Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Siege of Khartoum notes (1884)

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Reason
High quality, high EV (presented as a set).
Siege money is a term used for emergency issue currency (usually notes) that are produced during times of war, generally by the defenders during a prolonged siege. During times of siege and/or war, metallic currency is usually hoarded for the intrinsic value of the coin (e.g., gold, silver, bronze, copper), leaving a shortage of money, particularly small denominations. This has led to different types of siege notes (and in earlier times siege coins).
Original
Khedivate of Egypt, nearly complete set of Siege of Khartoum emergency currency issued by British Major-general Charles George Gordon in 1884. Denominated from 5 – 5,000 piastre, and 50 Egyptian pounds, half of the notes in the set are hand-signed by Gordon (the other bear a hectographic signature). Three of the notes appear to have been linen-backed. Design details can be found in the article.
Articles in which these images appear
Siege of Khartoum (currency) (all), Charles George Gordon, Siege of Khartoum, Egyptian pound, Promissory note, and Hectograph
FP category for this image
Currency/Other
Creator
Charles George Gordon & Khedivate of Egypt
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History
Images by Godot13


Promoted File:SUD-S102a-Siege of Khartoum-5 Piastres (1884).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:38, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:SUD-S103a-Siege of Khartoum-10 Piastres (1884).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:38, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:SUD-S104a-Siege of Khartoum-20 Piastres (1884).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:38, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:SUD-S105b-Siege of Khartoum-100 Piastres (1884).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:38, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:SUD-S106a-Siege of Khartoum-500 Piastres (1884).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:38, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:SUD-S107a-Siege of Khartoum-1000 Piastres (1884).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:38, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:SUD-S108b-Siege of Khartoum-2000 Piastres (1884).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:38, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:SUD-S109b-Siege of Khartoum-2500 Piastres (1884).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:38, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:SUD-S110b-Siege of Khartoum-5000 Piastres (1884).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:38, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:SUD-S111b-Siege of Khartoum-50 Egyptian Pounds (1884).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:38, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]