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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
04/06/2023 Auction 181	World Banknotes	Lot 402	Scotland, Leith Banking Company One Pound No.52/128 dated 1 Sept 1824 with dividend paid stamps on the reverse, payable to Alexr. Macdonald, Fine, along with Royal Bank of Scotland One Pound dated 8 Nov. 1824 to Andrew Bogle, VG, with Forgery written in red ink, and Cheque Scotland - Kelso dated December 31 1827 VF More banknotes like this	£170
04/12/2022 Auction 179	World Banknotes	Lot 231	World (71) Five Pounds Peppiatt London March 30 1937 VF Operation Bernhard Forgery Fine right hand top corner off and attached to a card, Gill Wellington reverse prefix RE34 VF, One Pound Peppiatt Blue prefix C87E VF others include recent issues in high grades, WW II issues including Philippines, Notgeld and more mixed grades and displayed in an album More banknotes like this	£65
06/09/2020 Auction 170	World Banknotes	Lot 239	Scotland Bank of Scotland 100 Pounds Bradbury & Evans Colour Trial ESSAY/SPECIMEN circa 1880 Pick NL (PMS BA78) ND circa 1880, UNC Exceptionally Rare and unusual for the time. Uniface large-sized note printed by lithography in 4 colour variations - 2 variations in red, 1 in olive-green and 1 in purple, this example is of the green-olive type. According to Douglas, these were produced in 1880 when the Bank embarked on a period of extensive research into methods to prevent forgery. Some changes were made to the earlier plate but there is no record of who the engraver was and no mention of these notes can be found in the Bank's records. A Scarce and pleasing example that would do a great addition to any collection More banknotes like this	£220
07/06/2020 Auction 169	World Banknotes	Lot 262	Scotland The Union Bank of Scotland Fifth General Second Water low issue 5 Pounds Pick S811d (BY SC912f, PMS UB64e) dated 31st March 1947 serial number G 717/153 printed signatures J. A. Morrison & M. J. Wilson, presentable VF and a Scarce large sized note. The note in blue with a large red value wording "FIVE" on guilloche panel at centre, red and yellow sunburst underprint, Bank's Coat of Arms at upper centre and 2 equestrian statues at lower left and right on obverse. The reverse with a large blue panel. In 1921 in result of a recommendation by Water lows themselves to further improve the security against forgery by adding a brilliant red and yellow underprint in the form of sunbursts, resulted in the issue of these pleasing and very eye-catching always popular amongst collectors notes. More banknotes like this	£95
01/03/2020 Auction 168	World Banknotes	Lot 195	Great Britain including Bank of England, a Treasury 10 Shillings Bradbury Forgery uncut sheet along with Scotland Clydesdale Bank (14) an interesting amalgamation of notes in very high grades mostly about UNC to UNC comprising Bank of England (11) consisting of a consecutive bundle of 1 Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Sir Issac Newton B341 issue 1981 (10) in an original Barclays Bank plc wrapper serial numbers BX64 791071 - BX64 791080. Along with a 5 Pounds Lowether QE2 pictorial & George Stephenson B380cs Column Sort issue 1999 serial number CL10 574088. The Treasury 10 Shillings Forgery stamped sheet of 2 uncut notes over stamped in black 'Forgery' on both notes, also stamped with sheet number 004 and 'Restricted' in black in margin, Scarce. Together with Scotland Clydesdale Bank 100 Pounds Replacement issue Pick 229M (PMS CL68r, BY SC374) dated 7th June 2009 signature D. Thorburn serial number E/ZZ 001089, Rare. The note portrays Charles Rennie Macintosh & Heart of Neolithic Orkney and these issues begin E/ZZ 000309 to E/ZZ 003509. Also includes a contemporary forgery USA Delaware State issue 5 Shillings number 62101 similar to Pick S638. A very desirable little group More banknotes like this	£170
