A collection in an album TreasuryTen Shillings 1922 T30 K/79 45792 Fine, One PoundBradbury 1917 T16 A/76 798706 about Fine, Warren Fisher 1919 T24 U/88 701061 aVF one or two pinholes. Bank of England Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve K51D 706121 about Fine, Hollom (2) Prefix N40 and R48 both VF, Fforde 47U 583969 GVF, One Pound Peppiatt Blue U28D 545801 Fine, Peppiatt Green 1948 B260 Z99A Fine, Beale 1950 B260 B26C Fine, O'Brien 1955 B273 C75L Fine, Somerset DX11 014009 Fine, Five Pounds George Stephenson reverse Kentfield (3) EF-Unc, Gill (2) consecutive numbers D24 002006 and 002007 Unc, Elizabeth Fry Lowther (2) consecutive numbers HD41 751091 and 751092 Unc, Winston Churchill Cleland (9) Unc including consecutive number runs, Ten Pounds Hollom A14 482465 VF, Charles DarwinBailey (5) AU-Unc including two consecutive pairs, Jane Austen Cleland (5) Unc consecutive runs a three and a two, Twenty Pounds Bailey AD27 835409 AU, Turner reverse Cleland (3) Unc two being a consecutive pair
Bank of England (9) mostly about UNC - UNC O'Brien (2) 10 Shillings B271 Red-Brown issue 1955 serial number C51Y 891803 and 1 Pound Green B273 issue 1955 serial number N02K 366188. Hollom (2) including 1 Pound QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B288 issue 1963 serial number E39N 646954 and 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B297 issue 1963 serial number K76 786162. Fforde 10 Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B309 issue 1967 serial number 90T 068296. Page (2) 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of WellingtonB336 L Reverse issue 1973 serial number AT30 184096 and 10 Pounds Lion & Key B326 issue 1971 serial number B44 252116. Somerset 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac NewtonB341 W reverse issues 1981 (2) serial numbers AZ57 014879 and DU59 660148
One Pounds Peppiatt Blue shades 1940 B249 (3) prefix A06D VF, D49E GVF, J84D Unc, Green B239 prefix D48A Unc, Beale 1950 B268 prefix X13B EF along with Series C portrait O'Brien (3), Fforde (3) and Page (2) these EF- Unc mostly Unc, and last issue small size Isaac Newton Page (2) consecutives Unc, Somerset (1) EF. Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve 1940 B251 prefix W93D Fine, O'Brien 1955 B271 (2) prefixes B50Z and M80Y both Unc, Hollom 1963 B295 (2), Fforde 1967 B309 (1) and B310 COIN 109233 and three consecutives D27N 844479-81 these all Unc
Five Pounds BealewhiteB270, issued May 17 1952, X82 084161 NVF with some foxing and a pencil annotation on the reverse, comes in a Westminster folder with certificate
One PoundPage (30) comprising B320 (4), B322 (25, includes HZ prefix last series (10), and Page replacementB323 MS52 827446 all but one GEF to UNC includes some consecutives and last series consecutives
Fifty pounds SomersetB352 issued 1981 (10 consecutives) series A02 703351 through to A02 703360, Christopher Wren on reverse, Pick381a, the first note has been the end of a £2500 bundle since 1981 so this EF- AU the other nine About UNC-UNC
Error - Twenty Pounds Kentfield 1991 Michael Faraday B371 mis-cut, off centre so a much larger plain border at bottom (1 centimetre) and no border at the top (4) consecutive numbers N50 880679-682 AU-Unc each with the same error
Errors (2) - Twenty Pounds Kentfield 1991 Michael Farady B371 N50 880683 and Ten Pounds Kentfield 1992 Charles DickensB366 N30 818498 mis-cut, both off centre so a much larger plain border at bottom and no border at the top, the Twenty AU-Unc the Ten EF
Abingdon Bank Ten Pounds payable here or at Brown, Cobb and Stokes London, Abingdon 23 April 1802 for George Knapp and John Tomkins No 2023 Fine repaired with central tape reverse middle top to bottom
