The Ottoman Empire Collection
Lot 3772 Session 14 (4.30pm Thursday) The Ottoman Empire Collection
Estimate $12,500
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SOLD $15,000
TURKEY, Ottoman Empire, Mehmed V (1909-1918), State Notes of the Ministry of Finance, specimen five hundred livres, 1st issue, AH1334 (1918), C.000000, signed Cavid on front, unsigned on back, 'DRUCKPROBE' perforated twice at top (P.107Bs; Gaciroglu RS-7-2). Minor creases in margins, slight bend to top right corner, nearly uncirculated and excessively rare.
Gaciroglu states that an issued example of this note is unique. Unpriced in Pick. A typed list with the collection indicates that 25,670 of this denomination were printed.
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