Noonans' sale of a siege note collection offers interesting historical items such as "coins" from Leiden made from compressed prayer-book pages, sometimes drolly mentioned as Europe's first paper money.
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A 1941 100-fil note issued in a small quantity and never offered at auction before highlighted the late November Noonans Mayfair World Banknote sale, selling at more than twice its lower estimate.