Guernsey (14) One Pounds Brown, Trestain, Clarke and Haines (9) mixed grades some Unc, Five Pounds Bull Pick 49 EF-AU, circulated issues Five Pounds (2) Trestain and Clark, £10 and £20 Haines these four F-VF
Southern RhodesiaFive PoundsGeorge VI portrait Salisbury 1st September 1951 Pick 11f serial number C/20 069,372 Good VF (part of a trio held by the vendor's family since his father obtained them in Salisbury in the fifties)
Malta 10 Shillings L1949 signed Cuschieri Pick 23a VF pin holes, L1949 Shepherd issues 1 Pound Pick 24b pleasant Fine and Five Pounds nVF some dirt, 1 Pound L1949 Soler Pick 26a Fine small tear top right, 10 Shillings Green (1963) Pick 10 about Fine, 1967 issues 10 Shillings, 1 Pound, 5 PoundsPick 10,11 and 12 VF or near so
Scotland in high grades Bank of ScotlandFive Pounds 4th Jan 1995, £20 1 June 2019, Royal Bank £1 1999 Scottish Parliament (2) and 1 Oct 2001 (3 consecutives), £5 14 July 2005 Jack Nicholas (2 consecutives) and 22 Sep 2014 Ryder Cup (2), £20 4th Aug 2000 QM reverse generally Unc
Guernsey (14) One Pounds Brown, Trestain, Clarke and Haines (9) mixed grades some Unc, Five Pounds Bull Pick 49 EF-AU, circulated issues Five Pounds (2) Trestain and Clark, £10 and £20 Haines these four F-VF
GB and World (circa 100) including B of E Five PoundsPageWellington reverse AX prefix (4) VF or better One Pounds Page Britannia (20) AU-Unc including consecutives B322 others most being overseas issues a wide variety dating back to 1918 and including sone higher denominations such as Swiss 20 Francs
ScotlandBank of Scotland £10 (3) 23rd March 1994 EF, 19th June 2001 AU, 17 Sep 2007 AU. Five Pounds 25.6.2002 Unc along with Scottish Pounds 1980 and later from circulation
South AfricaFive Pounds Barry & Nephews - Swellendam unissued 185-, uniface, no serial number or signature, with central vignette of an ox-drawn cart in a South African farmyard, Hern 29, EF with some light ripples to the upper and lower edges, light foxing to the lower left corner
World (71) Five PoundsPeppiatt London March 30 1937 VF Operation BernhardForgery Fine right hand top corner off and attached to a card, GillWellington reverse prefix RE34 VF, One Pound Peppiatt Blue prefix C87E VF others include recent issues in high grades, WW II issues including Philippines, Notgeld and more mixed grades and displayed in an album
Scotland - National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited Five Pounds 16/9/1959, serial number B311029, Fine with some areas of light discolouration and a tiny pinhole to the lower left
GB and World (6) Northern Ireland - Ulster BankFive Pounds 2006 issue, George Best Pick 339 UNC in the Ulster Bank wallet of issue, Scotland - Royal Bank of Scotland (2) Twenty Pounds 2000 issue Queen Mother 100th Birthday, prefix QETQM, Pick 361, Near VF, Five Pounds 2005 issue Reverse: Jack Nicklaus and the Royal and Ancient clubhouse, St. Andrews, UNC in the Royal Bank of Scotland wallet of issue, GB Five Pounds (3) FfordeB312 with binary serial number U03 866886 Fine, Kentfield Five Pounds (2) a consecutive pair EE68 819795 and EE68 819796 EF
ScotlandBritish Linen Bank Five Pounds 2 May 1959 EF and pleasing, One Pounds 12.2.1952 VF, 5.11.1969 VF, Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Five Pounds 2.9.1963 VF, Clydesdale Bank £20 24.6.2006 Unc, £10 25.1.2009 Unc, Five Pounds 1.12.1997 and 6.8.2009 both Unc, One Pound 9.11.1988 Unc, National Commercial Bank Five Pounds 2.1.1963 aVF, Royal Bank of ScotlandTen Pounds 3.1.1985 VF, 1.11.2001 and 6.2.2012 both Unc, Five Pounds 19.3.1969 AU, 6.2.2002, 14.5.2004 and 1.7.2005 these three Unc, 14.7.2005 (10) consecutive numbers Unc, One Pounds in Unc 19.3.1969, 3.12.1994, 3.3.1997 and 12.5.1999
GB and World Bank of EnglandTwenty Pounds William Shakespeare (5) Page 1970 B328 and Somerset (4) 1981 B350 VF-EF, One Pounds Somerset (5) EF-Unc along with two low grade 10/- O'Brien and Fforde, Scotland a variety of issuers in mixed grades poor - AU some from the 1940s One Pounds (20), Five Pounds (8). Jersey One Pound QEII VF and two B of E damaged notes Fforde £1 and 10/-
