USA100 DollarsFederal Reserve series of 1914 signed Burke and McAdoo Pick 363a the much rarer red seal variety S/N C5297A pleasing and fresh GVF-EF rare in this high grade
USA50 Dollars in Gold Coin series of 1913 Ulysses Grant at centre signed Teehee and Burke Pick 273 S/N1302587 about EF for wear and rare thus and with a thin strip of light brown staining bottom edge
USA50 Dollars July 12 1882 Gold Certificate Napier and McLung S/N 833394 firm for a note so old probably F-VF for wear with a few pinholes and stains and some minor edge faults
USA50 Dollars series of 1914 Ulysses Grant at centre blue seal Pick 362b S/N B4346202A Good VF faint inked annotation reverse right border and 3 pinholes
Canada100 Dollars, Bank of Canada Ottawa 2.1.1937 Gordon and Towers Pick 64b S/N B/J 4055118 VF light surface dirt, two pinholes and a line of purple ink front
USA2 DollarsSilver Certificate dated 1899 S/N N52702177, Pick339, VF and a World War II item the reverse with hand writing SHORT SNORTER 4th ATLANTIC CROSSING EAST-WEST CROSSING C87 LIBERATOR LUCKY SEVEN 6-12-43, with 9 crew member signatures ACCRA-ASCENSION-NATAL JACK REIO 6-12-43
USA5 Dollars series of 1907 Andrew Jackson at left pioneer family at centre Pick 186 GVF and pleasing with a staple hole left edge, some faint dirt and a small pencilled number right edge S/N M13234187
USA20 Dollars Chatham Phenix National Bank and Trust Company New York series of 1902 blue seal (10778) S/N B393110K New York Sept 18 1915 green on white design reverse, pleasant Fine
USA10 Dollars First National Bank of the City of New York series of 1902 blue seal (29) S/N A292969 New York Feb 25 1903 green on white design reverse about VF light dirt reverse and three pinholes
Hong KongChartered Bank 500 Dollars 1.1.82 VF pinholes, 10 Dollars green 1981 (6) EF 5 being consecutives, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank 100 Dollars 31.3.1977 EF, 10 Dollars (2) 1941 and 1948 Pick 178 VG-Fine, 5 Dollars 7 Aug 1958 firm VF like note but with some staining and heavy creases, brown woman and right Pick 181 (12) mostly 1973 generally GEF-AU with 2 more 1969 and 1971 in low grades, 31.3.1978 AU, 31.3.1981 Fine
Hong Kong Government of Hong Kong 1 Dollar blue and yellow George VI facing at right undated Pick 316 (3) GVF-EF, green QE II young portrait signed Clarke (4) 1958 about Fine, 1959 (3) average VF with some light stains. 1 Cent uniface brown George VI facing (5) average Fine, QE II (43) mixed grades a good proportion Unc
World a mixed group (10) CeylonBritish Administration 1 Rupee 2.10.1939 Pick 16c S/N Q/84 03570 PMG Fine 12 "INK STAMP", Belgian Congo10 Francs 01.02.58 Fine inked annotation reverse, Iran 10 Rials AH1317 Pick 33A Fine, Japan 10 Yen Diet Building (1946) Fine with inked narrative all around the front edges, Malaya 1 Dollar 1. July 1941 George VI facing portrait Fine with an inked narrative in the front white circle, CubaSpecimen set 1988 5, 10 and 20 Pesos S/N in red 000000 MUESTRA in red both sides and red numbers in bottom left edge these Unc, Greenland Trade Certificates (2) 5 Skilling ND(1942) blue on white Pick M9 and 1 Skilling red on white Pick M8 these Good - Very Good
Australia in Presentation Folders (5 Folders) $2 Johnston & Fraser Pick 43e (2 Folders) LNG 934334 and LLK 943880, Five Dollars 2001 Pick 56 AA01 025631, 2 Note Folders Five Dollars Fraser & Cole 1991 Pick 44g QND 462555 and 1992 Pick 50a AA 36004757 2001 Pick 56, 10 Dollars Fraser and Cole 1991 Pick 45 MQS 995329 and 1993 Pick 52 DC 93001130 all Unc and in the folders as issued
China (3) 5 Dollars Kwang Tung Province Canton 1918 GVF blue bankers stamp left edge, 1 Yuan brown 1930 TAIYUAN GVF, 1 Dollar Kwangsi Bank NANNING yellow on grey reverse blue with characters EF
East Caribbean States St Lucia 20 Dollars ND (1965) Overprint L in circle watermark QE II with Young QE II at right series A23 517010 Choice Uncirculated PMG 64 scarce in this high grade
New ZealandReplacement Notes (star at the end of the serial number) Knight (1975) 1 Dollar EF Y91 463655*, 2 Dollars Unc 9Y2 140705* and 5 Dollars EF 991 368970*
AustraliaTwenty Dollars (3) Fraser and Cole 1991 series M002029 80th Anniversary First Commonwealth Note printed in red on the left front, and in the presentation Folder as issued. Fraser and Evans two note presentation Folder Pick 46b and Pick 53a so two presentation folders and all 3 notes Unc
World (3) USAError2 Dollars series 1976 miscut paper larger than normal so with wide borders and slight fishtail bottom right Fine, Danzig 10,000,000 31 August 1923 green on white VF or near so, Greenland 20 Skilling Trade Certificate uniface green on white with black stamp left GRONLANDS ADMINISTRATION Unc
Canada 1 Dollar George VI Coyne and Towers (2) Good, Young QE 1954 VF, 1867 1967, Commemorative AU and 1973 (2) Unc. 2 Dollars 1974 (7) 3 being consecutives Unc. 5 Dollars 1954 Beattie and Rasminsky EF and 1972 (2) these Unc. 10 Dollars 1971 Lawson and Bailey AU
