Sheffield Bank Five Pounds 18xx Trial or Proof black and grey on white AU with some light stains has a firm back and close inspection suggests it may have been stuck onto card
Five Pounds Nairne May 1st 1908, B208b, B/4 85869, rare early date, GVF or better with faint discolouration. The vendor informed us the three consecutive 1908 five pounds offered here formed part of a hoard of 20 consecutives discovered by his father over 50 years ago. They were split at that time between various family members and we have sold another from the hoard B/4 85878 in 2011 (LCA 133 Lot 2486) graded as Near EF and realised £1,300.
Five Pounds Nairne May 1st 1908, B208b, B/4 85871, rare early date, GVF or better with faint discolouration. The vendor informed us the three consecutive 1908 five pounds offered here formed part of a hoard of 20 consecutives discovered by his father over 50 years ago. They were split at that time between various family members and we have sold another from the hoard B/4 85878 in 2011 (LCA 133 Lot 2486) graded as Near EF realised £1,300.
Five Pounds Nairne May 1st 1908, B208b, B/4 85870, rare early date, GVF or better with faint discolouration and a tiny nick bottom edge. The vendor informed us the three consecutive 1908 five pounds offered here formed part of a hoard of 20 consecutives discovered by his father over 50 years ago. They were split at that time between various family members and we have sold another from the hoard B/4 85878 in 2011 (LCA 133 Lot 2486) graded as Near EF realised £1,300.
Burton upon Trent Bank £1 dated 1817 for Harding, Oakes & Willington, Outing 373a, Grant 588, pinholes, Very Good. Deal Bank unissued 19th century £5 SPECIMEN engraved by Rob Branston, large size note, VF left bottom corner missing once mounted. Five Pounds Newcastle upon Tyne Joint Stock Banking Company 1st July 1840 No. 7867 Fine "cancelled" and trimmed. Stockton on Tees Bank £5 dated 1887 for Jonathan Backhouse & Comp., Grant 2766, signature cut-cancelled and repaired. MargateIsle of Thanet Bank sight notes dated 1796 (2) series No.823 and No. 832 signed Francis Cobb & Son, both about VF but with central holes along with Margate Bankers Receipt 4 Dec 1887 1d stamp at bottom VF
Five Pounds Fforde 1967 Child Britannia B313Replacement series M11 prefix about VF with 4 small holes and PageDuke of WellingtonB333 issued 1971 replacement series M04 prefix Fine along with One PoundPeppiatt blue B249 D13H prefix EF-AU, B250 issued 1940, scarce replacement series S04E 796561 VF an inked number in the front white circle, O'Brien Britannia B273 N88K AU
A collection in an album Bank of England 10 Shillings - Ten Pounds includes replacements £5 B311 Prefix M20, 10/- B311 prefix M56, £10 B327 prefix M05 also B311 some of these consecutives (M77 prefix), some first and lasts and a run of Five Pounds Lowther George StephensonB380 (14 consecutives) mixed grades the better replacements in middle grades (94 notes in total), along with Advertising and Promotional (5) De La Rue and Bradbury Wilkinson
Banknote and Coin Sets Twenty Pounds Lowther Edward Elgar YR20 000816 with the 2000 Millennium Silver Proof Crown. Ten Pounds Lowther Charles Dickens QM10 000577 with the 2000 Queen Mother Silver Proof Crown (2 sets) QM10 000532 and QM10 000577. Ten Pounds Lowther Charles Darwin YR10 000394 with the 2001 VICTORIAN ERA Silver Proof Crown. Five Pounds Kentfield George Stephenson HM50 001109 with the 1997 cupro-nickel Crown. Five Pounds Kentfield George Stephenson YR19 991342 with the 1999 cupro-nickel Crown. Five Pounds Lowther George Stephenson QM10 010443 with the 2000 Queen Mother cupro-nickel crown. Five Pounds Lowther George Stephenson VR10 000536 with the 2001 cupro-nickel Crown all in the Bank of England/Royal Mint presentation packs of issue some of the coins with some toning as usual along with Banknote and Coin Stamp Covers (2) both with Five Pounds Lowther George Stephen QM10 009795 with the 2000 Queen Mother cupro-nickel Crown, and QE50 008651 with 2002 Golden Jubilee cupro-nickel Crown
A collection of matching serial numbers with each note in this lot having the number 001060 Five Pounds George StephensonKentfieldB364 prefix DL99 and LowtherB380 EA01, 10 Pounds Kentfield Charles DickensB369 prefix KK99 Lowther B382 KK01, 20 Pounds Faraday Kentfield CL99 and Lowther DA80, 50 Pounds Houblon Kentfield H99 and Lowther J01 AU-Unc (generally UNC)
Bank of England and Royal Mint Coin and Banknote Sets (4) KentfieldTen Pounds Charles Dickens HM70 000165 with Five Pounds Crown 1996 Silver Proof. Ten Pounds Lowther Charles Darwin QC50 000317 with Five Pounds Crown 2003 Silver Proof. Ten Pounds Lowther Charles Darwin VR10 000448 with Five Pounds Crown 2001 Silver Proof. Five Pounds Lowther George Stephenson VR10 000601 with Five Pounds 2001 cupro-nickel all in the presentation packs as issued some of the silver coins starting to tone
