240-320
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† The British Caribbean Territories, Eastern Group, specimen colour trial $2, no serial numbers, no signatures, brown-purple on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in oval frame at right, map at lower left, value in each corner, reverse coats of arms of the eastern group of islands at left and right, queen in biga at top centre, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 8ct, CB B8t), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated and very scarce £260-340
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† The British Caribbean Territories, Eastern Group, specimen colour trial $5, no serial numbers, no signatures, orange-brown on blue-green and multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in oval frame at right, map at lower left, value in each corner, reverse coats of arms of the eastern group of islands at left and right, queen in biga at top centre, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 9ct, CB B9t), uncirculated, rare £450-550
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† The British Caribbean Territories, Eastern Group, specimen colour trial $10, no serial numbers, no signatures, blue on pink and multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in oval frame at right, map at lower left, value in each corner, reverse coats of arms of the eastern group of islands at left and right, queen in biga at top centre, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 10ct, CB B10t), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £500-700
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† The British Caribbean Territories, Eastern Group, specimen colour trial $20, no serial numbers, no signatures, green on pink and multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in oval frame at right, map at lower left, value in each corner, reverse coats of arms of the eastern group of islands at left and right, queen in biga at top centre, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 11ct, CB B11t), uncirculated, rare £700-900
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† The British Caribbean Territories, Eastern Group, specimen colour trial $100, no serial numbers, no signatures, deep blue on green and multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in oval frame at right, map at lower left, value in each corner, reverse coats of arms of the eastern group of islands at left and right, queen in biga at top centre, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 12ct, CB B12t), uncirculated and very rare £1,200-1,600
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† The British Caribbean Territories, Eastern Group, specimen $10, 2 January 1959, no serial numbers, brown and orange on pink and multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in oval frame at right, map at lower left, value in each corner, reverse brown-purple, coats of arms of the eastern group of islands at left and right, queen in biga at top centre, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 10bs, CB B10fs), ink date '20/ 8/ 58' and annotations in reverse top margin, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £350-450
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† The British Caribbean Territories, Eastern Group, printer's archival specimen $20, 2 January 1959, serial number run B2-445001 to C2-445000, violet on pale blue and multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in oval frame at right, map at lower left, value in each corner, reverse slate-violet, coats of arms of the eastern group of islands at left and right, queen in biga at top centre, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 11bs, CB B11ds), ink date '20/ 8/ 58' and annotations in reverse top margin, nick in lower left margin, otherwise good extremely fine, rare £350-450
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x The British Caribbean Territories, Currency Board, $1 (2), 2 January 1964, serial numbers R4-207175-76, red on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right, map of the Caribbean at left, value at each corner, reverse red, arms and value (Pick 7, CB B7l), in PCGS holders 64, very choice new (2) £250-300
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The Government of British Guiana, $1, 1 January 1942, serial number F/9 01346, red on multicolour underprint, toucan at left, sailing ship seal at right, waterfall at centre, value at each corner, Owen, MacDavid and d'Andrade signatures, reverse red, George VI at centre, flanked by values (Pick 12, CGB B7c), fine to very fine, and a beautifully designed note from very popular and scarce series £60-80
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† The Government of British Honduras, printer's archival specimen $1, 1 February 1952, serial number run A/3 000001 to A/3 050000, green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of King George VI in oval frame at right, coat of arms at left, value in each corner, reverse ornate guilloches and geometric pattern, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 24bs, GBH B23cs), ink date '27/ 2/ 52' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £200-250
