Russia (10) mostly early 1900's Gosudarstvenniy Bank issues in various circulated grades in average VF or about and well-kept considering their age and large sized nature. Comprising the 100 Rubley Pick 13a 1910 (1910-17) signatures Konshin & Ovchinnikov serial number ?? 062882, featuring a portrait of Katharina II (Catherine II), most well recognized as Catherine the Great. Also, a trio of the 500 Rubley Pick 14b 1912 (1912-17) signatures Shipov & Metz (3) serial numbers ?? 039587, ?? 040436 and ?? 028688. Along with the State Credit Gosudarstvenniy Bank 250 Rubley Pick 36 (2) 1917 (1917-18) signatures Shipov & Gusev series ??-058 and signatures Shipov & Baryshev series ??-241, both issued by the R.S.F.S.R. The lot also includes uniface copies with the design similar to the R.S.F.S.R. Gosudarstvenniy Bank 1 Chervonets Pick 139a (4) all with "Copy" overprint at right edge in Russian and bear the same serial number ?? 013579.
Vietnam mostly South Vietnam mid 1950's onwards issues (21) in various mostly high grades GEF to UNC includes 1 example in Fine. Comprising National Liberation Front 1 Dong Pick R4 ND 1963 (5) close serial numbers AN431473, AN431465, AN431449, AN431461 and AN431343, these notes were printed in China but never issued and were intended for use in the territories under control of the National Liberation Front, many of them were captured during a joint US/South Vietnamese military operation into Cambodia. Also Vietnam war (Second Indochina War) period 10 Dongs Pick 3a ND 1955 (2) close serials H3 283574 & H3 283577. 100 DongPick 8a ND 1955 series ZA 657671. 50 Dong Pick 17a ND 1966 series U3 568238. 100 Dong Pick 18a ND 1966 (2) a consecutive pair seirals Y2 227189 & Y2 227190. 100 Dong Pick 19b ND 1966 watermark head as on obverse portrait (3) serials D8 419597, X4 983810 and S5 290925. 1000 Dong Pick 29a ND 1971 series K4 478016. 500 Dong Pick 33a ND 1972 (2) serials R5 480838 & F4 795571. Along with a Transitional Issue 1975 1 Dong Pick 40a serial number RT 263546 dated 1966 but issued after 30th April 1975 and these notes were used until the South's economic system was merged with that of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1978. Also modern issues 20000 Dong Pick 110a 1991 serial BV 8013872. 50000 Dong Pick 116a 1994 serial AV4761635. And 100000 Dong PolymerPick 122a (Polymer Notes of the World S5R1) 2004 issue (first 2 digits of the serial give last 2 digits of year) series JB 04358096. A varied and interesting group. For ease of readability Pick numbers listed here - South Vietnam - R4 (5), 3a (2), 8a, 17a, 18a (2), 19b (3), 29a, 33a (2), 40a and Vietnam - 110a, 116a, 122a.
Cayman Islands Currency Board 1 Dollars Jefferson signature Queen Elizabeth II Law of 1974 issues (5) comprising Pick 5d (4) serial numbers a consecutive pair A/5 635941 & A/5 635942 along with A/5 635731 and A/5 912380 and all these about UNC - UNC. Also Pick 5e serial number A/6 003519 in GVF. A very desirable group
El Salvador & Guatemala Specialized issues (17) in mixed grades early to modern issues and some scarcer notes include El Salvador Banco Agricola Comercial 1 Colon Pick S109 dated 1st March 1922 series B number 840092 and Banco Nacional del Salvador Pick S164 dated 8th August 1910 series A number 7800 and Guatemala Banco Colombiano 1 DollarPick S121b dated 17th April 1900 series 1a number 26359 and Banco Internacional de Guatemala 1 Pesos (2) including Pick S153a dated 5th April 1920 series 2A number 1447670 and Pick S151c dated 20th December 1899 number 1735757
Spain El Banco de Espana (9) a scarce high denominations collection in mixed grades comprising 1000 Pesetas Pick 138 dated 4th November 1949 serial number 06588701, 1000 Pesetas Pick 143a dated 31st December 1951 serial number B4206554, 1000 Pesetas Pick 149a dated 29th November 1957 (2) serial numbers 1E5003747 & X1086735, 500 Pesetas Pick 142a dated 15th November 1951 serial number B3572376, 1000 Pesetas Pick 125a dated 21st Ocotober 1940 serial number 1489061 and 100 PesetasPick 145a dated 7th April 1953 (3) serial numbers 2N 1790928, 3F 112241 & 2Q1692240
