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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
03/12/2023 Auction 183	English Banknotes	Lot 1	Bank of England (21) including 1 Pounds QE2 & seated Britannia (2) along with 10 Shillings QE2 & seated Britannia B286 First series prefix A25. Hollom 1 Pounds QE2 & seated Britannia (3) including B288 prefix B68T & B292 (2) First series prefix A61N along with E86U Fforde QE2 & seated Britannia issues (2) including 1 Pound B305 prefix T34A and 10 Shillings B310 LAST series prefix D03N. Page 1 Pounds QE2 & seated Britannia (6) including B320 (3) prefixes X55J, X12M and X27D, B322 (3) HW16, HX17 and CX33 along with QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B337 prefix A05. Somerset 1 Pound QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B341 prefix DX03. Gill QE2 pictorial issues (2) including The Duke of Wellington 5 Pounds B353 prefix SB27 Kentfield QE2 pictorial issues including George Stephenson 5 Pounds B364 prefix AK15, More banknotes like this	£46
06/09/2020 Auction 170	English Banknotes	Lot 16	GB & World a very pleasing and wide collection in an album (60) in various grades Good/VG to UNC. Ranging from early Treasury & Bank of England issues to modern and including a group of ERROR notes. Comprising a Fisher Second issue Treasury 1 Pound T31 issued 1923 prefix L1/37. A Peppiatt Britannia medallion 1 Pounds (5) including the Emergency World War II B249 Blue/Pink issues (2) along with the regular Green Post-war B260 Threaded issues (3) prefixes U55A, W95A and X33A. An O'Brien Lion & Key 5 Pounds B277 Shaded Symbol 1957 prefix D33. Hollom 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B297 1963 prefix C26. Fforde issues (4) including the Lion & Key 10 Pounds B316 prefix A58 and a selection of 10 Shillings QE2 portrait (3) including B309 first series prefix 81R and B310 prefixes B38N and last series D12N. A group of Page (10) including the 2 designs 1 Pounds QE2 portrait B320 1970 issues (5) a consecutive set Y45D 648139 - Y45D 648143 along with a consecutive set of the QE2 pictorial (5) series L34 259440 - L34 259444. Somerset (4) including a selection of 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial B341 W Reverse issues 1981 (3) close numbers prefix CY82 along with a 5 Pounds the Duke of Wellington B343 L reverse issue 1980 prefix JY66. Gill (2) including a 20 Pounds Michael Faraday B358 issue 1991 with a FIRST RUN and fairly low serial number A01 006715 along with a 5 Pounds. A Kentfield 20 Pounds Michael Faraday B374 issue 1993 with a LOW FIRST RUN serial number X01 001439 given the first 1000 were not issued making this note number 439. A group of the new Polymer issues (6) including 5 Pounds Churchill B414 (4) with various prefixes and a consecutive pair of the 10 Pounds Jane Austen (2) prefix CD49. The group of ERROR notes include a Page 5 Pounds the Duke of Wellington B334 L Reverse issue 1973 with a partial offset mirror image of the obverse design on the reverse. A Page 1 Pound QE2 portrait B322 issue 1970 with a different serial numbers - BT06 788815 at top left and BT06 788825 at lower right. A Somerset 10 Pounds B348 L Reverse 1984 series AU46 984809 with a paper crease during printing in an acute angle across the Queen's picture, this note with 2 sets of small pinholes in the body of the note. And a 20 Pounds Kentfield B371 issue 1991 series T06 676486 with the obverse design with a Misaligned Printing causing signature and Bank's title to appear in incorrect position with a part of the bottom note's bank title to appear at bottom margin, also a part of the Queen's face misprinted with the arrow design at left. The world notes include issues from Brazil, China, Italy, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Germany and France along with a few British Armed Forces, World War 2 period Allied military notes and a set of Fantasy 'Hell Bank Notes' with matching serials E64865 and illustrations of Marilyn Monroe, John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy. An interesting and desirable selection certain to attract the attention of collectors and dealers alike More banknotes like this	£380
