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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
03/12/2023 Auction 183	World Banknotes	Lot 85	East Africa Currency Board 1 Florin Pick 8 dated 1st May 1920 serial number A/4 28623 3 signatures at lower centre. A Thomas De La Rue printing in olive-brown and red featuring a medallion with a bust of King George V at right on obverse. The reverse in blue displaying a Hippopotamus with native spears and shield below. VF or near so and Exceptionally Rare note very seldom seen and offered with very few possible survivors left, one tiny pinhole More banknotes like this	£280
04/06/2023 Auction 181	World Banknotes	Lot 265	GB and World B of E Fforde Britannia Medallion Ten Shillings (19) consecutives D29N 387244 -387262, One Pounds (3) R05H 660026 to 28 AU-Unc, mixed world (33) mostly late 20th century issues in mixed grades More banknotes like this	£70
05/03/2023 Auction 180	World Banknotes	Lot 176	Malta Banco di Malta 20 Lire & 100 Lire Unissued Remainders Pick S163 & S165 ND Second Issues circa 1800's (2) both uniface in black featuring a St. Paul oval medallion in upper left and watermarked with text "Venti/Cento Banco Di Malta" in a frame. Printed on very thin paper by Batho & Co., London imprinted in small script at left. Both About UNC - UNC Minor Foxing and usual holder holes at left More banknotes like this	£75
05/12/2021 Auction 175	World Banknotes	Lot 109	Ireland National Bank 1 Pound SPECIMEN PROOF on card PMS NA22 uniface in black and white SPECIMEN overprint on Manager signature area, Stg added to centre panel along with enlarged medallion at upper right and outlined ONE in centre underprint, printed by Perkins, Bacon & Petch, London. A very well-preserved example, good EF with pencilled annotation on reverse reads "April 14" and mounting marks, and a very small rust mark at centre on face. More banknotes like this	£120
06/09/2020 Auction 170	World Banknotes	Lot 242	Scotland Bank of Scotland 5 Pounds Pick 106b (BY SC119b; PMS BA106d) second and last date for 8th March 1966 the signature pair Polwarth & Watson with only 600,000 recorded issued serial number F 351430, about UNC and pleasing in these high grades. Brown on light brown and slate blue with a thistle motif, Bank's Coat of Arms at upper centre flanked by value wording in black panels. To lower centre is a slate blue medallion flanked by filled denomination numerical values. Reverse in Brown with bank's shield at centre flanked by 2 circular panels - Bank's Coat of Arms to left and a sailing ship to right. More banknotes like this	£50
06/09/2020 Auction 170	World Banknotes	Lot 132	Australia Commonwealth Bank 1 Pound Queen Elizabeth II Pick 30 (McD 50, Rks. 33) ND 1961-65 signatures Coombs & Wilson serial number HB/02 511487, presentable VF. The note in black on green and yellow underprint featuring Australia's Coat of Arms at upper centre and a cameo portrait of young H.M. Queen Elizabeth II looking left on obverse. The reverse illustrating 2 Medals (Charles Sturt 1795 - 1869 & Hamilton Hume 1797 - 1873). Watermarked with a portrait of James Cook FRS with watermark area on reverse with text "James Cook / Endeavour" and denomination in wording at lower centre. More banknotes like this	£30
06/09/2020 Auction 170	World Banknotes	Lot 133	Australia Reserve Bank 1 Pound Queen Elizabeth II Pick 34 (McD 52, Rks. 34b) ND 1961-65 signatures Coombs & Wilson serial number HK/62 792114, presentable and relatively crisp VF - GVF. The note in black on green and yellow underprint featuring Australia's Coat of Arms at upper centre and a cameo portrait of young H.M. Queen Elizabeth II looking left on obverse. The reverse illustrating 2 Medals (Charles Sturt 1795 - 1869 & Hamilton Hume 1797 - 1873). Watermarked with a portrait of James Cook FRS with watermark area on reverse with text "James Cook / Endeavour" and denomination in wording at lower centre. More banknotes like this	£25
01/03/2020 Auction 168	World Banknotes	Lot 240	New Zealand Reserve Bank 100 Dollars Pick 181 ND 1992 serial number AF 452204 signature D.T. Brash, about UNC - UNC. The note violet-brown and red on multicolour featuring Lord Ernest Rutherford of Nelson and Nobel Prize medal on obverse. The reverse with different illustrations Mohua (yellowhead) perched on a red beech (Fuscospora fusca) twig and South Island Lichen moth (Declana egregia), Eglington Valley. Printed by Thomas De La Rue and watermarked Queen Elizabeth II More banknotes like this	£75
