Rare Queen Elizabeth II banknote helps raise £85,860

A rare banknote featuring a young Queen Elizabeth II was among nearly 160 lots of rare banknotes that raised £85,860 at auction after being donated to a British Heart Foundation charity shop in Edinburgh, Scotland. The collection included an extremely rare 1947 Iraqi 10 Dinars colour trial and a 1961 Saudi Arabian 100 Riyal specimen note. Specialist auction house Noonans sold the collection on October 14. The collection was issued by the Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya and British Borneo The auction raised £85,860 for the British Heart Foundation

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