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,
Ten Shillings O'Brien B286 (6) five being AU-Unc the other VG, HollomB295 Unc, FfordeB309 (2) AU-Unc, Fforde B310 (20) these mostly in Unc, includes consecutives. One Pounds O'Brien B281 VF and B282 Unc, Fforde B305 (10) a consecutive run Unc, PageB322 (20) two consecutive number runs Unc, Page Isaac NewtonB337 (21) one VF others generally AU-Unc many consecutive, B339 (13) AU-Unc, SomersetB341 (40) one VF the others AU-Unc along with Page One Pounds (9) various types F-AU. Five Pounds Fforde B314 GVF and KentfieldB364 HK97 191004 AU
Bank of England 1997 Hong Kong Handover Limited World Edition of only 10,000 minisheets of 12 uncutKentfield £5 B364 notes issued C122b, series prefix HK97, serial numbers as follows: First Column - 243944, 233944, 223944 & 213944, Second Column - 143944, 133944, 123944 & 113944 & Third Column - 043944, 033944, 023944 & 013944, UNC with certificate and in the original folder
Five Pounds Kentfield 1993 B364uncut set of 8 all with number 003082 and with prefixes BH25, BH26, BH28, BH28, BH33, BH34, BH35 and BH36 Unc as issued, along with Bank of England presentation pack C122a, Hong Kong takeover special edition Kentfield £5 B364 serial HK97 916218, UNC
Ten Pounds Gill 1988 B354 prefix HS39 Unc, Five Pounds (4) Hollom 1963 B297 last series R12 586693 Fine, Page 1971 B324 first series 65C 102150 VF, Kentfield 1993 B364 BC52 prefix Unc , Lowther 2002 B393 A76 EF, Bailey 2004 B398 LC31 prefix Unc, One Pound Page 1970 B320 Y08L prefix VF. Travellers Cheques (6) five being Specimens Thomas Cook $US500 and $10 Australia $50 Pounds Sterling £100 and £20 Unc along with Zimbabwe $5000 Unc and cheques (2) Pina County Bank Tombstone Arizona 1880 and Barclays bank Dominion and Overseas 1927
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 Prince of Wales 50th Birthday a 3-piece set comprising Fifty Pounds Kentfield, John Houblon B377, Ten Pounds Kentfield, Charles DickensB369, and Five Pounds Kentfield, George StephensonB364 set, the Five Pounds in a set with the accompanying Five Pound Crown coin. All notes with special prefix PW50 and matching serial number 000024. The Five Pounds in the Coin and Banknote original pack, the Ten Pounds and Fifty Pounds UNC in the original plastics. Originally only 95 sets of the coins and notes Debden set C133 (3 coins and 3 notes) were issued
Bank of England 5 Pounds (14) all about UNC - UNC comprising Gill (2) B357 issue 1990 serial number J49 563367 and B353 issue 1988 serial number RH64 338668. SomersetB343 issue 1980 serial number EX47 620751. KentfieldB364 issue 1993 serial number DB81 427195. BaileyB398 issues 2004 (4) including a consecutive pair serial numbers JD01 755363 & JD01 755364, along with JE18 776671 and KK63 341774. ClelandPolymerB414 issue 2016 (2) consecutive pair serial numbers AK55 362146 & AK55 362147. SalmonB407 issue 2012 (3) a consecutively numbered trio serial numbers LK80 438379 - LK80 438381. The lot also comes with a 10 Shillings Fforde QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B311Replacement issue 1967 serial number M75 742042
Bank of England 10 Shillings to 20 Pounds mid 1900's to present, varied examples of designs and cashiers Beale to Cleland (24) all in mixed mostly high grades ranging from VF-GVF to about UNC - UNC. Comprising Beale Green 1 Pounds Britannia medallion issues B268 (2) prefixes A40J & B55C. O'Brien Green 1 Pound Britannia medallion B273 prefix J43K. Hollom QE2 portrait (3) including 10 Shillings B295 prefix 64B, 1 Pound B288 prefix C06R and 5 Pounds B297 prefix H07. Fforde QE2 Portrait (2) consisting of 10 Shillings B310 prefix C41N and 1 Pound B305 prefix S32D. Page (4) 1 Pound QE2 Portrait B322 prefix HU06, 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial B336 L Reverse (2) prefixes including a FIRST series AN08 along with CR78 and a 10 Pounds Lion & Key B326 prefix C45. Somerset QE2 pictorial (3) including 1 Pound B341 W Reverse prefix AR73 along with a pair of 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial B343 L Reverse (2) prefixes EX06 and DZ25. Kentfield (2) 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial B364 prefix AD48 and a 20 Pounds B375 prefix CH21. Lowther (4) including a pair 5 Pounds B393 (2) prefixes HB23 and JA62, a 10 Pounds B390 "AND COMPANY" prefix AJ07 and 20 Pounds B386 prefix AA29. Bailey 20 Pounds B402 prefix DH79. Together with a consecutive pair of the Cleland 5 Pounds PolymerB414 (2) prefix AJ54.
