Bank of England a collection in an album circa 1920's to modern issues (56) in various grades VF to about UNC - UNC and comprise a Mahon 10 Shillings B210 FIRST series serial number Z11 151655. Catterns 10 Shillings B223 serial number T13 776359. Peppiatt (5) comprising 10 Shillings B236 serial number 06Y 623802, 1 Pound B260 U18A 496511 along with World War II Emergency issues 10 Shillings B251 Mauve serial number K43D 097872 and 1 Pounds B249 Blue/Pink (2) serial numbers B88E 600126 & Y32D 850191. Beale (2) including 10 Shillings B266 serial number M28Z 029013 and 1 Pound B268 serial number X04C 0074772. O'Brien (7) including 10 Shillings B271 Britannia medallion serial number N47Y 294085, 1 Pound B273 Britannia medallion serial number D47L 714712, 5 Pounds Lion & Key B277 serial number C41 630201, 10 Shillings QE2 portrait B286 prefix A25 and 1 Pounds QE2 portrait (3) prefixes A05, D41 and N21. Hollom QE2 portrait issues (3) including 10 Shillings B295 prefix 29C, 1 Pound B288 prefix A32R and 5 Pounds B297 prefix A45. Fforde QE2 portrait issues (5) including 10 Shillings B309 prefix 86S & B310 prefix B18N, 1 Pounds B305 (2) prefixes R70J & T09E and 5 Pounds B312 FIRST series R40 629728. Page QE2 portrait & pictorial issues (19) comprising 1 Pounds (14) including a B321Replacement prefix W05M, 5 Pounds B324 prefix 88D, 5 Pounds B334 prefix 56N, 10 Pounds Lion & Key B326 prefix C04 and 1 Pounds B337 (2) prefixes X76 & W13. Gill (2) including 10 Pounds B354 prefix DY38 & 20 Pounds B355 prefix 06U. Kentfield (3) 5, 10 & 20 Pounds. Lowther (2) 5 and 10 Pounds. Bailey (3) 5, 10 and 20 Pounds. Salmon (2) 5 and 10 Pounds. And Cleland 10 Pounds. An attractive and desirable collection
Bank of England early to modern issues (23) in various grades VF to UNC comprising Peppiatt 1 Pounds World War II Emergency B249 issue 1940 serial number R14D 516937. Beale 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 B280White symbols issue 1961 serial number J58 327803. Hollom 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B297 issue 1963 prefix D07 . Fforde 10 Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B309 issue 1967 prefix 18U. Page 1 Pound QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B322 issue 1970 prefix BT79. Somerset 1 Pound Sir Isaac NewtonB341 W Reverse issues 1981 (2) prefix CU76 along with DW47 in a Raffles presentation wallet. Gill 10 Pounds Florence NightingaleB354 L Reverse issue 1988 prefix ET57. Kentfield (5) including 5 Pounds George StephensonB364 Crown at upper right issues 1963 (3) prefixes BH33, BH79 & BK22 along with 10 Pounds Charles DickensB369 Denomination at upper right issue 1993 prefix JH06 and 20 Pounds Michael Faraday B375 issue 1994 prefix AL29. Lowther (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. Bailey 10 Pounds Charles DarwinB400 issue 2004 prefix EA78. ClelandPolymer 5 Pounds B414 issues 2016 (3) prefixes include FIRST series AA17 & AA33 along with AC28.
