Yemen Arab Rep 200-1000 Rials (4 Values) 2017-8 P38-40 PNew Unc

The wonderful set comprises the 50,100,200,500,1000,2000 and 5000 Syrian Pounds issued between 2009 and 2019 . Illustrations make reference to Syria’s rich ancient history with cuneiform tablets, amphitheatres, an ancient water wheel, decorated friezes, women baking and eagle stone sculptures alongside views of modern Syria, with President Assad, a soldier saluting the flag and modern building complexes. A wonderful set in Crisp Uncirculated.

I ran has suffered runaway inflation in the last few years and this is reflected in the banknotes issued. The currency has been revalued 10,000 to 1 and a new name introduced. The old 10,000 rials is now the 1 toman and so on. The old value is on the back of the note while the new value appears on the front. We offer a quartet of new ‘toman’ notes ranging from the 1 through to the 10. These are the equivalent of the old 10,000 rials to the 100,000 rials (P160-3) A portrait of the father of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini, is on the fronts while illustrations on the backs include the tombs of Ibn Sina in Hamadan, the Mausoleum of Poets in Tabuz and the tombs of Hafez and Saadi in Shiraz. Uncirculated.

Yugoslavian notes overprinted for use in Serbia during the Second World War