Bank of EnglandOne Pounds (34) in mixed grades to about UNC some pressed & washed comprising One Pounds Green (11) O'Brien (3) B274Replacement issue prefix S73S and B273 issued 1955 (2) prefixes J89K & E28L. BealeB268 issued 1950 (5) prefixes D26C, H35C, H13C, J85C and J30J. Peppiatt (3) B239 First Period Unthreaded prefix H02A and B260 Fourth period Threaded issues (2) prefixes C06B and C07B. Along with One Pounds QE2 portrait & seated Britannia (23) comprising O'Brien (2) prefixes D31 and 30T. Hollom (6) prefixes D95T, L11T, E79T and a consecutive set of 3 L29N 130980 - 130982. FfordeB305 issue series R51D 184812. PageB322 issues (14) prefixes EW56, consecutive trio CZ04, consecutive set of 5 HX17 and another consecutive set of 5 HY39.
Weald of Kent Bank, CranbrookOne Pound dated 12th October 1813 series No. 10718 For Argles, Bishop, Brenchley & Bishop and signed by A. Bishop entered J.B. Brenchley signed with initials J.B.B, "ONE" at top (Outing 608a), grey-blue vignette reverse, pinholes & staining lower right, 3 small holes to top right, Fine to about VF. Comes with a collectors ticket
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 Pound QE2 portrait and seated Britannia, PageB323Replacement issue 1970 however not all were used as replacement, mid last series MS84 473388, choice UNC and scarce in this high grade, printed on sheet-fed or continuous reel-fed machines at the Bank of England Printing Works, Debden, Essex
One Pounds Fforde QE2 portrait & Seated Britannia B307 Green G reverse issue 1967 (2) a near consecutive pair last mid run series R99L 730451 & R99L 730453. Both UNC and Scarce
TreasuryWarren Fisher (3) mixed group comprising One Pounds (2) First Issue T24 issued 1919 first series K39 994681 EF or near so and Second Issue T31 issued 1923 series J1/56 005307 GVF. Along with Ten Shillings T30 Red No omitted series O63 673543 Fine
TreasuryWarren Fisher Second Issues (2) comprising Ten Shillings T30 Red No. omitted issue 1922 series O67 302948 VF or near so. Along with One PoundT31 Ireland in title Dot in No. issue 1923 last series R1/4 294887 pressed EF
Bank of England a small group in mixed grades VF - UNC (14) comprising Catterns (1) One Pound Green B225 issued 1930 last series Z55 448173. Peppiatt (5) Ten Shillings B236 Unthreaded issue 1934 series 86W 003755, One Pound Green B238 issued 1934 last series 97Z 230070,One Pound Emergency Issue from the Second Period B249 Blue/Pink Metal Thread issue 1940 (2) - the first being the last series A35H 802356 and the second being last series shades X58H 227632, Ten Shillings Emergency Issue B251 Mauve and with a Metal Thread issued 1940 series M71D 626135. Beale (2) Ten Shillings B266 issued 1950 first series Z46Z 892995 and One Pound Green B269Replacement issue 1950 series S36S 421731. O'Brien (4) Ten Shillings (2) the first being B271 issued 1955 first series D92Z 630560 and the second being B286 QE2 portrait issued 1961 series D06 384029, along with One Pound Green (2) the first being B274 a later Replacement issue 1955 series S18T 549046 and the second being B273 an earlier issue 1955 series L98J 869831 .Hollom (2) One Pound a consecutively numbered pair B288 issued 1963 series D11U 519394 and D11U 519395
Northumberland Bank, NewcastleOne pound proof on card, ND 1800's, castle vignette, for John Reed, Reed & Co., Outing 1508c, very faint fox marks and stain, Fine
Bank of England (12) comprising Hollom (1) Ten Pounds Lion & Key B299 issued 1964, series A32 449570, Fine with pinholes and inked numerals, Page (2) Five Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke Of Wellington, B336 "L" Reverse issue 1973, series AU73 328042, GEF and Ten Pounds Lion & Key, B326 issued 1971, series C36 986665, GVF, Page (4) One Pound QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton, B341 "W" Reverse issue 1981, series DX06 022799, GVF, Five Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington, B343 "L" Reverse issue 1980, series DU26 579706, about UNC and Ten Pounds (2) QE2 Pictorial & Florence Nightingale, B346 issued 1980, a near consecutive number pair W61 583409 & W61 583411 both GEF, Gill (2) Five Pounds QE2 & George Stephenson, B352 Crown at top right issue 1990, series H35 730757 & B82 919588 both about UNC, and last Kentfield (3) Ten Pounds (2) QE2 & Charles Dickens, a consecutively numbered pair, B366 Crown at top right issue 1992, series A39 263721 & A39 263722 both about UNC, along with Twenty Pounds QE2 & Michael Faraday , B371 Crown top right issue 1991, series H40 826569, GVF with inked numerals