02/12/2019 Auction 167	World Banknotes	Lot 1498	Falkland Islands Government 10 Pounds Pick 11c dated 15th June 1982 serial number B13014 and bearing the signature of H. T. Rowlands. A beautiful Thomas De La Rue printing in green on light orange and yellow-green underprint featuring a crowned medallion with a young bust of H.M. the Queen. The reverse with a light green guilloche panel. Very fresh and crisp UNC and an Exceptionally Rare note especially in this high grade most surely to be 'hunted down' by any serious collector More banknotes like this	£260
02/12/2019 Auction 167	World Banknotes	Lot 1499	Falkland Islands Government 5 Pounds Pick 9b dated 30th January 1975 serial number C64809 and bearing the signature of H. T. Rowlands. A beautiful Thomas De La Rue printing in red on green, blue and yellow underprint featuring a crowned medallion with a young bust of H.M. the Queen. The reverse with a red guilloche panel. Very fresh and crisp UNC and an Exceptionally Rare note especially in this high grade most surely to be 'hunted down' by any serious collector More banknotes like this	£240
02/12/2019 Auction 167	World Banknotes	Lot 1475	East Africa Currency Board 1 Florin Pick 8 dated 1st May 1920 serial number B/7 20232 3 signatures at lower centre. A Thomas De La Rue printing in olive-brown and red featuring a medallion with a bust of King George V at right on obverse. The reverse in blue displaying a Hippopotamus with native spears and shield below. VF or near so and Exceptionally Rare note very seldom seen and offered with very few possible survivors left More banknotes like this	£200
02/12/2019 Auction 167	World Banknotes	Lot 1601	Scotland Bank of Scotland Third Waterston issue 5 Pounds Pick 92c (PMS BA101c, BY SC112c) and a very last and wartime date for this uniface type 26th September 1944 and next to last prefix 13/R 2746 bearing signatures of Lord Elphinstone titled Governor and John B Crawford titled Treasurer. The note in brown on light brown and grey underprint and Uniface featuring a panel at left with a thistle motif in the Scotland Royal Arms along with the Great Britain Royal Coat of Arms at bottom and a seal featuring King William II seal on top with motto "DEO FAVENTE 1695", the Bank's Coat of Arms at upper centre flanked by black value panels above a grey medallion at lower centre. Printed by G. Waterston & Sons, Ld. imprinted in small script at lower right and watermarked with chain-like frame, Bank of Scotland text and value both in wording and numerical. VF - GVF and a Scarce VERY last issue for this uniface 5 Pounds type sized issue also called a 'horse blanket' note by Scottish collectors due to their large size More banknotes like this	£100
02/12/2019 Auction 167	World Banknotes	Lot 1500	Falkland Islands Government 50 Pence Pick 10a dated 25th September 1969 serial number D12927 and bearing the signature of Leslie Charles Gleadell OBE, JP best recognised for his negotiations and acts during the Aerolineas Argentinas hijacking incident in 1966. A Thomas De La Rue print in brown on grey underprint featuring a crowned medallion with a young bust of H.M. the Queen. About UNC - UNC and very sought after in this high grades More banknotes like this	£40
02/12/2019 Auction 167	World Banknotes	Lot 1600	Scotland Bank of Scotland Third Waterson issue 5 Pounds Pick 103a (PMS BA106a, BY SC118) Reduced size issue Hollow denomination symbols dated 15th September 1961 serial number 8/B 6598 signatures Lord Bilsland for Governor and William Watson for Treasurer. The note in brown and light brown and slate blue underprint with the obverse featuring the Bank's Coat of Arms at upper centre flanked by value in wording in black panels and with medallion below and the Royal Arms of Scotland with thistle motif in left panel with Great Britain Royal Coat of Arms below. The reverse in dark brown displaying the Bank's shield at centre with helmet and cornucopia above and flanked by 2 circular panels - Bank's Coat of Arms in the left and a sailing ship emblem at right, along with denomination in wording in panels at each corner. Imprint G. Waterston & Sons, Ld. in small script at lower right on obverse. Original fresh and crisp about UNC - UNC and very eye-catching and desirable note More banknotes like this	£40
