Steve has kindly provided us with the following insights into his paper money collecting.
My first contact with banknote collecting was over 30 years ago when my father in law came back from a boot sale with a wall picture of a £1 and 10 shilling note, albeit well worn and faded but hanging that on the wall started me off as a month later seeing a guy with a banknote album and I brought a Warren Fisher 10 shilling note for £95.00, the rarest he had, that was it the bug had bitten.
Over the following decades followed me searching far and wide for all the best quality notes that were out there, some from Canada, Channel Islands and the US, I would attend note fairs and exhibitions only looking for the rare and uncirculated.
I have enjoyed the rush of buying and collecting the best, never having ever sold one note from the collection in all that time, I now think it’s time for others to enjoy my notes and as sad as it is to see them go I hope that they bring as much enjoyment and pleasure to their new owners.
Five Pounds Nairne B208bf issued 8th April 1915, scarce MANCHESTER branch note, series 73/T 15415, lightly cleaned and pressed, EF looks about Uncirculated, scarce in this condition (Ex LCA 162 realised £1500)
Five Pounds Mahonwhite note B215 dated 23rd November 1926 series 304/U 10445, scarce Manchester branch issue, (Pick320b), original VF, rare (Ex LCA 162 realised £1400)
TreasuryTen Shillings BradburyT9 issued 1914 No. with dash ornate font six digit serial A/18 066500, small piece of top right corner missing about UNC - UNC
One Pound Green PeppiattB239C Type C Full stop after year, reverse only. Guernsey overprint "Withdrawn from Circulation November 10th, 1941.", serial E15A 763471 GEF - about UNC
One PoundPeppiatt Blue Guernsey overprintB249A C60D 888273 Pressed Good VF looks better Rare especially in the better grade, only 122 Peppiatt Blue overprints exist
One Pounds PageB322 (2) HZ63 832723 and HZ63 832724 consecutive numbers. Last series and last run Traced to HZ63. Rare. All UNC (Ex LCA 144 March 2014 realised £400)
Ten shillings FfordeB310 (100) a consecutively numbered run series C30N 518001 to C30N 518100, light storage stains, about UNC to UNC and scarce to still see as an original "brick"
GillFifty Pounds B356 issued 1988 scarce FIRST RUN series C01 886182, Sir Christopher Wren on reverse, (Pick381b), about Uncirculated to Uncirculated (Ex LCA 162 realised £380)
Ten Pounds Lion & Key (10) Hollom (2) 1964 issue B299 series A05 365738 GEF and A33 692875 GVF both with light staining, Fforde (3) 1967 issue B316 - series A65 559135 GVF along with a consecutively numbered set of 2 - series A51 038184 and A51 038185 both about UNC - UNC, Page (5) 1971 issue B326 - series C13 800242 GEF or better, B07 098173 about UNC, B07 046444 VF with some staining at right, C73 016930 GVF or better, C40 279628 about UNC - UNC
Ten Pounds QE2 and Florence Nightingale (18) Page (5) 1975 issue B330 - first series A14 134307 about UNC - UNC with a very light counting flick at top left corner, along with 2 consecutively numbered sets of 2 - the first series K06 930032 GVF with minor dirt and K06 930033 VF with minor dirt and 2 staple holes at centre, and the second set being series N66 390782 and N66 390783 both about EF with some colour smudging. Somerset (7) 1984 issue "L" reverse B348 - series AY77 550000 in EF or near so, CR73 545241 about UNC - UNC and a consecutively numbered set of 4 - series BW13 792182 through BW13 792185 all EF or near, along with 1987 issue B349 series CX68 103028 GVF. Gill (4) 1988 issue B354 - series EN76 129051 GVF, EU81 743298 GEF - about UNC, JN07 254923 VF and HZ54 568960 GEF. Kentfield (2) 1991 issue "L" reverse B360 - first run from circulation series KN01 728484 GEF along with KR10 644061 in VF
Ten Pounds HollomB299 issued 1964 (4) first run series A01 711617 about UNC to UNC, mid series consecutive numbers A20 497735 and 497736 and last run A40 720765 Unc
Fifty Pounds KentfieldB361 issued 1991 low number first run E01 000198, tiny counting flick at bottom, about UNC to UNC (Ex LCA 148 February 2015 realised £230)
Fifty Pounds Salmon 2011 issue B410 Matthew Bolton & James Watt on reverse, (3) first series consecutive numbers AA01 050004, 050005 and 050006 about UNC - UNC
One PoundSomersetB341 (100) a consecutive original run spanning two prefixes from DW82 686468 to DW82 to DW82 686499 then continuing with DW83 686001 to DW83 686068 and in the red seal unusual and mostly UNC
