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Auction: 25008 - World Banknotes
Lot: 30

Union Bank of Burma, specimen 100 Rupees, ND (1953), serial number 5J000000, perforated specimen,

includes letter to The Bank of England from Burma Currency Board on 10th December 1952,
(Pick 41s, BNB 804), solid good about uncirculated. 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
£900 to £1,400

Starting price
£700