See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration! or register with email

Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!

5000 Piastres Siege of Khartoum

Issuer General Charles George Gordon (Governor-General of the Sudan)
Year 1884
Type Log in to see details
Value Log in to see details
Currency Log in to see details
Composition Paper
Size Log in to see details
Shape Log in to see details
Printer Log in to see details
Designer(s) Log in to see details
Engraver(s) Log in to see details
In circulation to Log in to see details
Reference(s) Log in to see details
Obverse description Plain off-white paper note with handwritten Arabic text arranged in multiple lines within a simple ruled rectangular border. A diamond-shaped cartouche in the upper central area encloses a handwritten serial number in red ink, while the denomination inscription appears in Arabic script at the top. The circular blue ink stamp of the Governorate General du Soudan is applied to the left, and the note is completed by a manuscript signature of the issuing authority at the lower right.
Obverse lettering خمسة الاف قرش مبلغ
هذا المبلغ مقبول ويمكن دفعه من خزينة الحكومة اوبم
بعد مضى سنة شهورش تاريخه ٥ ابريل
١٨٨٤
شور دون
باشا
GOUVERNORAT GENERAL DU SOUDAN
Reverse description Log in to see details
Reverse lettering RESTITUÉ
PAR LA COMMISSION
LE CAIRE
DES INDEMNITÉS DU SOUDAN
NOTOFIGARI
Signature(s) Log in to see details
Protection type Log in to see details
Protection description Log in to see details
Variants Log in to see details
Comments Log in to see details

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE