China, Book of the Fifth Set of Renminbi an 11-piece set comprising 100 Yuan (2) 1999 and 2005 issues, 50 Yuan (2) 2001 and 2005 issues, 20 Yuan (2) 2000 and 2005 issues, 10 Yuan (2) 2001 and 2005 issues, 5 Yuan (2) 2002 and 2005 issues and 1 Yuan 2004 issue all UNC in the impressive hard backed folder of issue in presentation box
China, Russo-Asiatic Bank (3) Russian influence, Harbin, all dated 1917, 1 ruble Picks473a, 3 rubles Picks475a & 10 rubles Picks476a, all with steam train vignettes, Fine to good Fine
Confederate and USA 19th century collection on loose sleeves (17 includes USA fractionals (4) 10 cents to 50 cents, Confederate 50 cents to $100 plus assorted broken and obsolete banks, Fine to VF some better, viewing recommended
East Africa (8) East Africa Currency Board 5 Shillings 1/1/1938 unlisted for this date, Near Fine, pressed and with some pinholes and splits in the centre, 5 Shillings 1/10/1957 Pick 33 VF pressed, East African Currency Board (5) 1 shilling KGVI dated 1943 Pick27, 10 shillings 1964 Pick46a and 20 shillings 1964 Pick47a, cleaned & pressed, Fine to good Fine, 5 shillings QE2 issued 1958-60 series Q14, Pick37, 10 shillings issued 1961 series P15, Pick42a and 20 shillings issued 1961 series K23, Pick43a, all pressed Fine to VF
GB One PoundPeppiatt blue B249 H85E 798776 UNC, Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve H56D 445159 B251 A/UNC, Myanmar 45 Kyats 1987 issue (100) Pick 64, 5 Kyats (300) 1973 issue Pick 57 (200) 1996 issue (100), 1 Kyat (700) 1990 issue Pick 67 (300), 1996 issue (400) Pick 69 mostly in sealed runs of 100 notes UNC some with foxing on the edge, plus Germany an album of largely early 20th Century and hyperinflationary issues (lot), these in mixed grades
Germany (116) mostly 1910 to 1923 period, also WW2, DDR and West Germany 10 Marks 1948 and 1949 and 5, 10, 20, 50 & 100 Deutsche Mark dates from 1960 to 1977, some large size Notgeld, mixed grades
India1 rupee dated 1917 series Y/97 445775 with McWatters signature, Pick1e, this series commonly issued for East Africausage, KGV portrait, retains a perforated counterfoil at left with 2 staple holes, light print stain reverse, about UNC to UNC plus East Africa 1 rupee 1916 EF & Burma 1 rupee 1940 Fine
Ireland (4) Central Bank £20 dated 12.08.87 series JIE 306925, Pick73c, GEF, Central Bank £5 dated 10.05.79 series CGA 961544, Pick71c, EF, Central Bank £5 dated 11.07.80 series CEA 917802, Pick71c, EF, Central Bank of Ireland Lady Lavery £1 dated 11.4.64 series 47G 583050, Pick64a, GEF
Ireland Gibbons & Williams, 39 Dame Street, Dublin £3 dated4th December 1834 No.5489, an unsigned remainder, (PB 159), small piece missing top left corner, Fine
Ireland Republic Central BankLady Lavery £50 dated 4.4.77 series 01A 078560, Pick68c, cleaned & pressed with various ink annotations front & back, about VF
IrelandUlster Bank Ltd £1 dated 1st May 1956 series A691055, Pick315c good Fine & Bank of Ireland £1 issued 1972 low serial number D000007, Pick61a, light surface dirt, pressed GVF or better
Isle of Man (2) both QE2portraits, £5 issued 1961 signed Stallard series No.400422, Pick26b inked number Fine & £10 issued 1979 signed Dawson series No.662982, Pick36a VF
Italy (5) 10000 lire (2) 21st August 1959 series F1605 9171, Pick89d, large size note, pressed VF, 24th March 1962 series S2414 8252, Pick89d, large size note, about VF, 5000 lire dated 7th February 1953 series G403 2759, Pick85b, large size note, pressed VF, 1000 lire (2) 12th July 1946 series W628 080235, Pick72c, large size note, about VF, 8th March 1945 series W105 016270, Pick72c, 2mm tear bottom centre, large size note, pressed VF
