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National Bank of Egypt, £1, 6 July 1926 and 9 November 1929, serial number J/6 569953 green and pale pink on multicolour underprint, Fellah (Edrees) in blue circular vignette at right, Hornsby signature, reverse, purple, the Mosque of al-Mansour Seif el-Dein Qa'la Un at centre (Pick 20, Hanafy M4), first, numerous folds and creases, graffiti on reverse at left, fine to very fine £600-800
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National Bank of Egypt, £1, 8 July 1928, serial number J/8 660846, green and pale pink, Fellah (Edrees) in blue-violet circular vignette at right, Hornsby signature, reverse violet, the Mosque of al-Mansour Seif el-Dein Qa'la Un at centre (Pick 20, Hanafy M4), an original good very fine with good paper quality, quite rare in this grade £1,000-1,200
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National Bank of Egypt, 1 pound, 10 January 1930, serial number J/10 827486, green and dark blue, the Fellah Idrees at right, Hornsby signature, reverse violet, the Mosque of al-Mansour Seif-el-Dein Qa'la Un at centre (Pick 20, Hanafy M4), very fine, a lovely example £800-1,200
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National Bank of Egypt, 50 piastres, ND (1935), no serial number, green on multicolour, Tutankhamen at left, value at right, reverse blue, crescent and stars at left (Pick 21s) ink annotations and date in margin 'Returned by Bank approved for Bank Leith 10/7/37', mounting traces otherwise about uncirculated £400-600
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National Bank of Egypt, colour trial 50 piastres, ND (1935), blue on multicoloured underprint, Tutankhamen profile at left, value at right, reverse purple, crescent and stars at left, red SPECIMEN overprint, hole punched (Pick 21 for type), uncirculated, very rare £1,500-2,500
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National Bank of Egypt, 50 piastres (4), 29 July 1941, serial numbers A/20 625188-91, green on multicolour, Tukankhamen at left, value at right, large Nixon signature (Pick 21b, Hanafy M3), in ICG holders 60, about uncirculated to uncirculated, a lovely condition consecutive run (4) £600-800
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National Bank of Egypt, a consecutive pair of 50 piastres, 19 January 1950, serial number A/52 706863/4 green on multicolour underprint, Tutankhamen at left, value at right, reverse blue (Pick 21d), uncirculated (2) £300-400
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National Bank of Egypt, colour trial £1, ND (1930-), no serial numbers, red and multicoloured, Tutankhamen at right, value at centre and at each corner, reverse red-brown, minaret and well at centre, value at left and at each corner (Pick 22ct), perforation, uncirculated, attractive and very rare £1,200-1,600
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National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 1 pound, 3 November 1932, serial number run J/16 000001 to J/16 1000000, Cook signature, blue, brown and multicoloured, Tutankhamen at right, value in each corner, reverse green, Mosque of al-Mansour Seif el-Dine Qalawun at centre, value in guilloche at left, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 22as, Hanafy M5s), ink date '3. 14. 32' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce £600-800
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National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen £1 (2), 10 December 1940 and 27 February 1941, consecutive serial number run J/41 000001 to J/16 1000000 and J/42 000001 to J/42 1000000 no signature, blue, brown and multicoloured, Tutankhamen at right, value in each corner, reverse green, Mosque of al-Mansour Seif el-Dine Qalawun at centre, value in guilloche at left, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 22s, Hanafy M5cs), mounting traces, ink date and annotations in top margin, first note good very fine, second, extremely fine, scarce (2) £1,000-1,500
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National Bank of Egypt, £1, 24 April 1930, serial number J/12 348682, blue on multicolour underprint, King Tutankhamen at right, value at centre and each corner, reverse green, the Mosque of al-Mansour Seif el-Dein Qa'la un at centre, Hornsby signature (Pick 22a), good extremely fine, rare in this grade, an exceptional example £600-800
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National Bank of Egypt, 1 pound (20), 1940-48, blue and brown on multicolour underprint, Tutankhamen at right, value at centre and each corner, Leith-Ross or Nixon signatures, reverse green, the Mosque of al-Mansour Seif-el-Dein Qa'la un at centre (Pick 22c, 22d, Hanafy M5), generally extremely fine to uncirculated (20) £800-1,200
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National Bank of Egypt, a trio of consecutive £1, 16 January 1945, J/87 420065/6/7, blue and brown on multicolour underprint, Tutankhamen at right, reverse green, Mosque at centre, Nixon signature variety (Pick 22c), uncirculated (3) £150-200