Kentfield 5 Pounds B364uncut sheet of 35 notes (5 x 7) C122c Limited Edition Commemorative issue in the original glossy money printed tube commemorating the 1997 Hong Kong Handover, about UNC - UNC all notes with special HK97 prefixes but different serial numbers, Rare. At the original time of sales only 50 of these sheets were allocated to the UK, although it is possible that more could have been re-imported, still a Scarce find
Bank of England 10 Shillings to 10 Pounds 1930's to modern (46) a pleasing collection in an album averaging VF to UNC incorporating the Bank's various designs, issuers and cashiers as Catterns, Peppiatt, Hollom, Fforde, Page, Somerset, Gill, Lowther, Kentfield and Salmon. Some earlier and scarcer issues include the Catterns (2) 10 Shillings B223 Red-Brown Britannia medallion prefix T01 and a 1 Pound B225 Green Britannia medallion Prefix K77. A Peppiatt Second Period World War II Emergency issue B251 Mauve Britannia medallion prefix K16D. Together with Hollom QE2 portrait issues (4) 10 Shillings B294 (2) and 1 Pounds B288 (2). Fforde QE2 portrait (5) including 10 Shillings B310, 1 Pounds B305 (3) including a last series prefix X41C, and 5 Pounds B314. Page QE2 portrait & pictorial (10) including 1 Pounds (7) including B320 (2) and B322 (5), 5 Pounds (3) B324 and B334 L Reverse (2). Somerset QE2 pictorial (11) consisting of 5 Pounds B343 L Reverse (8) including 2 last series prefixes LZ07 and LZ35 along with 10 Pounds (3) including B347, B348 L Reverse and B349 L Reverse 1mm windowed thread. Gill (5) 5 Pounds (3) including B353 L Reverse and B357 Crown at upper right (2) together with 10 Pounds B354 L Reverse (2). Kentfield 5 Pounds B364 Crown at upper right (2). Lowther 5 Pounds (2) B380 Crown at upper right and B393. Also, Salmon 5 Pounds B407 (2) with same prefix MA17 and fairly close numbers.
Five Pounds Kentfield QE2 pictorial and George Stephenson printing ERRORB364 issue 1993 serial number AE74 697041, VF or slightly better Tears. The note with a torn area on the queen's face due to a possible paper jam during the obverse overprint process causing parts of the design of H.M. the queen's face to be missing and mis-printed. Signs of paper jam can also be observed by a small tear at upper margin near security thread, black roller marks at the torn area on reverse and generally the overall folding of the note. These kind of errors rarely make their way into private hands and circulation
Bank of EnglandKentfield 5 and 10 Pounds 1993 issues (38) mostly about UNC - UNC and in consecutive sets/pairs comprising 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & George StephensonB364 Crown at upper right (20) serial umbers DB52 696441 through DB52 696460. Along with 10 Pounds B369 value at upper right issues (18) including serial numbers JC79 285511 & JC79 285512, JD28 299545 through JD28 299556 and JD58 379847 through JD58 379850.
