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@DavidUK, that is one fascinating overprint and a testimony of a historical event that inspires the imagination. One pound was a considerable sum at the time, I wonder what it would buy you back there and then.

Thanks for sharing!

True.

I suppose the intended use was as currency in the occupied areas - once the area had been successfully occupied, which didn't happen*. Before that, I doubt the local merchants would have accepted enemy paper notes, even with fancy red Arabic writing on them .

The overprint says "120 silver piastres" (I don't read Arabic, but as this note does fascinate me, I looked around to see what I could find out about it), which seems to be fairly close to one British pound at the time, looking at the gold content of contemporary British and Ottoman coins. (It is actually slightly overrated, with 120 piastres equalling 7.94 g pure gold, while a sovereign contained 7.33 g.)

* If anyone wonders what this is all about, it was the attempt by the British and its allies to take control of the Turkish straits during WW1, by launching an invasion at Gallipoli in 1915. The attempt failed, with a terrible cost in lives on both sides.

Today's note is from the first series of August 15, 1917 fractional series from Portugal.

This is P94 and was the only issue with a serial number.





I am still missing P93.

Finally the last one I still lacked from the Tipo 1 issue (Cigar Island revolutionary scrip): 100 Pesos. Seems to be even tougher than the 1000 (of which I have 2 already). 

My first Northern Ireland polymer note:

I love it... especially the Bushmills distillery. Must get one.

Very nice!