01/09/2019 Auction 166	World Banknotes	Lot 258	Great Britain (22) in mixed grades comprising Bank of England issues (17) consisting of O'Brien (5) including 10 Shillings B271 Red-Brown Britannia medallion issue 1955 prefix C56Y and 10 Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B286 issue 1961 (4) prefixes D93, D59, E66 & first series A05. Fforde (9) 10 Shillings QE2 & seated Britannia 1967 issues (5) including B309 (2) prefixes 79Z & 68Y and B310 prefixes A11N, A30N and B90N along with 5 Pounds QE2 & seated child Britannia B312 issue 1967 (4) including prefixes T66 and a consecutive trio Z06 these about UNC - UNC. Page 1 Pound QE2 & seated Britannia B320 issue 1970 prefix Y39E. Somerset 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B341 issues 1981 (2) prefixes DW05 & DY12. Along with Scotland 1 Pounds Commemorative issues celebrating 100th Anniversary of Death of Robert Louis Stevenson Pick 358a (Calloway-Murphy RB94, BY SC835) dated 3rd December 1994 and signed G.R.Mathewson (5) in 2 consecutively numbered runs - a trio RLS0546101 through RLS0546103 and a pair RLS0546049 & RLS0546050, these also UNC. More banknotes like this	£140
03/06/2019 Auction 165	World Banknotes	Lot 783	Scotland Bank of Scotland 5 Pounds Deep Blue Borders ESSAY dated 14th August 1962 serial number 10/N 1234 signatures Bilsland for Governor & Watson for Treasurer with 3 punchhole cancels across the signatures and blue SPECIMEN overprint diagonally across obverse and reverse with design similar to that of Pick 106 (Calloway-Murphy BA 107a). The note with deep blue border margins and in blue and light brown with medallion at centre, arms and unicorns at left and value in wording in black panels at upper centre left and right in addition to the numerical ones to lower of the note on obverse and reverse in light brown with sailing ship at right, arms at centre and values in words in each 4 corners. Despite the introduction of solid £5 symbols it appears that the public continued to confuse £1 and £5 notes so renewed experimentation with the colours of the £5 notes was undertaken. In 1963 it was agreed to prepare essays in blue to reflect the chosen colour of Bank of England £5 notes. About UNC and an Exceptionally Scarce and seldom seen issue More banknotes like this Signature Sale : The Paul Dickinson Collection	£220
03/06/2019 Auction 165	World Banknotes	Lot 784	Scotland Bank of Scotland 5 Pounds Lighter Blue Borders ESSAY dated 14th August 1962 serial number 10/N 1234 signatures Bilsland for Governor & Watson for Treasurer with 3 punchhole cancels across the signatures and SPECIMEN overprint diagonally across obverse and reverse with design similar to that of Pick 106 (Calloway-Murphy BA 107a). The note with lighter blue border margins and in light blue and light brown with medallion at centre, arms and unicorns at left and value in wording in black panels at upper centre left and right in addition to the numerical ones to lower of the note on obverse and reverse in light brown with sailing ship at right, arms at centre and values in words in each 4 corners. Despite the introduction of solid £5 symbols it appears that the public continued to confuse £1 and £5 notes so renewed experimentation with the colours of the £5 notes was undertaken. In 1963 it was agreed to prepare essays in blue to reflect the chosen colour of Bank of England £5 notes. About UNC and an Exceptionally Scarce and seldom seen issue More banknotes like this Signature Sale : The Paul Dickinson Collection	£220
03/06/2019 Auction 165	World Banknotes	Lot 775	Scotland Bank of Scotland 20 Pounds (2) including Pick 114d (Callaway-Murphy BA118d) signatures Clydesmuir & Pattullo dated 16th July 1979 FIRST prefix LOW serial number for this type A900010 where the series for BA118d start A900001. Along with Pick 114e (Callway-Murphy BA118e) signatures Risk & Pattulo LAST prefix HIGH serial number for this type K149197 where the series for BA118e end K150000, corner flick only. The notes in purple on multicolour underprint and feature the Banks Coat of Arms at centre and Sir W. Scott at right on obverse and arms above sailing ship and medallion of seated Pallas at left and Banks Head Office building at centre. About UNC to UNC More banknotes like this Signature Sale : The Paul Dickinson Collection	£190