07/06/2020 Auction 169	English Banknotes	Lot 20	Bank of England 10 Shillings to 20 Pounds mid 1900's to present, varied examples of designs and cashiers Beale to Cleland (24) all in mixed mostly high grades ranging from VF-GVF to about UNC - UNC. Comprising Beale Green 1 Pounds Britannia medallion issues B268 (2) prefixes A40J & B55C. O'Brien Green 1 Pound Britannia medallion B273 prefix J43K. Hollom QE2 portrait (3) including 10 Shillings B295 prefix 64B, 1 Pound B288 prefix C06R and 5 Pounds B297 prefix H07. Fforde QE2 Portrait (2) consisting of 10 Shillings B310 prefix C41N and 1 Pound B305 prefix S32D. Page (4) 1 Pound QE2 Portrait B322 prefix HU06, 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial B336 L Reverse (2) prefixes including a FIRST series AN08 along with CR78 and a 10 Pounds Lion & Key B326 prefix C45. Somerset QE2 pictorial (3) including 1 Pound B341 W Reverse prefix AR73 along with a pair of 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial B343 L Reverse (2) prefixes EX06 and DZ25. Kentfield (2) 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial B364 prefix AD48 and a 20 Pounds B375 prefix CH21. Lowther (4) including a pair 5 Pounds B393 (2) prefixes HB23 and JA62, a 10 Pounds B390 "AND COMPANY" prefix AJ07 and 20 Pounds B386 prefix AA29. Bailey 20 Pounds B402 prefix DH79. Together with a consecutive pair of the Cleland 5 Pounds Polymer B414 (2) prefix AJ54. More banknotes like this	£220
01/03/2020 Auction 168	English Banknotes	Lot 34	Bank of England 10 Shillings to 10 Pounds 1930's to modern (46) a pleasing collection in an album averaging VF to UNC incorporating the Bank's various designs, issuers and cashiers as Catterns, Peppiatt, Hollom, Fforde, Page, Somerset, Gill, Lowther, Kentfield and Salmon. Some earlier and scarcer issues include the Catterns (2) 10 Shillings B223 Red-Brown Britannia medallion prefix T01 and a 1 Pound B225 Green Britannia medallion Prefix K77. A Peppiatt Second Period World War II Emergency issue B251 Mauve Britannia medallion prefix K16D. Together with Hollom QE2 portrait issues (4) 10 Shillings B294 (2) and 1 Pounds B288 (2). Fforde QE2 portrait (5) including 10 Shillings B310, 1 Pounds B305 (3) including a last series prefix X41C, and 5 Pounds B314. Page QE2 portrait & pictorial (10) including 1 Pounds (7) including B320 (2) and B322 (5), 5 Pounds (3) B324 and B334 L Reverse (2). Somerset QE2 pictorial (11) consisting of 5 Pounds B343 L Reverse (8) including 2 last series prefixes LZ07 and LZ35 along with 10 Pounds (3) including B347, B348 L Reverse and B349 L Reverse 1mm windowed thread. Gill (5) 5 Pounds (3) including B353 L Reverse and B357 Crown at upper right (2) together with 10 Pounds B354 L Reverse (2). Kentfield 5 Pounds B364 Crown at upper right (2). Lowther 5 Pounds (2) B380 Crown at upper right and B393. Also, Salmon 5 Pounds B407 (2) with same prefix MA17 and fairly close numbers. More banknotes like this	£200
02/12/2019 Auction 167	English Banknotes	Lot 1329	Bank of England early to modern issues (23) in various grades VF to UNC comprising Peppiatt 1 Pounds World War II Emergency B249 issue 1940 serial number R14D 516937. Beale Britannia medallion 1950's notes (2) including 10 Shillings B266 Red-Brown issue serial number S45Z 102908 and 1 Pound Green B268 serial number N21C 145996. O'Brien 5 Pounds Lion & Key B280 White symbols issue 1961 serial number J58 327803. Hollom 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B297 issue 1963 prefix D07 . Fforde 10 Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B309 issue 1967 prefix 18U. Page 1 Pound QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B322 issue 1970 prefix BT79. Somerset 1 Pound Sir Isaac Newton B341 W Reverse issues 1981 (2) prefix CU76 along with DW47 in a Raffles presentation wallet. Gill 10 Pounds Florence Nightingale B354 L Reverse issue 1988 prefix ET57. Kentfield (5) including 5 Pounds George Stephenson B364 Crown at upper right issues 1963 (3) prefixes BH33, BH79 & BK22 along with 10 Pounds Charles Dickens B369 Denomination at upper right issue 1993 prefix JH06 and 20 Pounds Michael Faraday B375 issue 1994 prefix AL29. Lowther (4) including 5 Pounds Elizabeth Fry B343 prefix JA39 and B395 (2) prefixes HD30 & HJ08 along with 20 Pounds Sir Edward Elgar B386 issue 1999 FIRST series prefix AA37. Bailey 10 Pounds Charles Darwin B400 issue 2004 prefix EA78. Cleland Polymer 5 Pounds B414 issues 2016 (3) prefixes include FIRST series AA17 & AA33 along with AC28. More banknotes like this	£150
