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East African Currency Board, 20 shillings, 1 January 1952, serial number C/11 17231, black on orange-brown, George VI at top left, value at centre, value at top right and at each corner, Downie, Kershaw, Bourdillon and Rogers signatures, reverse orange-brown, lion at centre, (Pick 30b, Linzmayer EACB B19k), original about uncirculated, scarce in this grade and the last date for type £250-300
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East African Currency Board, 100 shillings, 1 January 1947, serial number C/3 68875, black on pink and green-brown, George VI at top left, value at centre, value at top right and at each corner, Downie, Kershaw, Cohen and Williams signatures, reverse pink-brown, lion at centre, (Pick 31b, Linzmayer EACB B20b), in ICG holder number 50, a lovely good extremely fine, rare in this grade £500-700
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East African Currency Board, 5 shillings (2), 31 March 1953, prefixes G/27 and H/26, black on orange-brown, value at centre, Elizabeth II at right, value at left and at each corner, Downie, Kershaw, Bourdillon and Rogers signatures, reverse orange-brown, lion at centre (Pick 33, Linzmayer EACB B23a), about extremely fine and very fine (2) £250-300
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East African Currency Board, 5 shillings (2), 1 January 1955, 1 October 1957, prefixes J/55 and L/83, black on orange-brown, value at centre, Elizabeth II at right, value at left and at each corner, reverse orange-brown, lion at centre (Pick 33, Linzmayer EACB B23c, e), first with light central fold, thus about uncirculated, second with staple holes, very fine (2) £200-250
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East African Currency Board, 10 shillings, 1 February 1956, serial number G/66 53093, black on green and pink, value at centre, Elizabeth II at right, value at left and at each corner, Beresford-Stooke, Fisher, Galsworthy and Cunningham Mathieson signatures, reverse green, lion at centre, (Pick 34, Linzmayer EACB B24d ), good very fine, scarce £150-200
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East African Currency Board, 20 shillings, 1 January 1955, serial number G/70 82757, black on orange-brown, value at centre, Elizabeth II at top right, value at top left and at each corner, Beresford-Stooke, David, Fisher and Galsworthy signatures, reverse orange-brown, lion at centre, (Pick 35, Linzmayer EACB B25c), original about extremely fine, scarce £180-240
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East African Currency Board, 20 shillings, 1 February 1956, serial number G89 47227, black on orange-brown, value at centre, Elizabeth II at top right, value at top left and at each corner, Beresford-Stooke, Fisher, Galsworthy and Cunningham Mathieson signatures, reverse orange-brown, lion at centre, (Pick 35, Linzmayer EACB B25d), almost uncirculated, scarce £200-300
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East African Currency Board, 100 shillings, 1 January 1955, serial number K1 14335, black on orange-brown and pink, value at centre, Elizabeth II at top right, value at top left and at each corner, Beresford-Stooke, David, Fisher and Galsworthy signatures, reverse pink, lion at centre, (Pick 36, Linzmayer EACB B26c), almost very fine, scarce £250-300
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East African Currency Board, 5 shillings and 10 shillings, ND (1958), prefixes X1, L12, brown and green respectively, Elizabeth II at top left, value at centre and each corner, Savage, Fisher, Cunningham Mathieson and Vile signatures, (Pick 37, 38, Linzmayer EACB B27a, 28a), extremely fine, second note about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £200-250
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East African Currency Board, 20 shillings, ND (1958), serial number Z8 39696, blue and pale lilac, Elizabeth II at top left, value at centre and at each corner, Savage, Fisher, Cunningham Mathieson and Vile signatures (Pick 39, Linzmayer EACB B29a var.), almost good very fine £60-80
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East African Currency Board, 20 shillings, ND (1958), serial number F15 14631, blue and pale lilac, Elizabeth II at top left, value at centre and at each corner, Savage, Fisher, Cunningham Mathieson and Vile signatures, (Pick 39, Linzmayer EACB B29a), a little foxed, soft central fold, good extremely fine £150-200