Bank of England early to modern issues (23) in various grades VF to UNC comprising Peppiatt 1 Pounds World War II Emergency B249 issue 1940 serial number R14D 516937. Beale Britannia medallion 1950's notes (2) including 10 Shillings B266 Red-Brown issue serial number S45Z 102908 and 1 Pound Green B268 serial number N21C 145996. O'Brien 5 Pounds Lion & Key B280White symbols issue 1961 serial number J58 327803. Hollom 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B297 issue 1963 prefix D07 . Fforde 10 Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B309 issue 1967 prefix 18U. Page 1 Pound QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B322 issue 1970 prefix BT79. Somerset 1 Pound Sir Isaac NewtonB341 W Reverse issues 1981 (2) prefix CU76 along with DW47 in a Raffles presentation wallet. Gill 10 Pounds Florence NightingaleB354 L Reverse issue 1988 prefix ET57. Kentfield (5) including 5 Pounds George StephensonB364 Crown at upper right issues 1963 (3) prefixes BH33, BH79 & BK22 along with 10 Pounds Charles DickensB369 Denomination at upper right issue 1993 prefix JH06 and 20 Pounds Michael Faraday B375 issue 1994 prefix AL29. Lowther (4) including 5 Pounds Elizabeth Fry B343 prefix JA39 and B395 (2) prefixes HD30 & HJ08 along with 20 Pounds Sir Edward Elgar B386 issue 1999 FIRST series prefix AA37. Bailey 10 Pounds Charles DarwinB400 issue 2004 prefix EA78. ClelandPolymer 5 Pounds B414 issues 2016 (3) prefixes include FIRST series AA17 & AA33 along with AC28.
The Royal Mint Limited Edition Presentation sets (3) all UNC special prefix issues comprising a Kentfield 1999 C139 5 Pounds B364 serial number YR19 990571 along with a Cupro-Nickel 5 Pound Crown in the presentation wallet of issue with the informative booklet. H.M. the Queen's 70th Birthday 1996 C120 Kentfield 10 Pounds B364 serial number HM70 001875 along with a Silver Proof 5 Pound Crown in the original red box with the Certificate of Authenticity for the note. Kentfield 1999 C140 20 Pounds B375 serial number YR19 991351 along with a 2000 Millennium Silver Proof 5 Pound Crown in the original red box with Certificate of Authenticity for the note and a small certificate for the coin. A desirable and collectable group
Bank of EnglandKentfield (21) in mostly very high grades comprising Kentfield issues 5 Pounds QE2 & George Stephenson issues (8) including 1991 issue B362 prefix S35, 1993 issues B364 a consecutive set of 4 notes AK77 402306 - AK77 402306 and a Special edition 1997 Hong Kong Handover issues consecutive pair (2) serial numbers HK97 903081 & HK97 903082. 10 Pounds (6) including QE2 pictorial & Florence NightingaleB360 L reverse issue FIRST RUN serial number KN01 643675, QE2 & Charles Dickens 1992 issues B366 (4) consisting of a consecutive pair A05 092356 & A05 092357 and a consecutive pair A13 862281 & A13 862282 and a 1993 issue B369 issue prefix DD17. 20 Pounds (7) including B371 issue 1991 prefix T25 along with 1994 issues B375 (6) including a consecutive set of 4 notes serial numbers BA59 418416 - BA59 418419 amongst prefixes BH27 & CH54. 50 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir John Houblon B377 Silver Foil Tudor Rose issue 1994 serial number D21 347358
Bank of England (43) comprising 20 Pounds Lowther QE2 & Sir Edward Elgar B386 issue 1999 serial number AA17 659328. 10 Pounds Lowther QE2 & Charles Darwin (2) including B388 "The Company" issue 2000 serial number AA15 826613 and B390cs Column Sort "And Company" issue 2000 serial number EL11 548347. 5 Pounds (40) comprising Kentfield QE2 & George StephensonB364 Turquoise Crown at top right issue 1993 (16) prefixes CE65, CJ04, DA21, DA59, DA61 a near consecutive set (8), DA77 (4) . Lowther (13) including B393 Full Halo issues 2002 (3) prefixes JA12, JA17 and JA63, B395 Cut Hallow issues 2002 (4) prefixes HH05, HH23 and HE72 (2), QE2 and George StephensonB380 Turquoise Crown at top right issue 1999 (6) prefixes EB54, ED68 (2), EE61, EE62 and EE70. Bailey QE2 and Elizabeth Fry (11) including B398cs Column Sort Turquoise Cut Halo & Unvarnished issue 2004 serial number EL01 815915 and B398 turquoise Cut Halo & Unvarnished issue 2004 (10) prefixes JB51, JC29, JH17, JH19 (2), JH20, JH75 (4). Mostly About UNC - UNC, few with tellers creases