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
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 Pounds Green (9) a group of 3 consecutive sets in mixed grades GVF - EF comprising Peppiatt (6) the first set being a pair B239 First Period Unthreaded issue 1934 (2) series H38A 229649 & H38A 229650. The second set being B260 Fourth period Threaded issue 1949 (4) series T48A 256671 through T48A 256674. The last set being a trio BealeB268 Threaded issue 1950 (3) series J41C 060501 through J41C 060503
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
Portsmouth, Portsea and Hampshire Bank One Pound dated 10th October 1818 No. M2942 for Godwin, Minchin & Carter, Entered Pearce and signed Carter (Outing 1742e), triangular, circle and red dividend stamps on obverse and Guildhall stamp on reverse, Fine - good Fine
Bank of EnglandPage (6) Five Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of WellingtonB334 Blue L Reverse issue 1973 last series 37Z 437366 UNC. Along with One Pounds QE2 & seated Britannia Green issues 1970 (5) comprising B320 (2) series Z20A 386718 & Z17L 849719, both UNC. Replacement issues B321 (2) series R70M 940633 UNC & S66M 867870 GEF. And the last note is B322 last series HZ55 992782 UNC
One Pound QE2 pictorial type and Sir Isaac Newton, PageB339 issued 1978 (2), the first being a first run series 01A 778852 and the second being series 10U 796187, both UNC
One Pounds QE2 portrait and seated Britannia, O'Brien (3) comprising B281 Green issue 1960 (2) first & last series A08 678195 & Z22 307157. Along with B282 issue 1960 first series 24A 938849. All UNC
One PoundPeppiatt Emergency issue Second Period, B249 Blue/Pink Metal Thread issue 1940, last series shades X78H 357098, UNC with a tiny spot on watermark area
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 Pounds Page QE2 portrait & seated Britannia 1970 issues (22) a group comprising consecutive and near consecutive sets mostly about UNC - UNC includes B323Replacement issues (7) series MT07 633822 through MT07 633826 and B322 issues (17) prefixes HS74 near consecutive (3), HR61 consecutive (4) and ES28 017679 through ES28 017685 and ES28 017690 & ES28 017691.
Ringwood & Hampshire Bank One Pound Design on reverse dated 1921 No.R6500 for Stephen Tunks (Outing 1788b) 2 dividend stamps on obverse one slightly smudged, faint inked numbering a top right, Fine
One PoundPeppiatt Emergency issue Second Period, B249 Blue/Pink Metal Thread issue 1940, sub series N96E 991949, GEF . A note from the personal collection of Mr Charles Vincent Anstey Duggleby author of the popular "English Paper Money" published December 1975. Comes with a certificate signed by Mr Duggleby himself and J.E. Jones titled "for Border Coins (Carlisle)" dated 18.1.1978
One Pound QE2 pictorial type and Sir Isaac Newton, PageB337 issued 1978 (3), the first being a pair of an earlier and later very first run series A01 196312 & A01 920827 and the third being a last series Z68 499052 all UNC
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
One PoundMahon Green B212 issued 1928 series B79 892347 VF but looks better with strong lines and pleasing to the eye, showing off the exquisite Britannia design
One Pounds (3) QE2 portrait and seated Britannia, FfordeB305 issued 1967, series S66B 234183, along with Page (2) B323Replacement Issues 1970, although not all were used as such, series MS02 560310 & MT05 022869, all UNC
Bank of England, Treasury and World notes and coins (45 items), includes a framed display of Pre-Decimal One Pound and 10 Shillings banknotes and 8 coins from Farthing to Half Crown, other Bank of England notes (20), Treasury notes (8), & World notes (16), mixed grades
One PoundWarren Fisher (2) T24 issued 1919, a consecutively numbered pair series N/26 568263 & N/26 568264, portrait KGV at right, light toning, original EF scarce as a pair
One PoundWarren Fisher (2) T31 issued 1923, a consecutively numbered pair series F1/99 293017 & F1/99 293018, portrait KGV at right, staple holes at bottom left, original about EF, scarce as a pair
