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Auction 169
English Banknotes ( 4) a selection of 10 Pounds 1970-80's various different cashiers (4) mixed grades GVF to about UNC comprising 2 design examples from (2) including the iconic Lion & Key B326 issue serial number B50 278063 along with the B330 serial number L28 969939. Along with more Florence Nightingale examples including a B348 serial number CN02 689501 and a B354 serial number E17 495678.
£110 London Coins : A169 : Lot 71 : Bank of England  ( 4) a selection of 10 Pounds 1970-80's various different cashiers (4) mixed g... London Coins : A169 : Lot 71 : Bank of England  ( 4) a selection of 10 Pounds 1970-80's various different cashiers (4) mixed g...

Auction 168
English Banknotes 5, 10 and 20 Pounds QE2 pictorial series , & (31) an interesting amalgamation of notes in various grades VF - GVF to EF - GEF. Comprising 5 Pounds Page The (5) including B332 Blue 0.5mm Metal Thread issued 1971 (2) prefixes H47 & H89. Together with the later L Reverse (Lithography) 1973 issues (3) consisting of B334 prefix 39K and B336 (2) prefixes AR69 and BT59. Also, Somerset (16) consisting of 5 Pounds The Duke of Wellington B343 L Reverse (Lithography) issued 1980 (7) including prefixes EN75, JS74, JW49, KX13, LR32, LY47 & LY81. 10 Pounds B348 L Reverse (Lithography) issued 1984 (4) prefixes AX89, CS02, CS31 and CX51. And 20 Pounds William B351 Purple/Green 1mm Windowed Thread issued 1984 (5) prefixes 55A, 15B, 18B, 50B and 60J. Together with Gill (10) including a 5 Pounds The Duke of Wellington B353 L Reverse (Lithography) 1mm Security Thread issued 1988 prefix SC34. 10 Pounds Florence Nightingale B354 L Reverse (Lithography) issued 1988 (4) prefixes EY29, DZ62, ET68 accompanied by a LAST SERIES prefix JR35. And 20 Pounds William Shakespeare B351 Purple/Green 1mm Windowed Thread issued 1988 (5) prefixes 27L, 75N, 21R, 56R & 37W. A varied and interesting group
£350

Auction 167
English Banknotes early to modern issues (23) in various grades VF to UNC comprising 1 Pounds World War II Emergency B249 issue 1940 serial number R14D 516937. Britannia medallion 1950's notes (2) including 10 Shillings B266 Red-Brown issue serial number S45Z 102908 and 1 Pound Green B268 serial number N21C 145996. O'Brien 5 Pounds Lion & Key B280 symbols issue 1961 serial number J58 327803. 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B297 issue 1963 prefix D07 . 10 Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B309 issue 1967 prefix 18U. 1 Pound QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B322 issue 1970 prefix BT79. 1 Pound Sir Isaac B341 W Reverse issues 1981 (2) prefix CU76 along with DW47 in a Raffles presentation wallet. 10 Pounds B354 L Reverse issue 1988 prefix ET57. (5) including 5 Pounds George B364 Crown at upper right issues 1963 (3) prefixes BH33, BH79 & BK22 along with 10 Pounds Charles B369 Denomination at upper right issue 1993 prefix JH06 and 20 Pounds Michael Faraday B375 issue 1994 prefix AL29. (4) including 5 Pounds Elizabeth Fry B343 prefix JA39 and B395 (2) prefixes HD30 & HJ08 along with 20 Pounds Sir Edward Elgar B386 issue 1999 FIRST series prefix AA37. 10 Pounds Charles B400 issue 2004 prefix EA78. 5 Pounds B414 issues 2016 (3) prefixes include FIRST series AA17 & AA33 along with AC28.
£150