Jamaica 10 Shillings dated 15th June 1950 series 57C 61140, KGVI at left, Pick39, stain top left, cleaned & pressed, GVF or better, Five Shillings 1961 issue Pick 51a Signature Payton (2), Signature Brown (1) average EF, pressed
JerseySPECIMENS (3) QE2 portraits all signed by May, £5 issued 1976-88 series KB000000, Pick12bs, £10 issued 1976-88 series GB000000 Pick13bs & £20 issued 1983 series AB000000 Pick14bs, all UNC
Keeling Cocos Islands (2) 1/4rupee & 1/2 rupee dated 1902, both with block number Y/E 1823, unissued remainders, signed Clunies Ross, Picks124 & Picks125, ink stain on first note, about UNC
Lebanon (3) all dated 1942, 25 piastres series A/2 028330 Pick36 VF+ and 50 piastres (2) both 1st series B/1 175936 & B/1 538512, these both Fine or better
Malta, Banco di Malta (5) a full set of unissued remainders, 5 lire sterline, 10 lire sterline, 20 lire sterline, 50 lire sterline & 100 lire sterline (lire sterline=GB£) issued 1880s, Picks161 to Picks165, all with some toning, the 10 lire heavily toned, about UNC to UNC, scarce as a full set
Rhodesia & Nyasaland 10 shillings archival SPECIMEN dated 23rd February 1962 series W/39 000001--W/39 1000000, signed Richards, Pick20bs, perforated & small abrasion on reverse, EF
ScotlandBank of ScotlandSPECIMEN set, £5 7th January 1994 EX000000, £10 13th April 1994 GF000000, £20 3rd February 1992 U000000, £100 9th February 1994 A000000 Unc
Scotland group (11) a good mix includes Bank of Scotland £1 1956 & 1983, National Bank £1 1957 & 1958, Royal Bank £1 1966, 1969 & 1970, £5 1970 & 1986 and National Commercial £1 (2) both dated 1959, average VF or better
South Africa Barry & Nephews £5 unissued remainder, Swellendam branch dated 185x,, vignette of cattle wagon at centre, Pick not listed, toned at bottom area, about UNC to UNC
USA100 DollarsConfederate States Richmond 1862 (3) Slaves picking cotton, series W, Criswell 41 (2), Steam locomotive, series C, Criswell 39 (1) Fine to Good Fine
USAConfederate States 100 Dollars 1862 Richmond (4) numbers 45272, 45273, 45264, 48887, About VF with some foxing100 Dollars Richmond 1864 Pink issue 22731 Near VF with a couple of burn marks at the top
USA, Merchants Planters Bank, State of Georgia $1 dated 1859 No.299D, issued in Savannah, cotton bales on carriage at centre, steam train vignette lower right, VG
World a collection in three albums (262) Americas, Africa and Middle East, includes many high denominations, includes USA, Caribbean, Oman etc. in mixed grades with many more modern issues EF to UNC
World group (c.110) a good mix with some better KGVIBurma issues, a Dublin cheque dated 1844, USA test note and a nice high grade group of Germany 1910 to 1945, rest are average Fine to VF but many better
Australia, Tasmaniacheques (59), mainly National Bank of Tasmania from 1880's to 1920's, many printed with Tasmanian companies. Multiples of some types. Overall good used condition
Austria (3) International Refugee Organization (IRO) 1 unit, 5 units & 10 units issued 1945, (Schwan & Boling 181, 182 & 183), a few marks otherwise all about UNC
Bahrain, a matching serial number set of Specimen notes (7) 100 Fils, Quarter Dinar, Half Dinar, One Dinar, Five Dinars, Ten Dinars and Twenty Dinars UNC from the 'Specimen Banknotes from around the World' set Pick 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s, 10s UNC from the 'Specimen Banknotes from around the World' set
British Caribbean Territories $1 (2) dated 2nd January 1964, a consecutively numbered pair, series R4-058884 & R4-058885, QE2 portrait at right, Pick7c, cleaned & pressed, look EF
Ceylon group (10) includes KGVI50 cents 1942, 1 rupee 1946, 1 rupee 1951, later issues include 100 rupees 1968 Pick71b, mostly VF to UNC, a few are pressed