Five Pounds HarveywhiteB209a dated 5th July 1919 serial T/22 01191, Liverpool branch, Fine or better for overall wear but a small hole beneath Britannia, a seldom offered type especially dated prior to 1920
Debden Presentation Sets (2) Lowther £5 Elizabeth Fry HA01 001530, £10 Charles Darwin AA01 001530, £20 Edward Elgar AA01 001530. Five Pounds Lowther George Stephenson YR20 001432 all Unc and in the packs as issued
Banknote, Coin and Stamp Covers (4) all with a Five Pounds Lowther George Stephenson and a cupro-nickel Five Pounds Crown coin, prefixes being QC03 001043, QE50 000462, QM10 006831 and QE10 002538 all Unc in the Royal Mint packaging as issued
Five Pounds HollomB297 Child Britannia issued 1963 (19 2 consecutive runs) A47 467002 - 467010 and A47 467091 467100 AU-Unc some with the odd small light brown stain or mark
Five Pounds HarveyWhite note B209ad, Pick 312b LEEDS 4 Nov 1921 S/N U/67 90383 About Uncirculated PMG 55 "Papermakers Notch" as normal, Exceptionally Scarce note only the second B209ad we have offered
Five Pounds O'Brien B280 Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961 (10 consecutives) J76 450354 to 363 AU-Unc 2 with a small area of light brown discolouration top edge
Five Pounds O'Brien B280 Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961 (13) prefix J76 including consecutives generally AU (top right corner lightly folded) and some with faint brown stains towards the edge
Five Pounds Page QE2 pictorial & The Duke of WellingtonB335Replacement L Reverse issue 1973 FIRST RUN series 01M 478779 EF a scarce issue, we have not offered one since 2019 that example in Unc realised £550
Five Pounds O'Brien whiteB276 dated 11 November 1955 prefix B29A, Fine+. One Pound (6) Beale 1950 B268 (3) one with S/N T80B 000772, Page Britannia in Medallion (2) Isaac Newton (1), Ten Shillings (3) seated Britannia front left (2) Beale and O'Brien and Britannia in Medalion O'Brien generally F-VF along with Bulgaria 1951 issues (2) 25 and 50 Leva from circulation
Five Pounds Elizabeth FryB393 (16) a collection of the easily rubbed off number issues prefix JA generally VF-EF with the serial numbers faint or partially rubbed off
Five Pounds PeppiattwhiteB264 dated 12th March 1947 series L63 006305, VF red inked annotation front top right and bank stamp reverse West Street Farnham
Five Pounds O'Brien White note B276 Thin paper Metal thread LONDON dated 8th September 1955 serial number A73A 031236, EF for wear with a stain reverse and perhaps cleaned leaving a small hole at centre
Coin and Banknote Set Royal Mint £10 banknote serial number HM70 001211 and 1996 Queen Elizabeth II 70th Birthday Five Pounds UNC . Cased with Certificate of Authenticity
Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key prefix J19 AU, One PoundPeppiatt Blue prefix W08E cleaned, Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve prefix Z48D EF along with Bradbury Ten Shillings in the style of T15 on larger paper with DO NOT DESTROY stamped in red at the bottom and FORGED stamped in black across the front uniface GVF
Five Pounds whiteNairne, B208b dated January 11 1913, LEEDS branch, S/N 29/T 54364 probably nearer VF than Fine some light dirt small bank stamp "1422" front centre and a penned signature reverse, pleasing and bold for this early type
A high grade group of Lowther and Bailey including first runs Fifty Pounds Bailey 2006 HoublonB404 (3 consecutives) L26 405348 - 350, Twenty Pounds Lowther Elgar reverse B386 (5), Bailey B402 (4), Adam Smith B405 (2) including AA01 363176 in crisp Unc, Ten Pounds Bailey 2004 DarwinB400 (7), Five Pounds Lowther Full Halo B393 First Run HA01, column sort B395cs (6) mid series EL and DL prefix, replacement Full Halo B394 LL74 prefix. Bailey 2004 B398 (10) £535 face AU-Unc the majority crisp Unc
SomersetTen Pounds Nightingale 1987 B349 (5) mid series Unc (4) AU (1). Five Pounds Duke of WellingtonB343 LZ63 last series EF with a couple of small brown marks, B345 RB82 prefix VF light stains. GillTwenty Pounds William Shakespeare 1988 B355 (2) mid series Unc, Ten Pounds Nightingale B354 last series JR40 850418 Unc, B354 mid series (18) including some xx01 prefixes these Unc or near so
Five Pounds PeppiattwhiteB255 thick paper dated 31st October 1944 S/N E51 087068 VF multiple bankers stamps on the back including OTTOMAN BANK London Agency
Somerset 1980 One Pounds B341 (15) includes some consecutives such as DY20 873619 and 620 all Unc. Five Pounds B343 (9) Unc. Along with two more B343 in Good VF these cut slightly off centre so a larger border at bottom and very thin border at the top
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