Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
02/06/2024 Auction 185	English Banknotes	Lot 407	British Armed Forces match number sets (73) (3) with a ten note set all ending in serial number 999993 containing 10 New Pence (4), 50 New Pence (1), One Pound 2nd Series (2), 3rd Series (1), 4th Series (3). 11 note set all ending in 999996 10 New Pence (4), 50 New Pence (1), One Pound 2nd series (2), 3rd series (1), 4th series (3). 12 note set all ending in 000996 10 New Pence (5), 50 New Pence (3), One Pound 2nd series (1), 3rd series (1), 4th series (2). 11 Note set all ending in 999001 10 New Pence (4), 50 New Pence (1), One Pound 2nd series (2), 3rd series (1), 4th series (3) all Unc or near so More banknotes like this	£70
02/06/2024 Auction 185	English Banknotes	Lot 408	British Armed Forces One Pound 4th series (99) a mint pack of consecutive numbers More banknotes like this	£42
04/12/2022 Auction 179	English Banknotes	Lot 83	British Armed Forces (9) One Pound First series Pick sM15a">Pick sM15a, Fine with some spots in the border, Ten Shillings Second series, watermarked paper, Pick sM21bEF, Two Shillings and Sixpence First issue Pick sM12 Fine, One Shilling (3) Second series, with metal security strip, Pick sM18a (2) A/UNC and UNC, Fourth series, cancelled remainder with two punched holes Pick M32b UNC, Threepence (3) First series Pick sM9a, EF with some small spots, Second series (2) the first NEF with a tiny pinhole near the edge, the second VF, and GB Military Authority Sixpence Pick sM1 UNC, scarce, USA Military Payment certificate 50 Cents series 471 Fine with some spots More banknotes like this	£46

04/09/2022 Auction 178	English Banknotes	Lot 7	British Armed Forces (13) Five Pounds 2nd Series UNC, One Pound (4) 2nd Series UNC, 3rd Series (2) UNC, 4th Series UNC, Ten Shillings 3rd Series UNC with punch holes, Five Shillings 2nd series UNC with punch holes, One Shilling 3rd series UNC with punch holes, Threepence 2nd series VG, Fifty Pence 6th series UNC, Ten Pence 6th series UNC, Five Pence 6th series UNC, USA Military Payment certificate series 481 VG, along with World Banknotes (19) includes issues from Germany, France, Greece, Italy, Malaya, Algeria and Egypt, most are wartime issues, in mixed grades More banknotes like this	£10

05/09/2021 Auction 174	English Banknotes	Lot 3	One Pound (7) Peppiatt blue B249 B12E 018335 Fine, Peppiatt B260 D56B 070000 Near Fine with a staple hole and a small tear on the top edge, Page B340 E46N 965879 Fine, Page B339 10Y 992241 About Fine, Page B339 Z69 824570 Fine, Somerset B341 (2) AT07 609681 VF, AT16 720427 Fine, Ten Shillings (5) O'Brien B286 K61 145900 (last series) Fine, Fforde B310 (4) B06N 421684 EF, C23N 611660 GVF, D09N 015396 NVF, D12N 045306 GVF, Isle of Man Ten Pounds undated 1998 issue, signature Shimmin, 142mm x 75mm Pick 44 VF, Northern Ireland - Ulster Bank Ltd (5) Ten Pounds 1997 issue Pick 198 signature Savage, NVF, Five Pounds 1986 issue Pick 326 Fine, Five Pounds George Best 2006 Pick 339 (2) UNC consecutively numbered GB 564370 and GB564730, One Pound 1976 issue Pick 325b EF, British Armed Forces (7) One Pound Second Series (2) AA/7 906351 and AA/7 936549 UNC, One Pound Fourth Series (5) all consecutives K/3 227886 to K/3 227890 inclusive UNC, Scotland - Royal Bank of Scotland One Pound (4) 1977 issue Pick 336a B/24 670674 A/UNC, 1984 issues (2) consecutives D/1 393875 and D/1 393876 A/UNC, 1985 issue Pick 341 VG, World (5) Italy 500 Lire 1976 issue Pick 95 VG, Austria 1000 Kronen 1902 issue with red overprint Pick 61 Fine, Russia 500 Roubles Pick 14 Fine, with fold at left, China 20 Customs Gold Units 1930 Pick 328 VG, Germany 100 Marks 1910 Pick 42 Near Fine, along with a group of Travellers Cheques (5) Barclays Bank £50, £20, £10, £5 and £2, issued 1960-1963, and cheques, some blank a mixed group (8) includes Hinckley Urban and Rural District Councils Joint Hospital Committee Fine, others in mixed grades More banknotes like this	£65

05/09/2021 Auction 174	English Banknotes	Lot 50	British Armed Forces One Pound (Fourth Series) (100) consecutive numbers K/2 148401 to K/2 148500 UNC More banknotes like this	£46