ERRORS (5), One PoundFfordeB305 issued 1967, an incredible run of 5 notes with the same mismatched numbers, each note has T38E 674638 top left and T38E 674639 bottom right, all Uncirculated or about, a unique set of errors and exceptionally rare
ERRORS (13), very scarce PeppiattOne Pound with heavy printers ink smudge to right edge issued 1948, about Uncirculated, FfordeFive Pounds design misplaced vertically on reverse, issued 1967, good VF, Page One Pound (3) all with ink smudges through portrait of Queen, issued 1970, good VF, EF and Uncirculated, Page Ten Pounds with heavy printers ink smudge through portrait of the Queen, issued 1975, good VF, Page Five Pounds (3) a pair of consecutively numbered notes with queens portrait only lightly printed, issued 1975, about Uncirculated & Five Pounds horizontally misplaced on obverse, issued 1975, about EF, Page One Pound approx. 5mm taller than a standard note, issued 1978, about EF, Gill 10 Pounds with silver security thread misplaced to left and completely exposed, unusual error, issued 1988, VF, Gill Five Pounds missing orange, yellow and green in underprint on back, issued 1990, Uncirculated, Bailey Ten Pounds missing 5 digits from serial number at top left, issued 2004, about VF, an interesting and varied collection of errors needs viewing
One PoundBeale (48) B268 & B269 issued 1950, including consecutively numbered runs and pairs, also seen first and last series notes, a first run sub-series and a replacement note, (Pick369b), high grade collection all between EF and Uncirculated
One Pound (9), Mahon & Catterns, Mahon (3) B212 issued 1928 including 2 first series notes with 'A' prefix, one original EF the other two pressed look about EF, Catterns (6) B225 issued 1930 including 3 Uncirculated, the rest good EF, a nice high grade lot
One PoundPage (4) B323, scarce mid, first & last run REPLACEMENT notes MS01 592398, MT01 219123, MU01 695757 and MS84 936984, issued 1970, (Pick374g), Uncirculated and about Uncirculated
One Pound & Ten Shillings Treasury (6), Bradbury One Pound (2) T16 issued 1917 series C/84 313918 & F/84 962717, Warren Fisher One Pound (2) T31 issued 1923 series E1/96 268014 & L1/91 464343, Warren Fisher Ten Shillings (2) T25, T30 issued 1919 and 1922 series F/37 177430 & R/40 410895, mixed grades Fine to good EF, needs viewing
Ten Shillings & One Pound (4), Mahon 10 Shillings B210 first series Z80 117311, (Pick362a), pressed good VF, Mahon 1 Pound B212 series G41 337318, (Pick363a), VF both issued 1928, Catterns 10 Shillings B223 series L94 475582, (Pick362b), EF, Catterns 1 Pound B225 series W49 297639, (Pick363b), EF both issued 1930
One PoundPeppiatt (12) B249 blue emergency issue 1940, including a consecutively numbered pair L46E 407431 & L46E 407432, and a last series note prefix X15H, world war 2 issue, (Pick367a), 6 Uncirculated notes and 6 about Uncirculated
One PoundPage (86), B337B339B339a & B340 issued 1978, a scarce last run EXPERIMENTAL issue 81Z, First Run A01 (11) including consecutive notes and low serial number, many other first and last series notes seen and many consecutively numbered runs and pairs, also some mid run '01' prefixes, (Pick377a), the 81Z is VF, a few EF but the majority are Uncirculated or about
One Pound (69), Hollom (3), Fforde (27) and Page (39), consecutively numbered runs and pairs noted, first and last series notes and mid run '01' notes also seen, portrait series C, high grade collection EF to Uncirculated
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
One PoundBradbury (4), T16 issued 1917 two first series notes, A/6 977396 & A/96 904681, King George V portrait at right, the first about EF, the second pressed EF with 2 pinholes, One Pound Bradbury T16 issued 1917, series E/81 922055, portrait King George V at right, (Pick351), cleaned and pressed good VF, plus a Treasury One Pound watermarked paper for use on Bradbury T16, slight toning about Uncirculated
One PoundSomersetB341 (9) issued 1981, all FIRST RUN prefix AN01, most with low serial numbers under 2000, (Pick377b), one with a small corner fold otherwise all 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