USA (38) an interesting group of Obsolete Currency, Colonial & Confederate States Issues in mixed circulated grades, comprising State of North Carolina (5) - 25 Cents 01.09.1862 S2357a, 50 Cents 01.09.1862 S2358a, 1 Dollar S2327a, 2 Dollars S2326a, 3 Dollars S2367a, The State of Alabama (4) - 10 Cents S210, 25 Cents S211c, 50 Cents (2) S212a & S212b, The State of Georgia (2) - 25 Cents S861, 5 Dollars S852, Bank of the State of South Carolina, Charleston 2 Dollars 1862, Farmers and Merchants Bank, Memphis 5 Dollars, The Farmers Bank of Bucks County, Bristol Pa.(2) 1 Dollar dated 18th June 1841, 2 Dollars dated 18th June 1841 Cut Cancelled, Railroad Bank State of Michigan 5 Dollars dated 1st August 1853, Railroad Bank, Massachusetts 5 Dollars, Susquehanna Rail Road Company, Baltimore 100 Dollars dated 8th January 1838, Farmers Ex. Bank, Gloucester, Rhode Island 5 Dollars, The Bank of Augusta, Georgia 5 Dollars undated & unissued, The Augusta Insurance and Banking Co.(2) 1 Dollar dated March 12th 1862, 1 Dollar dated 10th December 1861, The Augusta Savings Bank, GA 1 Dollar 9th December 1861, The Bank of Gallipolis, State of Ohio10 Dollars, Walker Iron and Coal Company, Rising Fawn, Georgia 25 Cents dated 1st January 1883, Confederate States of America 100 Dollars Pick 71, Bank of Massillon, State of Ohio(2) 5 Dollars & 10 Dollars, The East Haddam Bank, Connecticut 10 Dollars dated 10th January 1861, City Bank of New York, State of New York 3 Dollars, The Valley Bank of Maryland 5 Dollars dated 31st January 1855, The Lyons Bank, Wayne County, State of New York 5 Dollars dated 1st January 1869, The Franklin Bank, Boston 3 Dollars dated 27th February 1835, Bank of Chester, South Carolina 5 Dollars Cut-cancelled spells "T.C.C. & C...", The Peoples Bank of Paterson, State of New Jersey 5 Dollars 1851, The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company 5 Dollars 1840, The Continental Bank of Boston, Massachusetts 5 Dollars 1860, The Exchange Bank of Norfolk, Virginia 100 Dollars
Saint Pierre & Miquelon (4) including 10 FrancsPick 23 series E.41 21516 100421516 about UNC - UNC small faint rust mark at top margin, blue and multicolour. 20 FrancsPick 24 series B.81 61305 200161305 about UNC - UNC small faint rust mark lower left margin and top left corner but this not threatening the general appearance of this note, brown and multicolour. 50 FrancsPick 25 ND 1950-60 series H.15 28047 035728047 VF or near so small holes to left, multicolour ship at right. 50 Noveux Francs Pick 30b ND 1960 series J.30 01919 073301919 blue overprint at centre on Pick 25, multicolour ship at right about UNC - UNC.
Ten Shillings and One PoundWarren FisherT25 & T24 issued 1919 series E/35 202388 & L/12 708133, No. with dot, portrait King George V at right, (Pick356 & Pick357), light toning, original EF notes
Five Pounds B357Gill (11) issued 1990, a consecutively numbered run of 6 First Series notes A11 615128 to A11 615133, and a pair of consecutively numbered First Series notes A11 615136 & A11 615137, Five Pounds issued 1990, FIRST RUN with low serial number A01 001431, last series notes (2) serial No. N36 213234 & N45 570458, (Pick382a), Uncirculated
Five Pounds B363Kentfield (5) issued 1993, FIRST RUN issues with LOW serial numbers AA01 006796, AA01 006807 & AA01 007328, plus 2 first series notes AA18 635747 & AA68 749789, (Pick382b), Uncirculated
India1 rupee dated 1917 series B/4 135777 with Gubbay signature, Pick1g, this series with the B prefix was the earlier type issued for Bombay, small holes & edge tear top left, Fine
One poundWarren FisherT24 (5) issued 1919, series P/18, R/72, T/3, T/9 & X/16, Pick357, some with pinholes and 1 with bank stamps reverse, Fine to good Fine
Tripolitania 500 lire, British Military Occupation of Libya 1943 serial 01T 435728, PickM7a, light central crease only, GEF and extremely difficult to find in this grade, scarce
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