Fifty Pounds CatternsWhite note World War II German Operation BERNHARD forgery B231OB dated 15th June 1933 serial number 50/N 20861, presentable VF - GVF with the usual several pinholes at upper left and an underlined 50 numeral in pencil at upper right
Ten Pounds PeppiattWhite Note World War II German Operation BERNHARD forgeryB242 dated 18th March 1936 serial number K/164 31945, a presentable GVF with the usual multiple pinholes at upper left body near Britannia medallion
Twenty Pounds CatternsWhite note World War II German Operation BERNHARD forgery B230OB dated 20th August 1932 serial number 46/M 77696, VF - GVF with multiple pinholes in body and hand stamped "VALS" where S is inked in pen translating from Dutch - False or Counterfeit. Although the operation was not successful, it had an enormous potential as at the time the Bank of England's specialists called these forgeries "the best they have seen" and if the mission was successful it would've had a devastating effect on the economy, up to 9 million Bernhard notes were produced to the amount of £134 million - a figure representing 10% of the total banknotes in circulation in the UK at the time.
Fifty Pounds PeppiattWhite note World War II German Operation BERNHARD forgeryB244 dated 20th June 1934 GVF usual pinholes faint pencilled annotation at upper right
Twenty Pounds PeppiattWhite note World War II German Operation BERNHARD forgeryB243 dated 20th August 1934 serial number 48/M 70351, GVF with multiple pinholes in body
Five Pounds PeppiattWhite note World War II German Operation BERNHARD forgery B241OB dated 29th October 1935 serial number A/247 58160, VF or better with the usual Pinholes in body
Five Pounds Peppiatt World War II German Operation BernhardForgeryWhite note B241 dated 4th April 1938 serial number B/200 71084. A very fresh and crisp about UNC - UNC example, paper slightly wrinkled however these notes rarely appear in such high grades and this an excellent example perfect for any collector
Ten Pounds Catterns World War II Operation BernhardforgeryWhite note similar to B229 dated 19th August 1932 serial number K/113 07425. Fresh, presentable and relatively crisp about EF Minor Marginal Tear but not affecting the note's general appearance
Bank of England & Treasury (25) collection in an album in mixed grades comprising Treasury issues (6) including Bradbury (2) Ten Shillings T13.2 Type 2 Six Digit Serial issue 1915 serial number P1/18 059624 and 1 Pound T16 Dot in No. issue 1917 serial number F/52 316685 along with Fisher (4) consisting of 10 Shillings (2) T25 Dot in No. issue 1919 LAST series H/6 579715 Scarce and T30 No. omitted issue 1922 serial number L/9 098585 and 1 Pounds (2) T24 Dot in No. issue 1919 serial number R70 673931 and T31 Dot in No. issue 1923 CONTROL note serial number Z1/38 591956 Scarce. Bank of England issues (17) consisting of PeppiattWhite notes (2) a 5 Pounds B255 Thick Paper Metal thread Scarcer earlier issue dated 30th November 1944 serial number E77 003795 London branch and an Operation BernhardForgery 10 Pounds B242 dated 18th December 1936 serial number K/179 89453. Beale White 5 Pounds B270 Scarcer later dated issue 19th August 1952 serial number Y63 002774. O'Brien 5 Pounds Lion & Key (3) including B277 Shaded Symbol issue 1957 serial number C48 904966 and B280 White Symbol issues 1961 (2) serial numbers K22 542106 & First series H70 687181. Hollom (3) including 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B297 issues 1963 (2) serial numbers A09 201764 & A13 717477 along with 10 Pounds Lion & Key B299 issue 1964 FIRST RUN serial number A01 261771. Fforde (4) comprising 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B312 issue 1967 serial number Y81 342627 along with 10 Pounds Lion & Key B316 issues 1967 (3) a consecutive trio serial numbers A48 369328 through A48 369330. Page (4) consisting of 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B324 issues 1971 (2) serial numbers 75E 771785 & FIRST series 39C 149102 along with 10 pounds Lion & Key 1971 issues (2) consisting of a B327Replacement issue serial number M07 822804 along with B326 serial number B17 851613. The group accompanied by a Barclays Bank Limited Hereford. cheque for 18 Pounds and 5 Shillings dated 11th July 1923 number 30/C 04380 and a Postal Order for 3 Shillings to pay R. Haylett and signed Richard Haylett number D7/71 483638
