Upper Senegal & Niger Bank Notes

Upper Senegal & Niger

0.50 Franc, 1917

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Scans courtesy Numismondo World Paper Money Picture Catalog

0.50 Franc, 1917

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Scans courtesy Laurence Pope.

The 0.50 Franc note was sold for £2600 plus 20% buyer's premium (about $5097) at Spink's April 12, 2011 London Auction of The Laurence Pope Collection of World Banknotes.

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Upper Senegal & Niger was a French Territory. Renamed French Sudan in 1920 and granted independence as Sudanese Republic in 1958. The name was changed to Mali in 1960. For a more detailed country profile, see CIA World Factbook on Mali.

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