Oxford Bank Ten Pounds payable here or Jones, Lloyd and Hulme London, Oxford 2 November 1805 signed Richard Cox number 376 Fine once separated now re-joined by central tape reverse
Oxford Bank Five Pounds payable here or Jones, Lloyd and Hulme London, Oxford 28 November 1805 signed Richard Cox number B25 Very Good once separated now re-joined by central tape reverse and perhaps trimmed at the top
Cirencester Bank Ten Pounds Aug 25 1801 payable here or at Mastermans, Peters Walker & Co London for Joseph and Edward Cripps signed Edward Cripps Very Good
Cirencester Bank Ten Pounds July 25 1801 payable here or at Mastermans, Peters Walker & Co London for Joseph and Edward Cripps signed Edward Cripps Very Good
Cirencester Bank Ten Pounds September 18 1801 payable here or at Hastermans, Peters Walker & Co London for Joseph and Edward Cripps signed Edward Cripps Good -VG
Lynn Regis & Norfolk Bank (King's Lynn) £10 dated 12 Aug 1885 serial No.A10047 for Jarvis & Jarvis, (Outing1075g), aVF some dirt right corner and inked annotations and stamps reverse a good firm collectable example
Stamford, Spalding and Boston Banking Company £10 dated 1904, triangular cut cancelled, (Outing 2036h), VF along with Darlington Bank £5 dated 1886 for Jonathan Backhouse & Comp., signatures cut cancelled, Fine
Wisbech & Lincolnshire Bank £5 dated 1894 series No.X7808 for Gurney, Birkbeck, Barclay & Buxton, triangular cut-cancellation through signature, (Outing 2382y), EF
BirminghamLabour Exchange 10 hour note dated 1833, Robert Owen issue, unissued remainder, Forward Trading Company stamp dated 191x on reverse, Outing 3010k, slight unevenness and minor foxing to the edge, two pinholes to the left, EF
BirminghamLabour Exchange 10 hour note dated 1833, Robert Owen issue, unissued remainder, Forward Trading Company stamp dated 191x on reverse, Outing 3010k, slight unevenness to the edge, EF
Bourton on the Water Five Guineas 1 Nov 1805 payable at Beddome, Fysh Fenchurch Street London for Palmer, Hill and Wilkins Fine, inked annotations both sides number 786 signed Samuel Palmer
Bourton on the Water Five Guineas 1 Nov 1805 payable at Beddome, Fysh Fenchurch Street London for Palmer, Hill and Wilkins pleasant Fine number 787 signed Samuel Palmer
Bourton on the Water Five Guineas 1 Nov 1805 payable at Beddome, Fysh Fenchurch Street London for Palmer, Hill and Wilkins pleasant Fine, pinholes number 773 signed Samuel Palmer
Bourton on the Water Five Guineas 18 Feb 1806 payable at Beddome, Fysh Fenchurch Street London for Palmer, Hill and Wilkins bold Fine and firm, one hole to the left of the date number 869 signed Samuel Palmer
Bourton on the Water Five Guineas 18 Feb 1806 payable at Beddome, Fysh Fenchurch Street London for Palmer, Hill and Wilkins Fine number 875, signed Samuel Palmer
Bourton on the Water Five Guineas 18 Feb 1806 payable at Beddome, Fysh Fenchurch Street London for Palmer, Hill and Wilkins pleasant Fine with some minor edge problems number 913 signed Samuel Palmer
Bourton on the Water Five Guineas 2 June 1806 payable at Beddome, Fysh Fenchurch Street London for Palmer, Hill and Wilkins Fine with a few pinholes number 1226, signed Samuel Palmer
Bourton on the Water Five Guineas 5 May 1806 payable at Beddome, Fysh Fenchurch Street London for Palmer, Hill and Wilkins Fine a few pinholes number 1105, signed Samuel Palmer
Bourton on the Water Five Guineas 5 May 1806 payable at Beddome, Fysh Fenchurch Street London for Palmer, Hill and Wilkins Fine inked annotations both sides number 1111, signed Samuel Palmer