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† The Government of British Honduras, printer's archival specimen $1, 15 April 1953, serial number run F/1 000001 to F/1 100000, green on multicoloured underprint; printer's archival specimen $2, 15 April 1953, serial number run F/1 000001 to F/1 025000, violet on multicoloured underprint; also printer's archival specimen $5, 15 April 1953, serial number run F/1 000001 to F/1 050000, red on multicoloured underprint, all portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in oval frame at right, coat of arms at left, value in each corner, reverse ornate guilloches and geometric pattern, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 27as, 28as, 29as, 30as, GBH B27as, 28as, 29as, 30as), ink date '21/ 5/ 53' or '25/ 5/ 53' and annotations in top margins, the first otherwise choice very fine, the remainder good very fine and all rare first dates of issue (3) £250-350
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† The Government of British Honduras, printer's archival specimen $20, 1 November 1961, serial number run E/1 030001 to E/1 080000, brown on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in oval frame at right, coat of arms at left, value in each corner, reverse ornate guilloches and geometric pattern, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 32bs, GBH B31as), ink date '18/ 11/ 61' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £300-400
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Bank of British West Africa Limited, obverse and reverse printers archival photograph for 5 pounds, Lagos, 189-, black and white, beehive at left, smiling man at low right, value at centre, low left and each corner, reverse fishermen and boat at centre, value at each corner (not listed), this note is completely unknown, the Bank never issued notes and no notes exist for British West Africa in the 1890s, unique and important (2) £400-600
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† British West African Currency Board, 10 shillings, 4 February 1958, serial number A/V 492650, black and green, river scene with palm trees at left, reverse field workers (Pick 9a, BWAC B9d), about uncirculated £200-250
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† British West African Currency Board, Twenty shillings, 20 February 1957, serial number F/S 360146, black and red, river scene with palm trees at left, reverse harvesting cacao pods (Pick 10a, BWAB B10e), about uncirculated, scarce £200-250
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† British West African Currency Board, 100 shillings = £5 (2), 26 April 1954, consecutive serial numbers A/S 42616/17, deep blue on pale blue, orange and yellow underprint, river scene with palm trees at left, value in each corner, reverse three men harvesting palm fruit (Pick 11b (2), BWAB B11b), the first about uncirculated to uncirculated, the second choice about uncirculated and a very rare high grade consecutive pair (2) £1,400-1,800
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x Brunei Currency Board, specimen 1 ringgit, 1967, serial number A/1 000000, dark blue and multicolour, Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin III at right, reverse, Saifuddin mosque in Bandar Seri Begawan, national crest low right (Pick 1as, BCB B1s), red SPECIMEN overprint, hole punched in each corner, in PMG holder number 67, superb gem uncirculated, EPQ £600-800
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x Brunei Currency Board, specimen 5 ringgit, 1967, serial number A/1 000000, green and multicolour, Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin III at left, reverse, Saifuddin mosque at centre left, national crest low right (Pick 2s, BCB B2as), red SPECIMEN overprint, hole punched in each corner, in PMG holder number 64, choice uncirculated, NET £600-800
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† Government of Brunei, colour trial 5 ringgit, red and pale blue, also colour trial 10 ringgit, violet and pale blue-green, both ND (type of 1967), both Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin III wearing military peaked cap at right (Pick 2ct, 3ct, Tan B2ct, 3ct, BCB B2t, 3t), perforated, SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and scarce (2) £400-500
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† Government of Brunei, specimen 1 ringgit, blue, specimen 5 ringgit, green, specimen 10 ringgit, red, specimen 50 ringgit, olive and lilac and specimen 100 ringgit, purple and blue, all ND (type of 1972), all Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzadin Waddaulah wearing military cap (songkok) at right (Pick 6s-10s, Tan B6s-10s, 2ct, 3ct, BCB B6s-10s), perforated, SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and scarce (5) £600-800
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Bulgarian National Bank, a selection of notes from the 1929 series comprising 200, 250, 500 and 1000 leva, all King Boris III at right and a 100 leva of 1925, plus 500 and 100 leva, 1938, multicoloured, King Boris II at left, also 500 and 1000 leva, 1942, also 500 leva, 1940, blue and 1000 leva, 1940, purple-brown, both King Boris III at right, arms at left, plus 20 leva, 1943, grey and pink, 200 leva (2), olive, 250 leva, green, 500 leva, blue, all 1943, King Simeon II at left, arms at right (Pick 50a, 51a, 52a, 53, 46a, 55a, 56a, 58a, 59a, 60a, 61a, 63a, 64a, 65a, 66a), ranging from good to extremely fine, about uncirculated, a superb group (16) £280-320