Scotland Bank of Scotland One Pound 15.9.1937 VF, 4.1.1964 (3) EF-AU, 4.2.1964 EF, British Linen Bank One Pound 5.11.1969 GVF, Commercial Bank of Scotland One Pound Edinburgh 31st May 1932 F-VF, National Commercial Bank of Scotland One Pound 1.10.1964 VF, National Bank of Scotland One Pound Edinburgh 7th November 1938 F-VF, National Commercial Bank Five Pounds 2.1.1963 Fine, The Royal Bank of Scotland One Pound Edinburgh 2nd June 1952 GVF, 1.6.1965 (2) GVF, 1.5.1967 VF, 1.9.1987 (2) both Fine, 24.3.1992 EF
ScotlandRoyal Bank of Scotland £5 dated 1st March 1943 series F1068-3481, Pick317c, signed Brown large size and uniface Fine, Five Pounds 1st April 1958 F-VF, One Pound 31 Oct 1933 aVF small ink spot bottom left corner, One Pound 1.6.1950 AU, One Pound 1.2.1961 Unc
Scotland - Bank of Scotland (2) Ten Pounds 1986 dated 8th January 1986, signatures T.N.Risk and D.B.Pattullo, serial number BF348282 Pick 113c A/UNC, Five Pounds 1978 dated 19th October 1978, signatures Lord Clydesmuir and A.M. Russell, serial number AW 269375 Pick 112c EF pressed
Scotland - Royal Bank of ScotlandFive Pounds 2004 issues - 250th Anniversary of the St. Andrews Royal and Ancient Golf Club (10) Reverse: A view of the course and clubhouse, with a vignette of Old Tom Morris to left, and the Claret Jug trophy to the right, includes consecutive numbers (7), and a consecutive pair, serial numbers R&A 0008553 to 0008559 inclusive, R&A 0008588 and 0008589 and R&A 0008591 all UNC
Scotland Bank of Scotland One Pound 4th FEBy 1935 signed Elphinstone and Beveridge Pick 91a Fine or better and 15.10. 1979 AU, Five Pounds 28.9.1979 VF, British Linen Bank One Pound 15.4.1960 Fine, Clydesdale Bank One Pound 5.1.1983 and 8.4.1985 both Fine, National Commercial Bank One Pound 16.9.1959 VF, North of Scotland Bank One Pound Aberdeen 1st July 1949 Fine, The Royal Bank of Scotland One Pound 3.5.1982 VG and 4.1.1984 VF, Five Pounds 24.1.1996 EF, Ten Pounds 3.5.1982 nVF
MaltaSpecimen Collector Set Pick CS1 issued 1979 comprising Ten Pounds, Five Pounds and One Pound, Maltese Cross prefix with matching serial numbers 006823 UNC the Five Pounds with a small crease on one corner, comes with the envelope of issue
Egypt - Central Bank of Egypt (7) a group of Royal issues all with serial number 0000004 as follows: Two Hundred Pounds 2009 issue Pick 69a (Signature 22) dated 2009/7/27 a small crease on the left of the top edge, otherwise UNC, One Hundred Pounds 2009 issue (Signature 22) dated 2009/11/30 Pick 67 counting flicks on the top edge otherwise UNC, Fifty Pounds 2009 issue (Signature 22) Pick 66 dated 2009/9/14 UNC, Twenty Pounds 2009 issue (Signature 22) Pick 65 dated 2009/8/13 UNC, Ten Pounds 2009 issue (Signature 22) Pick 64 dated 2009/4/29 Five Pounds 2008 issue (Signature 22) Pick 63 dated 2008/9/4 a small crease on the top edge otherwise UNC, One Pound 2017 issue Pick 71 (signature 24) dated 2017/11/28 UNC
JerseySpecimen issues a small group (6) Five Pounds undated 1976-1988 issue, HB000000 signature May, Reverse: Elizabeth castle with ship in foreground Pick 12bs UNC. One Pound (5) undated 1976-1988 blue issue (2) DB000000 and LB000000 signature Clennet Pick 11as both UNC, undated 1993 green issue NC000000 signature Baird Pick 20s UNC and 2004 800th Anniversary of the Special relationship between Jersey and the BritishCrown, J8C000000 signature Black, Pick 31s UNC, along with collector series One Pound with Maltese Cross serial number prefix matching serial numbers 001779, A/UNC with slight wave in the paper (see lot with Twenty Pounds Specimens for the matching £20 note)
EgyptFive Pounds Proof Pick 63 undated, with no serial numbers, cut from a sheet, showing a central section from one complete note with around one third of an additional note above and around two-thirds of an additional note below, uncut as one piece, UNC and unusual
