One Pounds Peppiatt Blue VG, Green Seated Britannia at left Beale (3), O'Brien (10), QE II portrait Britannia in Medallion reverse (2) Hollom and Page, Isaac Newton (2) Page and Somerset these from circulation VG-VF most in collectable grades along with Five Pounds Somerset Wellington reverse VF
One PoundWarren Fisher 1919 T24 W/61 283333 better than Fine with some small holes around George V portrait. Five Pounds Page 1971 B324 (2) one AU the other VF. One Pounds Catterns N52 547518 Fine, Peppiatt Blue Y77D 503986 VF, Beale B25C 124674 Fine. Ten Shillings seated Britannia at left O'Brien W63Y 694924 VF small brown stain right edge
One Pounds Peppiatt Blue shades 1940 B249 (3) prefix A06D VF, D49E GVF, J84D Unc, Green B239 prefix D48A Unc, Beale 1950 B268 prefix X13B EF along with Series C portrait O'Brien (3), Fforde (3) and Page (2) these EF- Unc mostly Unc, and last issue small size Isaac Newton Page (2) consecutives Unc, Somerset (1) EF. Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve 1940 B251 prefix W93D Fine, O'Brien 1955 B271 (2) prefixes B50Z and M80Y both Unc, Hollom 1963 B295 (2), Fforde 1967 B309 (1) and B310 COIN 109233 and three consecutives D27N 844479-81 these all Unc
One Pounds Hollom & Page QE2 portrait & seated Britannia issues circa 1960's (36) all in various grades averaging VF-GVF to about UNC. Comprising Hollom (27) including the Scarcer Replacement issues (6) consisting of B290 prefix 75M. B291 prefix M05R. And B293 G Reverse (German Goebel printing) (4) including prefixes M04N, M06N, M24N and M25N. Together with B288 (18) prefixes A24W, A60Y, A64X, A68W, A85S, B11X, B87W, D08N, D60W, D79U, E01X , H83X, J15X, J74W, K05W, K89X, K90W and L19W. And B292 G Reverse (German Goebel printing) (3) prefixes L07X, D08N and D95T
One Pounds Peppiatt Blue shades 1940 B249 (3) prefix A06D VF, D49E GVF, J84D Unc, Green B239 prefix D48A Unc, Beale 1950 B268 prefix X13B EF along with Series C portrait O'Brien (3), Fforde (3) and Page (2) these EF- Unc mostly Unc, and last issue small size Isaac Newton Page (2) consecutives Unc, Somerset (1) EF. Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve 1940 B251 prefix W93D Fine, O'Brien 1955 B271 (2) prefixes B50Z and M80Y both Unc, Hollom 1963 B295 (2), Fforde 1967 B309 (1) and B310 COIN 109233 and three consecutives D27N 844479-81 these all Unc
Bank of England (20) PeppiattTen Shillings Mauve B251 X92D 284863 UNC, O'Brien Ten Shillings Series A Britannia B271 (3) B32Z 445476 First Series A/UNC, Z21X 012161 Last Series A/UNC, Z54X 819951 Last Series Fine, Page (4) Five Pounds (3) Series C Portrait B324 83E 024797 EF, Duke of WellingtonB334 (2) 29E 131504 NEF, and 34U 687070 A/UNC, One Pound Sir Isaac NewtonB337 K03 623728 NEF, Somerset (7) Five Pounds B343 a consecutive pair LN60 918579 and LN60 918580 UNC, One Pound Series D Pictorial B341 (5) a consecutive pair CW83 467687 and CW 83 467688 GEF and A/UNC, along with DS38 974549 GVF, DW51 163484 Fine with one pinhole and DW78 695656 Fine, Kentfield (5) Ten Pounds (3) B369 (3) HA43 638669 and HA43 638670 a consecutive pair both UNC each with a small counting flick, and HA43 638688 A/UNC, Five Pounds B364 (2) CK53 254182 and CK53 254183 a consecutive pair the first with a slight surface deposit A/UNC, the second UNC, Lowther Five Pounds B395 HH63 731681 UNC
