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Auction: 25008 - World Banknotes
Lot: 19

Reserve Bank of India, Burma / British Administration, 100 Rupees, ND (1939), serial number A/1 921731,

includes note reading ""Burma Notes" in the special issue of the Res, Bk of India for circulation in Burma 1937-1942",
(Pick 6, BNB 203), in PMG holder 50 About Uncirculated, staple holes at issue, cancelled. Profoundly important and tangible piece of currency history. Sold by Order of a Direct Descendant of Raymond Newton Kershaw, who served on the East African, West African, Burma and Palestine Currency Boards. Kershaw was a member of the Colonial Office Currency Committee, advising the Colonial Secretary, and also found time to work on the Bank’s committees dealing with currency issues in China and in India (according to his biography by James Cotton on the People Australia website, from the National Centre of Biography).

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,500

Starting price
£800