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National Bank of Egypt, colour trial 10 pounds, ND (1931), no serial number and signature, green on multicolour underprint, dark brown street scene and the Mosque of Sultan al-Mansour Qalawun at right, value in each corner, reverse violet and green, farm scene at left, palm trees at centre, one cancel hole, red horizontal SPECIMEN overprint (Pick 23ct, Hanafy M4ct), in ICG holder number 60, about uncirculated to uncirculated and extremely rare £2,000-3,000
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National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 10 pounds (2), 19 January 1945 serial number run X/89 000001 to X/89 100000; and 20 January 1945, serial number run X/90 000001 to X/90 100000, both no signature, brown, violet and multicoloured, the Mosque of Qala'un and street scene at right, value in each corner, reverse blue, green and pink, farm scene at left, palm trees at centre, both perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 23bs, Hanafy M4b), mounting traces, ink date '24.2.44' and annotations in top margin of both copies, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and an extraordinary opportunity to acquire a rare pair of specimens with consecutive dates (2) £700-900
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National Bank of Egypt, £10, 20 January 1945, serial number X/90 011947, brown and dark blue on multicolour underprint, street scene at right, value at centre and each corner, Nixon signature, 25 piastres, green, 50 piastres, red-brown, £1, blue, £5, green, £10, red, and £100, purple, all 1952 issue, death mask of King Tutankhamen at right, Egyptian Government, 5 piastres, ND (1940), serial number 157659, green and olive-brown, value at left and right and each corner, reverse purple, Aswan Dam, also 10 piastres, 1917, together with Palestine Currency Board, a "short snorter" £1, 30 September 1929, serial number G816083, green, Dome of the Rock at left, value at each corner (Pick 23b, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 163, 160b, LNZ PCB B2b, Pick 7), a mixture of grades from very good to about uncirculated, the last taped where damaged at each side, at least seven signatures on obverse, very good and a rare example of a Palestine "short snorter" (10) £500-700
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National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 5 pounds (2), 1948, serial number run AB/38 000001 to AB/38 100000, AB/39 000001 to AB/39 100000, no signature, blue-green and multicoloured, portrait of King Farouk at upper right, Citadel of Cairo at left, reverse olive-green, the god Nilos and his thirteen sons, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 25as, Hanafy M), mounting traces, ink date '12/ 6/ 48' and annotations in top margin, good very fine £450-650
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National Bank of Egypt, £50 (2), 1949 and 1951, serial numbers EF/2 082577 and EF/4 067822, green and multicolour, portrait King Farouk at right, ruins low right, reverse, city view (Pick 26, Hanafy M3), first, small tape repairs, graffiti, otherwise fine or better, second, several horizontal and vertical folds, small amount of graffiti, fine to very fine £250-350
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National Bank of Egypt, specimen 100 pounds, ND (1948-51), blue-purple on multicolour underprint, King Farouk at right, minaret at left, value at each corner (Pick 27s, Hanafy M4), pinhole and tape marks at each corner, otherwise about extremely fine and rare £1,500-2,000
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National Bank of Egypt, £1, ND (1952), serial number 345678, brown and purple on multicolour, Tutankhamen at right, watermark at left, reverse brown, ruins at centre, black SPECIMEN overprint, cancel hole (Pick 30 for type), mounting traces, otherwise uncirculated, very rare £1,200-1,500
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National Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 5 pounds (2), 1952, serial number run in Arabic script 000001 to 1000000, no signature, blue-green on orange and multicoloured underprint, Tutankhamen at upper right, the Mosque of Mohammed Ali at left, reverse deep olive-green, the god Nilos and his thirteen sons, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 31s, Hanafy M), mounting traces, ink date '19. 5. 52' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine to about uncirculated, rare (2) £300-400
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Central Bank of Egypt, specimen colour trial 50 piastres, ND (c1961), zero serial numbers, no signature, red on multicoloured underprint, arms of the United Arab Republic at right, value in Arabic numerals in each corner, reverse value in western numerals set in ornate guilloches at centre and at upper left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN in black on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 36ct), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce £300-400