05/09/2021 Auction 174	English Banknotes	Lot 2	GB (11), British Armed Forces (5), World (16), comprising GB Bank of England (11) Five Pounds Salmon B407 LH01 782120 EF, One Pound (8) Beale B268 K19J 428234 Fine, Hollom B288 A71Y 555285 Good Fine, Fforde Replacement B306 S46M 732818 Fine, Page Britannia B322 (2) ER42 475777 NVF and ES60 162512 Good Fine, Page B339 34H 134177 Fine, Somerset B341 (2) BR82 172168 Good Fine, and DR21 307858 EF, Ten Shillings (2) O'Brien B271 J22Y 682337 Fine, Hollom B295 62L 429243, British Armed Forces (5) One Shilling 1946 First issue NVF, Sixpence 1946 First Issue (4) VF to GVF, World (16) Scotland - Royal Bank of Scotland Ten Pounds 1989 issue 22.2.1989 Pick 348a NVF, Austria (5) 100 Kronen 1912 with Deutchosterreich overprint Pick 56 VG, 20 Kronen 2.Jan.1922 Pick 76 Fine, Ten Kronen 2.Jan 1922 Pick 75 Fine, Two Kronen 2.Jan 1922 Pick 74 Fine, 50 Schilling 1944 issue Pick 102b VG, Netherlands Gulden 1938 issue Pick 61 VG, Russia Three Chervotsa Pick 203a VG, Burma One Rupee (undated 1942) Pick 14 Fine, Zimbabwe (2) Five Dollars 1983 Pick 2cVF, Two Dollars 1994 issue Pick 1d Near Fine, Germany (5) 20 Marks 1914 with 7-digit serial number Pick 46b, VG, 500 Marks 2.12.1922 watermark Lattice Pick 81b Near Fine, 100000 Marks 1923 issue green paper Pick 91a Fine, One Mark 1944 issue, 9-digit serial number without F, Pick 192b Fine, Half Mark 1944 issue Pick 191 Fine, some of the GB issues with ink marks More banknotes like this	£40