Auction 167
English Banknotes modern , , , , & issues also some B.A.F Military special vouchers (33) mostly in about UNC to UNC includes a few lower grade examples comprising Hollom 10 Shillings QE2 portrait B295 prefix 54L. Page 1 Pound QE2 portrait B322 last series HZ36. Somerset 1 Pounds Sir Isaac B341 W (Web-press) Reverse issues 1981 (19) includes some ly numbered pairs in the prefixes AR50, AS05, BT30, BU07, DX52, DT47, DW09, DX25, DX46, DX68, DX83, DN74, DW08, CY65, CZ75 and CN47. Gill (7) including 5 Pounds (6) consisting of The B353 issues (4) prefxies RE61 and LAST series SE35, SE79 and SE85 along with George B357 (2) prefixes D31 and E61. 10 Pounds B354 L (Lithography) issue prefix DZ80. Kentfield 20 Pounds Michael Faraday B375 prefix AD68. And Lowther 20 Pounds Sir Edward Elgar B386 prefix CC31. Also some 6th Series Special vouchers 5 New Pence and 10 new Pence (2) prefixes A/5 and DD/10.
£120 London Coins : A167 : Lot 1385 : Bank of England modern Hollom, Page, Somerset, Gill, Kentfield & Lowther issues also some B.A.F ... London Coins : A167 : Lot 1385 : Bank of England modern Hollom, Page, Somerset, Gill, Kentfield & Lowther issues also some B.A.F ...

Auction 166
English Banknotes & (82) in mixed grades comprising Treasury 1 Pound T31 issue 1923 serial number J1/96 817403. Along with Bank of England issues comprising 10 Shillings B210 issue 1928 serial number W83 635086. (2) 10 Shillings B223 issue 1930 LAST series K08 927816 and 1 Pound Green B225 issue 1930 LAST series Z21 271136. (7) including 10 Shillings (2) a 1934 issue B236 prefix 27R and an Emergency Mauve issue 1940 prefix K73D along with 1 Pounds (5) including 1934 Pre World War II issues B238 prefix 84L and B239 prefix J15A, an Emergency Blue-Pink issue 1940 prefix A28D and post World War II issues B260 prefixes B50B & LAST series H11B. 10 Shillings B266 issues 1950 (2) prefixes L35Z & O28Z. O'Brien (7) including 10 Shillings (3) B271 issue 1955 prefix B04Z along with QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B286 issues 1961 (2) prefixes J87 & FIRST series A10 and 1 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated Britannia 1960 issues (4) including B282 prefix 29J along with B284 (3) serial numbers B04N 551826, B64N 572320 & B64N 577777. 10 Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B294 issues 1963 (2) prefixes W61 & Z02. QE2 portrait & seated Britannia 1967 issues (25) including 1 Pound B307&category=1&prm=sr&searchtype=1">B307 prefix U26E 10 Shillings B309 a trio serial numbers 75S 054374 - 75S 054376 and B310 (21) including prefixes A09N,A19N, a consecutive set of 8 notes B64N 838033 - B64N 838040, C42N, a consecutive pair D01N 089037 & D01N 089038, LAST series D15N, D37N and D36N including a consecutive set of 5 notes D36N 033541 - D36N 033541 along with D36N 467950. (14) including 1 Pounds QE2 portrait and seated Britannia 1970 issues (9) issues B323 (2) a consecutive pair MW11 419588 & MW11 419589 along with B322 (7) prefixes include a consecutive pair CY37 462251 CY37 462252, ET66 and a consecutive set of 4 notes HX02 090663 - HX02 090666. 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial and The 1973 L Reverse issues (4) including B334 (2) prefixes 73L & 89R and a consecutive pair B336 series B59 572053 - BT59 572054. 20 Pounds QE2 pictorial & William B328 Purple issue 1970 prefix D24 359556. (14) including 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac B341 W Reverse 1981 issues (9) includes a consecutive set of 5 notes CY56 432207 - 432211 amongst prefixes BY29, DY01, DY02 and LAST RUN DY21 734755. 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington B343 L Reverse issues 1980 (2) prefixes KX13 & EU15. 10 Pounds (2) including L reverse issue 1984 B348 prefix AY17 and a L reverse Windowed thread (Stardust thread) issue 1987 B349 prefix CT58. 50 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir B352 issue 1981 serial number B30 070658. (3) including 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington B353 L reverse issues 1988 prefixes SC32 & SC88. 10 Pounds QE2 pictorial & B354 L reverse issue 1988 prefix HS41. 20 Pounds QE2 pictorial & William Shakespeare B355 Purple & Green issue 1988 prefix 14S. (3) including 10 Pounds B360 L reverse issue 1991 prefix KN15 and 50 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Christopher Wren B361 issues 1991 serial numbers E24 902897 & E09 637272. Includes Scotland 1 Pounds (4) from The plc & plc.
£500

