One Pounds Page Isaac Newton 1978 B337Errors printed off centre and at a slanted angle so the top border gets wider the further left it gets (2 consecutives) A77 137162 and 163 Unc
One PoundPage 1970 B320Error printed at a slanted angle so the B of Bank of England close to the edge the D much further from the top edge T99K 283039 AU-Unc
Error, One PoundPage 1970 B322 offset printing error so little or no distance from the bottom of the design to the border, the serial number EX38 778579 is virtually at the border along with another B322 printed normally for comparison the serial number of this note HU22 633107 is about 4 mm higher, both VF and a somewhat discoloured
One PoundBradbury FORGED in red stamped twice GVF, Ten Pounds Somerset AZ42 960280 AU, One Pounds Page (13) VF-Unc one a printing error with a dark green 3 mm colour bar at left edge, British Military Authority (3) 10/ 03R 481345 EF, 1/- Fine and Tripolitania 10 Lire Fine, BAF Sets £5-5p 7 notes sets in Unc (2 sets) and France 5 Francs 1944 Fine
GB & World a very pleasing and wide collection in an album (60) in various grades Good/VG to UNC. Ranging from early Treasury & Bank of England issues to modern and including a group of ERROR notes. Comprising a Fisher Second issue Treasury 1 Pound T31 issued 1923 prefix L1/37. A Peppiatt Britannia medallion 1 Pounds (5) including the Emergency World War II B249 Blue/Pink issues (2) along with the regular Green Post-war B260 Threaded issues (3) prefixes U55A, W95A and X33A. An O'Brien Lion & Key 5 Pounds B277 Shaded Symbol 1957 prefix D33. Hollom 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B297 1963 prefix C26. Fforde issues (4) including the Lion & Key 10 Pounds B316 prefix A58 and a selection of 10 Shillings QE2 portrait (3) including B309 first series prefix 81R and B310 prefixes B38N and last series D12N. A group of Page (10) including the 2 designs 1 Pounds QE2 portrait B320 1970 issues (5) a consecutive set Y45D 648139 - Y45D 648143 along with a consecutive set of the QE2 pictorial (5) series L34 259440 - L34 259444. Somerset (4) including a selection of 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial B341 W Reverse issues 1981 (3) close numbers prefix CY82 along with a 5 Pounds the Duke of WellingtonB343 L reverse issue 1980 prefix JY66. Gill (2) including a 20 Pounds Michael Faraday B358 issue 1991 with a FIRST RUN and fairly low serial number A01 006715 along with a 5 Pounds. A Kentfield 20 Pounds Michael Faraday B374 issue 1993 with a LOW FIRST RUN serial number X01 001439 given the first 1000 were not issued making this note number 439. A group of the new Polymer issues (6) including 5 Pounds Churchill B414 (4) with various prefixes and a consecutive pair of the 10 Pounds Jane Austen (2) prefix CD49. The group of ERROR notes include a Page 5 Pounds the Duke of Wellington B334 L Reverse issue 1973 with a partial offset mirror image of the obverse design on the reverse. A Page 1 Pound QE2 portrait B322 issue 1970 with a different serial numbers - BT06 788815 at top left and BT06 788825 at lower right. A Somerset 10 Pounds B348 L Reverse 1984 series AU46 984809 with a paper crease during printing in an acute angle across the Queen's picture, this note with 2 sets of small pinholes in the body of the note. And a 20 Pounds Kentfield B371 issue 1991 series T06 676486 with the obverse design with a Misaligned Printing causing signature and Bank's title to appear in incorrect position with a part of the bottom note's bank title to appear at bottom margin, also a part of the Queen's face misprinted with the arrow design at left. The world notes include issues from Brazil, China, Italy, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Germany and France along with a few British Armed Forces, World War 2 period Allied military notes and a set of Fantasy 'Hell Bank Notes' with matching serials E64865 and illustrations of Marilyn Monroe, John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy. An interesting and desirable selection certain to attract the attention of collectors and dealers alike
One PoundPage QE2 portrait & seated Britannia ERROR note B322 (BY Error Ref. E3f(iii)) issue 1970 with different serial numbers - at upper left BN31 156636 and at lower right BN31 156635, about UNC - UNC
One PoundPage QE2 portrait & seated Britannia ERROR note B320 (BY Error Ref. E3f(iii)) issue 1970 with different serial numbers - at upper left U85B 886948 and at lower right U85B 886949, about UNC - UNC
Page various QE2 portrait & pictorial issues 1 to 10 Pounds 1970's onwards (26) in various grades to UNC comprising 1 Pounds QE2 portrait issues (11) including B320 (8) prefixes Y82E, Z28D, Z11J, Z80K and a near consecutive set of 4 prefix Z41C along with B322 (3) prefixes DW18, DX03 and EW71. 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton (8) including B337 (5) prefixes A18, A57, D69, H23 and Y54. B339 (2) prefixes 58L and 76W. And an ERROR misprinted B340 prefix A77N. 5 Pounds The Duke of WellingtonB336 L (Lithography) Reverse issues (2) prefixes BU10 and CW25. 5 Pounds seated child Britannia B324 (2) prefixes 63E and 87D. And 10 Pounds Lion & Key B326 (2) prefixes B54 and C30.