USA10 Cents 5th issues 1874 red seal Pick 122 near Fine, 1 Dollar (2) 1935 Fine with stains and 1957 VG, Canada 1 Dollar (2) 1954 Beattie and Coyne AVF and 1973 Lawson and Bouey VF
Canada, Dominion of Canada 1 Dollar March 3 1898 Series D No. 375457 Pick 24, probably nearer Fine than VG with faint inked number 15 front left of centre
New ZealandTwenty Dollars QE II green New Zealand falcon reverse two note uncut block both with the same serial number TRBNZA200010 in RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND & TELECOM NEW ZEALAND presentation folder which also contains two collector edition phone cards
Canada Champlain & St Lawrence Railroad 2s6d Montreal 1 August 1837 steam train passing 5 story building Half a Dollar beneath image of SpanishColonial8 Reales coin at left 3 Francs bottom corner Redeemable at City Bank unsigned EF
Saint Lucia 5 Dollars 1940 Pick S111a Code Letter L with ISSUED AT St. LUCIA BRANCH overprint in red across Barbados Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial, and Overseas) 5 Dollars 1 March 1940 series X236,252 BRIDGETOWN BARBADOS (host note Barbados Pick S111a) excessively rare
Bahamas 4 Shillings 1953 signed Sweeting and Roberts VG, QE II portrait 50 Cents signed Allen, 1 Dollar Pick 27 (1), Pick 35 (1), Pick 43 (9), series 1996 (3) many of these VF or better. 2001 (3), 2008 (1) these from circulation. Barbados $5 and $20 signed Blackman VF-EF, Belize 1 Dollar 1.7.1983 VF, $2 2003-2011 (4) F-VF, Bermuda 1 Dollar 6.2.1970 VF. Cayman I 1 Dollar 1974 Pick 5 prefix A/5 EF. East Caribbean QEII $5 and $10 F-VF, Trinidad and Tobago 1 Dollar 2.1.1939 Fine and 2008 1 and 5 Dollars VF
USAMilitary Payment Certificate 1 Dollar Series 611 First Printing S875-1 pp 24 Extremely Fine PMG 40, along with raw issues 10 Cents series 481 VG series 521 VF, 1 Dollar series 521, 661 (2), 681 these VF and better, 10 Dollars series 521 and 651 both about Fine
Confederate States (9) 5 DollarsRichmond Dec 2 1862, and April 1863 (2) 10 Dollars Richmond April 1863 (4) these all about fine and cut-cancelled at the bottom. 10 Dollars Richmond Feb 17 1864 and 10 Dollars Merchants Bank Augusta July 1 1864 these VG-Fine
Australia in high grades (11) Dollar 1974-83 one of each signatures Pick 42 a,b,c and d, Two Dollars 1974-85 5 different signatures Pick 43 a,b,c,d, and e and Five Dollars Pick 44 Johnston and A Stone and Johnston Fraser all Unc or near so
Canada25 Cents 2.1.1900 and 1 Dollar 2.1.1937 these VG, 1 Dollar QE II with examples back to 1954 (28) generally from circulation some consecutives, 2 Dollars 1954 - 1986 (6) F-EF, 5 Dollars (2) 1972 and 1979 VF and 2006, 20 Dollars 1969 VF. Canada Tyre Promotional notes (2) VF
Canada Dominion 1 Dollar dated 2nd July 1923 series V-932798, portrait KingGeorge V at centre black seal McCavour and Saunders, (Pick33f) pleasant and bold VF
Confederate States, State of South Carolina10 DollarsCharleston (4) Sept 5 1860, Sept 12 1860 Jan 4 1861, Oct 18 1861 VF for wear and all with thin cancellation cuts (each note is fully intact) as redeemed by the State of South Carolina in 1880
Hong Kong, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation 5 Dollars 1st March 1898 Pick 139 series 524117 PCGS Gold Shield 10 Very Good "Minor Missing Corner, Tear" a rare and seldom offered type
Cayman Islands Currency Board Queen Elizabeth II issues (4) including 1 Dollars (3) including Pick 1b L. 1971 (2) serial numbers A/2 373643 and A/2 979362, and Pick 5a L.1974 serial number A/3 055958. Along with 5 DollarsPick 2a L. 1971 serial number A/1 364016. All about UNC - UNC, Scarce -issues all featuring H.M. Queen Elizabeth II at right wearing tiara and Arms at centre
Zimbabwe (estimated by weight to be 680) mostly high denomination inflation period includes a consecutive number run of 99 One Billion Dollars 2008 mixed grades
USATreasury20 DollarsGold CertificatePick 275 series of 1922 golden seal and serial number K15311337 signature Speelman and White portrait George Washington at centre on obverse and Treasury Coat of Arms at centre on reverse. Good Fine - about VF (2 or 3 tiny pinholes) along with Two Dollars (2) 1976 and 1995 VF
Bahamas Government 10 Dollars issued 1965 first prefix series A452908, Pick22a, portrait QEII at left, 2 signatures variety, good Fine. A seldom offered note this being the only one we have seen originally purchased by the current vendor in September 2017 LCA 158 Lot147 (realised £160)
East Caribbean States (1965) issues Young QE II at right in profile (9) 1 Dollar (4) no letter, A,L and V, 5 Dollars (3) G,G and V, 20 Dollars (2) no letter and V mixed mostly circulated grades with one of the $5 G in Unc
Malaya Board of Commissioners of Currency 5 DollarsKingGeorge VI portrait dated 1st July 1941 signature Hyman Weisberg Pick 12, KNB12a, E/74 048588 Very Fine PMG 25
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