White notes (3) comprising Peppiatt (2) Five pounds B241 dated 2nd October 1934 serial number A/125 68296 VG and Ten Pounds Operation Bernhardforgery as B242 dated 19th April 1934 serial number K134 50235 Fine along with BealeFive Pounds B270 dated 25th October 1949 serial number O77 031420 Fine
Catterns 10 Pounds, Peppiatt 50 Pounds & 10 Pounds, 3 x Bernhard white notes, Operation Bernhard German forgery WW2, Catterns 10 Pounds dated 19th February 1932 series K/102 76426, 2 edge tears and a few small edge nicks, small internal splits, edge toning, generally Fine, Peppiatt 50 Pounds dated 20th June 1934 series 51/N 64664, pinholes and a small internal split, small cut off corner, discoloured, generally Fine, 10 Pounds dated 17th December 1935 series K/160 57823, pinholes, 2 small edge tears, toning to edges, generally good Fine
PeppiattTen Pounds B242 (2) German Operation Bernhardforgery WW2 both dated 16th March 1935 a consecutively numbered pair series K/144 25723 & K/144 25724, (Pick336B), in PMG holders graded 64 Choice Uncirculated and 63EPQ Choice Uncirculated, exceptional paper quality, scarce as a consecutive pair
Fifty pounds, Twenty Pounds & Ten Pounds Bernhard, Catternswhite notes all Operation Bernhard German forgery WW2, 50 Pounds dated 20th June 1930 series 44/N 38727, EF, 20 Pounds dated 20th November 1930 series 44/M 07668, set of staple holes, pressed VF, 10 Pounds dated 18th August 1932 series K/112 48293, pinholes, pressed VF
Bradbury (4), 10 Shillings a pair of uncut forged notes without serial numbers, (T12 for type), 10 Shillings punched cancelled and overprinted 'Not Valid - For Training Use Only', (T8 for type), 1 Pound over printed 'Falsifikat' forgery, (t3 for type), and a John Cadbury 9/- note
Ten shillings BradburyT15 a contemporary forgery of DardanellesArabic overprint, Cancelled with "Army Pay Office 2 Sept.1918 Gibraltar" on reverse, gFine, also a group (12) of Hungarian, Greek, German & Yugoslavian common WW2 period banknotes all with modern forged Nazi and Jewish overprints, mostly Fine
Ten pounds Mahonwhite German Bernhardforgery WW2 dated 24 December 1926 series 105/V 54546, BIRMINGHAM branch, pinholes, edge repairs & small piece missing at bottom, scarce type, gFine to VF
Twenty Pounds PeppiattB243forgery dated 25th May 1935 series 82/M 46821, (a printed style watermark so not a German Bernhard), most likely Italian or French origin, pencilled word on reverse, EF
Siderographic £1 note by Perkins Fairman & Heath c.1826, issued to demonstrate anti-forgery designs, printed reverse in blue, (this note was from the Perkins & Bacon archive), foxing & lightly hinged to card, GEF
Ten pounds PeppiattwhiteB241 German WW2 Bernhardforgery dated 27 October 1934, series 150/V 23903, a scarce LEEDS branch issue, rust stain at left & some edge wear, almost EF and scarce
One pound Henry HasewhiteB201b dated 21st November 1815 series No.41950, no watermark visible, a well made forgery, pinholes & mounting paper traces on reverse, VG
One poundBradburyT11.1 contemporary forgeries (2) series W/40 22526 forgery written across front & back split & rejoined VG & W/40 16689 ovpt FORGED front & back, split in 2 parts Good
Twenty Pounds PeppiattB243Operation BernhardforgeryERROR highest prefix 54M 37451 7th June 1937 with 54N 37451 at bottom right possibly done deliberately by a POW soldier in an attempt to undermine the operation, an intruiging example for Bernhard forgery collectors possibly unique NEF with a round sticker on the reverse
Five Pounds Marshall a forgery as B203a HP 19037 15th Feb.1858 Poor with some tears at the bottom, some small holes and some ink annotations on the reverse
Twenty Pounds CatternsB230 47M 67258 15th August 1933 Operation Bernhardforgery, two cancellation red lines on the reverse, 'forged by Hitler used in Turkey' in blue ink on the reverse NEF with a few pinholes on the left
Leeds Bank £5 forgery dated 1848 No.6262 hand signed Beckett & Wm. Beckett (Out.1124h; Grant1590 for type) top right side torn & rejoined, Fine and scarce
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