03/06/2019 Auction 165	World Banknotes	Lot 788	Scotland Bank of Scotland 5 Pounds White Borders ESSAY dated 14th August 1962 serial number 10/N 1234 signatures Bilsland for Governor & Watson for Treasurer with 4 punchhole cancels across the signatures and blue SPECIMEN overprint diagonally across obverse and reverse with design similar to that of Pick 106 (Calloway-Murphy BA 107b). The note with white border margins and in light blue and light brown with medallion at centre, arms and unicorns at left and value in wording in black panels at upper centre left and right in addition to the numerical ones to lower of the note on obverse and reverse in light brown with sailing ship at right, arms at centre and values in words in each 4 corners. Despite the introduction of solid £5 symbols it appears that the public continued to confuse £1 and £5 notes so renewed experimentation with the colours of the £5 notes was undertaken. In 1963 it was agreed to prepare essays in blue to reflect the chosen colour of Bank of England £5 notes. UNC and an Exceptionally Scarce and seldom seen issue More banknotes like this Signature Sale : The Paul Dickinson Collection	£190
03/06/2019 Auction 165	World Banknotes	Lot 778	Scotland Bank of Scotland 20 pounds Pick 94e (Calloway-Murphy BA109e) dated 11th June 1956 serial number 10/A 4257 brown on pale orange with blue medallion at centre, arms with 2 unicorns at left, values in brown quadrilateral lozenge shaped panels at upper centre left and right on obverse and uniface. GEF - about UNC and Scarce in this high grade More banknotes like this Signature Sale : The Paul Dickinson Collection	£160
03/06/2019 Auction 165	World Banknotes	Lot 765	Scotland Bank of Scotland 10 Pounds (6) including Pick 113a (Callaway-Murphy BA 116a) signatures Clydesmuir & Russell serial number J045897 dated 2nd December 1977. Pick 113b (Callaway-Murphy BA116c) signatures Risk & Pattullo serial number AA226709 dated 22nd July 1981. Pick 113d (Callaway-Murphy BA 116d) signatures Risk & Burt (4) dates & serial numbers as listed 1st September 1989 - DA466502, LAST prefix HIGH numbers for type all dated 31st October 1990 - EP999703 and a consecutive pair EP999717 & EP999718. All in brown on multicolour underprint with Arms at centre flanked by 2 women and Sir W. Scott at right on obverse and 2 medallions at left and arms at right on reverse. The Pick 113a in VF rest in UNC More banknotes like this Signature Sale : The Paul Dickinson Collection	£140
03/06/2019 Auction 165	World Banknotes	Lot 791	Scotland Bank of Scotland SPECIMEN 1 Pounds (2) including Craig for Governor & Watson for Treasurer signatures undated and with no prefix/serial number similar to Pick 100b (Callaway-Murphy BA 99b) and Bilsland for Governor and Watson for Treasurer signatures undated and with no prefix/serial number similar to Pick 100c (Callaway-Murphy BA 99c). Both with large red SPECIMEN overprint diagonally on obverse. Blue Scotia medallion at centre and value at lower left and right on obverse and thistle, sailing ship and value at lower left and right against a lined background on reverse. Both about UNC - UNC More banknotes like this Signature Sale : The Paul Dickinson Collection	£120
03/06/2019 Auction 165	World Banknotes	Lot 787	Scotland Bank of Scotland 5 Pounds Stanley Curister ESSAY undated 21st January 1945 similar design to Pick 97 (Calloway-Murphy BA 102b) serial number 8/Q 4233 signatures Lord Elphinstone for Governor and Crawford for Treasurer black SPECIMEN overprint diagonally at centre. The note features a grey Scotia medallion at centre, Great Seal of Scotland, Arms with unicorns at left on obverse and reverse in Dark Grey featuring Arms at centre and value at centre left and right. In 1943 the Bank started to consider redesigning the £5 note. A committee was set up with a brief to examine ways of reducing the size of the £5 note and adding a printed reverse. Stanley Curister, the Curator of the National Gallery at the time, prepared designs for the printed reverse featuring the Bank's shield against a lined background which was approved in May 1944 after several variants were submitted experimenting with different coloured inks. The inks were produced by A B Fleming & Co Ltd, the long standing ink manufacturers for the Bank. A number of these essays have come on to the market, all in the reduced dimensions. This essay type seen with both the SPECIMEN and CANCELLED overprint. About UNC and Exceptionally Scarce More banknotes like this Signature Sale : The Paul Dickinson Collection	£95