Five Pounds (12) O'Brien Lion & Key (3) first series 1957 £5 Shaded Symbol B277 (2) series A23 728217 GVF and A47 357326 VF with some light staining along with 1961 £5 White Symbol B280 series J16 861041 EF with some rust and toning spots. Hollom (4) 1963 portrait issues B297 series A04 849451 Fine, C42 147090 EF with a minor toning spot in watermark area, E88 959841 in GVF and L77 153364 about EF. Fforde (4) 1967 portrait issues B312 (3) of which 2 are first series R52 404590 about UNC - UNC and R64 482498 VF, along with Z67 151911 in GVF, and a B314 series 77C 714649 in GEF. Page (1) 1971 portrait issue B324 series 77E 371189 in GVF with a smudge on reverse top right corner
Twenty pounds GillB355 (2) issued 1988 last series 20X 998639 & 20X 998840 (from C102 packs), Pick380e, about UNC to UNC (Ex LCA 151 Dec 2015 realised £220)
Ten Pounds QE2 and Charles Dickens signature KentfieldB368 issued 1992 Crown at top right, scarce first run REPLACEMENT note M01 802314, (Pick383r), about UNC to UNC
Ten Shillings Catterns 1930 B223 (2) first series V85 201513 pressed VF and last series K39 448892 EF, Peppiatt Mauve 1940 B251 N28D 777443 About Unc, Beale 1950 B266 (3) mid series prefixes VF - AU, O'Brien 1955 B271 (7) mid series prefixes AU-UNC
Ten Pounds QE2 and Charles Darwin (14) Bailey 2004 issue B400 - series HJ44 495711 GEF, CD37 401424 about UNC - UNC, CD37 401526 about UNC, CD71 452654 about UNC small counting flick at bottom right corner, same letter series - JJ70 705156, JJ39 514059 , JJ47 719064, JJ64 705070 slight counting flick at top right, JJ40 514068, JJ57 705047 all in mixed grades GEF to UNC, along with a consecutively same letter series set of 4 - series EE56 860605 through EE56 860608 about UNC - UNC
SalmonFifty Pounds B410 (2) issued 2011, FIRST RUN notes series AA01 644499 & AA01 644469, Matthew Bolton & James Watt on reverse, (Pick393b), Uncirculated
One PoundPageB323, scarce first and last run REPLACEMENT notes MW01 433460 & MW19 829932, issued 1970, (Pick374g), the first Uncirculated, the last about Uncirculated/good EF
Five Pounds QE2 pictorial type and Duke of Wellington (18) being Page (9) 1971 issue B332 first series A29 069241 about UNC - UNC, 1973 issue "L" Reverse B336 series (4) BT04 741928 GEF with a minor dirt at bottom right below serial, CW23 018131 about EF, CU12 106810 EF, CU13 442984 GEF and a consecutive set of 4 - series AS82 906883 through AS82 906886 all About UNC - UNC. Gill (9) 1988 issue "L" Reverse B353 2 of which last run from circulation series SE90 547736 GVF and SE90 675413 about UNC - UNC, 2 regular runs series SD09 174738 and SE60 822055 both about UNC - UNC, and along with 2 consecutively numbered sets - the first is a pair set series RJ70 936543 GEF and RJ70 936544 both About UNC - UNC, and the second set being a set of 3 series SC28 305659, SC28 305660 and SC28 305661 all about UNC - UNC
Twenty Pounds KentfieldB375 issued 1994 Michael Faraday on reverse (5) a mostly consecutive number run BA15 153025 to BA15 153030 (missing 153028 Unc or near so
Twenty Pounds (5) Bailey 2007 B405 (2) issued 2007 first run AA01 119169 and AA01 119175 Pick392a both EF and mid series AB01 994708 AU, SalmonB409 2012 (2) consecutive numbers JE60 181833 and 181834 these Unc
Five Pounds QE2 and George Stephenson (15) Gill (4) 1990 issue B357 - first run from circulation series A01 875934 with a minor dirt spot around top and bottom edges otherwise about UNC - UNC, a consecutive set of 2 - series A06 791861 and A06 791862 both GEF or near and D27 352117 EF. Kentfield (11) 1993 issue - 2 of which B363 first run from circulation, one is low series AA01 006201 in GEF and the other AA01 427153 in EF, B364 series CK17 572431 GEF and DA79 341328 about UNC with a slight dent on top edge, along with 2 consecutively numbered sets - the first of which is a pair series BB24 116024 and BB24 116025, and the second is a set of 5 - series DA79 341319 through DA79 341323, both sets about UNC - UNC
Ten Pounds QE2 and Charles Dickens (6) Kentfield (3) 1993 issue B369 Crown replaced by a £10 Symbol at top right - a near consecutive set of 3 series JE13 122685, JE13 122687 and JE13 122689 all about UNC - UNC. Lowther (3) 1999 issue B382 - first run very low serial KL01 000788 about UNC - UNC and attractive, along with 2 consecutive Limited Edition of only 1,500 pieces C150 Year 2000 Millennium Packs series YR20 001330 and YR20 001331 with original certificate cards both UNC
Ten Pounds QE2 and Charles Darwin (7) signature Lowther - 2000 issue B388 "THE COMPANY" first run low serial numbers AA01 005100 and AA01 005191 both about UNC - UNC and attractive ,a consecutive set of 2 - series AC33 722476 about UNC-UNC and AC33 722477 GEF, along with 3 2000 issue B390 "AND COMPANY" from C157 packs 2000 TEN POUND LAST & FIRST series AA01 999182 GEF - about UNC, AA01 999193 about UNC - UNC and AA01 999201 about UNC - UNC