Wales Llandudno (3) 10 Swilt, 5 Swilt and Un Punt VF - EF, Abergavenny Bank Sight Bill 7th June 1811 Fine, Darlington Bank Five Pounds 1892, Durham Bank Five Pounds 1882 these both Fine and Cut Cancelled
Scotland (20) Bank of Scotland (8) Five Pounds (3) 1968 issue Pick 110 Fine with some folds, 1970 issues (2) signatures Polwarth and Walker Pick 112a both VF, One Pound (5) 1960 issue, signatures Bilsland and Watson Pick 100c Fine, 1966 issue Pick 105 Good Fine, 1968 issues (2) Pick 109b Good Fine, 1970 issue Pick 111a Fine, British Linen Bank (3) Five Pounds 1964 issue Pick 167b Fine, One Pound (2) 1967 issue Pick 168 Fine, 1968 issue Pick 169a NVF, Royal Bank of Scotland (4) Five Pounds 1964 issue, signatures Ballantyne and Campbell Pick 326a Fine or better, One Pound (3) 1965 issue, signature Ballantyne Pick 325a Fine, 1967 issue, signature Roibertson, Pick 325b, Fine, 1970 issue, signature Burke, Pick 334 Fine, National Commercial Bank of Scotland One Pound (2) 1966 issue, Pick 269a Fine with some foxing, 1967 issue, Pick 271 VF, Clydesdale Bank Limited One Pound (3) 1963 issue Pick 197 GVF, 1967 issue Pick 197 Fine with some foxing, One Pound 1972 issue, signature Macmillan, Pick 204b NVF with some folds, along with a further group (7) comprising East Caribbean StatesOne Dollar undated (1965) signature 10, Pick 13g GVF, Northern Ireland (2) Northern Bank Five Pounds 1976 issue, signature Gabbey Pick 118b VG with inked annotations, Bank of Ireland One Pound undated 1967 issue, signature Guthrie Pick 56 VF with two small spots at the left, Italy 1000 Lire Verdi (4) 1973 issue Pick 101c Near Fine, 1975 issues (2) Pick 101d VG and Fine the second with a staple hole, 1977 issue Pick 101e Fine with staple hols at the left
ScotlandBank of ScotlandFive Pounds 11.1.1969 GVF One Pounds 7.10.1957 Fine and 7.12.1962 EF. British Linen Bank Five Pounds 3.2.1961 aVF and 21.9.1962 VF penned number obverse, One Pounds 30.9.1951 VG, 31.3.1962 EF Commercial Bank 2 January 1953 Very Good. Clydeside and North of Scotland One Pound 1.11.1960 VF and 1.3.1961 AU. National Commercial Bank Five Pounds 2.1.1963 Fine, One Pounds 16.9.1959 VF and 1.11.1962 EF. National Bank One Pound 1.10.1954 Fine. Royal Bank Five Pounds 2.11.1964 (2) VF with penned numbers, One Pounds 1.11.1960 VF and 2.11.1964 EF
JerseyFive Pounds (1963) QE II young portrait dark red Padgham the scarcer Pick 9a EF and seldom seen in this pleasing grade serial number A109243, One Pound (1963) again Padgham Pick 8a EF or better small number written obverse perhaps pencil, Ten Shillings (1963) Padgham Pick 7 Fine
ERROREgypt Paper print banknotes (5) for 2007-2009 issues Twenty Pounds, Ten Pounds, Five Pounds, One Pound and 25 Piastres, the Twenty Pounds, Ten Pounds and Five Pounds with security threads and watermark, no colour or design VF to EF with light pencil annotations, unusual
Wales Llandudno (3) 10 Swilt, 5 Swilt and Un Punt VF - EF, Abergavenny Bank Sight Bill 7th June 1811 Fine, Darlington Bank Five Pounds 1892, Durham Bank Five Pounds 1882 these both Fine and Cut Cancelled in a quality banknote collectors album with a range of empty pages for differing sized notes
GuernseyOne Pound 1st June 1959 and 10/- 1st January 1961 both Fine or perhaps better, Ireland One Pound 16.3.62 VF, 10/- 3.1.62 EF. Isle of ManFive Pounds signed Paul Pick 30 1972, One Pound 1961 Garvey P25a, 10/- Garvey 1961 P24a these Fine
Scotland Bank of Scotland 10 Pounds (3) 20 Oct 1986 P113, 3 March 1993 P117 and 18.8.1998 P120 aU-Unc, Five Pounds 15th Jan 1987 Unc, and One Pound 1st Oct 1987 EF. Clydeside Bank Five Pounds 13th Feb 2015 and One Pound 5th Jan 1983 both Unc. British Linen Bank One Pound 17th Oct 1947 VF. The Royal Bank of Scotland One Pounds (3) 1st Apr 1965 VF, 1st May 1986 Unc and 25th March 1987 aU
