World (45) in mixed grades comprising page=Pastresults&searchterm=Austria&category=2&searchtype=1" rel="tag">Austria 1 Kronas Pick 49 dated 1st December 1918 'DEUTSCHÖSTERREICH' overprint (2) a consecutively numbered pair 980025 & 980026. Brazil 100 Reis lithographic sample Fazenda Serra. Unissued remainder cut from a print page of 100 Reis notes. Printed by Metropolitan Bank Note Co. NY inscribed in small script at lower centre right Germany Democratic Republic (2) including 5 Marks DDR Pick 27b dated 1975 (2) serial numbers UA 628391 & UA 628394 along with a Replacement10 Marks DDR Pick 28b dated 1971 serial number ZO 0750741. Germany Federal Republic 5 Deutsche Mark Pick 30b dated 2nd January 1980. Switzerland (3) including 10 Franken (2) Pick 24r dated 24th January 1972 series 80G 056718 and Pick 24s dated 7th March 1973 series 86U 021989. 20 FrankenPick 46t dated 24th January 1972 serie 84K 043511. Russia (3) including 3 Rubles Pick 9c dated 1905, 5 Rubles Pick 10b dated 1909 and 10 Rubles Pick 11b dated 1909. The ChekiangProvincial Bank 20 Cents Reverse Uniface possible Progressive Proof dated 1936 Australia (5) including Commonwealth Bank of Australia 10 Shillings Pick 29 along with Polymer5 DollarsPick 50a (4) Samoa Polymer 2 Tala Commemorative issue Golden Jubilee of Service of Head of State Malietoa Susuga Tanumafili II Pick 31a England Bank of England 5 Pounds SomersetPick 378c (Duggleby B343) L reverse issues 1980 prefixes LX10 & LT07. USAFederal Reserve 1 Dollars (23) including Pick 443b series 1963A signatures Granahan & Fowler (8) 3 x New York 2 x Chicago 1 x Kansas City 2 x San Francisco, Pick 443c series 1963B signatures Granahan & Barr (2) 1 x New York 1 x San Francisco, Pick 449d series 1969C San Francisco, Pick 449e series 1969D San Francisco and Pick 455 series 1974 (11) 1 x Boston 1 x New York 1 x Atlanta 8 x San Francisco
Bermuda Government British Administration 1 Pound dated 2nd December 1914, serial number in red 008547, P1, PMG 25 VERY FINE. An extremely rare piece, black on green underprint with arms at left on obverse. This is the first ever 1 Pound note issued in Bermuda and the only one to be printed by the American Banknote Company, Ottawa as the following later denominations were printed by British printers, mostly Waterlow & Sons and Bradbury & Wilkinson & Co. In 1882, the local 'legal tender act' demonetized the gold doubloon, which had in effect been the real standard in Bermuda, and this left pounds, shillings, and pence as the sole legal tender. The British pound sterling then remained the official currency of Bermuda until 1970. In 1920, 5 shilling notes were introduced, followed by 10 shillings in 1927 and 5 pounds in 1941. The 5 shilling note ceased production in 1957, with 10 pound notes introduced in 1964. It was finally decided to take the action that British Honduras had already done 85 years earlier. In line with the international trend towards decimalization, Bermuda introduced a new currency in the form of a dollar that was fixed at an equal value to the US dollar. The new Bermuda dollars operated in conjunction with decimal fractional coinage, hence ending the pounds, shillings, and pence system in that colony in the year before it was ended in the United Kingdom itself. The decision to finally align with the US dollar was at least in part influenced by the devaluation of sterling in 1967 and Bermuda's increasing tendency to keep its reserves in US dollars. Although Bermuda changed to a U.S. based currency and changed the bulk of its reserves from sterling to U.S. dollars in 1970, it still nevertheless remained a member of the sterling area since at that time, the pound sterling and the US dollar had a fixed exchange rate of £1 = $2.40. The design makes it a bit of an outlier as it does not feature any royal portraits.
Italian Somaliland (2) including 10 Somali Pick 13a dated 1950 series A 030 No. 001361, green and yellow and 20 Somali Pick 14a dated 1950 series A 013 No. 042927,brown and yellow. Both VG and Exceptionally Scarce notes
French Somaliland, Djibouti100 Francs (2), issued 1952 series D.129 837 & E.135 356, Tresor Public, (Pick26), one with a small tear the other with tiny pinholes, some small stains, cleaned & pressed Fine
World (52) some duplication and some modern issues includes Bosnia Pick1 and Pick2, Iraq, Syria & Oman also issues from Iran, Somalia, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Syria, quite a few high values, some lower grades but mostly EF to UNC
World assortment (25) includes Papua New Guinea 10 & 100 kina dated 2010, Somalia 50 shillings 1991 (9), Syria with duplication, Bosnia Pick 1 and Pick2, St Helena £1, various grades, later issues mostly UNC
World accumulation (c.130) includes 19th century Rouen 20 francs VG, Mali1000 francs 1960, Japanese Hansatsu, Egypt shares (3) for Palestinian relief fund, Lebanon, Tripolitania, East Africa etc, large group of Russia stamp currency, viewing recommended
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