Bank of England (53) One Pound (35) BealeB268 (7) includes first prefix sub-series A61C 881381, Beale B269Replacement S16S 279977, O'Brien Britannia series A B273 (21) includes first prefix sub-series A08K 837710, O'Brien Series C Portrait B281 (2), HollomB292 (1), PageB320 (1), Page B322 (2) mostly Fine to VF many have multiple folds, a few with inked numbers, Ten Shillings (18) Hollom B295 (2), FfordeB310 (16) a few Fine, mostly NVF to EF
Bank of EnglandReplacement issues (2) comprising One PoundBeale Green B269 Replacement Britannia Medallion issue 1950 serial number S50S 862204 UNC with a Very Minor Rust spot at lower left edge along with Ten Pounds Page Lion & Key B327 Replacement QE2 portrait and last Lion & Key design issue 1971 serial number M11 459868 GEF - about UNC
Bank of England & Treasury (40) a private collection in an album comprising wide range of cashiers and denominations , circulated mostly in average VF-GVF some better. Comprising Treasury George V period 1 Pounds (2) including the Bradbury Second issue T11.1 De La Rue Black Type 1 Letter only prefix issue 1914 serial number B/6 66235 along with the Fisher Second issue T31 Dot in No. Ireland in title issue 1923 serial number G1/82 141090. Accompanied by Bank of England examples (38) consisting of various cashier as Catterns 1930's issues (3) 10 Shillings B223 prefix L55 910575 along with 1 Pounds B225 (2) prefixes T33 & S76. Peppiatt Britannia medallion examples (5) including Second Period World War II Emergency issues as the 1 Pounds B249 Blue/Pink issues 1940 (3) prefixes C70E, O85D and T52D along with a 10 Shilling B251 Mauve example prefix M73D. Also includes a Post-war threaded example 1948 prefix D48B. An interesting fact about this period is that all pre-war Britannia medallion issues were unthreaded but a metal thread was incorporated into the Emergency issues and the ones to follow, so perhaps the war is what sparked the integration of this additional security measure. Beale 1 Pounds B268 issues 1950 (3) prefixes D05J, D99J and M26C. O'Brien examples of the last Britannia medallion issues and the new QE2 portrait (6) comprising 10 Shillings B271 prefix E37Y. 1 Pound B273 prefix R08J. The last of the White notes example 5 Pounds B276 dated 13th December 1955 serial number B56A 092487. 1 Pounds QE2 portrait (11) including the B281 prefix H63 along with B282 (10) prefixes 92K, 93K (2), 95L, 93N, 80N, 47R, 55S and 95S (2). Hollom (5) including 10 Shillings B295 (3) prefixes 01C (2) and 99B. 1 Pound B288 prefix J78S. And a 5 Pounds seated child Britannia B288 prefix J78S. Fforde (3) including 10 Shillings (2) B309 prefix 03Y and B310 prefix C02N. Also, a 1 Pound B305 prefix S98B. Page 1 Pound QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton 339 W Reverse issue 1978 prefix 77A. Somerset 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B341 W Reverse issues 1981 (3) including a consecutive pair prefixes CU10 along with a DU81.
