Lot 2330 – 1884 Siege of Khartoum 500pi promissory note printed and issued by General Gordon
Lot 2330 – 1884 Siege of Khartoum 500pi promissory note printed and issued by General Gordon
1884 Siege of Khartoum 500pi promissory note printed and issued by General Gordon on paper backed with cotton cloth for use as currency, with Arabic stating ‘500 Piastres. This sum is accepted and we will pay the Bank of Khartoum or Cairo after 6 Months’, struck with circular seal handstamp ‘Gouvernorat General du Soudan’ in blue and handstamped by General Gordon’s personal intaglio seal in greenish-black. Faults but scarce. Ex Peter Smith.
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