Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
03/12/2023 Auction 183	World Banknotes	Lot 85	East Africa Currency Board 1 Florin Pick 8 dated 1st May 1920 serial number A/4 28623 3 signatures at lower centre. A Thomas De La Rue printing in olive-brown and red featuring a medallion with a bust of King George V at right on obverse. The reverse in blue displaying a Hippopotamus with native spears and shield below. VF or near so and Exceptionally Rare note very seldom seen and offered with very few possible survivors left, one tiny pinhole More banknotes like this	£280

02/12/2019 Auction 167	World Banknotes	Lot 1475	East Africa Currency Board 1 Florin Pick 8 dated 1st May 1920 serial number B/7 20232 3 signatures at lower centre. A Thomas De La Rue printing in olive-brown and red featuring a medallion with a bust of King George V at right on obverse. The reverse in blue displaying a Hippopotamus with native spears and shield below. VF or near so and Exceptionally Rare note very seldom seen and offered with very few possible survivors left More banknotes like this	£200

03/06/2018 Auction 161	World Banknotes	Lot 256	East African Currency Board 1 Florin dated 1st May 1920 series A/88 12019, portrait King George V at right, (Pick8a), some dirt/stains, a few tiny pinholes, Fine	£190

18/03/2018 Auction 160	World Banknotes	Lot 280	Commonwealth & World, Commonwealth collection in an album (163), Ceylon, East African Currency Board, British West Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia & Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Fiji, St. Helena, Falkland Islands, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, India, Burma, Straits Settlements, Malaya, Malaya & British Borneo, British Guiana, British Honduras, Belize, British Caribbean, Eastern Caribbean, Bahamas & Cayman Islands. Includes Straits Settlements 10 Dollars dated 1929, (Pick11a) Fine, 10 Dollars dated 1933, (Pick18a) Fine, British Guiana 5 Dollars dated 1942, (Pick13c) Fine, British Honduras 10 Dollars dated 1947, (Pick27a) about VF, British Caribbean 20 Dollars dated 1961, (Pick11b) Fine, Ceylon 100 Rupees dated 1945, (Pick38a) small edge tear, about VF, East African Currency Board 1 Florin date1920 (Pick8a) Fine, 100 Shillings issued 1964, (Pick48a) Uncirculated, Southern Rhodesia 5 Pounds dated 1945, (Pick11b) Fine, Rhodesia & Nyasaland 5 Pounds dated 1961, (Pick22b) good Fine, and many more, a fabulous collection of King George V, VI and Queen Elizabeth II. Also two further albums (190+) of mostly Asia, some Africa and a few Bank of England, strength in French Indochina and Vietnam, including 100 Piastres dated 1919, (Pick39) Fine, 1 Piastre dated 1901, (Pick5) about Fine, a very rare opportunity to acquire a wide variety of commonwealth notes and many others. More banknotes like this	£28,000

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