One PoundPeppiatt (7) B260 issued 1948, a consecutively numbered run series E86B 338122 - E86B 338128, with security thread, (Pick369a), Uncirculated or about
One Pound O'Brien (50), B281B282 & B284 issued 1960, including a consecutively numbered run of 10 notes plus other consecutive sets and pairs, first and last series notes also seen, portrait series C, (Pick374a), high grade collection EF to Uncirculated
One PoundFforde (5) B304 & B308 issued 1967, all "G" reverse REPLACEMENT notes, (Pick374e), one has a centre fold good EF, the other four are Uncirculated
One PoundPeppiattB239A Guernsey overprint series H31A 976189 (a recorded number), "Withdrawn from circulation September 18th, 1941", (Pick363h), a scarcer prefix, cleaned and pressed Fine+
One Pound (23), O'Brien (4), Hollom (2), Fforde (1) and Page (16), all REPLACEMENT notes in high grade, great opportunity to acquire a varied selection of high grade replacements, EF to Uncirculated
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, One Pound & Five Pounds, Catterns 10 Shillings B223 issued 1930 series U70 773479, about VF to VF, Peppiatt 10 Shillings B251 issued 1940 WW2 emergency mauve issue E10D 936844, EF, 1 Pound B258 issued 1948, unthreaded paper, series R71A 195950, good EF to about Uncirculated, Page 5 Pounds B336 issued 1973 series AT28 926806, very small dent in paper, Uncirculated or about
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
One PoundSomersetB341 (65) issued 1981, First Run AN01 and Last Run DY21 seen, plus many consecutively numbered runs and pairs, also some mid run '01' prefixes, (Pick377a), mixed grades from VF to Uncirculated, the majority are Uncirculated or about
Ten Shillings Peppiatt & One PoundBeale, a pair of SOLID serial number notes, Peppiatt 10/- series D07 111111 issued 1934, tear to the top and general wear, about Fine, Beale £1 series S36C 444444 issued 1950, small edge tears and nicks, good VG interesting pair
ERROR (2), One PoundPage heavy printers ink smudges to one and lighter ink smudges to the other, series HN37 072313 and HZ37 072311, nearly consecutive, issued 1970, (Pick374g), EF
Ten Shillings & One Pound (2) Catterns issued 1930, 10 Shillings B223 series S54 997961, (Pick362b), small brown spot to left, good VF, One Pound B225series N57 471829, (Pick363b), EF
One PoundBradburyT11.1 issued 1914, series F/1 40300, King George V at top left, light dents to paper, (Pick349a), original about UNC, very scarce in this condition
One Pound (47), series C, O'Brien (8) issued 1960 including a consecutively numbered pair of first series notes A82 020534 & A82 020535, about Uncirculated, Hollom (10), including a consecutively numbered run of 4 notes good EF, plus 4 notes 'Goebel printing press' including a first series prefix A80N, Fforde (1) issued 1967 series T02D 933960 Uncirculated, Page (28) issued 1970 including first series prefix AN21 good EF, a pair of consecutively numbered last series notes prefix HZ12 about Uncirculated, plus other consecutively numbered runs seen, many Uncirculated
One PoundBradbury (2), T11.1 issued 1914 series S/38 50940 & T16 issued 1917 series C/6 996928, King George V portrait, (Pick349a & Pick351a), the first about Fine with pinholes, small rust mark, corners missing the second good Fine with 2 pinholes and some dirt on reverse
Ten Shillings (2) & One Pounds (4) Peppiatt, 10 Shillings last series A58 issued 1934 and 53H issued 1948, 1 Pounds first series A31A issued 1934 and S05A, S21A, S76A issued 1948, a good selection of high grade notes
One PoundWarren FisherT34 issued 1927, last series X1/55 139780, No. with dot, portrait King George V at right, Northern Ireland Issue, (Pick361a), good EF to about UNC
One PoundPeppiatt (10) B260 issued 1948, 4 consecutively numbered sets, 2 sets of 3 notes and 2 sets of pairs, with security thread, (Pick369a), EF to almost Uncirculated
One PoundPeppiatt (10) B260 issued 1948, 3 consecutively numbered runs, 2 sets of 3 notes prefixes D57B and U11A, about UNC and good EF, 1 set of 4 notes prefix T26A, good EF, with security thread, (Pick369a)
One PoundBeale (7) B268 issued 1950, two consecutively numbered runs, series Y16B 653161 - Y16B 653163, about Uncirculated, series Y31B 560944 - Y31B 560947, (Pick369b), EF
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