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
Page, 10 Pounds Nightingale prefix J04 Unc, 5 Pounds Wellington prefix 05E GVF, 1 Pound seated Britannia prefix DY15 Unc. 1 Pound Isaac NewtonB337 first series A01 961851, others mid series B337 and B338 (7) in Unc then Isaac Newton from circulation (10)
ERROR - Ten Pounds Somerset Florence Nightingale 1980 B347 S/N 20C 601054 some of the colours missing so the reverse with all the text but missing the darker orange colours so a good part of the note white, the reverse similar and here the figures in the hospital look like ghosts walking on air as the floor area is white or blank AU-Unc and highly unusual
Ten Pounds Page QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale B331 Brown Replacement issue 1975 FIRST RUN series M01 087091 EF or better rare and seldom offered.
ERROR - Somerset (3) Twenty Pounds William Shakespeare (2) the first 43E prefix with watermark upside down VF the second H50 prefix missing all the green shades front and back AU and Ten Pounds Florence Nightingale prefix CY51 dark brown ink smudge top left front AU
ERROR - Ten Pounds Somerset Florence Nightingale 1980 B347 the reverse double printed so includes a second bold image of QE II but this time facing right and other elements of the front design as a mirror image VF
ERROR - Ten Pounds Somerset Florence Nightingale (2) the first with brown ink printed on the back over Miss Nightingale and the top right 10, the second with a dropped watermark so the Nightingale watermark showing just Miss Nightingale's forehead above the seated Britannia bottom left, both in high grade AU-UNC
ERROR - Ten Pounds Page Florence Nightingale 1975 B330 prefix J21 the reverse with additional dark brown print in parts and completely covers Florence who looks as if she is emerging from the dark into the light GVF
Ten Pounds Somerset with Florence Nightingale reverse (5) 1980 B346 first series U74 725172 AU, B347 last series 01L 314912 GVF and 14H 412045 Unc, B348 prefixes AW74 AU and AZ75 EF
Ten Pounds Somerset Florence Nightingale 1980 B346 (14) Unc (7) including a Z69 prefix, EF-AU (5) includes consecutives and a U13 prefix F-VF (2) including a Z79 prefix
Gill early period higher denominations Ten Pounds Florence Nightingale DY70 795268 Unc, Twenty Pounds William Shakespeare (9) B355 various mid series prefixes Unc or near so (4) lower grades (5) later period Five Pounds George Stephenson (6) Twenty Pounds Faraday (1) these all mid series prefixes in high grades
Page, 10 Pounds Nightingale prefix J04 Unc, 5 Pounds Wellington prefix 05E GVF, 1 Pound seated Britannia prefix DY15 Unc. 1 Pound Isaac NewtonB337 first series A01 961851, others mid series B337 and B338 (7) in Unc then Isaac Newton from circulation (10)
Ten Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale, B348 Brown L Reverse issue 1984 very FIRST RUN (2 low number consecutives) AN01 000124 and 000125 UNC
Consecutive number runs Twenty Pounds Adam Smith reverse Bailey (3) BJ34 557056-0528 Salmon (3) HJ31 179152-154, Turner reverse Sarah JohnPolymer (5) CB21 208391-395. Ten Pounds Gill, Florence Nightingale (2) JR25 297565-66, Kentfield Charles Dickens (5) A05 167201-205, Lowther (6) 3 groups of 2 consecutives, Bailey Charles Darwin (6) KA01 006643-44 and KA01 006614-617, Cleland Charles Darwin (4) LK28 750051-54 generally Unc or near so
Ten Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale, B347 Brown issue 1980 very FIRST RUN (2) serial 01A 783343 and 832176 both Fine with pinholes a scarce and seldom offered note
Ten Pounds Somerset Florence Nightingale 1980 B346 prefix U01 First series. Very rare. U01 947285. Fine a few pinholes and penned number front, seldom offered in any grade
Ten Pounds Page 1975 Florence Nightingale A01 000013 from The Sir J.Q. Hollom Archive of Banknotes collection Bohnams Lot 436 AU-Unc desirable thus as first run numbers as low as this very seldom offered
A hoard (132) of £211 face value comprising Ten Shillings Fforde (5) AU, One Pounds Fforde (9) consecutives prefix N14B aU-Unc and (4) consecutives U21A prefix AU, One Pounds Page (20) consecutives prefix Z72E Unc, One Pounds Page Britannia reverse (3) VF-AU and another (18) Fine or better, One Pounds Page (64) Isaac Newton reverse 2 blocks of consecutives Unc, Ten Pounds Page 1971 B326 (4) two groups of 2 consecutives B16 and B43 prefix AU and Ten Pounds Page Florence Nightingale reverse (5) from circulation
Five Pounds NairneWhite Note B208b dated 24th June 1915 serial number 31/D 83624, VF and an Exceptionally Rare early example of the White Britannia medallion issues. Seldom seen by the public at the time as it would roughly be equal to a monthly wage, as average guards and signalmen would make about 25 to 35 shillings per week (20 Shillings in 1 Pound), these historic examples are consistently sought after by any collector. John Gordon Nairne served a long and prosperous career in the Bank service entering at a very young age in 1880. He was knighted in 1914 and created a Baronet in 1917.
