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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 721693, member: 6986&quot;]Billy:</p><p><br /></p><p>As I pointed out in the CU discussion on these notes that you posted, the Egyptian note is not a WWII issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although there is a reference to the authorizing law from 1940 on the note, this note was not issued until the 1970s.&nbsp; The earliest notes from this series were first issued in 1952.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a good time point out that dating paper money can be tricky.&nbsp; You cannot usually rely on the dates on the notes themselves.&nbsp; Series dates and authorization dates do not necessarily reflect the year that the notes were issued.&nbsp; As an example, the notes from early in the reign of QEII from the Bahamas have authorization dates of 1936.&nbsp; These are the only dates on the notes.&nbsp; They were not printed until after she ascended to the throne in 1952.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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