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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
07/06/2020 Auction 169	English Banknotes	Lot 69	One Pound Page QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B339a Green Experimental issue 1978 serial number 81R 932436, UNC and Exceptionally Rare and very seldom offered especially in this high grade. These experimental issues had prefixes 81 or 82 which is outside the normal range as regular issues were only going up to 80 More banknotes like this	£240
01/03/2020 Auction 168	English Banknotes	Lot 85	Bank of England a collection of 10 Shillings, 1 and 5 Pounds circa 1930's and World War II period to modern (69) including various cashiers as Peppiatt, Beale, O'Brien, Hollom, Fforde, Somerset, Page and Lowther most in an album, including few framed examples all in various grades on average VF - GVF to EF - GEF. Some scarcer examples consist of the rarely seen 5 Pounds Lowther B397 Experimental issues 2004 with examples of the 2 types (3) consisting of the Unvarnished type (2) serial numbers XC10 998415 and XC10 998415 along with the Varnished type serial number XJ36 997708. These notes Rare in any grade, very seldom seen in UNC in fact the current Duggleby prices these notes only to the EF grade with a price of £300, they were used to test durability and issued in tranches. 5 Pounds Beale White note B270 dated 3rd August 1950 serial number S21 081953. Peppiatt Fourth Period B262 Red-brown Britannia medallion Threaded issued 1948 a LAST series prefix 81E 133185 and a Second Period WW2 Emergency issue B249 Blue/Pink Britannia medallion Threaded issued 1940 serial number D02H 068980. 5 Pounds O'Brien Lion & Key (2) examples of the 2 varieties and both FIRST series prefixes consisting of the B277 Shaded symbol issued 1957 serial number A92 412879 and B280 White symbol issued 1961 serial number H38 000698. A very pleasing collection, certain to attract significant attention. Also comes with a novelty Bank of England 1,000,000 (the million-pound note) dated 1903 known from the 1954 J. Arthur rank studios film "The Million Pound Note" starring Gregory Peck. A Persil promotional 1 Pound Somerset packet. Also comes with an empty album More banknotes like this	£600
03/06/2019 Auction 165	English Banknotes	Lot 395	One pound O'Brien QE2 portrait and seated Britannia B283 Experimental R reverse issue 1960 FIRST RUN series A01N 065132 UNC. Exceptionally Rare experimental issue with R on reverse standing for 'Research'. Our research could find only 1 note in similar grade offered in recent times therefore this being a very rare opportunity to acquire one More banknotes like this Signature Sale : The Property of a Gentleman	£750
03/06/2019 Auction 165	English Banknotes	Lot 585	Ten Pounds Kentfield QE2 & Charles Dickens issues 1992 & 1993 (10) in high grades in mostly about UNC - UNC comprising B366 (4) FIRST RUN lower series A01 000922, A01 000956, A01 006571 along with prefix U33 this in EF. B367 Experimental issue series Z90 735824 this in Fine. B369 (5) FIRST RUN lower series DD01 000623, DD01 000759 and DD01 001156 along with prefixes DA54 and KK36. More banknotes like this Signature Sale : The Paul Dickinson Collection	£240
03/06/2019 Auction 165	English Banknotes	Lot 590	Fifty Pounds Kentfield QE2 and Sir John Houblon B378 Silver Foil Tudor Rose EXPERIMENTAL issue 1994 series A99 581210 UNC and Very Rare More banknotes like this Signature Sale : The Paul Dickinson Collection	£190
03/06/2019 Auction 165	English Banknotes	Lot 562	One Pound Page QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B339a Experimental Issue 1978 series 81S 889147 GEF. All experimental issues of this note have prefix 81 or 82 which falls outside the normal range More banknotes like this Signature Sale : The Paul Dickinson Collection	£160
02/09/2018 Auction 162	English Banknotes	Lot 152	Bank of England (70), a very interesting and varied collection with FIRST RUN, LAST RUN, EXPERIMENTAL, REPLACEMENT and consecutively numbered runs seen, O'Brien 1 Pound B283 experimental series A01N, B281 first run series A01, and a number of replacement notes, Hollom 10 Shillings, 1 Pound & 5 Pounds a selection of replacement notes, Hollom 10 Shillings B295 first run series 01A, Fforde 1 Pound, a collection of replacement notes and first and last runs, 5 pounds 2 replacement notes, Page 5 Pounds (28) in 2 consecutively numbered runs, Page 1 Pound B339A scarce experimental issue series 81R, first run notes series A01 and A01N, Gill 50 Pounds series C12 348300, signature range O'Brien to Lowther with values from 10 Shilling to 50 Pounds, plus a Stockton on Tees Bank 5 Pounds provincial note, mixed grades veiwing recommended More banknotes like this	£1,600
03/06/2018 Auction 161	English Banknotes	Lot 88	One Pound Page (86), B337 B339 B339a & B340 issued 1978, a scarce last run EXPERIMENTAL issue 81Z, First Run A01 (11) including consecutive notes and low serial number, many other first and last series notes seen and many consecutively numbered runs and pairs, also some mid run '01' prefixes, (Pick377a), the 81Z is VF, a few EF but the majority are Uncirculated or about More banknotes like this	£220

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