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British Legation Tehran, Proof Second of Exchange, 1850-80's.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - World Currency Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 800.00 USD
British Legation Tehran, Proof Second of Exchange, 1850-80's.
NOT SOLD (BIDDING OVER), HIGH BID WAS
300.00USD+ applicable fees & taxes.
This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2014 Mar 11 @ 10:30UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Tehran, Persia, VF with toning, Proof printed on off white paper, "Éon account of the expenses of Her Majesty's Mission at the Court of PersiaÉ", PBC. Rare early Persia fiscal document. Iran/Persia, payment order ca.1860 by the British Legation, Tehran. Issued at a time when there were no banks, let alone banknotes, in Iran (the first bank was founded in 1889), so British Legation expenses were paid by these drafts on London which would be sold to Indian merchants for presentation in London. A similar but not identical payment order is contained in the collection of the British Library in London. A unique piece of Persian history