One PoundBradbury First issue T3.3 Black Dot in No. Six digit serial issue 1914 serial number F/31 009978, an Exceptionally Rare and very well preserved over a century old note in GVF to about EF with very minor signs of wear and no observable flaws. These were Emergency notes issued just at the brink of World War I - Lord Atterbury, Controller of H.M Stationery Office and Sir John Bradbury, the Secretary to the Treasury met at his house and produced this design overnight. These were printed rather rapidly on simple Royal cypher and Postage watermarked postal paper with the use of different numbering machines resulting in many varieties, along with the further increase in productivity by printing extra notes sideways on the sheet's margins resulting in another variety - the sideways watermark. A very pleasing and collectible example
Ten Shillings Bradbury First Issue T9 Dash in ornate font No. Six digit serial De La Rue Red issue 1914 serial number A/16 700727, another more than a century old, Exceptionally Rare and well preserved example in GVF to EF for type showing very minimal signs of wear and no observable flaws. This is also a World War I Emergency issue that is the product of the overnight work between the Lord Atterbury, Controller of H.M Stationery Office and Sir John Bradbury, the Secretary to the Treasury. This type with only a single letter prefix "A" recorded
Five Pounds HarveyWhite note B209a an early dated 24th May 41511 with the 2 digit over letter fractional prefix serial number 50/H 41511 LONDON branch issue in presentable VF and Exceptionally Scarce note now a century old. Sir Ernest Musgrave Harvey was the 17th Chief Cashier which he became on the 6th May 1918 just as the end of World War I was approaching. The inflation caused during the war meant that demand for banknotes increased during Mr Harvey's time in office. Sir Harvey was knighted in 1920 and created a Baronet in 1933, among his other honours which were the CBE, Chavlier of the Legion of Honour and Chavlier of Leopold of Belgium.
Five Pounds HarveyWhite Note B209a dated 1st June 1922 serial number D/25 48126 LONDON branch issue a pleasing GVF - EF and an Exceptionally Scarce note now almost a century old. Sir Ernest Musgrave Harvey was the 17th Chief Cashier which he became on the 6th May 1918 just as the end of World War I was approaching. The inflation caused during the war meant that demand for banknotes increased during Mr Harvey's time in office. Sir Harvey was knighted in 1920 and created a Baronet in 1933, among his other honours which were the CBE, Chavlier of the Legion of Honour and Chavlier of Leopold of Belgium.
Ten Shillings Bradbury First Issue T10 Red De La Rue Dot in No. 5 Digit serial number issue 1914 series B/23 30179 and a scarcer type note with "P" of "POSTAGE" visible in watermark at top left above George V medallion, presentable Fine with small edge nicks and very minor pinholes to upper left, expected for the note's age. In 1914 just prior to the outbreak of World War I Lord Atterbury, Controller of H.M Stationery Office and Sir John Bradbury, the Secretary to the Treasury met at his house and they produced a design for these 10 Shillings and 1-pound notes just overnight. Due to no banknote paper available at the time except for the one in use for the White notes of Bank of England and for a rather rapid issuance of the notes simple cypher watermarked postal stamp paper was utilised. In addition to this, in order to increase the effectiveness of the productivity, a small number of notes were printed sideways at the edges of the sheets to fill the blank space resulting in another rare watermark variety known as the sideways watermark. In short, these watermark varieties are rather Rarer compared to the other notes as there would be a very limited number of them per sheet, on top of the fact that these notes are over a century old now with very few survivors seen nowadays. Therefore, this provides an exclusive window of opportunity for any collector to acquire this excellent example
Five Pounds HarveyWhite note B209a a later dated 16th September 1924 with the 3 digit over letter fractional prefix serial number 019/E 96354 LONDON branch issue in presentable good Fine or better very minor age and handling related wear , nearly a century old and Exceptionally Scarce. Sir Ernest Musgrave Harvey was the 17th Chief Cashier which he became on the 6th May 1918 just as the end of World War I was approaching. The inflation caused during the war meant that demand for banknotes increased during Mr Harvey's time in office. Sir Harvey was knighted in 1920 and created a Baronet in 1933, among his other honours which were the CBE, Chavlier of the Legion of Honour and Chavlier of Leopold of Belgium.
