Siege of Khartoum 1 piastre, Banknote. General Gordon hand-signed a number of notes. Merchants who would not accept them were rowed over the river to the Madhi's area, when then quickly decided to change their minds. After Gordon's death at the hands of the Dervishes his notes were outlawed and the penalty of death imposed on anyone holding such notes

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