Bank of England & Treasury (78) a collection in an album in various grades mostly in average VF-GVF but also includes several higher grades to About UNC - UNC. Comprising the now little over a century old Treasury George V period 1 Pounds Bradbury Third issue T16 (2) serial numbers including a FIRST series A/12 529939 along with D/44 205890. Along with Bank of England various cashiers and designs issues from the various periods (47) including Catterns 1 Pound B225 prefix Y75. Peppiatt (4) consisting of 10 Shillings First Period B236 Unthreaded prefix 82W. Along with Second Period World War II Emergency issues (3) 10 Shillings B251 prefix Z17E and 1 Pounds B249 (2) prefixes B62H and U62D. Beale 1 Pound B268 prefix X55C. O'Brien 1 Pound B273 prefix H25K. Hollom 10 Shillings QE2 portrait B295 prefix 66C. Fforde 10 Shillings B309 (2) prefixes 78X and 93W. Page 1 Pounds (4) including a QE2 portrait B322 prefix DR10 along with QE2 pictorial (3) B337 (2) prefixes T71 and W71 and B339 prefix 75K. Somerset (3) including 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial B341 W reverse (5) prefixes CU80, AR11, BY64, BZ84 and DW39. Along with a 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial B343 L reverse prefix DY05. Together with a selection of Lowther 5 Pounds (27) consisting of B393 (26) prefixes HA89, HB02, HB06, HB08 (2), HB10 (2), HB11, HB14 (2), HB15 (2), HB17, HB19, HB22, HB28, HB29 (2), HB31 (2), HB36, HB37, JA63, JA67, JA69 and JA70. Along with B395 prefix HD38. The lot also comes with a small selection of world notes from various countries including China (14) Foreign Exchange Certificates - 10 Fen Pick FX1b (2), 50 Fen Pick FX2, 1 Yuans Pick FX3 (6) and 5 Yuan Pick FX4. Together with 1 Fen Pick 865, 1 Jiaos Pick 881a (2) and 5 Yuan Pick 886. Belgium (2) 20 Francs Pick 138 and 100 Francs Pick 140. India 10 Rupees Pick 81. South Africa 20 Rand Pick 121c (2). Indonesia (3) 100 Rupiah 1977 Pick 116, 500 Rupiah 1977 Pick 117 and 1000 Rupiah 1980 Pick 119. Spain 100 Pesetas Pick 152. Turkey 100 Turk Lirasi Pick 194a. Hong Kong 10 Dollars Pick 191a. Russia Soviet Union 1 Ruble Pick 222a. Zimbabwe 2 Dollars Pick 1b. And USA (2) 1 Dollar Pick 468a and 2 Dollars Pick 382a. An interesting amalgamation certain to attract some attention
One PoundPage QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B322 Green issue 1970 very LAST RUN serial number HZ63 832749, fresh and crisp choice UNC and very Rare and keenly sought after in this superb grade by both collectors and dealers alike. For a consecutively numbered note to this see previous lot
One PoundPage QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B322 Green issue 1970 very LAST RUN serial number HZ63 832748, fresh and crisp choice UNC and very Rare and keenly sought after in this superb grade by both collectors and dealers alike. For a consecutively numbered note to this see next lot
One PoundPage QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B322 Green issue 1970 and a VERY LAST RUN serial number HZ63 832746, UNC and Exceptionally Rare in this superb grade
One PoundPage QE2 portrait & seated Britannia ERROR note B322 (BY Error Ref. E3f(iii)) issue 1970 with different serial numbers - at upper left BN31 156636 and at lower right BN31 156635, about UNC - UNC
One PoundPage QE2 portrait & seated Britannia ERROR note B320 (BY Error Ref. E3f(iii)) issue 1970 with different serial numbers - at upper left U85B 886948 and at lower right U85B 886949, about UNC - UNC
One Pounds mostly QE2 portrait & seated Britannia O'Brien, Fforde, Page including some Somerset pictorial (160) a 'brick' and all in average VF to EF comprising O'Brien (87) including a B285Replacement serial number M15 032452 amongst B281 issues (86). Fforde (67) including Scarce Replacement issues (3) as B306 (2) prefixes R04M and R08M and B308 series N02M 760906 amongst B301 (18), B303 (3), B305 (40) and B307 (3). Page issues B322 (3). Also the pictorial Somerset includes a B341 example prefix CT28 with torn notes - a left and right hand side pieces from different notes.