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East African Currency Board, 100 shillings, ND (1958), serial number F3 14929, red and pale lilac, Elizabeth II at top left, value at centre and at each corner, Savage, Fisher, Cunningham Mathieson and Vile signatures, (Pick 40, Linzmayer EACB B30a), good very fine £150-200
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East African Currency Board, 100 shillings, ND (1958), serial number Y1 97786, red and pale lilac, Elizabeth II at top left, value at centre and at each corner, Savage, Fisher, Cunningham Mathieson and Vile signatures, reverse red (Pick 40, Linzmayer EACB B30a), original extremely fine £200-250
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East African Currency Board, 5 shillings, ND (1961), prefix L23, brown, Elizabeth II at top left, value at centre and at each corner, also 10 shillings, ND (1961), prefix J, green, design as previous, both David signature top left (Pick 41a, 42a, Linzmayer EACB B27b, 28b), extremely fine and good very fine (2) £150-200
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East African Currency Board, 5 shillings, ND (1962), serial number X 2676901, red and pale lilac, Elizabeth II at top left, value at centre and at each corner, Adu signature top left (Pick 41b, Linzmayer EACB B27c), uncirculated £100-150
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East African Currency Board, 10 shillings, ND (1962), serial number C23 50376, green, red and pale lilac, Elizabeth II at top left, value at centre and at each corner, Adu signature top left (Pick 42b, Linzmayer EACB B28c), good very fine £100-120
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East African Currency Board, 20 shillings (2), ND (1961), prefixes C22, L19, blue and pale lilac, Elizabeth II at top left, value at centre and at each corner, David signature top left (Pick 39, Linzmayer EACB B29b), almost very fine and very fine (2) £100-140
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East African Currency Board, 20 shillings, ND (1962), serial number A27 06103, blue and pale lilac, Elizabeth II at top left, value at centre and at each corner, Adu signature top left (Pick 43b, Linzmayer EACB B29c), in ICG holder number 58, original about uncirculated thus scarce £300-350
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East African Currency Board, 100 shillings (2), ND (1961), prefixes K4 and Y3, red and pale lilac, Elizabeth II top left, value at centre and at each corner, David signature top left, reverse red (Pick 44a, Linzmayer EACB B30b), good very fine (2) £200-300
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East African Currency Board, 100 shillings, ND (1962), serial number X5 25652, red and pale lilac, Elizabeth II top left, value at centre and at each corner, Adu signature top left, reverse red (Pick 44b, Linzmayer EACB B30c), in ICG holder number 63, uncirculated thus scarce £400-500
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East African Currency Board, 5 shillings, brown, 10 shillings, green and 20 shillings, blue, all ND (1964), prefixes J1, D, Q respectively, all sailing boat at centre (Pick 45, 46, 47, Linzmayer EACB B31a, 32a, 33a), generally good very fine (3) £100-120
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East African Currency Board, 100 shillings, ND (1964), serial number H17 174331, purple and pale lilac, sailing boat at centre, value at each corner, signatures of Omari and Hirst, reverse purple, coffee plant, palm tree and flowers (Pick 48, Linzmayer EACB B34a), in ICG holder number 66, choice uncirculated thus scarce £250-300
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National Bank of Egypt, £5 (2), 12 June 1940, 7 December 1943, serial number M/47 008121, M/80 051414, violet, green and pale orange-pink, bank building at centre, Cook and Nixon signatures respectively low right, reverse red and blue, well and palms at centre (Pick 19b, c, Hanafy M3c), almost extremely fine, scarce in this grade, second note VG (2) £150-200
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National Bank of Egypt, 50 piastres, 1 December 1947, green, Tutankhamen at left, also £1 (2), 8 June 1939 and 17 March 1942, blue and multicoloured, Tutankhamen at right, Cook and Nixon signatures respectively (Pick 21d, 22b, c), VG, almost fine and uncirculated (3) £100-150