01/09/2019 Auction 166	English Banknotes	Lot 34	Bank of England & Treasury (82) in mixed grades comprising Treasury 1 Pound Fisher T31 issue 1923 serial number J1/96 817403. Along with Bank of England issues comprising Mahon 10 Shillings B210 issue 1928 serial number W83 635086. Catterns (2) 10 Shillings B223 issue 1930 LAST series K08 927816 and 1 Pound Green B225 issue 1930 LAST series Z21 271136. Peppiatt (7) including 10 Shillings (2) a 1934 issue B236 prefix 27R and an Emergency Mauve issue 1940 prefix K73D along with 1 Pounds (5) including 1934 Pre World War II issues B238 prefix 84L and B239 prefix J15A, an Emergency Blue-Pink issue 1940 prefix A28D and post World War II issues B260 prefixes B50B & LAST series H11B. Beale 10 Shillings B266 issues 1950 (2) prefixes L35Z & O28Z. O'Brien (7) including 10 Shillings (3) B271 issue 1955 prefix B04Z along with QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B286 issues 1961 (2) prefixes J87 & FIRST series A10 and 1 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated Britannia 1960 issues (4) including B282 prefix 29J along with B284 (3) serial numbers B04N 551826, B64N 572320 & B64N 577777. Hollom 10 Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B294 issues 1963 (2) prefixes W61 & Z02. Fforde QE2 portrait & seated Britannia 1967 issues (25) including 1 Pound B307&category=1&prm=sr&searchtype=1">B307 prefix U26E 10 Shillings B309 a consecutive trio serial numbers 75S 054374 - 75S 054376 and B310 (21) including prefixes A09N,A19N, a consecutive set of 8 notes B64N 838033 - B64N 838040, C42N, a consecutive pair D01N 089037 & D01N 089038, LAST series D15N, D37N and D36N including a consecutive set of 5 notes D36N 033541 - D36N 033541 along with D36N 467950. Page (14) including 1 Pounds QE2 portrait and seated Britannia 1970 issues (9) Replacement issues B323 (2) a consecutive pair MW11 419588 & MW11 419589 along with B322 (7) prefixes include a consecutive pair CY37 462251 CY37 462252, ET66 and a consecutive set of 4 notes HX02 090663 - HX02 090666. 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial and The Duke of Wellington 1973 L Reverse issues (4) including B334 (2) prefixes 73L & 89R and a consecutive pair B336 series B59 572053 - BT59 572054. 20 Pounds QE2 pictorial & William Shakespeare B328 Purple issue 1970 prefix D24 359556. Somerset (14) including 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B341 W Reverse 1981 issues (9) includes a consecutive set of 5 notes CY56 432207 - 432211 amongst prefixes BY29, DY01, DY02 and LAST RUN DY21 734755. 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington B343 L Reverse issues 1980 (2) prefixes KX13 & EU15. 10 Pounds (2) including L reverse issue 1984 B348 prefix AY17 and a L reverse Windowed thread (Stardust thread) issue 1987 B349 prefix CT58. 50 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Christopher Wren B352 issue 1981 serial number B30 070658. Gill (3) including 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington B353 L reverse issues 1988 prefixes SC32 & SC88. 10 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale B354 L reverse issue 1988 prefix HS41. 20 Pounds QE2 pictorial & William Shakespeare B355 Purple & Green issue 1988 prefix 14S. Kentfield (3) including 10 Pounds B360 L reverse issue 1991 prefix KN15 and 50 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Christopher Wren B361 issues 1991 serial numbers E24 902897 & E09 637272. Includes Scotland 1 Pounds (4) from The Royal Bank of Scotland plc & Clydesdale Bank plc. More banknotes like this	£500
01/09/2019 Auction 166	English Banknotes	Lot 76	Bank of England (30) in mixed grades including some very high ones comprising O'Brien (3) including 1 Pounds QE2 & seated Britannia (2) B281 prefix R15 and B282 prefix 27S along with 10 Shillings QE2 & seated Britannia B286 First series prefix A25. Hollom 1 Pounds QE2 & seated Britannia (3) including B288 prefix B68T & B292 (2) First series prefix A61N along with E86U Fforde QE2 & seated Britannia issues (2) including 1 Pound B305 prefix T34A and 10 Shillings B310 LAST series prefix D03N. Page 1 Pounds (7) including QE2 & seated Britannia (6) including B320 (3) prefixes X55J, X12M and X27D, B322 (3) prefixes HW16, HX17 and CX33 and along with QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B337 prefix A05. Somerset 1 Pound QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B341 prefix DX03. Gill QE2 pictorial issues (2) including The Duke of Wellington 5 Pounds B353 prefix SB27 and Florence Nightingale 10 Pounds B354 LAST series prefix JR35. Kentfield QE2 pictorial issues (4) including George Stephenson 5 Pounds B364 prefix AK15, Charles Dickens 10 Pounds B366 prefix B70 and Michael Faraday 20 Pounds B375 (2) prefixes CD55 and AL46. Kentfield 50 Pounds Sir John Houblon Silver Tudor Foil B377 issues (2) prefixes C05 & C18. Lowther QE2 pictorial issues (6) including 5 Pounds (3) George Stephenson B380 prefix EB40, Elizabeth Fry (2) including B393 prefix JA03 and B395 prefix HD27. 10 Pounds (2) including Charles Dickens B382 prefix KL07 and Charles Darwin B390 prefix AJ12. 20 Pounds Sir Edward Elgar B386 prefix AB51. More banknotes like this	£250
