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
Fifty Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Sir Christopher WrenB352 Brown issue 1981 (10) four AU-Unc and with degrees of discolouration at the bottom A03 prefix 2 being consecutives, six in lower grades GVF-EF and with more discolouration 3 of these with damaged edges with 3 being consecutives
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
Fifty Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Sir Christopher WrenB352 Brown issue 1981 (5) consecutives A04 656821 -825 AU but with some light discolouration towards the edge and the 825 with a penned number front
One Pound O'Brien Britannia in Medal reverse QE II at front B284 (69) a high grade group generally AU-Unc some consecutives book at £30 each in Duggleby
Twenty Pounds Lowther Edward Elgar B386 First Run prefix AA01 (7) 4 being consecutives these AA01 006039 - 006042 all Unc but each with a small or tiny brown mark bottom edge
One Pounds O'Brien QE II portrait (102) B281 (including prefix Z last series), B282 and B285replacements (2 consecutives) prefix M27, mixed grades a proportion in high grades some of these consecutives
Fifty Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Sir Christopher WrenB352 Brown issue 1981 (2) consecutives A03 239170 and 239171 both AU and with some faint discolouration towards the edge and the 170 with a penned number reverse
Ten Pounds PageB326 issued 1971 3 consecutives B37 969404 to 969406 AU (light centre fold), One Pounds Page CZ08 929678 , Somerset Isaac Newton (6) being two consecutive number runs a 2 and a 4, 10/- Hollom 98E 724477, BAFS £1 4th Series (10 consecutives), Royal Bank of Scotland 1 Pounds 3.3.1997 Bell Telephone (5 consecutives) these all Unc along with B of E and RBS One Pounds from circulation (7)
Twenty Pounds PageB328 issued 1970 first series William Shakespeare on reverse, Pick380b (50 consecutives) a £1,000 bundle A17 068451 to A17 068500 in a Lloyds Bank LTD envelope from the time LLOYDS BANK CASH CENTRE SOUTHAMPTON £1000 £20 BANK NOTES "NEW"
A high grade group of Lowther and Bailey including first runs Fifty Pounds Bailey 2006 Houblon B404 (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
One PoundPageReplacements B323 (29) prefix MT02 (3 consecutives), MT17 prefix (1), MT20 prefix (1), MU17 prefix (24) many consecutive generally Unc or near so
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
One Pound O'Brien 1955 medallion of Britannia B273 (6) being three groups of consecutives B08K 792857 and 792858 Unc, K52K 981809 and 981810 Unc and U85J 300007 and 300008 AU
One Pound Green Seated Britannia two consecutive pairs Peppiatt Fourth Period, B260 Threaded issue 1948, (2) X51A 506208 and 209 AU one with the slightest hint of discoloration on the edge and Beale 1950 B268 T36B 408233 and 234 GEF-AU
Consecutives (19) Ten Shillings BealeB266 (2) prefix R49Z another (4) prefix T57Z. One PoundB268 (13 being 3 groups) prefix Y63C (2 consecutives), X33C (3 consecutives and E55J (8 consecutives) all Unc or very near so
One PoundPage (6) B323 S/N MW19 748009 scarce last run replacement, issued 1970, AU along with One Pound Page B323 replacement, issued 1970 (3) consecutives prefix MT16 along with Page B322 (2 consecutives) prefix AR05
Five Pounds PageDuke of Wellington 1973 B334 (5) last series prefix 87Z, mid series prefix 12S (3 consecutives) and a low number 78Y 000014 this AU the other Unc with one of the 12S stained
Bailey a collection in an album Five Pounds Elizabeth Fry (10) these include some consecutives such as B399 Cut Halo LL64 758029 and 030. Ten Pounds Charles Darwin (36) including runs of consecutives and B401replacements. Twenty Pounds Edward Elgar (46) these mostly consecutive number runs, Twenty Pounds Adam Smith (16) including consecutives, replacements and column sorts, Fifty Pounds B404 prefix M22 Unc. Mixed grades the majority AU-Unc
One PoundHollomB291 issued 1963, QE2 portrait at right, scarce replacement last series a spectacular run of 3 consecutives M08R 083259, 083260 and 083261, small flick only, about UNC to UNC, missing from most major collections
