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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
07/06/2020 Auction 169	World Banknotes	Lot 248	Saudi Arabia Monetary Agency Hajj Pilgrim Receipt 1 Riyal Second issue during the reign printed of King Saud Pick 2 AH 1375 (1956) series 10 / 148081, about VF and Scarce. In red on multicolour displaying the Entrance to the Royal Khuzam Palace in Jeddah and the value of the receipt in Arabic, Malawi, Urdu, Persian, Turkish and English on obverse. The reverse brown with undertaking in the Arabic, Turkish, Malawi, Urdu and Persian languages and at the bottom is the Kingdom's Coat of Arms. These receipts used to serve in a similar way as a traveller's cheque for the Muslim Hajj Pilgrims that would usually receive it in advance of the annual Hajj and it could be exchanged in the local banks upon arrival for the predetermined amount. The Hajj is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to the holiest city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia and it is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by all adults who are physically and financially capable of undertaking the journey and can support their family during their absence. In Islamic terminology Hajj is a pilgrimage made to Kaab, the "House of Allah", in the sacred city of Mecca and the rites are performed over five or six days, beginning on the eighth and ending on the thirteenth day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic calendar More banknotes like this	£40
01/09/2019 Auction 166	World Banknotes	Lot 399	Saudi Arabia (15) in mixed mostly high grades comprising Scarce issues as AH 1373-1375 (1954-1956) "Haj Pilgrim Receipt" Issues (2) including 1 Riyal Pick 2 serial number 33/223928 red Entrance to the Royal palace, Jeddah. 5 Riyals Pick 3a serial number 52/330859 blue on multicolour Dhow at Jeddah. Scarce issues L. AH1379 - ND (1961) Issues (2) including 1 Riyal Pick 6 serial number 11/260329 Brown on multicolour Jabal al-Noor (Hill of Light). 10 Riyals Pick 8a serial number 20/772028 green on multicolour Dhows at Jeddah. Along with 1 Riyals L. AH1379 issues (2) including Pick 21a incorrect text at upper left on front (unnecessary diacritical mark) serial number 037/00373 Pick 21b serial number 215/557988 1 Riyal Pick 16 L. AH1379 serial number 76/907581. 5 Riyals Pick 22a incorrect text at upper left on front (unnecessary diacritical mark) serial number 035/796549. 5 Riyals Pick 17b (2) serial numbers 53/701390 & 51/696185. 5 Riyals Pick 12a L. AH 1379 serial number 36/119197. 10 Riayls Pick 23 L. AH1379 serial number 101/425602 10 Riyals Pick 23b serial number 101/392914 10 Riyals Pick 13 serial number 192/470369. 50 Riyals Pick 19 L. AH 1379 serial number 204/330631 100 Riyals Pick 25a signatures - with abbreviation for "acting" right below left signature L. AH 1379 serial number 97/229325. More banknotes like this	£220

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