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†629 National Bank of Egypt, printer’s archival specimen 50 piastres (2), 27 February 1948, 28 February 1948, serial number runs A/39 000001 to A/39 1000000 and A/40 000001 to A/40 1000000 respectively, signature Leith-Ross, green and multicoloured, King Cephren at left, value at right, reverse blue, crescent and stars at left, value in guilloche at right, perforated SPECIMEN [Pick 21ds (2), Hanafy M3s (2)], ink date ‘24. 2. 48’ and annotations in top margins, both otherwise fresh, good very fine and very scarce (2) £400-600
†630 National Bank of Egypt, specimen colour trial 50 piastres, ND (c.1952), zero serial numbers, no signature, purple on pale green and orange underprint, Tutankhamen at right, value in each corner, reverse purple, the building of Trajan at the Temple of Philae, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 29ct, Hanafy M4ct), uncirculated, rare £350-450
†631 National Bank of Egypt, specimen colour trial 1 pound, ND (c1952), zero serial numbers, no signature, brown and purple on multicoloured underprint, Tutankhamen at right, reverse brown, the Temple of Philae, overprinted SPECIMEN in black on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 30ct), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £400-500
†632 National Bank of Egypt, specimen colour trial 5 pounds, ND (1952-60), zero serial numbers, no signature, purple and green on orange underprint, Tutankhamen at upper right, the Mosque of Mohammad Ali at left, reverse brown, the god Nilos and his thirteen sons, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 31ct), uncirculated, rare £400-500
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