Fifty Pounds Somerset B352 issued 1981 FIRST RUN series A01 585733, Sir Christopher Wren on reverse, (Pick381a),a minor and insignificant defect at left edge presumably from cutting at the press, about Uncirculated to Uncirculated and a pleasing note
Ten Pounds QE2 and Charles Dickens (7) Kentfield 1992 issue B366 Crown at top right - series E17 852620 VF along with a consecutively numbered set of 6 - series K28 028839 through K28 028844 in GVF
One Pounds (11) CatternsB225 issued 1930 (2) series mid series prefixes J61 and S72 pressed VF and EF other mid series issues Peppiatt Blue B249 (6) BealeB268 (1), O'Brien B273 (2) these mixed grades though mostly VF - AU
One PoundFfordeB308 issued 1967, "G" reverse REPLACEMENT T29M 093563, very rare first number for this prefix, (Pick374e), light dent in paper, about Uncirculated to Uncirculated
Five Pounds QE2 and George Stephenson (12) Kentfield (8) 1993 issue B364 a consecutively numbered set of 8 - series CJ07 553240 through CJ07 553247 all GEF to UNC and all with a light dent at top edge possibly from bank wrapper, along with a Lowther (4) 1999 issue B380 consecutively numbered set - series EH20 363064 through EH20 363067 all about UNC to UNC with a slight bump at top edge possibly from bank wrapper
One PoundWarren Fisher (2) T31 issued 1923, B1/80 818065 pressed VF and T34 issued 1927 series S1/44 821432, (No. with dot), Northern Ireland in the title, original aVF some faint staining
One PoundFfordeB308 issued 1967, "G" reverse REPLACEMENT T29M 093550, very rare first number for this prefix, (Pick374e), light dent in paper, about Uncirculated to Uncirculated
Ten Shillings (20) O'Brien (2) 1961 B286 a consecutively numbered set of 2 - C03 511214 and C03 511215 both GEF. Hollom (14) - a near consecutive set of 4 notes 1963 B295 - series 65C 226743, 65C 226745, 65C 226747 and 65C 2246749 EF to about UNC, along with a fully consecutive set of 10 notes B295 - series 92L 815501 through 92L 815510 generally Unc one with a stain. Fforde (4) - 1967 B309 (2) 95X 500292 GVF and 39X 539115 VF, B310 C21N 483600 VF, along with a LAST RUN REPLACEMENT issue B311 serial number M80 373636 about UNC - UNC
Five Pounds QE2 and Elizabeth Fry (14) Lowther (6) 2002 issue B393 Full Halo - series HA09 870757 GEF, HB04 182824 about UNC - UNC along with a consecutive set of 4 series HA19 189634 through HA19 189637 all about UNC - UNC with a slight dent at top edge possibly from bank wrapper. Bailey (8) 2004 issue B398 series JD11 564892 GEF along with a consecutively numbered set of 7 - series LE28 419038 through LE28 419044 in mixed grades EF to About UNC
One Pound (14) Fforde 1967 issue (9) - a consecutively numbered set of 2 B305 - series T50L 888924 and T50L 888925 GVF/EF respectively, 2 consecutively numbered sets B307 "G" reverse - the first is a set of 2 - series R74B 042556 and R74B 042557 both about UNC - UNC, and the second is a set of 3 - series U15E 858588, U15E 858589 and U15E 858590 all in GVF, along with 2 Replacement "G" reverse notes B308 - series N10M 605134 in VF and N03M 433799 in GVF-EF with minor light folds and dents. Hollom (2) 1963 Replacement issue B290 series 41M 463686 in GVF and Replacement "G" reverse issue B293 series M15N 151884 in VF with some toning spots. Page (3) 1970 issue - a Replacement note B321 series W32M 507449 in GVF along with a consecutive set of 2 last series B322 notes series HZ15 429091 and HZ15 429092 in GVF or near, some minor toning spots
One Pound QE2 pictorial type and Newton (23) Page (7) - 1978 issue B337 series S36 428502 EF with some minor toning spots along with a consecutively numbered set of 5 notes series D04 450193 through D04 450197 in GEF to UNC with some barely visible colour smudging possibly from printing at the press above Britannia medallion in watermark area, and a B339 note series 78W 468610 about UNC - UNC. Somerset (16) 1981 issue "W" Reverse - B341 series BX14 382753 GVF, DN22 272705 Fine, and a last run later serial DY21 972853 about UNC - UNC, along with 5 consecutively numbered sets - first one being a set of 4 - series AN06 789172 through AN06 789175 all in GVF or better with some colour smudging probably from printing, the second set consists of 2 series BT43 109090 and BT43 109091 both in VF with some minor dirt and toning spots, the third set is another pair series BX14 382750 and BX14 382751 both GVF or near with some light colour smudging, the third set is a pair series BY19 479281 and BY19 479282 in GVF, and the last set being a trio series DX59 241628, DX59 241629 and DX59 241630 in EF
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