Ten Pounds Kentfield QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale B360 L Reverse issue 1991 FIRST RUN from a C106 limited edition of 2000 pack serial number KN01 500346, about UNC - UNC
Ten Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale B349 L (Lithography) issues 1984 (34) all circulated and a nice mid-grade group in Fine to VF amongst which 1 note with inked accounting numerals, 1 note missing a small marginal corner piece and 1 note with a partial bank handstamp and the group includes a BINARY serial number CX64 554545 amongst the prefixes - AT25, AU02, AU79, AW86, AX45, AX67, AY76, AZ22, AZ27, AZ31, AZ72, BT74, BU18, BU47, BW05, BW58, BY56, BZ12, BZ65 (2) a consecutive pair, CN43, CR35, CR58, CU26, CU40, CU71, CX37, CX49, CX57, CX61, CX64, CX85, CY27 and CY28
Ten Pounds Gill QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale B354 L (Lithography) Reverse issues 1988 (19) all circulated and a mid-grade group Fine to VF including prefixes DS20, DS24, DS61, DU14, DU54, DY63, DZ89, EN16, ER47, ES50, ET53, EU49, EW07, EW48, HN39, HR27, HU64, HZ85 and JN37
Bank of England (12) comprising Hollom (1) Ten Pounds Lion & Key B299 issued 1964, series A32 449570, Fine with pinholes and inked numerals, Page (2) Five Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke Of Wellington, B336 "L" Reverse issue 1973, series AU73 328042, GEF and Ten Pounds Lion & Key, B326 issued 1971, series C36 986665, GVF, Page (4) One Pound QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton, B341 "W" Reverse issue 1981, series DX06 022799, GVF, Five Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington, B343 "L" Reverse issue 1980, series DU26 579706, about UNC and Ten Pounds (2) QE2 Pictorial & Florence Nightingale, B346 issued 1980, a near consecutive number pair W61 583409 & W61 583411 both GEF, Gill (2) Five Pounds QE2 & George Stephenson, B352 Crown at top right issue 1990, series H35 730757 & B82 919588 both about UNC, and last Kentfield (3) Ten Pounds (2) QE2 & Charles Dickens, a consecutively numbered pair, B366 Crown at top right issue 1992, series A39 263721 & A39 263722 both about UNC, along with Twenty Pounds QE2 & Michael Faraday , B371 Crown top right issue 1991, series H40 826569, GVF with inked numerals
Ten Pounds Page QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale B330 issues 1975 (7) all circulated in various grades VG/Fine to VF including a FIRST series prefix - A16, B37, B41, B41, B48, B48 and B66
Bank of England ( 4) a selection of 10 Pounds 1970-80's various different cashiers (4) mixed grades GVF to about UNC comprising 2 design examples from Page (2) including the iconic Lion & Key B326 issue serial number B50 278063 along with the Florence Nightingale B330 serial number L28 969939. Along with more Florence Nightingale examples including a SomersetB348 serial number CN02 689501 and a GillB354 serial number E17 495678.
Ten Pounds QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale Page & Kentfield (3) comprising Page B331Replacement issue 1975 serial number M18 093710, GVF Minor 1mm marginal tear to upper margin. Along with Kentfield B360 Brown L (Lithography) Reverse issues 1991 and these the last for the Florence Nightingale designs (2) including serial number KN74 627296, GEF very minor 1mm marginal uneven tear to lower margin and KN36 388065, About UNC - UNC.