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Central Bank of Egypt, printer's archival specimen 5 pounds, 1964, serial number run TH/236 000001 to TH/236 1000000, signature Zendo, lilac and brown on multicoloured underprint, Tutankhamen at right, value in Arabic numerals in each corner, reverse purple, value set in guilloche and ornate geometric pattern, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 40s), ink date '8. 2. 65' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated £250-350
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Central Bank of Egypt, a consecutive pair of replacement notes £5, 1 January 1969, A.A El Hamed signature variety, Ahmad ibn Tulun mosque at centre (Pick 45, Mehilba RF1), uncirculated, rare (2) £80-100
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Central Bank of Egypt, a group of replacement notes comprising £10 (2), 1969, 1978, and £10 (3), 1976, 1985, 1986 (Pick 46, 51, Mehilba RG1, 3, 6, 8, 9), about uncirculated to uncirculated (5) £120-150
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Central Bank of Egypt, a group of replacement notes £1, 1892- 2003, multicolour, Sultan Qait Bey Mosque at centre (Pick 50b, d, e, f, Mehilba RE8, 10, 11, 14, 16, 18), all uncirculated (6) £60-80
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Central Bank of Egypt, consecutive £100, 1992, serial 062477, 78, 79, 80 Sayyeda Zeinab Mosque at left, M.S Hamed signature variety (Pick 53b, Mehilba RJ1), uncirculated (4) £120-150
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Central Bank of Egypt, £50, 1993, prefix multicolour, Amir Qijmas al Ishaqi mosque at right, (Pick 60, Mehilba RI 1, 2, 3), about uncirculated to uncirculated (3) £100-150
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Central Bank of Egypt, a complete set of the 1961-64 issue, comprising 25 piastres, blue, 50 piastres, brown, £1, teal, £5, green, £5, lilac and £10, brown and green, first two with arms at right, others with Tutankhamen at right, also an almost complete group of the more modern issues, starting with the 1967-69 series, missing only the £5 of 1989, but with an additional few duplicates (Pick 35-41, 42-69, not 59), about uncirculated to uncirculated, a lovely group (36) £180-240
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Egypt, a large group of notes including, National Bank of Egypt, Central Bank of Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt mixed grades from good to uncirculated (43) £150-200
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A good sized group of Egyptian notes, including the following, National Bank of Egypt, £5, 1960, serial number 073666, green, grey and orange, mask of Tutankhamen at right, mosque at right, reverse, allegorical figures, also £10, 1960, serial number 000128, red on multicolour underprint, Tutankhamen's mask at right, reverse, Egyptian ruins, together with Central Bank of Egypt, £5, serial number 042961, violet on multicolour underprint, mask of Tutankhamen at right, reverse, violet, beautifully ornate, Central Bank of Egypt, £10 (4), 1963, consecutive serial numbers 080461/4, dark green on multicolour underprint, Tutankhamen's mask at right, value at each corner, reverse, brown, pale green and orange, bank title low centre, group of £5 notes (6), 1977, black on blue and multicolour, Ahmad ibn Tulun mosque in Cairo at centre right, signature 15, reverse, ruins at left and frieze at right, consecutive serial numbers, Egyptian Government Currency Note, 10 piastres, ND (L.1940), serial number 523218, blue and light green, King Farouk at right, reverse, green and salmon pink, and a mixed group of notes including 1 pound (2), 1952, blue, 10 pounds (2), 1961-65, brown and green, three Government Currency notes, and a selection of modern notes largely about uncirculated to uncirculated, an extremely varied and useful group (37) £400-500
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Egyptian Government Currency notes, specimen 10 piastres (3), 27 May 1917, no serial numbers, green and orange, value in field, reverse blue and pale orange, the Colossi of Memnon at centre, value at left and right, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 160bs), good uncirculated, rare (3) £400-600
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Egyptian Government Currency notes, specimen 10 piastres (2), 27 May 1917, no serial numbers, green and orange, value in field, reverse blue and pale orange, the Colossi of Memnon at centre, value at left and right, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 160bs), first note has mounting traces and graffiti, otherwise extremely fine, second about uncirculated, rare (2) £200-300
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Egyptian Government Currency notes, 10 piastres (2), 27 May 1917, serial numbers B/15 72809 and B/15 72810, green on tan and light green underprint, value at top left and low right, reverse blue, Colossi of Memnon at centre, Yousef Wahba signature (Pick 160, Hanafy M1), in ICG holders 66 and 63, a scarce consecutive pair in lovely condition (2) £800-1,200
