SULTANS’ TREASURE
A JEWELLED THRONE LONDON, March 22. The former Sultans’ treasure, including the famous Persian jewelled p?a-:.-k throne, may be used to found a The Constantinople correspondent of The Times says that the Government is credited with thc intention of founding a National Bank. It is announced that foreign experts have valued the treasures and jewels belonging to 30 former Sultans of the House of Othman, in view of their employment nfc a guarantee against foreign monetary advances.
The Imperial treasure is stated to be worth £10,000,000. The Shah Ismail of Persia’s jewelled peacock throne is alone worth £2,000,000. Onc of thc chief aims of the bank will be the stabilisation of the Turkish currency, but financial experts here doubt whether the value of the Imperial treasure will be sufficient to start the bank.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20110, 31 March 1928, Page 14 (Supplement)
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