Bank of England 5, 10 and 20 Pounds QE2 pictorial series Page, Somerset & Gill (31) an interesting amalgamation of notes in various grades VF - GVF to EF - GEF. Comprising 5 Pounds Page The Duke of Wellington (5) including B332 Blue 0.5mm Metal Thread issued 1971 (2) prefixes H47 & H89. Together with the later L Reverse (Lithography) 1973 issues (3) consisting of B334 prefix 39K and B336 (2) prefixes AR69 and BT59. Also, Somerset (16) consisting of 5 Pounds The Duke of Wellington B343 L Reverse (Lithography) issued 1980 (7) including prefixes EN75, JS74, JW49, KX13, LR32, LY47 & LY81. 10 Pounds Florence Nightingale B348 L Reverse (Lithography) issued 1984 (4) prefixes AX89, CS02, CS31 and CX51. And 20 Pounds William ShakespeareB351 Purple/Green 1mm Windowed Thread issued 1984 (5) prefixes 55A, 15B, 18B, 50B and 60J. Together with Gill (10) including a 5 Pounds The Duke of Wellington B353 L Reverse (Lithography) 1mm Security Thread issued 1988 prefix SC34. 10 Pounds Florence NightingaleB354 L Reverse (Lithography) issued 1988 (4) prefixes EY29, DZ62, ET68 accompanied by a LAST SERIES prefix JR35. And 20 Pounds William Shakespeare B351 Purple/Green 1mm Windowed Thread issued 1988 (5) prefixes 27L, 75N, 21R, 56R & 37W. A varied and interesting group
Five Pounds HarveyWhite note B209a dated 31st October 1922 serial number C/29 86193 LONDON branch issue EF very minor rust and Exceptionally Scarce note now almost a century old. Sir Ernest Musgrave Harvey was the 17th Chief Cashier which he became on the 6th May 1918 just as the end of World War I was approaching. The inflation caused during the war meant that demand for banknotes increased during Mr Harvey's time in office. Sir Harvey was knighted in 1920 and created a Baronet in 1933, among his other honours which were the CBE, Chavlier of the Legion of Honour and Chavlier of Leopold of Belgium.
Bank of EnglandGill 5, 10 and 20 Pounds 1988, 1990 & 1991 issues (17) most in about UNC - UNC and all in consecutively numbered sets comprising 5 Pounds QE2 & George StephensonB357 Crown at upper right issues 1990 (4) FIRST series prefix A82 106604 through A82 106607. 10 Pounds QE2 & Florence Nightingale B354 L Reverse issues 1988 (10) in 2 consecutively numbered sets HZ76 011921 through HZ76 011925 and DT61 612633 through DT61 612637. 20 Pounds QE2 & Michael FaradayB358 Crown at upper right issues 1991 (3) serial numbers D64 589528 through D64 589530.
Five Pounds HarveyWhite note B209a dated 30th June 1919 serial number 67/H 38855 London branch issue VF - GVF Pinholes, Faint Annotations and an always sought after early signature. Sir Ernest Musgrave Harvey became the 17th Chief Cashier on the 6th May 1918 just as the end of World War I was approaching. The inflation caused during the war meant that demand for banknotes increased during Mr Harvey's time in office. Sir Harvey was knighted in 1920 and created a Baronet in 1933, among his other honours which were the CBE, Chavlier of the Legion of Honour and Chavlier of Leopold of Belgium.
Bank of England early to modern issues (23) in various grades VF to UNC comprising Peppiatt 1 Pounds World War II Emergency B249 issue 1940 serial number R14D 516937. Beale Britannia medallion 1950's notes (2) including 10 Shillings B266 Red-Brown issue serial number S45Z 102908 and 1 Pound Green B268 serial number N21C 145996. O'Brien 5 Pounds Lion & Key B280White symbols issue 1961 serial number J58 327803. Hollom 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B297 issue 1963 prefix D07 . Fforde 10 Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B309 issue 1967 prefix 18U. Page 1 Pound QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B322 issue 1970 prefix BT79. Somerset 1 Pound Sir Isaac NewtonB341 W Reverse issues 1981 (2) prefix CU76 along with DW47 in a Raffles presentation wallet. Gill 10 Pounds Florence Nightingale B354 L Reverse issue 1988 prefix ET57. Kentfield (5) including 5 Pounds George StephensonB364 Crown at upper right issues 1963 (3) prefixes BH33, BH79 & BK22 along with 10 Pounds Charles DickensB369 Denomination at upper right issue 1993 prefix JH06 and 20 Pounds Michael FaradayB375 issue 1994 prefix AL29. Lowther (4) including 5 Pounds Elizabeth FryB343 prefix JA39 and B395 (2) prefixes HD30 & HJ08 along with 20 Pounds Sir Edward Elgar B386 issue 1999 FIRST series prefix AA37. Bailey 10 Pounds Charles DarwinB400 issue 2004 prefix EA78. ClelandPolymer 5 Pounds B414 issues 2016 (3) prefixes include FIRST series AA17 & AA33 along with AC28.