China 20 copper coins dated 1938 series D3544547, Ho Pei Metropolitan Bank, Picks1710M, VF, China Central Reserve Bank 10000 yuan dated 1944 series U/A 534567T, Japanese Puppet Bank WW2, PickJ37b, GVF, China Federal Reserve Bank (3) 10 yuan 1938 PickJ63a aFine, 100 yuan 1938 PickJ59 aFine and 100 yuan 1945 PickJ88a, about UNC to UNC, China Federal Reserve Bank 1 Dollar dated 1938 series E1839051, Japanese Puppet Bank WW2, PickJ54a, VF to GVF
ChinaBank of Communications (10) 10 yuan issued Tientsin 1927 series A090842T, Pick147Ca, Fine, 100 yuan issued 1942 series Q985779, train and ship, Pick165, edge dirt reverse, VF+, 25 yuan issued 1941 series D370168, Pick160a, Fine with a small ABNC original black & white print of the centre vignette showing a Zeppelin, ship, train etc. 5 yuan issued Shanghai 1927 series B015199S, Pick146B, Fine, 5 yuan issued Shantung 1927 series C118084L, Pick146Ca, about Fine, 5 yuan issued Tientsin 1927 series A340921T, Pick146D, ink marks, pressed Fine, obverse proof issued 1931, Specimen overprint in black & perforated in English and Chinese, serial number S000336A, uniface, mount marks reverse, Pick148s1 for type, about EF, obverse proof issued SHANTUNG 1927, Specimen overprint in black & perforated in English and Chinese, uniface with red overprint SPECIMEN No.1985 on reverse and some ink smudges, 2 punch holes, Pick145Bs for type, about UNC, reverse Specimen proof issued FENGTIEN 1927,uniface with overprint SPECIMEN No.1559 on the front side, 2 punch holes, Pick145s for type, faint stains, GEF, 50 yuan issued 1942 seriesM490815, steam train at left, Pick164a, edge wear, Fine
China, Bank of China 1 dollar issued AMOY October 1930 series No.541521, Pick67, Fine, China, Bank of China 10 dollars issued AMOY October 1930 series No.468835, Pick69, GVF, China, Bank of China 20 cents issued 1941, an obverse SPECIMEN proof series A000000, uniface, as Pick90s, UNC, China, Bank of China 5 yuan issued Shanghai 1926 series U329569, black signature, Pick66a, pressed VF, China, Bank of China 5 yuan reverse proof in brown, dated September 1918, stuck on card & uniface, Pick52f for type, printer ABNC, HANKOW issue & Hankow in script top edge, some edge wear at right, otherwise UNC
China, Farmers Bank Specimen proofs (8) 1 yuan (2) issued 1935, De La Rue Specimen No.31, both notes are uniface, unlisted but Pick457(s) for type (has multicolour underprint, so not Pick457A), mounting stains left edges, almost UNC, 10 yuan (2) issued 1935, De La Rue Specimen No.35, both notes are uniface, Pick459s for type, mounting stains reverse, GEF or better, 5 yuan issued 1935 (2), De La Rue Specimen No.34, both notes are uniface, Pick458s, mounting stains left edges, almost UNC, 50 cents issued 1936 (2) , De La Rue Specimen No.00220, both notes are uniface, Pick460s for type, small rusty pinholes, mounting stains reverse, about UNC
China, People's Bank of China (2) 10000 yuan front & back Specimen proofs dated 1949, trace number 20717, series (I II III) 00000000 , both notes uniface, Pick854s for type, mount marks on reverse, GEF to about UNC
China, The National Commercial Bank, Ltd. 1 yuan reverse Specimen proof issued October 1st 1923 series No.000000, overprinted SPECIMEN & CANCELLED in red, 2 small punch holes, Cockerel at left, mount marks on the uniface front side, Pick517s for type, GEF
Estonia (2) 10 krooni SPECIMEN dated 1928 series No.0012345--6789000, PROOV in red diagonally across centre front & large red X on reverse , Pick63s1, about UNC to UNC, 500 marka reverse proof dated 1923, front side is uniface, overprint proov diagonally in red, Pick52 for type, about UNC
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