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National Bank of Egypt, £10 (2), 1944, 1948, prefixes X/80 and X/130, purple-brown and violet, Al Nahasseem street and the Mosque of Sultan al-Mansour Qala' Un at right, Nixon and Leith-Ross signatures respectively (Pick 23b, c, Hanafy M4), almost uncirculated (2) £150-200
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National Bank of Egypt, 25 piastres, 1956, green and multicoloured, 50 piastres, 1960, red-brown and green, both Tutankhamen at right, £1, 1957, blue and multicoloured, Tutankhamen at right, £5, 1952, green, Tutankhamen at right, £10, 1958, red and multicoloured, Tutankhamen at right (Pick 28, 29, 30, 31, 32), uncirculated (5) £120-160
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Central Bank of Egypt, 25 piastres, 1961, blue and 50 piastres, 1966, black-grey, both U.A.R arms at right, £1, 1967, blue-green and violet, £5, 1961, green and £5, 1965, purple and £10, 1965, pale orange and green, all Tutankhamen at right (Pick 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, Linzmayer CBE B1a, 2b, 3c, 4a, 6a, 7b), the 50 piastres very fine, balance almost uncirculated to uncirculated (6) £150-200
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Central Bank of Egypt, 25 piastres (3), 1974, 1976, 1977, green and blue, 50 piastres (2), 1971, 1978, brown, £1 (2), 1975, 1977, brown, Sultan Qayet Bey Mosque at right, £5 (2), 1973, 1978, blue-grey, the Ahmad ibn Tulun Mosque at right, £10 (2), 1974, 1976, red-brown, the Sultan Hassan Mosque at left and £20, 1976, green, the Mosque of Muhammad Ali at left (Pick 42, 43, 47, 44, 45, 46, 48, Linzmayer CBE B8a, b, 13a, 9b, c, 11b, c, 12b, c14a), uncirculated (12) £150-200
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Central Bank of Egypt, a selection of later issues comprising 25 piastres (4), 50 piastres (3), £1 (4), £10, £20, £100 (Pick 49, 50a, c, 51, 52b, 53a, 54, 55, 57), uncirculated (14) £100-120
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Egyptian Currency notes, 5 piastres, 1945, brown, El Bialy signature, and 10 piastres, 1945, blue and green, El Bialy signature, both King Farouk at right, 5 piastres (14), lilac, Nefertiti at right, Abou Ismail, Abdul Meguid, A Loufy, Salah Hamid signatures, 10 piastres (6), brown, people with flag at right, Abou Ismail, A.Loutfy, Salah Hamad signatures (Pick 165a, 168a, 182e, 182f, 182g, 182h, 183e, f, g, Hanafy M5, M4, M11, M60, M9, M10), uncirculated (22) £100-150
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Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique Equatoriale, 100 francs, ND (1983), serial number P10A 88142 (Chad), red and pale yellow, man at right, hut at left, carving and musical instrument at left, value top left and right, signatures of Panouillot and Gautier at centre, reverse red, elephants, crossbow and axes (Pick 3a, Linzmayer EAE B1a, Kolsky 552a), in ICG holder number 45*, extra fine and attractive, superb elephant on reverse, scarce £150-200
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Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique Equatoriale, 500 Francs, ND (1963), serial number O12A 25861 (Chad), green, red and multicoloured, girl wearing bandana at right, bucket loader at left, value top left and right, signatures of Panouillot and Gautier, reverse satellite dishes at left, camels at watering hole at centre, man on camel at right (Pick 4e, Linzmayer EAE B2e, Kolsky 554a), in ICG holder number 60, about uncirculated, scarce £200-250
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Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique Equatoriale, 1000 Francs, ND (1963), serial number V16D 65600 (Gabon), green, red and multicoloured, men and women at market at centre, value top left and right, signatures of Panouillot and Gautier at left, reverse multicoloured, woodsman and axe at left, logging scene (Pick 5h, Linzmayer EAE B3h), good extremely fine, scarce £250-300
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Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique Equatoriale, 5000 Francs, ND (1963), serial number Z183D 4573749 (Gabon), green, red and multicoloured, boy at left holding newspaper 'UNION DOUANIERE, Saint Anne's Basilica in Brazzaville, cattle and village scene at centre, value top left and right, signatures of Panouillot and Gautier, reverse multicoloured, man with pipe at right, tractor, train and plane at centre, symbols of progress (Pick 6d, Linzmayer EAE B4d, Kolsky 557d), small paper clip mark low centre, in ICG holder 50, EF/AU, scarce £600-800
