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 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.
Bank of England a collection of Peppiatt, O'Brien, Fforde, Gill, Salmon and Bailey issues mostly 5 Pounds along with a 1 and 20 Pounds (59) all in various grades average VF - GVF some better comprising Peppiatt (2) including a 5 Pounds White note B241 with interesting prefix as Duggleby number in the serial number B/241 00634 dated 5th July 1938 London branch issue along with 1 Pound World War II Emergency issue B249 issue 1940 prefix D09H. O'Brien 5 Pounds Lion & Key 1957 issues including examples of the 2 different varieties and including a few FIRST and LAST series notes and some of the prefixes very low and high near to first run (52) comprising B277&category=1&prm=sr&searchtype=1">B277 Shaded symbol (34) prefixes A02, A05, A17, A26, A32, A42, A64, A65, A90, B05, B16, B21, B27, B31, B36, B37, B46, B58, B82, C39, C45, C59, C65, C97, D06, D15, D20, D22, D28, D45, D83, D90, D92 and E36. Also the B280 White Symbol (18) prefixes H09, H17 (2), H18 (2), H52, H57, H65, H83, J16, J72, J78, J79, K10, K20, K32, K43 (2). Fforde 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B314 issue 1967 prefix 69C. Somerset 5 Pounds QE2 & The Duke of WellingtonB343 L Reverse issue 1980 prefix KZ56. Gill 20 Pounds QE2 & William ShakespeareB355 issue 1988 prefix 75M. And Bailey and Salmon 5 pounds QE2 & Elizabeth Fry (2) B398 issue 2004 prefix LC83 and B407 issue 2012 prefix MA29. An attractive group
Bank of England Modern issues includes polymer LOW numbers FIRST RUN (10) a collection in an album all about UNC - UNC and comprising Salmon (3) Five Pounds B407 issues 2012 (2) a consecutive pair series MC59 177135 & MC59 177136 along with Twenty Pounds B409 series JD09 383261. Cleland 2015 & 2016 issues (7) comprising Ten Pounds B411 (3) series LJ19 370438, MA73 214684 and the last only a few numbers away from previous MA73 214688. Twenty Pounds B412 series JK70 948728. Fifty Pounds B413 series AK10 854088. Five Pounds Polymer issues B414 (2) a consecutive pair FIRST RUN LOW numbers series AA01 000247 & AA01 000248
Five Pounds (37), ClelandB414 (13) polymer notes including a pair of consecutively numbered FIRST RUN AA01, plus other consecutively numbered runs noted, SalmonB407 (13) including 2 sets of consecutively numbered notes with prefix LE79 and a mid run '01' note, BaileyB398 (11) including consecutively numbered runs and a few mid run '01' notes, most Uncirculated
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