Bank of EnglandCleland includes Polymer issues (18) in mostly very high grades comprising 5 Pounds Polymer QE2 & Sir Winston Churchill B414 issues 2016 FIRST RUN notes (5) including a consecutively numbered set of 4 serial numbers AA01 151285 - AA01 151288 along with an earlier number AA01 013400. 10 Pounds (7) including the new QE2 & Jane Austen Polymer issue 2017 Duggleby unlisted (2) a presumably FIRST RUN consecutive pair AA01 050971 & 050972 along with QE2 & Charles DickensB411 issues B411 (5) including a consecutive trio MA13 540848 - MA13 540850 along with LJ04 370035 and LH30 363407. 20 Pounds QE2 & Adam Smith B412 issues 2015 (4) including a consecutive trio KC05 316182 - KC05 316184 along with JK70 948736. 50 Pounds QE2 & Matthew Boulton and James Watt B413 issues 2015 (2) a consecutively numbered pair FIRST series AJ61 080535 & AJ61 080536
GB and World Cased items a large and varied group: GB The Queen's Beasts Numismatic Cover comprising Five Pounds 2017 The Unicorn of Scotland and 2017 The Lion of England UNC on the cover of issue with four College of Arms Quincentenary stamps, in Westminster folder, The 2017 Datestamp United Kingdom Specimen Sets (2) each a 6-coin set comprising Five Pound Crown 2017 King Canute 1000th Anniversary of his Coronation, Five Pound Crown 2017 Centenary of the House of Windsor, Two Pounds 2017 World War I - The War in the Air, Two Pounds 2017 Jane Austen 200th Anniversary of her Death, One Pound 2017, and Fifty Pence 2017 Sir Isaac Newton, UNC boxed with certificate, Five Pound Crowns in Datestamp holders (4) 2017 Queen Elizabeth II Sapphire Jubilee UNC with First Class stamp, 2018 Coronation 65th Anniversary UNC with First Class stamp, 2018 Royal Wedding Harry and Meghan UNC with First Class stamp, 2018 Prince George 5th Birthday, UNC with First Class stamp, Five Pound Crown 2011 Prince Philip 90th Birthday, UNC on the Royal Mint card of issue, Two Pounds in Datestamp holders (2) 2016 First World War - The Army UNC with First Class stamp, 2018 RAF 100th Anniversary UNC with First Class stamp, Two Pounds 2018 RAF Spitfire with certificate stating 'Flown on board Spitfire TD314' UNC, One Pound a 2-coin set in Datestamp holders 1983 Fine and 2015 The Last round Pound A/UNC each with First Class stamps, One Pound Collectors Packs (4) each containing One Pound 2017 and Brass Threepence 1967 EF to Lustrous UNC in the wallets of issue, Decimal Ten Pence 1968 and Five Pence 1968 A/UNC to UNC in Datestamp holders with First Class stamps, One Pound a 2-coin Numismatic cover 2016 The Last Round Pound and the First 12-sided Pound UNC with One Pound Stamp, on the envelope of issue, The 1953 Coronation coin and Stamp set comprising 10 coins (Crown to Farthing) A/UNC to UNC and 4 stamps in the Bradford Exchange box with certificate, The Queen Elizabeth II Crown Collection (9 coins) Crowns (7) 1953, 1960, 1965, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1981, and Five Pound Crowns (2) 1990 and 1993 EF to UNC, Coin and Banknote Set 2017 comprising Two Pounds 2017 ~Jane Austen and Ten Pounds Cleland CA37 015191 Polymer, UNC in the wallet of issue, Crown 1953 UNC in Datestamp holder with First Class stamp, Halfcrown 1888 The Queen VictoriaSilver Halfcrown VG boxed with certificate, Fiji Ten Dollars 1997 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Golden Wedding Silver Proof, Gibraltar Five Pound Crowns (2) 2006 Queen Elizabeth II 80th Birthday-Queen as a Young Child Silver Proof, 2006 Four Portraits of the Queen Cupro-Nickel Proof nFDC to FDC in capsules with certificates, Guernsey (3) Five Pound Crowns (2) 2016 100th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme Cupro-Nickel Proof with coloured reverse, 2017 Queen Elizabeth II Sapphire Jubilee Cupro-Nickel Proof, 2017 Queen Elizabeth II Sapphire Jubilee Cupro-Nickel Proof with sapphire inset, Jersey Five Pound Crowns (4) 2018 Remembrance Poppy Gold Plated Cupro-Nickel Proof with coloured reverse, FDC in the box of issue with certificates, 2015 Sir Winston Churchill 50th Anniversary of his Death (2) UNC, 2015 The David Cornell Portrait coin- The Longest Reigning monarch Cupro-Nickel Proof with gold ink, FDC with certificate, Alderney Five Pound Crowns 2017 Queen Elizabeth I and Prince Philip Platinum