One Pounds Hollom & Page QE2 portrait & seated Britannia issues circa 1960's (36) all in various grades averaging VF-GVF to about UNC. Comprising Hollom (27) including the Scarcer Replacement issues (6) consisting of B290 prefix 75M. B291 prefix M05R. And B293 G Reverse (German Goebel printing) (4) including prefixes M04N, M06N, M24N and M25N. Together with B288 (18) prefixes A24W, A60Y, A64X, A68W, A85S, B11X, B87W, D08N, D60W, D79U, E01X , H83X, J15X, J74W, K05W, K89X, K90W and L19W. And B292 G Reverse (German Goebel printing) (3) prefixes L07X, D08N and D95T. A collectible and varied group
One Pounds Page QE2 portrait & seated Britannia 1970 issues (34) in various grades from VF-GVF to about UNC - UNC. Comprising the scarcer Replacement issues B323 (5) prefixes MT08, MT22, MU04 and MU18. Together with B322 (24) consisting of a consecutively numbered set of 10 notes prefix HS44, a near consecutive pair prefix HY34, a pair FIRST series prefixes AN10 and AN40 amongst others as CN14, BT44, CZ02, DR06, ER47, HS07, HS60 and HY13. Also the B320 (7) prefixes W30E, W64E, X15E, X39D, Y53D, Y67H and Z41H.
One Pounds Page QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B322 issues 1970 (84) all about UNC - UNC, LAST series and in near consecutive sets consisting of prefix HZ36 (67) including series HZ36 093926 to HZ36 093995 missing only a few numbers along with prefix HZ38 (17) including HZ38 093501 to HZ38 093520 missing only a few numbers.
One Pounds Page QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B322 issue 1970 (100) a consecutively numbered set in an original bank wrapper series HN50 136519 through HN50 136618. All about UNC - UNC
Bank of England (27) a rich group Peppiatt (7) Ten Shillings B262 Red/Brown Threaded issue 1948 Fourth Period, last series 09E 383453, about UNC, Ten Shillings Emergency Issue (2) B251 Mauve Metal Thread issue 1940, series O73D 260948 about UNC & A58D 057059 UNC, One Pounds Emergency Issue (3) B249 Blue/Pink Metal Thread issue 1940, series K43D 902092 GEF - about UNC, D22H 224767 GVF & M38H 559024 VF light stains, and One Pound Green B238 First Period issue 1934, series 86U 519578, GVF, Beale (3) Ten Shillings (2) B266 Red/Brown Issue 1950, series T50Z 798118 Fine & E10Z 733491 about UNC, One Pound Green B268, series T75C 988661 about VF, O'Brien (5) One Pound Green B273 issue 1955 VF, Five Pounds Lion & Key (2) B277 issued 1957, series C55 518957 & C63 099191 both VF, One Pound QE2 portrait and seated Britannia B282 issued 1960, series 97J 898820 about UNC, Ten Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B286 issue 1961, first series A16 708574 VF, Hollom (3) One Pound QE2 & seated Britannia B288 issued 1963, series K91W 720387 about UNC, Ten Shillings (2) the first B294 issue1963 series Y42 502805 GEF & the second B295 issued 1963, series 36D 516999, Fine, Hollom (4) One Pound QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B305 issued 1967, series U23B 534761 UNC, Ten Shillings(2) QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B310 issued 1967, last series D03N 504903 UNC & C69N 148439 about VF, Five Pounds QE2 & child Britannia B314 issued 1967, series 27B 287191 about VF, Page (3) One Pounds(2) the first QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B321Replacement Issue 1970, series S64M 944900 about UNC and the second B340 QE2 & Sir Isaac Newton issue 1978, series B26N 197348 UNC, Five Pounds QE2 & child Britannia B324 issued 1971, series 16D 210497 Fine, Somerset(2) One Pounds QE2 & Sir Isaac Newton, B341 "W" Reverse issue 1981, series BN62 631000 interesting serial with a little bit of extended security thread coming from the bottom & BN74 575440 both UNC
Bank of EnglandTen Shillings to Five Pounds (47) a mixed high grade group comprising Ten Shillings HollomB295 issues 1963 (8) a near consecutive set series 31K 355917 to 31K 355925 missing only 31K 355924. One Pounds Hollom B292 issues 1963 (6) includes a consecutive set of 4 first series A27N 217135 to A27N 217138, first series prefix A19N and a prefix D94T. One Pounds Page QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton 1978 issues (8) consecutive set of 3 notes B337 series T13 377313 to T13 377315 and a consecutive set of 5 notes B339 series 18D 600799 to 18D 600803. One Pounds Page QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B322 issues 1970 (23) a consecutive set of 20 series HN50 136742 to HN50 136761 and a consecutive set of 3 series HT43 150705 to HT43150707. Five Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington (2) Page B336 issue 1973 series CS21 066032 and GillB353 issue 1988 series RE33 474728
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.
