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 NewtonB337 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,
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
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
One Pounds PeppiattB238 41S VF, B239 H38A AU, blues (3) B249 generally EF-Unc, B258 R37A Fine B260 F-VF (5), VF (3) including S44A first series, AU (2) Y16A and last series H09B, BealeB269replacement S22S 272530 VF, O'Brien B273 (2) GVF and Unc, B282 VF (3) and last series 67Z Unc, B292 AU along with Scotland Royal Bank One Pound 30.3.1999 VF
Bank of England (18) Accumulation of various denomination examples from the Britannia medallion and QE2 portrait designs circa pre and during World War II issues Peppiatt and onwards, all in mixed grades on average VF to EF - about UNC. Comprising Peppiatt (3) consisting of the Pre-war First Period B238 issue Unthreaded issue 1934 prefix 10C. Along with Second Period World War II Emergency 1940 issues (2) including the 10 Shillings Peppiatt Second Period B251 Mauve prefix U80D and the 1 Pound B249 Blue/Pink prefix K10E. Beale 10 Shillings B266 Red-Brown issue 1950 FIRST series prefix Z32Z. O'Brien (3) including an example of the last Britannia medallion 10 Shillings B271 Red-Brown issue 1955 prefix C73Y 974772. Along with the QE2 portrait issue 1 Pound B282 first series prefix 21A. And an example of the short-lived only single cashier design modern British Banking - 5 Pounds Lion & Key Helmeted Britannia portrait B280white symbol variety prefix J20. Hollom QE2 portrait issues (4) including 1 Pounds (2) B288 prefix D95S and B292 first series prefix A50N. 5 Pounds B297 prefix L85. And the 10 Pounds Hollom Lion & Key B299 prefix A13. Fforde QE2 portrait issues (5) including examples of each recorded prefix for the respective type B310 (4) prefixes A91N, B59N, C23N and D03N. Along with a 1 Pound B305 prefix T44A. And finally, Page QE2 portrait issues (2) 1 Pound B322 prefix DS18 and 5 Pounds B324 prefix 85D.
Great Britain (92) a mixed circulated group mostly average Fine/VF some better with examples from England, Scotland and Jersey circa 1950's to modern. Comprising Bank of England (72) including O'Brien 10 Shillings (2) B271 Britannia medallion prefix C60Y originally hidden in jewellery or similar along with the QE2 portrait B286 prefix E20. Hollom QE2 portrait examples (10) including 10 Shillings (6) consisting of B294 prefix X97 and B295 (5) prefixes 47A, 31D, 80D, 46H and 75H. Also 1 Pounds (4) B292 G reverse (2) FIRST prefix A48N and A74N. Along with B288 (2) prefixes A90Y along with a BINARY number C99R 777744. Fforde QE2 portrait (20) including 10 Shillings (13) consisting of B309 (6) prefixes 57S, 20W, 85X, 22Y, 30Y and 68Z. B310 (6) prefixes B93N, C25N, C40N, C67N, C68N and D02N. And ReplacementB311 prefix M67. Also, 1 Pounds (7) including 305 (2) prefixes R33D and R86E and the scarcer B307 G reverse gaps (5) prefixes R15L, R64L, R71L, R74L and R90L. Page 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & portrait issues (10) consisting of B320 prefix Y55B and B322 (6) prefixes BW21, BZ49, BU68, DX16, EX63 and HS07. Along with the pictorial B337 prefix K32 and B339 (2) prefixes 07R and 26X. Somerset QE2 pictorial (28) including 1 Pounds B341 W Reverse (27) prefixes AY04, AY60, Z53 (5) 4 consecutive + 1 closely numbered to them, BU27, BZ72, CN05, CN15, CS33 (2) consecutive, CU77, CZ26, CX11, CX44, DT34, DT51, DU48, DX11, DX13, DX51, DY08 and DY13 (3) consecutive. Along with a 5 Pounds B343 L Reverse prefix HY73. And a pair of Gill 5 Pounds QE pictorial B353 L Reverse (2) prefix SE09 and SE38. Together with Scotland (16) various issuers including Bank of Scotland 1 Pounds (3) Pick 111d 15th October 1979 signatures Clydesmuir & Pattulo (2) prefixes D/ and D/7, along with Pick 111f 