Wedding a 3-coin set each with a different reverse design two with coloured reverses Gold plated copper Proofs FDC cased with certificate, Niue Two Dollars 2016 Queen Elizabeth II 90th Birthday 65mm diameter in gold plated copper Prooflike UNC with coloured picture of the Queen on the reverse, in the box of issue with certificate, Tristan da Cunha Crowns 2014-2015 an 18-coin set 'The Crowning Moments of Queen Elizabeth II' each with a different coloured reverse subject covering key event in the Queen's life, Proof FDC in the box of issue with certificates, Tristan da Cunha Crowns 2015 a 12-coin set each with a different reverse, and coloured, Proof FDC in the box of issue with certificates, Tristan da Cunha Crowns 2011-2013 a 6-coin set 'The Golden Moments of Prince William and Catherine Middleton each with a different reverse in colour, FDC in the box of issue with certificates, Tristan da Cunha Crowns (3) 2014 Prince George First Birthday Gold plated Proof with ruby inset and family portrait in colour nFDC in the box of issue with certificate, 2015 70th Anniversary of VE Day Gold Plated Coppe
Bank of England Modern issues includes polymer LOW numbers FIRST RUN (10) a collection in an album all about UNC - UNC and comprising Salmon (3) Five Pounds B407 issues 2012 (2) a consecutive pair series MC59 177135 & MC59 177136 along with Twenty Pounds B409 series JD09 383261. Cleland 2015 & 2016 issues (7) comprising Ten Pounds B411 (3) series LJ19 370438, MA73 214684 and the last only a few numbers away from previous MA73 214688. Twenty Pounds B412 series JK70 948728. Fifty Pounds B413 series AK10 854088. Five Pounds Polymer issues B414 (2) a consecutive pair FIRST RUN LOW numbers series AA01 000247 & AA01 000248
Five Pounds (37), ClelandB414 (13) polymer notes including a pair of consecutively numbered FIRST RUN AA01, plus other consecutively numbered runs noted, SalmonB407 (13) including 2 sets of consecutively numbered notes with prefix LE79 and a mid run '01' note, BaileyB398 (11) including consecutively numbered runs and a few mid run '01' notes, most Uncirculated
ERRORTen Pounds (2) ClelandB411 issued 2015, a consecutive numbered pair MB77 228584 & MB77 228585, both missing last 4 digits from top left serial number, about UNC
ERRORTen Pounds (2) ClelandB411 issued 2015, a consecutive numbered pair MB62 033972 & MB62 033973, both missing last 4 digits from top left serial number, UNC
Five Pounds Cleland (2) B414 different prefix numbers but they both have same serial number, AK13 360205 & AK17 360205, polymer plastic, Churchill on reverse, Uncirculated (came from the Bank of England on 1st day of issue)
ERRORTen Pounds (2) ClelandB411 issued 2015, a consecutive numbered pair MB65 178838 & MB 178839, both missing last 4 digits from top left serial number, UNC
Five Pounds Cleland (3) B414 different prefix numbers but they all have same serial number, nice almost solid numbers, AK02 353333, AK13 353333 & AK18 353333, polymer plastic, Churchill on reverse, UNC (came from the Bank of England on 1st day of issue)
ERROR £10 ClelandB411 (2) a consecutive pair both missing the last four digits of the left serial numbers, series MB80 228788 & MB80 228789, Pick unlisted, about UNC
ERROR £10 ClelandB411 (2) a consecutive pair both missing the last four digits of the left serial numbers, series MB80 228792 & MB80 228793, Pick unlisted, about UNC
ERROR £10 ClelandB411 (2) a consecutive pair both missing the last four digits of the left serial numbers, (series MB63 177062 & MB177063), Pick unlisted, about UNC
Five poundClelandB414 (2) different prefix numbers but they have same serial number, AK02 353272 & AK18 353272, polymer plastic, Churchill on reverse, UNC (came from the Bank of England on 1st day of issue)
Five poundClelandB414 (3) different prefix numbers but they all have same serial number, AK02 353439, AK04 353439, AK13 353439 & AK18 353439, polymer plastic, Churchill on reverse, UNC (came from the Bank of England on 1st day of issue)
Five poundClelandB414 (3) different prefix numbers but they all have same serial number, AK02 353254, AK04 353254 & AK18 353254, polymer plastic, Churchill on reverse, UNC (came from the Bank of England on 1st day of issue)
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