Bourton on the Water Five Guineas 5 May 1806 payable at Beddome, Fysh Fenchurch Street London for Palmer, Hill and Wilkins Fine one hole by the date and trimmed number 1061, signed Samuel Palmer
Bourton on the Water Five Guineas 5 May 1806 payable at Beddome, Fysh Fenchurch Street London for Palmer, Hill and Wilkins Fine one hole top right corner number 894, signed Samuel Palmer
Bourton on the Water Five Guineas 5 May 1806 payable at Beddome, Fysh Fenchurch Street London for Palmer, Hill and Wilkins Very Good, trimmed 835, signed Samuel Palmer
Argentina - El Banco Oxandaburu y Garbino One Peso Fuerte issue 1869, portrait of young girl at left, with horse's head in centre, Pick S1791, unsigned remainder UNC
BahamasDollar 1996, Belize $2 2005, Bermuda $2 2000, $5 1986 and $10 1999, Cayman Islands Dollars 2001, 2006 (2) and 2010, Five Dollars 2005, East Caribbean Five Dollars 2000 (8) each a different island (Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts, St Lucia, Montserrat, Anguilla, St Vincent), $10 2003 (4) (3 different islands), $20 2003, Trinidad & Tobago $10 2006 all Unc
BahamasOne Dollar 1974 issue, Green on multicoloured underprint, signature Allen, Pick 35b, serial number V/1 659484 a minor counting flick, otherwise UNC
Bahrain20 Dinars 1973 Authorisation 23 Pick 10s Specimen serial number 000000 SPECIMEN in black both sides (no price given in Pick) Unc comes with a Bahrain Monetary Agency Public Notice on the issues of the new B.D 20 Note from 1973 in English and Arabic which has an image in colour of this 20 Dinar bank note
Bahrain Monetary Agency SPECIMEN Set Authorisation 23 1973 Half, One, Five, and Ten as Pick 7,8,9 10 serial numbers 000000 and with SPECIMEN in red across both sides Unc and rare and unlisted in Pick, obtained by the vendor whilst living in the Middle East in the 1970s from the Central Bank
Banknotes and Coins, the notes from circulation F-EF with higher denominations including one or more examples of Australia $50, China100 Yuan 2005 (8 consecutive numbers), Hong Kong $100, Lebanon 5000 Livres along with French West Africa 1,000 Francs 20.3.1961 (4) other notes from a variety of countries most of the notes accompanied by circulated coinage from the same era so later 20th century base metal issues. Then a separate group of English coinage including some pre 47 silver issues and a 1906 Halfcrown VF or better (lot)
Barbados (2) Five Dollars 1975 issue, portrait of Sir Frank Worrell, Pick 32a, serial number G6 289913 UNC, One Dollar 1973 issue, portrait of S.J.Prescod at right, Pick 29a, serial number F5334967 A/UNC
Brunei100 Ringgit 1972 A/1 755897 VF with some faint red staining reverse as part of a large group of world (circa 150) from circulation including pre WW II types
Canada - Dominion of Canada One Dollar 1923 issue, Black seal at right, signature Hyndman-Saunders Pick 33a, serial number B-066700, VG, some dark toning, no tears or pinholes, a scarce issue and seldom offered
Canada Dollar George VI 2.1.1937 Fine, Dollar 1867-1967 commemorative Unc (3), 1973 (2) both Unc, Two Dollars 1974 (2) and 1986 all three Unc, Five Dollars 1954 Beattie and Rasminsky AU, 1986 (2), 2006 and 2013 these all Unc Ten Dollars 1971 Lawson and Bouey and 2013 both Unc, Twenty Dollars 1954 Beattie and Coyne VF and 1979 Unc
ChinaCentral Bank500 YuanPick 283a (S/M#C300-244) Year 34 of the Republic (1945) series 100H number 826104, in a PMG holder and graded About UNC 50. Black with light blue national sunbursts in underprint at left and right featuring a portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen at centre on obverse and the reverse in light olive-green. Chinese printing by SBNC.