Bank of England (25) mostly about UNC - UNC comprising Somerset (16) consisting of 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac NewtonB341 W reverse issues 1981 (11) including a FIRST RUN series AN01 405701 along with a consecutively numbered set of 10 notes CT64 638741 - CT64 638750. 5 Pounds 2 QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington (3) including B345 L reverse issues 1987 (2) a consecutively numbered pair RC69 575522 - RC69 57552 along with B343 L reverse issue 1980 prefix JT05. 10 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Florence NightingaleB346 issues 1980 (2) a consecutively numbered pair Z33 741864 - Z33 741865. Gill (7) including 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington B353 L reverse issues 1988 (2) serial numbers SB64 987301 & SC80 375955. 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & George StephensonB357 issues 1990 (2) including a FIRST RUN from circulation serial number A01 284965 along with A14 752259. 10 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale B354 L Reverse issue 1988 LAST series JR01 866929. Kentfield 5 pounds QE2 pictorial & George StephensonB364 issues 1993 (2) a consecutively numbered pair CK13 753788 & CK13 753789. Lowther (2) including 10 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Charles DickensB382 issue 1999 a FIRST RUN from circulation and a LOW number KL01 000469. 20 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Edward Elgar B386 issue 1999 serial number AC68 364305
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 (12) mostly about UNC - UNC comprising O'Brien (2) including 10 Shillings B271 Red-Brown issue 1955 serial number C51Y 891803 and 1 Pound Green B273 issue 1955 serial number N02K 366188. Hollom (2) including 1 Pound QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B288 issue 1963 serial number E39N 646954 and 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B297 issue 1963 serial number K76 786162. Fforde 10 Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B309 issue 1967 serial number 90T 068296. Page (2) including 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of WellingtonB336 L Reverse issue 1973 serial number AT30 184096 and 10 Pounds Lion & Key B326 issue 1971 serial number B44 252116. Somerset 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac NewtonB341 W reverse issues 1981 (2) serial numbers AZ57 014879 and DU59 660148. Gill 5 Pounds First Historical QE2 & George StephensonB357 issues 1990 (2) including a FIRST RUN serial number A01 207028 along with L36 811855. Kentfield 5 Pounds First Historical QE2 & George StephensonB364 issue 1993 serial number AK42 974168
Bank of England 1997 Hong Kong Handover Limited World Edition of only 10,000 minisheets of 12 uncutKentfield £5 B364 notes issued C122b, series prefix HK97, serial numbers as follows: First Column - 249832, 239832, 229832 & 219832, Second Column - 149832, 139832, 129832 & 119832 & Third Column - 049832, 039832, 029832 & 019832, UNC with certificate and in the original folder
Five Pounds Kentfield QE2 & George Stephenson issues 1991 & 1993 (15) in high grades mostly about UNC - UNC comprising B362 (5) including FIRST RUN series R01 393050 along with consecutive pairs prefixes S04 and U18. B363 (3) including FIRST RUN from circulation series AA01 006487 along with prefix AA07 and AA31. B364 (7) including prefixes AE20, CC01 consecutive pair, CK40, DC23 and BK22