Auction 166
English Banknotes (30) in mixed grades including some very high ones comprising O'Brien (3) including 1 Pounds QE2 & seated Britannia (2) B281 prefix R15 and B282 prefix 27S along with 10 Shillings QE2 & seated Britannia B286 First series prefix A25. 1 Pounds QE2 & seated Britannia (3) including B288 prefix B68T & B292 (2) First series prefix A61N along with E86U QE2 & seated Britannia issues (2) including 1 Pound B305 prefix T34A and 10 Shillings B310 LAST series prefix D03N. 1 Pounds (7) including QE2 & seated Britannia (6) including B320 (3) prefixes X55J, X12M and X27D, B322 (3) prefixes HW16, HX17 and CX33 and along with QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac B337 prefix A05. 1 Pound QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B341 prefix DX03. QE2 pictorial issues (2) including The 5 Pounds B353 prefix SB27 and 10 Pounds B354 LAST series prefix JR35. QE2 pictorial issues (4) including George 5 Pounds B364 prefix AK15, Charles 10 Pounds B366 prefix B70 and Michael Faraday 20 Pounds B375 (2) prefixes CD55 and AL46. Kentfield 50 Pounds Sir John Houblon Silver Tudor Foil B377 issues (2) prefixes C05 & C18. QE2 pictorial issues (6) including 5 Pounds (3) B380 prefix EB40, Elizabeth Fry (2) including B393 prefix JA03 and B395 prefix HD27. 10 Pounds (2) including Charles Dickens B382 prefix KL07 and Charles B390 prefix AJ12. 20 Pounds Sir Edward Elgar B386 prefix AB51.
£250 London Coins : A166 : Lot 76 : Bank of England (30) in mixed grades including some very high ones comprising O'Brien (3) inclu... London Coins : A166 : Lot 76 : Bank of England (30) in mixed grades including some very high ones comprising O'Brien (3) inclu...

Auction 166
English Banknotes (54) in mixed grades comprising 1 Pounds (5) including a First Period Green B239 issue 1934 prefix K71A along with World War II Emergency B249 Blue/Pink issues 1940 (4) prefixes C36D, C84D, T26E and R37H. (3) including 10 Shillings B266 issues 1950 (2) prefixes K01Z and R28Z along with 5 Pounds note B270 dated 23rd September 1949 serial number O50 079958. O'Brien (3) including 10 Shillings B271 issues 1955 (2) prefixes O84Y & Y11X along with 1 Pound Green B273 issue 1955 prefix Z10K. QE2 Portrait & seated Britannia issues (32) including 10 Shillings B310 issue 1967 prefix A87N. 1 Pounds 1967 issues (31) including B301 (23) including FIRST series prefixes B30Y, B36Y, B49Y and B75Y amongst others as C04Y, C51Y, D02Y, D21Y, D33Y, H28Y, K14Y, A28Z, A64Z, B22Z, C77Z, D55Z, D64Z, E53Z, E85Z, E90Z, H06Z, H88Z and J75Z. B303 G reverse issue prefix E91Y. B305 issues (7) prefixes N23B, N26B, N37E, N30J, N99J, N15K and N89K. 1 Pound QE2 Pictorial & Sir Isaac B337 issue 1978 prefix Y11. 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B341 W reverse issues 1981 (9) including a FIRST RUN serial number AN01 453602 amongst prefixes AY24, AZ69, BT65, CN51, DR72, DT19, DT42 and DT64. 10 Pounds QE2 pictorial & B354 L reverse issue 1988 serial number HS17 102486.
£120

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