Bank of EnglandSomerset 1, 5 and 10 Pounds 1980's issues (17) all in about UNC - UNC and in consecutively numbered sets comprising 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac NewtonB341 W Reverse issues 1981 (8) in 2 consecutively numbered sets serial numbers CY24 145482 - CY24 145485 and DU60 475843 - DU60 475846. 5 Pounds QE2 & The Duke of WellingtonB343 L Reverse issues 1980 (4) with a FIRST series prefix DN62 965296 through DN62 965299. 10 Pounds QE2 & Florence Nightingale B348 L Reverse issues 1984 (5) in 2 consecutively numbered sets serial numbers BT31 062566 & BT31 062567 along with BW19 057294 - BW19 057296.
Bank of EnglandPage 1, 5 and 10 Pounds First pictorial series D for these denominations 1970's (41) all in consecutively numbered sets and mostly about UNC - UNC comprising 1 Pounds QE2 & Sir Isaac Newton 1978 issues (36) consisting of B337 issues including a FIRST series prefix pair A50 640447 & A50 640448 and a trio A50 640370 - A50 640372 along with T65 680588 through T65 680603, W48 533934 - W48 533936 and Y15 501914 - Y15 501916 along with a B339 set serial numbers 31C 983897 through 31C 983905. 5 Pounds QE2 & The Duke of WellingtonB336 L Reverse issues 1973 (3) serial numbers BY24 796041 - BY24 796043. 10 Pounds QE2 & Florence Nightingale B330 issues 1975 (2) a pair H45 153665 & H45 153666.
Bank of England modern Hollom, Page, Somerset, Gill, Kentfield & Lowther issues also some B.A.F Military special vouchers (33) mostly in about UNC to UNC includes a few lower grade examples comprising Hollom 10 Shillings QE2 portrait B295 prefix 54L. Page 1 Pound QE2 portrait B322 last series HZ36. Somerset 1 Pounds Sir Isaac NewtonB341 W (Web-press) Reverse issues 1981 (19) includes some consecutively numbered pairs in the prefixes AR50, AS05, BT30, BU07, DX52, DT47, DW09, DX25, DX46, DX68, DX83, DN74, DW08, CY65, CZ75 and CN47. Gill (7) including 5 Pounds (6) consisting of The Duke of WellingtonB353 issues (4) prefxies RE61 and LAST series SE35, SE79 and SE85 along with George StephensonB357 (2) prefixes D31 and E61. 10 Pounds Florence Nightingale B354 L (Lithography) issue prefix DZ80. Kentfield 20 Pounds Michael FaradayB375 prefix AD68. And Lowther 20 Pounds Sir Edward Elgar B386 prefix CC31. Also some British Armed Forces 6th Series Special vouchers 5 New Pence and 10 new Pence (2) prefixes A/5 and DD/10.
Bank of England 1970 and 1988 issues (4) in higher grades VF/GVF to about UNC comprising 20 Pounds Page QE2 first pictorial & William ShakespeareB328 Purple issues 1970 (3) including a FIRST series serial number A90 515541 along with C16 778929 and C19 741607. Also includes a 10 Pounds Gill QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale B354 L Reverse issue 1988 serial number DZ40 298149.
Ten Pounds Page QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale B330 issues 1975 (4) a consecutively numbered set serial numbers D71 255621 - D71 255624. All about UNC or slightly better
Five Pounds HarveyWhite note B209a dated 2nd September 1922 serial number D/70 83254 LONDON branch issue about UNC and Exceptionally Scarce and rarely seen in this high grade. Sir Ernest Musgrave Harvey was the 17th Chief Cashier which he became on the 6th May 1918 just as the end of World War I was approaching. The inflation caused during the war meant that demand for banknotes increased during Mr Harvey's time in office. Sir Harvey was knighted in 1920 and created a Baronet in 1933, among his other honours which were the CBE, Chavlier of the Legion of Honour and Chavlier of Leopold of Belgium.
