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New Palestine Currency Officially Introduced

November 3, 1927
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(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The population of Palestine went through a feverish day of financial transaction yesterday when the amount of one million Egyptian Pounds was withdrawn from circulation and the Palestine currency substituted.

The new currency, the Palestinian pound, was officially introduced. Throughout the day banks were busy handing out the new currency in exchange for the old.

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