China The Canton Municipal Bank 5 DollarsPick S2279c dated 1st May 1933 blue serial number D701374. Green on pale lilac underprint with large building at centre and vertical print on obverse and reverse in red-violet featuring Dr. Sun Yat-sen at centre. About VF
Cyprus - Government of Cyprus 3 Piastres Regular issue 1943 dated 18th June 1943, Pick 28a, serial number A/1 219033, small size note, UNC or very near so, rare thus
France (2) 100 Francs 1938 issue, signatures P.Rousseau and R. Favre-Gilly, serial number 569 C.59880, Pick 86b EF pressed, looks better, 20 Francs 1943 signatures P.Rousseau and R. Favre-Gilly Pick 100a, serial number H.64 35813 UNC and scarce in this high grade
France (2) 100 Francs 1946 issue, signatures P. Rousseau and R. Favre-Gilly Pick 128a, serial number V.163 30862 UNC, 20 Francs 1944 issue signatures P. Rousseau and R. Favre-Gilly, Pick 100a, serial number F.128 65166, About VF, pressed
France10 Francs 1916 signatures J. Laferriere and E.Picard, Pick 73a, serial number Z.883 277, EF or better and pressed, looks better, very seldom offered in this high grade
France5 Francs 1966 issue, signatures Tondu, Gargam and Morant, Pick 146a serial number 79427 A/UNC to UNC with some light paper ripples, Rare in high grade
French IndiaFive Roupies 1936-1937 issue SPECIMEN 00000000, Pick 5s two small spots on the left only, otherwise UNC an extremely rare and highly desirable note
GB and World (73) includes GB Bank of EnglandOne Pound (5) Page (1) and Somerset (4) and Ten Shillings (7) O'Brien (1), Fforde (6), in mixed grades some consecutives and EF, World issues 1914 to 1980s issues, comprising Germany (includes some Notgeld), Portugal, Italy, Turkey, Bulgaria, France, Austria, Mexico, Spain, Greece and more, in mixed grades, along with a cheque Messrs Smith, Payne & Smiths for £10 16s. dated 4 June 1831. VG. The cheque bearing the address 1 Lombard Street. The bank was formed in 1758 and in 1902 the five Smith family banks merged to form Union London and Smiths Bank Limited
GB and World Bank of EnglandTwenty Pounds William Shakespeare (5) Page 1970 B328 and Somerset (4) 1981 B350 VF-EF, One Pounds Somerset (5) EF-Unc along with two low grade 10/- O'Brien and Fforde, Scotland a variety of issuers in mixed grades poor - AU some from the 1940s One Pounds (20), Five Pounds (8). Jersey One Pound QEII VF and two B of E damaged notes Fforde £1 and 10/-
German East Africa, 50 Rupien, 15 June 1905, serial numbers on face only S/N 3079, , Kaiser Wilhelm II at left, reverse, multicolour, Pick3a, small piece missing top right corner, Very Fine
Hong Kong $10 (12) dated 2002, a consecutive numbered run, scarcer replacement series ZY, Pick400r UNC. Along with regular issue series CL303342 and Replacement series ZZ487851 both about UNC - UNC. Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the notes in purple, blue and multicolour featuring geometric patterns
Hungary - Ministry of Finance 1946 issues (6) 50,000 Adopengo Pick 138a NVF, 50,000 Adopengo Pick 139b, 1,000,000 Adopengo (2) Reversed Arms, with serial number Pick 140b and Normal Arms, no serial number Pick 140c, Second issue (2) 100,000 Adopengo (2) Pick 144a and Pick 144e Near Fine to NVF
Hungary (16) many from the 1940s but including a few later issues such as 2000 Forint Millennium issue this in Unc early issues VF, Russia 5,000 Rubles 1919 (2) AU-Unc and 25 Rubles 1909 VF
India One Rupee (6) 1940 issues, green serial number, Prefix letter A, all consecutively numbered Pick 25d serial numbers W/39 3894571 to W/39 389576 inclusive, each in a PMG holder and graded Gem UNC 65 Exceptional Paper Quality
