EGYPT P20 "FELLAH" P.C.G.S. 25
EGYPT P20 "FELLAH" 7.7.1926 1 EGYPTIAN POUND "CAIRO" GRADED CGC 35PQ VERY FINE! TIED FOR FINEST KNOWN !! RARE RARE RARE - COMING IN AT ALMOST 100 YEARS OLD! "ONLY 9 KNOWN TOTAL CERTIFIED, WITH THIS PIECE COMING IN NETHE TOP! FOR CGC" (OTHER GRADING CO'S TOTALS ARE: 5-25,1.30,2-40) THIS PRECIOUS NOTE WAS PRINTED DISPLAYING THE MAJESTIC "PYRAMIDS." WE JUST RECENTLY PROCURED THIS INCREDIBLE PIECE, WHICH WAS DIRECTLY OUT OF EGYPT WHERE IT WAS RECENTLY UNCOVERED / DISCOVERED. OF ALL THE COUNTIRES ON THE PLANET THAT HAVE PRINTED PAPER MONEY PERHAPS EGYPT IS NEAR THE PINNACLE IN RARITY IN OBTAINING EARLY PIECES! MOST PAPER MONEY WAS TRADED IN THE MARKETPLACES FOR FOOD, BASKETS, CLOTHING ETC... AND WERE MARKED ON WITH PENCIL OR PEN (KNOWN AS GRAFFITI) TO WRITE DOWN TOTALS ETC... AND REALLY "USED" AS DAY TO DAY TRADES TOOK PLACE IN THE MARKET. IT'S FASCINATING TO THINK OF HOW MANY EGYPTIANS HANDLED AND SAVED THESE PIECES. IT'S JUST MINDBOGGLING TO THINK HOW THIS PARTICULAR PIECE HAS SURVIVED ALMOST 100 YEARS IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CONDITION.
OFFERED AT: $2,450
OFFERED AT: $2,450