03/06/2019 Auction 165	World Banknotes	Lot 786	Scotland Bank of Scotland 5 Pounds SPECIMEN undated no prefix/serials signatures Bilsland for Governor & Watson for Treasurer similar design as Pick 101 (Callaway-Murphy BA 105b) red SPECIMEN overprint diagonally on obverse. The note in light brown and light blue featuring Scotia medallion at centre, arms and unicorns at left and values now also in wording and in black panels at upper centre left and right in addition to the lower numerical values on obverse and sailing ship at right, arms at centre and value in wording in all four corners on the reverse. About UNC - UNC and Scarce More banknotes like this Signature Sale : The Paul Dickinson Collection	£90
03/06/2019 Auction 165	World Banknotes	Lot 770	Scotland Bank of Scotland 10 Pounds signatures Pattulo & Burt dated 13th April 1994 includes a SPECIMEN issue (2) including Pick 117a (Callaway-Murphy BA117) LAST prefix very HIGH serial number for this type GG999958 and the SPECIMEN similar to Pick 117a (Callaway-Murphy BA117) serial number GF000000 with red SPECIMEN overprint diagonally on both obverse and reverse. The notes in deep brown on multicolour overprint, now reduced size compared to previous issue and 'STERLING' added to centre under denomination wording and featuring arms flanked by 2 women at centre and Sir W. Scott at left on obverse and 2 medallions at left and arms at right on reverse. Both UNC More banknotes like this Signature Sale : The Paul Dickinson Collection	£70
03/06/2019 Auction 165	World Banknotes	Lot 763	Scotland Bank of Scotland 1 Pounds includes a SPECIMEN (2) comprising a SPECIMEN signatures Bilsland for Governor and Watson for treasurer undated 1961-65 serial number A/M 0000000 amended printers' imprint at lower right margin now reads "G. Waterston & Sons Ltd." similar to Pick 102 (Calloway-Murphy BA 100d) red SPECIMEN overprint diagonally on obverse. Along with a later regular issue signatures Polwarth for Governor and Letham for Treasurer & General Manager dated 3rd March 1967 serial number B/B 0870402 Pick 105b (Calloway-Murphy BA 100g). Both in light brown with blue Scotia medallion at centre and value at lower left and right and thistle, sailing ship and value at lower left and right on reverse in addition the later regular issue now with magnetic ink sorting codes on reverse. About UNC - UNC More banknotes like this Signature Sale : The Paul Dickinson Collection	£60
03/06/2019 Auction 165	World Banknotes	Lot 764	Scotland Bank of Scotland 1 Pounds signatures Lord Elphinstone for Governor and John B Crawford for Treasurer (2) including Pick 91c (Callaway-Murphy BA 95d) dated 16th October 1943 serial number AA492673, yellow-brown dark brown and grey-blue featuring bank's arms at left on obverse and the bank building on reverse GEF - about UNC . Along with Pick 96b (Callaway-Murphy BA 98b) dated 5th January 1948 serial number H0159121, yellow and grey blue Scotia medallion at centre no banks arms on obverse and reverse now in yellow-ochre about UNC - UNC. In 1943, ahead of the Bank's 250th Anniversary in 1945, the Bank started to consider redesigning the 1 Pound note therefore a committee was set up. The notes in this lot include the old and the new design where the new design no longer features a side panel with the banks arms and arms now on reverse against a lined background. More banknotes like this Signature Sale : The Paul Dickinson Collection	£60
03/06/2019 Auction 165	World Banknotes	Lot 762	Scotland Bank of Scotland 1 Pounds (5) including Pick 111c (Calloway-Murphy BA 113c) Clydesmuir & Russell signatures (2) dates & serial numbers as listed 28th October 1974 - C/37 0229207 and 3rd October 1978 C/92 0954754. Pick 111d (Calloway-Murphy BA 113d) Clydesmuir & Pattullo signatures FIRST SERIES LOW serial number D/2 0000101 dated 15th October 1979. Pick 111e (Calloway-Murphy BA113e) LAST prefix for encoded type of Risk & Pattullo signatures serial number D/42 0085141 dated 30th July 1981. Pick 111g (Callaway-Murphy BA 113g) LAST PREFIX and HIGH serial number E/13 0649876 for signatures Risk & Burt dated 19th August 1988 series goes up to E/13 0650000. All in green on multicolour underprint with arms at centre flanked by two women and Sir W. Scott at right on obverse and sailing ship at left, arms at upper centre and medallion of Pallas seated at right on reverse. All in high grades More banknotes like this Signature Sale : The Paul Dickinson Collection	£32
06/09/2008 Auction 122	World Banknotes	Lot 662	World accumulation (c.230) much duplication, Germany, Bulgaria, Hungary, GB promotional, includes Bielefeld silk, Uganda reply coupon, USA specimen Exchange note, Queen Mother commemorative medal, etc, viewing recommended More banknotes like this	£120

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