Indian Princely States - Hyderabad100 Rupees Obverse: Blue and black on tan underprint, with additional rectangular frame added for the date on the lower left centre frame, Series PS, Pick S266a Jhun&Rez 7.10.4 FE1331 (1920) unissued. Serial number PS69695, printed by Waterlow and Sons, London, in a PMG holder and graded Choice Fine 15 Sea Salvage. Note: On May 20 1922 the ocean liner Egypt, carrying gold and silver collided with the cargo vessel Seine off the French coast. Ten years later the Italian salvage vessel Artiligo recovered most of the precious metal along with these notes which were never officially issued. Pick states most of these notes are with stamping, this note is not stamped
Isle of ManOne Pound undated 1983 issues (11) signature Cashen (5) comprising a consecutive trio serial numbers X358694, X358695 and X358696, and a consecutive pair X358699 and X358700 Pick 40b UNC, signature Shimmin (6) consecutive early numbers AA 000819 to AA 0008824 inclusive, Pick 40c UNC
Malta - Bank Centrali Ta' Malta £5 (2) 1967 issue signatures H. de Gabriele and J. Laspina, Pick 32a, serial number B/13 222265 Near EF, Pick 35a 1967 issue, serial number B/13 541897 A/UNC
MaltaSpecimen Collector Set Pick CS1 issued 1979 comprising Ten Pounds, Five Pounds and One Pound, Maltese Cross prefix with matching serial numbers 006823 UNC the Five Pounds with a small crease on one corner, comes with the envelope of issue
Middle EastIran (12) & Kuwait (1) a small group in mixed grades mostly about UNC comprising Bank Melli Iran (7) - 10 Rials Pick 33Aa SH1317 Reza Shah Pahlavi and Alborz mountains, 50 Rials Pick 66 SH1333 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Koohrang dam, 100 Rials (2) a consecutively numbered pair Pick 67 SH1333 series 74/6 85188 & 74/6 85188 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi & Oil refinery Abadan, 200 Rials (3) Pick 70 SH1337 series 16/319434, 16/319467 & 16/319699 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi & Lockheed Constellation C-69 at Mehrabad Airport, Teheran; Bank Markazi Iran - 100 Rials (2) Pick 86a Dark Panel - series 113/140490 & Pick 91a Light Panel - series 188/276632, both signed Mehdi Samil & Dr. Jamshid Amouzegar & featuring Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi & Oil refinery Abadan, 100 Rials Pick 98 2500th Anniversary of the Persian Empire SH1350 series 1/209699, 500 Rials Pick 104a ND (1974-1979) signed Mohammad Yeganeh & Hushang Ansari series 8/497817 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi & Relief of the Marlik goblet (winged bulls flanking a tree), 1.000 Rials Pick105a ND (1974-1979) signed Mohammad Yeganeh & Hushang Ansari Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi & Tomb of Hafez, Shiraz; Central Bank of Kuwait 1 DinarPick 8a L.1968 Sheikh Sabah Ibn Salim al-Sabah & Oil refinery
Russia Ruble 5 Rubles 1909 Pick 10 Fine, 10 Rubles 1909 Pick 11 Fine, 25 Rubles 1909 Pick 12 VF, 50 Kopeks (1915) Pick 31 (2) VF-EF. Treasury Small Change Notes (1915) Pick 24-27 1,2,3 and 5 Rubles (2 of each) generally VF-EF. Postamp Stamp Currency (1915) 1 Ruble (4). 2 Ruble (3) these with black overprint of denomination, 3 Rubles (3), 10 Rubles (6) with 4 still joined in a square, 15 Rubles (2) and 20 Rubles (2) F-EF. Currency Notes 1919 and 1921 issues Pick 81-85 1 Ruble (2), 2 Rubles (1), 3 Rubles (2), 5 Rubles (6) four of these being a attached square of 4 F-EF
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