03/06/2019 Auction 165	World Banknotes	Lot 1019	Scotland 1 Guinea The Royal Bank of Scotland First Lizars Issue dated 4th November 1826 signed James More for the Accountant and Archibald Bonar for the Cashier. Calloway and Murphy RB38. Vignette of Neptune & Britannia upper centre surmounted by crown, Pay Andrew Bogle or the bearer and an elaborate printed reverse. William Home Lizars the printer and engraver who prepared some of Scotland's finest banknote designs, was asked to engrave new £1 and 1 Guinea notes in 1825. There was already a family connection with the bank as his father Daniel Lizars had been a customer since at least 1799 and William himself had been granted a credit of £300 in 1812 'upon an obligation Sir Alex Jardine, Bart (his brother-in-law) and Charles Stewart Printer in Edinburgh being in place of one held by Daniel Lizars, Engraver here.' (his father Daniel had just died). Both the £1 and 1 Guinea notes employ a much more intricate and detailed engraving techniques possible when using harder steel plate. Lizars was at the forefront of these techniques. Both the £1 and the 1 Guinea for the first time for the Royal Bank have printed reverses. These 1 Guinea notes are the last to be issued by the Royal Bank whose minutes indicated that some 550 books at 400 notes per book were issued (= 220,000 notes). Issuance ceased in February 1830 after yet another forgery. The bank's records refer to Steel Plates No. 1 to No. 3, from which it is inferred that the original plate was re-engraved, perhaps in response to forgeries. About Fine with pinholes More banknotes like this	£1,000
07/09/2014 Auction 146	World Banknotes	Lot 472	Scotland, Commercial Bank £1 forgery dated 1st May 1826 series No.484/73, manuscript date and serial number but printed signatures, Picks289, EF More banknotes like this	£150
31/08/2013 Auction 142	World Banknotes	Lot 359	Scotland Commercial Banking Company £1 Napoleonic forgery dated 1826 series No.445/91, holes, tears & taped repairs, red script "Forged" across centre, Picks286x, Good but scarce and interesting More banknotes like this	£150
01/12/2012 Auction 139	World Banknotes	Lot 333	India 100 rupee Gulf series contemporary forgery issued c.1950s-60s series Z/5 503269, tears into design, elephant on reverse, Fine and scarce More banknotes like this	£400
01/09/2012 Auction 138	World Banknotes	Lot 441	France 25 livres French revolution issue, Domaines Nationaux dated 1793 as PickA71, a contemporary forgery overprinted FAUX DORDRECHT, signature of L. Lammers on reverse, GEF More banknotes like this	£60
04/09/2011 Auction 134	World Banknotes	Lot 891	Fifty pounds Peppiatt white Operation Bernhard German forgery dated 1938 serial 61/N 77575, a few small pinholes at left, GVF-EF More banknotes like this	£110
04/09/2011 Auction 134	World Banknotes	Lot 1144	Ten pounds Peppiatt white Operation Bernhard German forgery dated 1937 serial K/185 36753, pinholes at left, EF+ More banknotes like this	£85
09/06/2009 Auction 126	World Banknotes	Lot 234	British West Africa 20 shillings forgery of Pick8a dated 21st July 1930, prefix B/7, smudge mark on reverse, EF More banknotes like this	£30
07/12/2008 Auction 123	World Banknotes	Lot 596	Yugoslavia 1000 dinara forgery dated 1920, Pick23x1, about UNC More banknotes like this	£30
07/12/2008 Auction 123	World Banknotes	Lot 398	British West Africa 20 shillings forgery of Pick8a dated 1930 prefix B/7, EF More banknotes like this	£26
07/12/2008 Auction 123	World Banknotes	Lot 399	British West Africa 20 shillings forgery of Pick8a dated 1933 prefix C/4, aEF More banknotes like this	£20
01/03/2008 Auction 120	World Banknotes	Lot 392	Germany Standort Kantine Buchenwald 2RM, Aussenkommando diagonally across centre, serial 99933, high quality forgery, UNC More banknotes like this	£34
01/12/2007 Auction 119	World Banknotes	Lot 309	Italy (5) includes 500 lire AMC forgery VG, 50 lire series 1943 Fine+, 1000 lire dated 1961 gFine and 5000 lire (2) both dated 1982, about VF More banknotes like this	£19
03/12/2006 Auction 115	World Banknotes	Lot 121	Afghanistan (10) good selection includes Pick2b Fine+, Pick8 almost UNC, Pick10a (2) VF or better, plus Pick 16A trimmed, Pick17 (forgery) and Pick19 More banknotes like this	£65
05/09/2005 Auction 110	World Banknotes	Lot 396	Scotland Royal Bank one pound forgery dated 1811 (faint ink) , centre holes & edge wear, VG More banknotes like this	£100
05/09/2005 Auction 110	World Banknotes	Lot 375	Scotland one pound forgery Forbes, Hunter & Co. dated 1820, large centre split from bottom into design plus minor faults, scarce, about Fine More banknotes like this	£90
05/09/2005 Auction 110	World Banknotes	Lot 419	Turkey 500 lirasi contemporary forgery circa 1960, as Pick178, about EF More banknotes like this	£75

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