01/09/2019 Auction 166	English Banknotes	Lot 73	Bank of England (26) in mixed grades comprising Peppiatt World War 2 Emergency issue 1 Pounds B249 issues 1940 (2) prefixes R91H & N27E. Beale (3) including 10 Shillings (2) B265 issue 1950 prefix 20C and B266 issue 1950 prefix E02Z along with 1 Pound Green B268 issue 1950 prefix C07C. O'Brien (2) including 1 Pound Green B273 issue 1955 prefix S05K and 5 Pounds Lion & Key B280 White Symbol issue 1961 prefix J08. Hollom (6) including 10 Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia 1963 issues (2) B295 prefix 02J and a Replacement issue B296 prefix M30, 1 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B288 issues 1963 (2) prefixes J08T and D25N and 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B297 issues 1963 (2) prefixes A29 & A43. Fforde (2) including 10 Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B2310 issue 1967 prefix A98N and 1 Pound QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B301issue 1967 prefix J10Z. Page (4) including 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton issue 1978 (2) B337 prefix X49 and B339 prefix 45H, 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington B336 L Reverse issue 1973 prefix AR51 and 10 Pounds Lion & Key B331 Replacement issue 1975 FIRST RUN serial number M01 452067. Somerset (6) including 1 Pound QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B341 issue 1981 prefix AN65, 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington B343 L Reverse issue 1980 prefix KX79, 10 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale B348 L Reverse issue 1984 prefix BR71, 20 pounds QE2 pictorial & William Shakespeare B351 issues 1984 (2) prefixes 39A & 22C and 50 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Christopher Wren B352 issue 1981 prefix B16. Kentfield 5 Pounds QE2 & George Stephenson B362 Crown at top right issue 1991 prefix S43. More banknotes like this	£200
01/09/2019 Auction 166	English Banknotes	Lot 53	Bank of England (12) mostly about UNC - UNC comprising O'Brien (2) including 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) including 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington B336 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 Newton B341 W reverse issues 1981 (2) serial numbers AZ57 014879 and DU59 660148. Gill 5 Pounds First Historical QE2 & George Stephenson B357 issues 1990 (2) including a FIRST RUN serial number A01 207028 along with L36 811855. Kentfield 5 Pounds First Historical QE2 & George Stephenson B364 issue 1993 serial number AK42 974168 More banknotes like this	£110
18/03/2018 Auction 160	English Banknotes	Lot 69	Bank of England collection (34), Beale 10 Shillings & 1 Pounds, O'Brien 10 Shillings & 1 Pounds, Hollom 10 Shillings, Fforde 10 Shillings & 1 Pounds, Page 5 Pounds and 1 Pound, Somerset 50 Pounds, 20 Pounds & 1 Pound, Gill 20 Pounds & 5 Pounds, Kentfield 20 Pounds, Lowther 5 Pounds, Catterns 50 Pounds Bernhard forgery and a Warren Fisher 1 Pound, replacement and first and last series notes seen, the majority of the notes in very high grade More banknotes like this	£480
06/09/2008 Auction 122	English Banknotes	Lot 106	Bank of England home-made historical brochure with Chief Cashiers autographed signatures (7), L.K.O'Brien, Hollom, Fforde, Page, Somerset, Gill & Kentfield and also that of BoE Governor Eddie George, interesting item More banknotes like this	£85
01/12/2007 Auction 119	English Banknotes	Lot 27	Bank of England accumulation with face value £311.50, mostly high grade runs of Page £1 & Somerset £1, various Page & Somerset £5 (20), bundles of older portrait Fforde & Page £1 in old £10 Barclay bank wraps (7), also Britannia & Kentfield £5 plus variou More banknotes like this	£500

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