Northern IrelandNorthern Bank Limited Five Pounds Second Issue Pick 180b (PMI NR 73, BY NI.613b) dated 1st August 1943 and signed H. J. Craig. smaller digits black serial number N-I/S 04402 and Printed by Perkins, Bacon & Co Ltd London imprinted on lower centre reverse. VF with minor tears and annotation
Australia (3) comprising Ten ShillingsPick 25b issued by Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ND (1939-1952), signed Armitage & McFarlane, series F64 842908, featuring George VI portrait obverse and Manufacturers on reverse. Ten Shillings Pick 33 issued by Reserve Bank of Australia, ND (1961-1965), signed Coombes & Wilson, featuring Matthew Flinders portrait obverse and Parliament house, Canberra on reverse. Five PoundsPick 35 issued by Reserve Bank of Australia, ND(1960-1965), signed Coombes & Wilson, featuring Sir John Franklin portrait obverse and Bull, Sheep,Cow,Fruit,Boomerang,Shield on reverse, all three notes cleaned and pressed VF or near so
JerseyTreasury of States of the Islands of Jersey 5 Pounds Interest bearing note Pick A1b ink cancelled across signatures dated 1st September 1840 number 903, black featuring Coat of Arms at upper centre on obverse and reverse with text "Jersey States Bond for Five PoundsBritish." in blue. Printed by W. Adams Co. imprinted in small script at lower centre on obverse. VF and Scarce
World including Italy 1000 Lire Pick 72c and 500 LiraPick 70d. B of E Five PoundsPeppiatt London 11 July 1945 series J68 045883 B241 and Five Pounds O'Brien London 27th August 1955 series A63A 055255 B276&category=2&prm=sr&searchtype=1">Pick B276. Along with 15 various world notes in mixed grades.
Isle of Man Sir Ronald Herbert Garvey Specimen set of 3 notes - Ten Shillings M500 (Pick 24s) Viking Ship, One Pound M501 (Pick 25s) View of Tynwald Hill and St. John's Church, Five Pounds M502 (Pick 26s) Castle Rushen, all watermarked with the Triune and printed by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. New Malden Surrey England, all VF with glue and paper residue and diagonal cancellation punch holes which means notes were used for official purposes otherwise quite scarce
World (32) a group in mixed circulated grades mostly Bank of England issues along with Jersey 1 Pound 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of Jersey Pick 25a and RussiaSoviet Union 10 Rubles Pick 240 (15) issued 1991 and Brass 1 Kopek Coins Y# 126a (5) dates include 1976, 1977, 1982 and 1990 (2). Bank of England comprises Five PoundsWhite notes in frames (2) BealeB270 dated 3rd August 1951 series V35 087337 and O'Brien B275 dated 2nd May 1955 series Z61 019938 with rustmarks and inked numbers on reverse. Ten Shillings Beale B266 Red/Brown issue 1950 series T36Z 193642 and One Pounds Beale Green (2) B268 issued 1950 prefixes A86C & W26B. Ten Shillings O'Brien B271 Red/Brown issue 1955 series Y82Y 314529 and One Pound O'Brien Green B273 issue 1955 series B15K 555805. One Pounds Somerset QE2 & Sir Isaac NewtonB341 issued 1981 prefixes DX84, DU60, DT74 and DY13.
GB (24) includes Five PoundsBeale 27 April 1949 N21 075156 Fine with a couple of small pinholes, and World (over 400) a collection of Paper Money in 3 albums, Postal Orders (1 album), and Cheques (1 small album) a varied group, in mixed grades
Ireland (9) Five Pounds Lavery (3) 1960, 1965 and 1968 series, One Pound Lavery (4) 1952, 1968, and 1969 (2), Ten Shillings Lavery 1968 series (2) VF to UNC some pressed
Jersey a matching serial number set of Specimen notes (4) Twenty Pounds, Ten Pounds, Five Pounds and One Pound issues, Battle of Jersey reverse, 006697, Pick 14S. 13s, 12s and 11s UNC from the 'Specimen Banknotes from around the World' Set, Jersey Specimen notes 1993 (3) Twenty Pounds signature Baird Pick 23s UNC, Ten Pounds signature Baird Pick 22s UNC, Five Pounds signature Baird Pick 21s UNC, Jersey Twenty Pounds 1989 Specimen Pick 18s UNC
Scotland (24) Five Pounds (8), One Pound (16) various banks a wide selection of issues from 1939 onwards, in mixed grades, mostly around Fine with some later issues better
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