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Egyptian Government Currency notes, 10 piastres, 27 May 1917, prefix D/44 92781, green and pale orange, value at left and right, Wahba signature, reverse blue and pale orange, the Colossi of Memnon at centre (Pick 160b, Hanafy M1), small stain low centre, in PMG holder 45, choice extremely fine, EPQ. Scarce in this grade £200-250
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Egyptian Government Currency notes, 5 piastres, 1 June 1918, prefix E/13 26053, violet and pale green, camel train, Wahba signature, reverse blue, sphinx at left and right (Pick 162, Hanafy M2), very fine £100-120
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Egyptian Government Currency notes, 5 piastres, 1 June 1918, serial number G/87 65084, purple on green underprint, camel caravan at low centre, value at each corner, Y.Wahba signature (Pick 162), good extremely fine £200-250
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Egyptian Government Currency notes, 5 piastres (4), 1 June 1918, serial numbers E/16 76846-49, lilac-brown on green underprint, camel caravan at centre, value at each corner, Yousef Wahba signature (Pick 162, Hanafy M1), in ICG holders 60, about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare (4) £1,200-1,600
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Egyptian Government Currency notes, 5 piastres, 1 June 1918, serial number F/39 30437, violet and pale orange and green, Wahba signature, reverse blue, sphinx at low left and right (Pick 162, Hanafy M2), in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, scarce in this grade £180-240
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Egyptian Government Currency notes, 5 piastres, law no. 50/1940 at top centre, green on olive underprint, value low left and right and each corner (Pick 163, Hanafy M3), about uncirculated £250-350
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Egyptian Government Currency notes, 5 piastres, ND (1940 Issue), serial number Q/3 001422, brown on yellow, Mosque of Emir Khair at left and 5 piastres proof of reverse, grey, ornate border value at lower left and right (Pick 164), both good very fine (2) £300-400
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Egyptian Government Currency notes, 5 piastres, 1940, serial number Y/6 000008, brown on tan underprint, King Farouk at left, F. El Nokrashy signature (Pick 165a), a lovely uncirculated example of a Royal number, rare £1,200-1,600
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Egyptian Government Currency notes, 10 piastres, 1940, serial number F 000008, blue on green underprint, Temple of Philae at centre, reverse green and pink, values at low left and right, M.Ebaid signature (Pick 167), brilliant uncirculated, and a superb Royal number, extremely scarce £1,200-1,600
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Egyptian Government Currency notes, 10 piastres, 1940, serial number I/5 368433, blue on green underprint, King Farouk at right, reverse green and pink, values at each corner, signature of I.Abdel Hady (Pick 168), fresh and original, uncirculated and a very rare signature £800-1,000
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Egyptian Government Currency notes, 10 piastres, 1940, serial number R/4 830358, blue on green underprint, King Farouk at right, reverse green and pink, values at each corner, I Sedky signature (Pick 168a), a rare crossover note, extremely fine £300-400
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Egyptian Government, 10 piastres, 1940, serial number T/8 760452, blue on pale green underprint, King Farouk at right, value at each corner (Pick 168a), fresh and original, soft central crease, about uncirculated £100-150
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Egyptian State, 10 piastres, ND (1952), serial number 479174, blue-grey on light brown underprint, group of people with flag at right, overprint pattern on King Farouk watermark at left (Pick 171), very good £250-350
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Egyptian Republic, 5 piastres, ND (1952), serial number 383721, lilac and green, Queen Nefertiti at right, patterned overprint on King Farouk watermark at left, reverse, brown (Pick 172), several stains, otherwise fine to very fine £180-230
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Egyptian Government Currency notes, 5 piastres, 1940, serial number C/10 069935, purple on pale green underprint, Queen Nefertiti at right, value at top left and right, reverse brown, values, A.El Emary signature (Pick 172), original good extremely fine to about uncirculated, scarce in this grade £600-800
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Arab Republic of Egypt Currency notes, 5 piastres (41), ND (1998), 10 piastres (104), ND (1998), different prefixes, all serial number 000071, various colours, Queen Nefertiti at right on 5 piastre, and Sphinx at right on 10 piastre (Pick 185, 186), all uncirculated, a useful group (145) £350-400
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