01/03/2020 Auction 168	English Banknotes	Lot 29	Treasury & Bank of England (9) in assorted mostly high grades ranging from VF-GVF to EF-UNC comprising Treasury 10 Shillings Fisher Second issue T30 Red serial No. omitted in prefix issued 1922 serial number P/55 343920. Along with Bank of England issues (6) consisting of O'Brien 10 Shillings B286 issue 1961 serial number B12 647593. Fforde 1967 issues (4) consisting of 10 Shillings (2) including B309 serial number 77Y 652749 & B310 serial number A66N 688409. 5 Pounds Fforde B312 FIRST series and an earlier prefix serial number R21 432253, considering series start with prefix R20. And 10 Pounds Lion & Key B316 serial number A85 800160. Page 1 Pound B322 issue 1970 serial number HU73 770233. The lot also comes with a copy of the 'English Paper Money' 5th Edition by Vincent Duggleby and British Armed Forces notes (2) involving a 1 Pound Pick M22a 6th series ND 1948 paper with metal strip serial number AA/9 515707 along with 10 New Pence Pick M45 ND 1972 serial number A/5 105532. A varied and desirable lot More banknotes like this	£75
03/06/2019 Auction 165	English Banknotes	Lot 601	British Military Authority & British Armed Forces (52) a high grade mostly about UNC - UNC collection in an album comprising some scarcer issues as British Military Authority a set of 5 comprising including One Shilling Pick M2 series K, Two Shillings Six Pence Pick M3 series S, Five Shillings Pick M4 series K, Ten Shillings Pick M5 serial number 01S 867681 faint staining to centre right and One Pound Pick M6 serial number 40R 458345. Along with British Armed Forces Special Vouchers comprising 1st Series One Shillings Pick M11 (2) and the Scarcer Two Shillings Six Pence Pick M12 serial number D/8 726263. 2nd series Six Pence Pick M18a with Metal security strip, Five Shillings (2) Pick M20a with Metal security strip series C/66 798860 along with Pick M20d punch hole cancelled, Ten Shillings Pick M21b series BB/7 249609, One Pounds Pick M22 (3) and Five Pounds Pick M23 (4). 3rd Series One Shilling Pick M28b punch holed, Ten Shillings Pick M26b punch holed and One Pounds Pick M29 (2). 4th Series One Shilling Pick M26b punch holed and One Pounds Pick M36 (4). And 6th Series including Five Pence Pick M44 (4), Ten Pences Pick M45 (11) includes a consecutive pair DD/10 000445 & DD/10 000446 and matching serials 000415 with prefixes A/1, A/2,A/3 & A/6 and Fifty Pences Pick M46 (7) including matching serials 000446 with prefixes B/1 & B/2 and 0000415 with prefixes B/1 & B/2 More banknotes like this Signature Sale : The Paul Dickinson Collection	£340
04/12/2017 Auction 159	English Banknotes	Lot 1509	Bank of England (78), a range of notes most One Pound & Ten Shillings but also including some 5, 10 & 20 Pounds, Beale, O'Brien, Hollom, Fforde, Page, Somerset and Gill, some first, last, consecutive and replacement notes seen, 2 British Armed Forces notes, mixed grades, needs viewing More banknotes like this	£240
04/09/2016 Auction 154	English Banknotes	Lot 27	GB in an album (110) Five Pounds to 10 Shillings Peppiatt to Bailey £99.50 face, in mixed grades, also Ireland Five Pounds 1999, One Pound 1989, Jersey One Pound 1976, and a group of British Military Authority and British Armed Forces notes (31) dating back to the 1940s, in mixed grades More banknotes like this	£150
07/09/2014 Auction 146	English Banknotes	Lot 41	A collection in an album (99) Twenty Pounds to Ten Shillings Catterns onwards a high grade group mostly EF or better, includes uniface Experimental Test Die One (3) UNC and a small group (8) of British Armed Forces More banknotes like this	£800
01/03/2014 Auction 144	English Banknotes	Lot 98	A collection in an album £470 face comprising Fifty Pounds (2), Twenty Pounds (10), Ten Pounds (8), Five Pounds (14), One Pound (16), Ten Shillings (7) signatures Peppiatt to Salmon, the majority in high grades, plus British Armed Forces One Pound (4), St.Helena (2) One Pound, Fifty Pence, Iceland (2) 1000 Kronur 2001, 500 Kronur 2001 EF-UNC More banknotes like this	£700
31/08/2013 Auction 142	English Banknotes	Lot 50	GB and World in an album (90) includes £133 face Fifty Pounds Somerset (2), Five Pounds Gill (2), Somerset (1), One Pound (18) Peppiatt (1), Beale (2), O'Brien (1), Hollom (1), Fforde (5), Page (8), Ten Shillings (8) Peppiatt (1), Fforde (7) plus World (125) including Scotland, Channel Islands and British Armed Forces, in mixed grades More banknotes like this	£300
03/03/2012 Auction 136	English Banknotes	Lot 535	British Armed Forces First Series (5) One Pound, Ten Shillings, Five Shillings, Two Shillings and Sixpence, One Shilling UNC, Second Series (6) Ten Shillings, Five Shillings, Two Shillings and Sixpence, One Shilling, Sixpence and Threepence VF to EF More banknotes like this	£130
06/08/2010 Auction 129	English Banknotes	Lot 97	A collection in an album comprising Twenty Pounds (3), Ten Pounds (5), Five Pounds (8), One Pound (123), Ten Shillings (18), British Armed Forces One Pound (6), Fifty Pence (2), Ten Pence (2), Five Pence (2) all but a small quantity in mint state or near so, British Military Authority One Shilling About Fine , South Africa 10 shilling Mafeking Siege note dated 1900, error with word "Commaning", Pick s654a About Fine with tape residue over a large proportion of the reverse of the note, Provincial Dartmouth General Bank one pound dated 1822 for John Hine and Henry Joseph Holdsworth, Grant957A a few pinholes Near Fine, Postal Orders (44) One Pound (1), Fifty Pence (43) all 1993 or later and with counterfoils, EF-UNC More banknotes like this	£380
07/06/2009 Auction 125	English Banknotes	Lot 326	Twenty Pounds Somerset (1), Ten Pounds Somerset (1), Gill (1), Five Pounds (13) Somerset (1), Gill (4), Kentfield (4), Lowther (4), One Pound (10) Peppiatt Blue (2), Peppiatt (2), O'Brien (1), Fforde (2), Page (2), Somerset (1), Ten Shillings (5) Peppiatt (1), Fforde (4), Bank of Scotland One Pound (2), Clydesdale One Pound (1), Northern Ireland Northern Bank One Pound (1), Bank of Ireland One Pound (1), British Armed Forces Five Pounds second series (1), One Pound second series (1), third series (1) and fourth series (1), Fifty Pence sixth series (2), Ten Pence sixth series (2), Five Pence sixth series (2), earlier notes in mixed grades VF-NEF, later notes mostly in UNC More banknotes like this	£200
07/06/2009 Auction 125	English Banknotes	Lot 235	Five Pounds Page (1), One Pound (5) Peppiatt Blue (2), Beale (1), Page (1), Somerset (1), Ten Shillings (2) O'Brien (1), Hollom (1), British Armed Forces One Pound Second Series (1), plus mixed World (5) in mixed circulated grades More banknotes like this	£24
01/03/2008 Auction 120	English Banknotes	Lot 280	British Armed Forces (11) all 2nd series with thread issued 1948, 3d, 6d (2), 1/-, 2/6/-, 5/- (3), 10/- (2) & £1, PickM16a to PickM22a, one 5/- EF rest UNC More banknotes like this	£60
03/09/2006 Auction 114	English Banknotes	Lot 16	British Armed Forces one pound PickM22b with watermarked paper, scarcer variety issued 1961, UNC More banknotes like this	£20
06/03/2005 Auction 108	English Banknotes	Lot 15	British Armed Forces (10) 1946 First series One Pound(3) GVF F & VG Sixpenc More banknotes like this	£40

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