Ten Pounds Page Lion and Key Hollom prefix B85 VF, Five Pounds O'Brien Helmeted Britannia prefix A64 Good VF and Five Pounds Page Child Britannia prefix 39C GVF
Five Pounds O'Brien B277 Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion and Key reverse issued 1957 (19) generally F-VF each with a number or annotation written on, along with a further (9) low grade examples VG-F
Five Pounds O'Brien B277 Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion and Key reverse issued 1957 (4) First Series A01 193064 Fine penned number top right front, plus a further 3 prefixes A32, A99 and B40 these generally VF or better
One Pounds CatternsB225 Green Britannia medallion issues 1930 serial number O16 873366 Unc or near so and scarce in this high grade along with Five Pounds O'Brien B277 Helmeted Britannia issued 1957 prefix D60, UNC or near so
Five Pounds O'Brien Lion & Key (8) Shaded £5 symbol reverse - 1957 to 61 - Helmeted Britannia front B277 (6 ) first series A31 552172 , A39 545187, A52 491130, & B33 041165, B71 002173 , C46 588573 VF to Good EF and WHITE £5 symbol reverse - 1961 to 63 B280 (2 ) first series H86 155439 VF , H81 829861 EF
Five Pounds O'Brien - Lion & Key (3) SHADED £5 symbol reverse - 1957 to 61 - Helmeted Britannia front -last series consecutive numbers E01 536542, E01 536542, E01 536544 , all Good EF
Bank of England in an album (23) Ten Pounds FfordeB316 A51 788316 VF with inked annotation, Five Pounds (2) O'Brien Helmeted Britannia B277 A67 829117 VG, O'Brien Helmeted Britannia B280 H36 61063.7 Fine with number written on the reverse, One Pound (17), CatternsB225 M43 070183 Fine with typewritten number 7 at the top and an edge tear, Peppiatt One Pound Fourth period 1948-1949 B260 (4) A62B 772393 Fine with a small pinhole at top left, B59B 431524 Fine with edge nick and foxing at the top, D78B 804129 Fine, T02A Near VF, Pappiatt Wartime Blue B249 (5) B06D 454724 VG repaired, B95H 909895 About Fine, J86E 479818 VG, M22H 853838 Fine with written annotations on both sides, M84E 498129 VG, BealeB268 (4) J95C 113479 About Fine, J99C 094360 Near Fine with pencil annotation, E55C 771938 Fine with an edge nick and a tiny hole by 'of', inked annotations on both sides, N79C 107077 Fine with a staple hole, O'Brien Britannia B273 (2) S46K 879954 Fine with inked annotation, K63K 304996 Fine with small edge nicks and pencil annotation. O'Brien Series C Portrait B281 First series A91 915631 Fine with some foxing, Ten Shillings (3) Peppiatt Wartime Mauve B251 X08E 958782 VG, O'Brien B271 L66Y 969393 Good Fine with some foxing, Fforde B310 B17N 258467 NVF with some folds and a hint of foxing
Five Pounds O'Brien B280 (20) issued 1961, including 2 highest prefix first series notes H99 both Uncirculated, other first series notes, Helmeted Britannia at left, Lion & Key reverse, (Pick371a), high grade collection, EF to Uncirculated
Five Pounds O'Brien B277 (16) issued 1957, including two consecutively numbered pairs series D88 449006 - D88 449007 and D70 687038 - D70 687039, also first and last series notes, Helmeted Britannia at left, Lion & Key reverse, (Pick371a), good EF to Uncirculated
Five Pounds O'Brien B277 (8), Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse, issued 1957, a collection of high grade notes, (Pick371a), about Uncirculated (2), good EF (4) and EF (2)
Five Pounds O'Brien B280 (6) Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961, a collection of high grade notes including 4 x first series 'H' prefix, (Pick372a) Uncirculated (1), about Uncirculated (1), good EF (2) and EF (2)
Five Pounds O'Brien B277 (5), Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse, issued 1957, C92 803011 Uncirculated, D08 655225 & D08 655227 about Uncirculated, A88 620765 first series note, inked number on reverse good VF, D30 193882 small tear to top, good Fine (Pick371a)
Five Pounds O'Brien B277 (2) issued 1957, a consecutively numbered pair first series A86 133511 & A86 133512, Helmeted Britannia at left, Lion & Key reverse, (Pick371a), about Uncirculated
Five Pounds O'Brien B277 (3) issued 1957, a consecutively numbered run series B35 435016 to B35 435018, Helmeted Britannia at left, Lion & Key reverse, (Pick371a), EF
Five Pounds O'Brien B277 Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse, issued 1957, a pair of consecutively numbered first series notes A55227411 & A55 227412, (Pick371a), good EF
Five Pounds O'Brien B280 Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961, first series with low number H38 000670, (Pick372a), lightly dent in paper, about Uncirculated to Uncirculated
GB (15) Five Pounds (12) O'Brien B277 Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse, issued 1957, including 'A' prefix (8), plus other GB (3), One Pound (2) O'Brien B273 pair of consecutive notes issued 1955 and Peppiatt 10 Shillings B262 issued 1948, mixed grades generally VF, a few with ink annotations
Five Pounds O'Brien B280 (4) Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961, consecutive numbered First Series notes H73 120205 to H73 120208, light signs of handling, almost UNC
Five pounds O'Brien B277 (3) Helmeted Britannia issued 1957 a consecutively numbered last series with first prefix E01 all about UNC also Hollom £10 GEF and Fforde £10 in UNC
Five pounds O'Brien B277 (5) Helmeted Britannia issued 1957 a consecutively numbered last series with first prefix E01 536556 to E01 536560 (edge stains on last note only), about UNC to UNC
Five Pounds O'Brien B280 (2) Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961, a consecutively numbered pair last series K40 694125 & K40 694126, almost EF
Five pounds O'Brien B277 (20) issued 1957 and B280 (20) issued 1960, Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse, some with inked numbers, generally good Fine to VF, some better
Five Pounds O'Brien B280 (4) Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961, consecutive numbered series J98 219287 to J88 219290, GEF to about UNC
Five Pounds O'Brien B280 (4) Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961, consecutive numbered last series K44 446625 to K44 446628 (last prefix for this series only runs to K45), GVF to EF
Five Pounds O'Brien B280 (2) Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961, first series consecutive numbers H72 927817 & H72 927818, GEF
Five pounds O'Brien Helmeted Britannia (6) B277 (3) and B280 (3) issued 1957 to 1961, series B68consecutive pair, D21, J94 (3) including a consecutive pair, average GVF to EF, some better
Five Pounds O'BrienB280 (50) Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961, all J prefix, some with penned numbers, average VF, some better
Five pounds O'BrienB277 (8) Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1957, series A82, A93, B20 (2), B66, C54, D03 & E23, one with inked number, Fine or better
Five Pounds O'BrienB280 (4) Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961, series H60, H69, H92 & J12, two with inked number, Fine or better
Five pounds O'BrienB277 (7) Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1957, prefixes A77, A80 both VF with inked number on face, B37 EF+, B46 , C42 and last series EO3 &E05, these gFine to VF
Five Pounds O'BrienB280 (2) Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961, first series prefixes H06 small stain top right and H58, both almost UNC
Five Pounds O'BrienB280 (4) Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961, prefixes H40, H59 inked number, J62 and last series K03, gFine-VF
Five pounds O'BrienB277 (3) Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1957, a consecutive run C55 778011 to C55 778013, small stain upper right, EF-GEF
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