Five Pounds Page QE2 & The Duke of WellingtonERROR note B332 issue 1971 serial numbers printed upside down on reverse and with different prefixes FIRST series A15 513944 and A16 513944. About VF and interesting
ERRORS (13), very scarce PeppiattOne Pound with heavy printers ink smudge to right edge issued 1948, about Uncirculated, FfordeFive Pounds design misplaced vertically on reverse, issued 1967, good VF, Page One Pound (3) all with ink smudges through portrait of Queen, issued 1970, good VF, EF and Uncirculated, Page Ten Pounds with heavy printers ink smudge through portrait of the Queen, issued 1975, good VF, Page Five Pounds (3) a pair of consecutively numbered notes with queens portrait only lightly printed, issued 1975, about Uncirculated & Five Pounds horizontally misplaced on obverse, issued 1975, about EF, Page One Pound approx. 5mm taller than a standard note, issued 1978, about EF, Gill 10 Pounds with silver security thread misplaced to left and completely exposed, unusual error, issued 1988, VF, Gill Five Pounds missing orange, yellow and green in underprint on back, issued 1990, Uncirculated, Bailey Ten Pounds missing 5 digits from serial number at top left, issued 2004, about VF, an interesting and varied collection of errors needs viewing
ERROR (2), One PoundPage heavy printers ink smudges to one and lighter ink smudges to the other, series HN37 072313 and HZ37 072311, nearly consecutive, issued 1970, (Pick374g), EF
ERROR 5 Pounds PageB332 issued 1971, first series A17 330014, the reverse is offset with a complete portrait of QE2 in reverse at left, a striking error, VF
ERROR £1 PageB322 (3) issued 1970, a consecutively numbered run with different numbers on same note, series HN79, top serials read HN79 486164 to HN79 486166 & bottom serials read HN79 386164 to HN79 386166, handling flicks only, about UNC to UNC
Errors (2) GB One PoundPage HW51 829449 with a small vertical fold left of centre showing a double white band, Fine, along with Japan Yen 1944 reverse printed off centre to the left VF, comes with a normal example for comparison (3 notes in lot)
ERROR £1 PageB322 issued 1970 series HS22 304188, green thick vertical line smudge running through the right of the Queen's portrait, Pick374g, almost UNC
Error £1 PageB339 issued 1978 series 48H 138129, a striking error with most of the multicolour print missing on the face and transferred to the reverse right side cutting diagonally through Newton, Pick377a, GVF to EF and very unusual
Bank of England (11) Page to Gill, face value £255, includes error Gill £50 with double signature GVF, £20 Kentfield mis-cut GEF, some AO1 first runs, average VF
Error £1 PageB337 issued 1978 series S46 709791, a striking error with most of the reverse print missing, Pick377a, some ink smudge on obverse, almost VF
Ten shillings BradburyT12.2 series F1/14 edge damage Fine and £1 Bradbury T11.1 series M/20 edge tears Fine, Warren Fisher £1 T24 series L/90 stain VF and Page £5 series AU14 EF this an error which has different serial numbers AU14 841251 and AU14 841252
ERROR £5 PageB336 issued 1973 first series AN49 325105, design heavily misplaced vertically leaving a large white area at top & extra printers ink reverse top, yellow marker stripe at left, about UNC to UNC
ERROR £5 PageB336 issued 1973 with missing serial numbers but AU56 978624 hand written top left (orange stripe left side) aUNC, it comes with a normally printed consecutively numbered note AU56 978625, about UNC to UNC
ERROR £10 Page. B326. Error. Very rare. Virtually the whole of the back is offset on the front. It is excessively rare to see errors like this on a Ten Pound banknote, this being the most striking we have seen and perhaps the most spectacular error of any type we have seen UNC.
ERROR £1 PageB322 issued 1970 (2) series BT64 538494 & BT64 538495, a consecutive numbered pair both with extra paper at left and margin print, GEF and scarce as a pair
ERROR £1 PageB321 (2) issued 1970, slip and stick replacement pair, both notes have matching different serial numbers of S53M 331588 & S53M 331589, counting flick, about UNC to UNC
ERROR £1 PageB320 (2) issued 1970 both notes have matching different serial numbers of T19H 849952 & T19H 849953, extremely faint inked number on one, barely visible, about UNC to UNC
ERRORS (13) includes 10/- O'Brien B271 faint double serial top right, £1 Fforde (2) one different serials and other diagonal white strip, £5 Page (2) one offset & other different serials £5 Somerset different serials, £1 Somerset (2) missing print on front, £20 Page missing signature, £20 GillB355 extra paper, £20 Gill different prefix letters, £20 Kentfield faded colours & £50 Somerset missing print, many with inked numbers, tears, etc, average Fine to VF, many better types, needs viewing
ERROR £1 PageB322 issued 1970 series AN04 334138 with a completely blank reverse, comes with the 2 normal consecutive numbered notes from the same run, about UNC, scarce type
ERROR £10 PageB330 issued 1975 series E56 161832 with a missing signature on face but has been printed in reverse on the back of the note, Fine and unusual
ERROR £1 PageB337 issued 1978, Newton on reverse, missing orange print on reverse, comes with a regular UNC note for comparison, error is a cleaned & pressed VF
ERRORFive Pounds Page. B334. (2) Errors. 32X 883916 and 32X 883917. Both with large extra paper at top right. Very scarce and an excellent pair. EF to UNC.
ERROROne Pounds Page. B305. (3) Errors. All three notes have the serial number U05B 941250 on the top left and U05B 941251 on the bottom right. Notice the difference between the top and bottom serial numbers. Also, all three notes have the same two different serial numbers. Excessively rare. UNC.
ERRORS (4) £5 PageB332 prefix H13 with vertical ink fault through Queen's portrait, £5 Page B336 prefix AX78 front & back both misaligned to right & pair of Lowther £5 B393 prefix HB23 with left side numbers physically rubbed off, VF or better
ERROR £5 PageB332 issued 1971, missing all of the serial number at bottom right but has the prefix digits "36" on reverse at an angle, serial A36 644910, almost VF
One PoundBealeB268 prefix L16C error with a mirror image of the obverse design overprinted on the reverse interesting and scarce Fine, along with an O'Brien 10/- and Page One pound from circulation and a quantity of British pre decimal coins from circulation
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