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Banco Central, Equatorial Guinea, 100 pesetas guineanas, 1969, purple, 1000 pesetas guineanas, 1969, blue, also Banque des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale 500 francs, 1985, pink-orange, 1000 francs (2), 1985, blue and 5000 francs, 1985, serial number M001 013673, brown and multicoloured, woman with basket of fronds at right, mask at left (Pick 1, 3, 20, 21, 22, Linzmayer BC B1, a, 3a, BEAC B1a, 2a, 3a), first extremely fine, others uncirculated (6) £100-120
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Afrique Francaise Libre, French Equatorial Africa, 5 francs, ND (1941), serial number A/19 541240, multicoloured, man with hat at centre, flag top right, reverse multicoloured, man at loom at centre (Pick 6), slight foxing otherwise extremely fine £50-70
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Institut d'Emission de l'Afrique Equatoriale Francaise et du Cameroun, French Equatorial Africa, 20 francs, ND (1957), serial number J1 81347, brown and multicoloured, Gentil at right, village scene at centre, Gautier and Panouillot signatures, reverse brown, local men at centre (Pick 30), good extremely fine, scarce £100-120
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Institut d'Emission de l'Afrique Equatoriale Francaise et du Cameroun, French Equatorial Africa, 50 francs, ND (1957), serial number W4 94927, green and multicoloured, woman picking coffee beans at centre, also 100 francs, ND (1957), serial number E14 94698, Governor General Felix Eboue (Pick 31, 32), good extremely fine and good very fine (2) £100-120
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Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale, French West Africa, 5 francs (2), 1942, prefix E 10351, pale blue-green, value in pale blue top left and right, man in turban at centre, also 5 francs, 1943, prefix in red Q 13800, design as previous but text and value in red, also 25 francs, 1942, prefix T 2495, man in turban with horse at centre, value in red top left and right, all Keller and Poilay signatures, and 10 francs, 1943, prefix Z9, violet and brown, woman in headscarf at right, Bourceret and Bottin signatures (Pick 25, 26, 27, 29, Kolsky 163a, 164a, 168a, 178), extremely fine, the 25 francs good extremely fine, last very fine and scarce (4) £100-120
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Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale, French West Africa, 5 francs, 14 December 1942, serial number L 0544664, black and yellow, girl at left, 25 francs, 14 December 1942, serial number D 0629250, black and green, woman at left and 100 francs, 14 December 1942, serial number 213871, black and pink, baobab tree at centre, all Bourceret and Bottin signatures, also 1 franc, ND (1944), brown, fishermen (Pick 28a, 30a, 31a, 34, Kolsky 174a, 175a, 176a, 390a), the 100 almost extremely fine balance almost uncirculated (4) £100-150
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Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale, French West Africa, 5 francs, prefix Z 174, 10 francs, prefix Y 125, 25 francs, prefix Y 10186, all 1953, all brown and pale blue and multicoloured, allegorical figures, also 50 francs, 27 September 1944, prefix M 154, blue and multicoloured, man with fez at right, market scene, also 100 francs, 1948, prefix C 6285, multicoloured, girl with basket of fruit at centre, all De Coppet and Poilay signatures (Pick 36, 37, 38, 39, 40), 10, 25 and 50 pinholed otherwise extremely fine, the 100 francs almost uncirculated and attractive (5) £120-160
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Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale, French West Africa, 500 francs, 29 December 1950, serial number V 673-632, multicoloured, woman (Africa) with French flag at centre, floral border at left and right, value in pale blue at left and top left and right, De Coppet and Poilay signatures, reverse blue and multicoloured, soldiers (France and Colonies) at centre (Pick 41, Kolsky 198), in ICG holder number 60, almost uncirculated and a rare type especially in this grade £300-400