A collection of high grade current polymer issues 5 Pounds Winston Churchill (25), 10 Pounds Jane Austen (10), 20 Pounds Turner (22), 50 Pounds Turing (12) generally Unc with many consecutive runs and AA prefixes (£1265 face value)
Twenty Pounds Lowther (28) Faraday B384 issued 1999 very first run DA01 999825 and mid series DA58 both UNC, Edward Elgar B386 in high grade Unc or near so (20) including consecutive runs, B386 from circulation (4) replacements B387 (2) prefix LL10 GVF and LL25 Fine
Ten Pounds and Five Pounds Lowther (30) ten Pounds and Five Pounds George Stephenson 1990 B380 (4) including 3 consecutives, B381replacement LL10, Elizabeth Fry B393 first run HA01 012805 others B393 and 395 (3) mid series, B394 replacement (8) including 3 consecutives, B395 (1) generally Unc. Ten Pounds DickensB382 (1) Unc, B388 (3) two from circulation the other Unc, replacements B389 prefix LL02 AU and LL34 EF, B390 (5) mid series AU-Unc 2 consecutive, B391 AND COMPANY replacement LL03 924790 Unc
ERROR - Five Pounds Lowther George Stephenson serial number errors (2) consecutives the first with EB61 013916 top left and EB61 013816 horizontal right the second with EB61 013917 top left and EB61 013817 horizontal right Unc
Hollom, Fforde and Page issues Ten Pounds Lion and Key Hollom first run A01 935464 GVF, Fforde (3 consecutives) A80 912901-903 EF-AU and A43 430413 Unc, Page B326 (5) these AU-Unc. Five Pounds Child Britannia (6) Hollom (4) 2 being consecutives these prefix C47 and AU then K15 and J75 these GVF-EF, Fforde prefix 53B AU and R37 VF
Hollom 10 Shillings 1963 B294 prefix S01 and Z04 and B295 19K Unc, B296replacement M34 468520 Unc, consecutive runs (12 notes) B295 57L 297781,82,83 and 84 and 42K 143064 through to 143071 these AU-Unc. One Pounds B288 (3) AU-Unc, B290 replacement 33M 525556 AU, B292 prefix D96T Unc and B293 replacement prefix M20N EF. Five Pounds B298 replacement M02 05704 VF and B297 (3) (2 consecutives) C40 767854 and 855 Unc or near so the other prefix C21 Unc. Ten Pounds 1964 B299 (2) prefix A09 AU (light centre fold) and A30 Unc
ERROR - One PoundPage Isaac Newton (4) a consecutive trio misaligned B40 788295 , B40 788296 the 6 shows twice part of it right edge the rest left edge and B40 788297 AU, prefix H79 this with a printing error on Isaac Newton's arm could be interpreted as a black hole although the discovery of these was before his time Unc
One Pound (5 )Seated Britannia Beale 1950 B268 (2 consecutives) E53C 121265 and 66 AU-Unc, B268 H09C 000219 VF, B269replacement LAST RUN S70S 258536 scarce EF penned number front, O'Brien 1955 B273 (2 consecutives) M86J 723181 and 182 Unc
British Armed Forces 5 shillings PickM20c issued 1961 blue on orange (5) red serial number (4 including 2 consecutives black serial number (1) all UNC, 1 shilling blue 3rd series 1956 Pick M26 (2) Unc and 1 shilling brown 4th series (3) Unc, along with a set of series 1 (4) 3d,6d.1/- and 2/6 these VF
Fforde (31) Ten Shillings 1967 B307 (8) including consecutives, B310 (9) with two last series D13N and D15N, B311replacements (3) prefix M75, M79 and M80 (last run) these generally AU-Unc mostly Unc. One Pound 1967 B301 (2), B302 replacement M46R 888668 these Unc, B303 AU, B304 replacement M37N 819413 Unc, B305 (1), B306 replacement (2) S43M and S57M, B307 G notes (2) R41B and R79L, B308 G replacement N13M 177282 these Unc, a useful group
O' Brien, One Pound 1955 Britannia front left B273 (2) prefix W98J and Z70J both Unc, QE II front B281 1960 (8) VF-Unc mostly Unc including A48 and A78 prefix and Y49 prefix (3 consecutives), B282 (5) mostly AU-Unc including 95A prefix and 2 consecutives, B284 B04N AU and B285 replacement M31 665765 AU. Ten Shillings B272 66A 328602 Replacement, Scarce GVF, B271 1955 (4) prefixes J74Y VF, Y87Y VF, Y15X VF and Z52Y VF small stain front, Seated Britannia in Medallion 1961 B286 (3) AU-Unc
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