Bank of England 1996 As Good as Gold Collection limited edition minisheet of 8 uncutKentfield £5 B364 notes C121, only 5,000 issued worldwide with UK being allocated only 200, series as follows: First Column - BH28 000511, BH27 000511, BH26 000511 & BH25 000511, Second Column - BH36 000511, BH35 000511, BH34 000511 & BH36 000511, UNC in the original folder of issue
Five Pounds QE2 and George Stephenson (15) Gill (4) 1990 issue B357 - first run from circulation series A01 875934 with a minor dirt spot around top and bottom edges otherwise about UNC - UNC, a consecutive set of 2 - series A06 791861 and A06 791862 both GEF or near and D27 352117 EF. Kentfield (11) 1993 issue - 2 of which B363 first run from circulation, one is low series AA01 006201 in GEF and the other AA01 427153 in EF, B364 series CK17 572431 GEF and DA79 341328 about UNC with a slight dent on top edge, along with 2 consecutively numbered sets - the first of which is a pair series BB24 116024 and BB24 116025, and the second is a set of 5 - series DA79 341319 through DA79 341323, both sets about UNC - UNC
Five Pounds QE2 and George Stephenson (12) Kentfield (8) 1993 issue B364 a consecutively numbered set of 8 - series CJ07 553240 through CJ07 553247 all GEF to UNC and all with a light dent at top edge possibly from bank wrapper, along with a Lowther (4) 1999 issue B380 consecutively numbered set - series EH20 363064 through EH20 363067 all about UNC to UNC with a slight bump at top edge possibly from bank wrapper
Banknotes and other numismatic material, Debden Set C142 5 Pounds Kentfield special run and Lowther first run series DL99 999983 & EA01 999983 in limited edition folder, Kentfield 5 Pounds B364 an uncut sheet of 4 notes all with BH prefix and number 001814, Bradbury 10 Shillings a pair of uncut forged notes without serial numbers, (T12 for type), Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd promotional/souvenir with portrait of Viscount Nelson at right centre
KentfieldFive Pounds (8) B362 issued 1991 (5) FIRST RUN issues with low numbers series R01 000091, R01 000208 and a consecutively numbered run series R01 000202 to R01 000204, B363 issued 1993 (2) First Run issues series AA01 006370 & AA01 846882, B364 issued 1993 with VERY LOW serial number AC02 000003, all Uncirculated or about
Bank of England Debden Sets (12), C119 HM the Queen's 70th birthday issued 1996, limited edition of 5000 sets, each with 5 Pounds banknote prefix HM70, (B364 for type) and £5 Cupro-Nickel Crown, in presentation packet as issued, one set is missing the outer sleeve of packet, Uncirculated
Bank of EnglandKentfield (10) 50 Pounds B377 (2) a consecutively numbered pair A13 363203 & A13 363204, about Unc, 20 Pounds B375 (2) a consecutively numbered pair series CJ29 410460 & CJ29 410461, Uncirculated, 10 Pounds B369 (3) a consecutively numbered run series DC41 927698 - DC41 927700, Uncirculated, 5 Pounds B364 (3) a consecutively numbered run series CJ25 812469 - CJ25 812471, good EF
Error pair Five Pounds KentfieldB364 a consecutively numbered pair AC40 725681 and AC40 725682 mis-cut off centre with the top part of the coloured design right on the top edge of the note, both UNC
ERROR £5KentfieldB364 issued 1993, series CL25 981394, missing most of the black print right side, the Queen's portrait is almost invisible, Pick382b, GVF
ERRORFive Pounds Kentfield. B364. Errors (2) consecutive numbers AL prefix both printed too far to the right so no border on the right hand edge and a larger one on the left AU-Unc
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