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 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.
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
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 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
One Pound Series C portrait (55), O'Brien (21), Hollom (12), Fforde (16) and Page (6), first and last series & a few consecutive noted, mixed grades, most EF
One pound QE2 portrait notes (32) consecutively numbered runs of O'Brien, Hollom, Fforde and Page signature types, mostly GEF to UNC, along with a further group One Pound (16) O'Brien (4), Hollom (2), Page (10), Ten Shillings Hollom (3) in mixed higher grades with some consecutives, along with a further group One Pound (5) of minor miscuts, ink fades and an interesting serial number, these in mixed grades
One poundPageB323 (4) QE2 portrait issued 1970 all replacement prefixes MS80, MT19, MU16 and MW13, about UNC to UNC, One pound Page B322 (7) QE2 portrait issued 1970 prefixes AN93 first series, BN01, DY13, EN80, EZ27, HU07 & last series HZ10, a few about EF or better to mostly UNC, One pound Page B321 (3) QE2 portrait issued 1970 replacement prefixes S66M about UNC, W50M about UNC and X11M UNC One pound HollomB289 QE2 portrait issued 1963 replacement prefix M73, EF+
One Pounds PageB322 (100) issued 1970, QE2 portrait at right, an original consecutive numbered bundle in band, HX60 390247 to HX60 390346, some wear to outside notes, remainder UNC
One Pounds PageB320 to B323 (43) issued 1970, QE2 portrait at right, a good mix with better grade replacements, some in lower grades but most GVF-EF or better
One poundHollomB290 QE2 portrait issued 1963 replacement prefix 38M, GEF, One pound Hollom B292 (3) QE2 portrait issued 1963 prefixes A13N first series GVF, D99T UNC and L22X last series about UNC, Five pounds LowtherB362 issued 2000 serial QM10 000092 (from C152 presentation set), Queen Mother commemorative, UNC, One pound FfordeB301 (6) QE2 portrait issued 1967 prefixes D45Y, H85Y, A11Z, D01Z, J96Z and last series L23Z, mostly EF to about UNC, One pound PageB340 (5) issued 1978, Newton on reverse, different letter prefixes, first series A13N UNC, B78N UNC, C02N aU-UNC, D34N UNC and last series E79N in UNC Ten shillings Fforde B310 (4) issued 1967, prefixes A44N UNC, C42N GEF, D01N UNC and D02N UNC
One poundBealeB268 (9) issued 1950 prefixes A79J, B60J, C25J, D31J, E99J, H78J, J81J, K55J and last series L18J, mostly EF to UNC, One pound PageB320 (16) QE2 portrait issued 1970 mostly all different prefix letters from T41H to last series Z06L, a few GVF to EF but most are UNC, One pound Page B339 (17) issued 1978, Newton on reverse, different letter prefixes include 10U & 01W, mostly UNC condition
One poundPageB323 (4) QE2 portrait issued 1970 all replacement prefixes MS80, MT19, MU16 and MW13, about UNC to UNC, One pound Page B322 (7) QE2 portrait issued 1970 prefixes AN93 first series, BN01, DY13, EN80, EZ27, HU07 & last series HZ10, a few about EF or better to mostly UNC, One pound Page B321 (3) QE2 portrait issued 1970 replacement prefixes S66M about UNC, W50M about UNC and X11M UNC One pound HollomB289 QE2 portrait issued 1963 replacement prefix M73, EF+
One poundreplacement issues (30) 1960-70s QE2 series C portrait type, O'Brien to Page with many different varieties, mostly VF or better, viewing recommended
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