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x Bulgarian National Bank, 5000 leva, 1929, serial number H 099716, brown and violet, King Boris III at right, bank title top centre, arms at left, ornate columns at left and right, reverse, landscape at centre, value in tablets right and left (Pick 54), several folds, retaining crispness, very fine or better £400-500
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x Government of India, Burma Issue, 10 rupees (2), ND (1937), serial number R/47 551476, black overprint at centre and serial number R/87 888936, red overprint in margin, both dark blue on multicolour, King George V at right (Pick 2a, b, Razack Jhunjhunwalla 5.2.1A, 5.2.1B), first note graffiti over watermark, good, second note, staple holes at top left, about fine, rare £350-450
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x Reserve Bank of India, Burma Issue, 100 rupees, ND 1939, serial number A/1 967480, signature J. B. Taylor, blue on multicoloured underprint, King George VI at right, peacock at lower centre, reverse elephants and logging (Pick 6, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 5.6.1), numerous woodworm holes, stain on centre reverse, fine, rare £350-450
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Reserve Bank of India, Burma Issue, 5 rupees, ND (1947), serial number R25 225178, brown, violet, orange and green, portrait King George VI at right, black overprint "BURMA CURRENCY BOARD LEGAL TENDER IN BURMA ONLY", reverse, brown, green and pink, guilloche patterns, bank seal at right (Linzmayer BCB B2, Pick 31), staple holes at left, extremely fine £100-130
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x Reserve Bank of India, Burma Issue, 5 rupees, ND (1938), serial number A/27 480928, J.B. Taylor signature variety, maroon and green, 10 rupees, ND (1938), serial number A/18 275142, J.B. Taylor signature variety, green on multicolour (Pick 4, 5, Razack Jhunjhunwalla 5.4.1, 5.5.1), first note staple holes, good very fine, second note with pinholes, fine (2) £80-100
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† Union Bank of Burma, colour trial 1 kyat, red zero serial numbers, orange and colour trial 10 kyats, red zero serial numbers, both ND (1958), both General Aung San at right (Pick 46ct, 48ct, UBB B9t2, B11t), first CANCELLED, second red De La Rue seal low right, perforated, uncirculated and rare (2) £250-350
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† Union Bank of Burma, specimen 1 kyat, green, specimen 5 kyats, brown, specimen 10 kyats, blue and specimen 20 kyats, purple, also specimen 100 kyats, green and pink, all ND (1958), all red zero serial numbers and General Aung San at right (Pick 46s-49, 51s, UBBB9as1, 10as1, 11as1, 12as, 14as), red De La Rue seal at left and right, perforated, uncirculated and scarce (5) £450-650
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† Banque du Royaume, Burundi, obverse and reverse printers archival essay for a 50 francs, ND (ca 1964) serial number A000000, red, view of Bujumbura at centre, reverse arms, also another obverse and reverse archival essay for a 50 francs, ND (ca 19), as previous but purple and bank title 'Banque du Burundi' (Linzmayer BDB B11s, unlisted, Pick 11s, unlisted), unique and no Banque du Burundi types printed (4) £250-350
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x Banque du Royaume, Burundi, specimen 500 francs, 12 May 1964, serial number A000000, brown, yellow and light green, bank building at left, reverse, brown, green and light orange, arms at centre (Linzmayer BRB B4, Pick 13s), red SPECIMEN overstamp, De La Rue oval specimen stamp top left and low right, in PMG holder number 65, choice uncirculated, EPQ £550-650
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x Banque du Royaume, Burundi, specimen 500 francs, 1 August 1966, serial number A000000, brown, yellow and light green, bank building at left, reverse, brown, green and light orange, arms at centre (Linzmayer BRB B4, Pick 13s), red SPECIMEN overstamp, De La Rue oval specimen stamp top left and low right, in PMG holder number 65, choice uncirculated, EPQ £550-650
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† Banque du Royaume, Burundi, archival colour trial 1000 francs, 1 February 1965, serial number A 000000, brown and multicoloured, King Mwami Mwambutsa IV at right in military uniform (Pick 14ct, BDB B14t), uncirculated and scarce £200-250
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† Banque de la Republique du Burundi, a set of archival specimens comprising 10 francs, 1981, green, 20 francs, 1981, red, 50 francs, 1981, brown, 100 francs, 1982, purple, 500 francs, 1981, blue, 1000 francs, 1986, green and 5000 francs, 1981, violet, all zero serial numbers (Pick 27s-34s, BRB B14as, 15cs, 16cs, 17ds, 18bs, 20is, 21bs), generally about uncirculated (7) £400-600
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x Banque de la Republique du Burundi, 50 francs, 31 December 1965, serial number G179833, red, aerial view of Bujumbura, black overprint "DE LA REPUBLIQUE" top centre and "YA REPUBLIKA" low centre, reverse red and multicolour, arms at centre, bank title either side (Linzmayer BRB B2d), Pick 16), in PMG holder number 50, about uncirculated £250-350
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