9th November 1984 signatures Risk & Pattulo prefix D/66. Royal Bank of Scotland Limited 1 Pounds (5) consisting of Pick 329a 19th March 1969 signatures Robertson & Burke prefix A/10. Pick 341a 3rd May 1982 prefix C/65 signature Winter. And, Pick 341b 4th January 1984 signature Winter (3) prefixes C/98 and D/1 (2). The Royal Bank of Scotland plc 1 Pounds Pick 351a (6) 5 dated 13th December 1988 prefixes A/50, A/55, A/58, A/64 and A68 along with a 19th December 1990 prefix B/16. Clydesdale Bank plc (2) including 1 Pound Pick 211c signature Hamilton 25th November 1985 prefix D/CZ and 5 pounds Pick 218c signature Goodwin 1st December 1997 prefix E/DX. Along with the Jersey 1 Pounds group (4) including Pick 11b signature Leslie May prefix MB, first prefix for signature type. Pick 15 signature Leslie May value at upper left outlined prefix BC. And the Pick 20 signature George Baird value at upper left filled (2) prefixes MC and GC. An interesting and varied group
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
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 NewtonB337 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 StephensonB380 prefix EB40, Elizabeth Fry (2) including B393 prefix JA03 and B395 prefix HD27. 10 Pounds (2) including Charles Dickens B382 prefix KL07 and Charles DarwinB390 prefix AJ12. 20 Pounds Sir Edward Elgar B386 prefix AB51.
Bank of England (59) in mixed grades average VF to UNC comprising O'Brien (4) including 1 Pound Green Britannia medallion B273 issue 1955 prefix S62J along with 1 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B281 issues 1960 (3) including a FIRST series prefix A73 along with D49 and K73. Hollom (3) including 10 Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B295 issue 1963 prefix 09L along with 1 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated Britannia 1963 issues (2) including B288 prefix B21R along with G Reverse issue B292 prefix D32T. Fforde 1 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated Britannia 1967 issues (6) including B301 prefix K13Y, B305 (3) prefixes N29C, T93A and T60D and B307 (2) prefixes R61L & R62L. Page 1 Pounds (40) including QE2 portrait & seated Britannia issues 1970 (11) including B320 (3) prefixes X43L, Z17E and Z11K, Replacement issue B321 prefix W15M and B322 (7) prefixes BT73, BS12, BX27, CS50 a consecutive pair (2), CT67 and CZ40. Along with QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton (6) including B340 issues 1978 (5) prefixes A64N (2), C46N and C70N (2) along with B337 prefix C43. Somerset 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B341 W Reverse issues 1981 (29) prefixes AX31, AX58, BR54, BU58, BX46, BX80, BZ03, CN43, CR84, CS35 a consecutive pair (2), CX48, DR80, DT81 a consecutive pair (2), DW22, DW80, DX05, DX24, DX29 a consecutive pair (2), DX34, DX35, DX40, DX51, DX62, DX64 and DX73.
Bank of EnglandHollomTen Shillings to Five Pounds (21) a mixed grade high grade group includes about UNC - UNC comprising Ten Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia issues 1963 (10) including a Replacement issue B296 series M20 415822, B294 (4) FIRST series K65 292958 along with Y33 138543 and a consecutive pair Z54 020436 & Z54 020437 and B295 (5) series 35A 070745, 65A 140325, 02K 083290, 89K 111536 & LAST series 20R 682653. One Pounds QE2 portrait & seated Britannia issues 1963 (9) including a Replacement B291 series M05R 592344, B292 (2) FIRST and LAST series A17N 240990 & L04X 614778 and B288 (6) series D28N 168651, D84X 625062, L70T 109021 and a consecutive trio K99X 194748 to K99X 194750. Five Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B297 issues 1963 (2) series A92 620603 & B54 906890
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
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