CGB Live Auction - April 2018: World banknotes

| 13/04/2018

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507 lots are currently for sale at the CGB Numismatique Paris Paper Money Live Auction – April 17, 2018, from French assignats, Banque de France banknotes and French banknotes of War to Algerian and Vietnamese banknotes!

After assignats and banknotes from the Banque de France and the French banknotes of War this Live Auction continues with a rich selection of 196 banknotes from all over the world. A large number of specimen and proof banknotes will no doubt attract your attention. Out of the 74 specimen and proof banknotes up for auction, it is worth mentioning a rare Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban 50-Livres banknote of 1925 (lot 4210489) as well as a 5-Roupies banknote from French India (lot 4210395).

Lot 4210489
Syria - Specimen 50 Livres 1925 P.028s. AU-
6 700 € / 10 000 €

Lot 4210395
French India - Specimen 5 Roupies 1937 P.005as. PCGS-banknote 65OPQ
3 400 € / 4 500 €

Some banknotes will obviously not go unnoticed. Indeed, you will be pleased to discover a remarkable and splendid 100-Francs note issued for Saint-Louis in 1905 (lot 4210314), a cancelled specimen of the 500-Franc note from 1898 for Nouméa (lot 4210447), and a blue one-Dollar / one-Piastre from 1891 for Haiphong (lot 4210396).

Lot 4210314
French West Africa - 100 Francs Saint Louis 1905 P.10F. VF
7 000 € / 15 000 €

Lot 4210447
New Caledonia - Annulé 500 Francs 1898 P.13a. XF
7 000 € / 12 000 €

Lot 4210396
French Indochina - One Dollar - Un Piastre bleu Haïphong 1891 P.002. VF
5 000 € / 9 000 €

A 500-Kroner banknote issued in 1921 in Denmark (lot 4210361) will also catch your eye, just like a 10,000-Franc note from the Banque Centrale des États de l’Afrique Équatoriale, which is in very impressive condition!