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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 370000, member: 6986&quot;]. . . I thought I would show an oil related note.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/Aramco10face.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/Aramcoback.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>These notes were used by employees of the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) probably in the 1950s.&nbsp; ARAMCO was the first oil exploration company on the Arabian peninsula and continues today as Saudi ARAMCO.</p><p><br /></p><p>Information concerning the notes has been hard to come by.&nbsp; Inquiries to ARAMCO itself have been met with silence.&nbsp; The following information came from a former ARAMCO employee:</p><p><br /></p><p>The Senior Staff consisted of the American and other western employees.&nbsp; The Junior Staff were the Saudis and third country national employees.&nbsp; He only remembered the 10 point notes and did not recall any other denomination for this series.&nbsp; He remembered that they replaced an earlier series of tickets.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Since this is Series Six, it is possible there are five previous series waiting to be found.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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