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Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale, French West Africa, 1000 francs, 24 November 1948, serial number C 460-145, pale blue and multicoloured, maiden with jugs at centre, gazelles in background, De Coppet and Poilay signatures, floral background, reverse multicoloured, woman at centre, palm fronds in background (Pick 42, Kolsky 201), in ICG holder number 48, extremely fine and scarce £200-300
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Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale, French West Africa, 5000 francs, 22 December 1950, serial number U 198-921, multicoloured, three women at centre, France and Colonies, floral border in background, signatures of De Coppet and Poilay signatures at left, reverse pale blue and multicoloured, man and woman with stringed instrument (Pick 43, Kolsky 204), in ICG holder number 30, very fine, pressed, an attractive design and quite rare £300-400
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Institut d'Emission du A.O.F. et du Togo, French West Africa, 50 francs, ND (1956), serial number E 52-40070, blue and multicoloured, three ladies at centre, also 100 francs, 20 May 1957, serial number N 68-55649, multicoloured, woman at right, mask at left, both Tezenas du Montcel and Julienne signatures (Pick 45, 46, Kolsky 206a, 207a), uncirculated and good extremely fine (2) £100-120
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Banque Centrale, Republique Gabonaise, 10000 francs, ND (1971), serial number D.1 57002, green and multicoloured, President Bongo at right, tribal mask at left, mining scene at centre, value in red top left and right, signatures of Panouillot and Gautier, reverse green and multicoloured, tractor at centre, tribal carvings at left and right (Pick 1a, BC B1a, Kolsky 635b), in ICG holder number 68*, gem uncirculated, three small pinholes, and scarce, attractive £500-700
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Banque des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale, Republique Gabonaise, 500 francs (2), ND (1974), 1978, prefixes D, M, red and multicoloured, woman at left, logging scene at centre, signatures of Joudiou and Ntoutoume and Oye-Mba and Ntoutoume, reverse red, students at centre, mask at left, also 1000 francs (2), ND (1978), 1984, prefixes X7, O1O, blue and multicoloured, President Bongo at right, ship and refinery at centre, value in red top left and right, signatures of Joudiou and Ntoutoume and Oye-Mba and Ntoutoume, reverse blue, carving at left and right (Pick 2a, b, 3c, d), the first 500 and the first 1000 francs almost uncirculated, others uncirculated (4) £200-300
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Banque des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale, Republique Gabonaise, 1000 francs, ND (1974), serial number M1 20504, blue and multicoloured, President Bongo at right, ship and refinery at centre, value in red top left and right, signatures of Joudiou and Renombo, reverse blue, carving at left and right (Pick 3a), extremely fine and a scarce variety and the first date for type £200-250
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Banque des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale, Republique Gabonaise, 5000 francs, ND (1974), serial number L1 79018, brown, red and multicoloured, President Bongo at right, oil refinery and mining scene in field, value in red top left and right, signatures of Joudiou and Renombo, reverse pink-brown and multicoloured, mining scene at centre, carving at left and right, value top left and right (Pick 4a), good extremely fine and a scarce first type of series £200-250
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Banque des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale, Republique Gabonaise, 5000 francs, ND (1978), serial number F4 20200, brown, red and multicoloured, President Bongo at right, oil refinery and mining scene in field, value in red top left and right, signatures of Oye-Mba and Ntoutoume, reverse pink-brown and multicoloured, mining scene at centre, carving at left and right, value top left and right, also 10000 francs, ND (1978), serial number C6 71850, green and multicoloured, President Bongo at right, mining scene at centre, mask at left, value in red top left and right, signatures of Oye Mba and Ntoutoume, reverse multicoloured, tractor at centre, mask at left and right (Pick 4c, 5b, BC B3c, 4b, Kolsky 638, 647), in ICG holder numbers 63 and 60, uncirculated and AU/UNC (2) £450-500
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