Bank of England & Treasury (82) in mixed grades comprising Treasury 1 Pound FisherT31 issue 1923 serial number J1/96 817403. Along with Bank of England issues comprising Mahon 10 Shillings B210 issue 1928 serial number W83 635086. Catterns (2) 10 Shillings B223 issue 1930 LAST series K08 927816 and 1 Pound Green B225 issue 1930 LAST series Z21 271136. Peppiatt (7) including 10 Shillings (2) a 1934 issue B236 prefix 27R and an Emergency Mauve issue 1940 prefix K73D along with 1 Pounds (5) including 1934 Pre World War II issues B238 prefix 84L and B239 prefix J15A, an Emergency Blue-Pink issue 1940 prefix A28D and post World War II issues B260 prefixes B50B & LAST series H11B. Beale 10 Shillings B266 issues 1950 (2) prefixes L35Z & O28Z. O'Brien (7) including 10 Shillings (3) B271 issue 1955 prefix B04Z along with QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B286 issues 1961 (2) prefixes J87 & FIRST series A10 and 1 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated Britannia 1960 issues (4) including B282 prefix 29J along with B284 (3) serial numbers B04N 551826, B64N 572320 & B64N 577777. Hollom 10 Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B294 issues 1963 (2) prefixes W61 & Z02. Fforde QE2 portrait & seated Britannia 1967 issues (25) including 1 Pound B307&category=1&prm=sr&searchtype=1">B307 prefix U26E 10 Shillings B309 a consecutive trio serial numbers 75S 054374 - 75S 054376 and B310 (21) including prefixes A09N,A19N, a consecutive set of 8 notes B64N 838033 - B64N 838040, C42N, a consecutive pair D01N 089037 & D01N 089038, LAST series D15N, D37N and D36N including a consecutive set of 5 notes D36N 033541 - D36N 033541 along with D36N 467950. Page (14) including 1 Pounds QE2 portrait and seated Britannia 1970 issues (9) Replacement issues B323 (2) a consecutive pair MW11 419588 & MW11 419589 along with B322 (7) prefixes include a consecutive pair CY37 462251 CY37 462252, ET66 and a consecutive set of 4 notes HX02 090663 - HX02 090666. 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial and The Duke of Wellington 1973 L Reverse issues (4) including B334 (2) prefixes 73L & 89R and a consecutive pair B336 series B59 572053 - BT59 572054. 20 Pounds QE2 pictorial & William ShakespeareB328 Purple issue 1970 prefix D24 359556. Somerset (14) including 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac NewtonB341 W Reverse 1981 issues (9) includes a consecutive set of 5 notes CY56 432207 - 432211 amongst prefixes BY29, DY01, DY02 and LAST RUN DY21 734755. 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington B343 L Reverse issues 1980 (2) prefixes KX13 & EU15. 10 Pounds (2) including L reverse issue 1984 B348 prefix AY17 and a L reverse Windowed thread (Stardust thread) issue 1987 B349 prefix CT58. 50 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Christopher WrenB352 issue 1981 serial number B30 070658. Gill (3) including 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington B353 L reverse issues 1988 prefixes SC32 & SC88. 10 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale B354 L reverse issue 1988 prefix HS41. 20 Pounds QE2 pictorial & William Shakespeare B355 Purple & Green issue 1988 prefix 14S. Kentfield (3) including 10 Pounds B360 L reverse issue 1991 prefix KN15 and 50 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Christopher Wren B361 issues 1991 serial numbers E24 902897 & E09 637272. Includes Scotland 1 Pounds (4) from The Royal Bank of Scotland plc & Clydesdale Bank plc.
Bank of EnglandKentfield (21) in mostly very high grades comprising Kentfield issues 5 Pounds QE2 & George Stephenson issues (8) including 1991 issue B362 prefix S35, 1993 issues B364 a consecutive set of 4 notes AK77 402306 - AK77 402306 and a Special edition 1997 Hong Kong Handover issues consecutive pair (2) serial numbers HK97 903081 & HK97 903082. 10 Pounds (6) including QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale B360 L reverse issue FIRST RUN serial number KN01 643675, QE2 & Charles Dickens 1992 issues B366 (4) consisting of a consecutive pair A05 092356 & A05 092357 and a consecutive pair A13 862281 & A13 862282 and a 1993 issue B369 issue prefix DD17. 20 Pounds (7) including B371 issue 1991 prefix T25 along with 1994 issues B375 (6) including a consecutive set of 4 notes serial numbers BA59 418416 - BA59 418419 amongst prefixes BH27 & CH54. 50 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir John HoublonB377 Silver Foil Tudor Rose issue 1994 serial number D21 347358
Bank of England (11) in mostly high grades comprising Fforde 20 Pounds QE2 pictorial & William ShakespeareB318 issue 1970 FIRST RUN serial number A01 823230. Page (5) comprising 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of WellingtonB334 L Reverse issues 1973 (2) a consecutively numbered pair serial numbers 62D 506498 & 62D 506499, 10 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale B330 issues 1975 (2) serial numbers D73 153462 & H75 395905 along with 20 Pounds QE2 pictorial & William Shakespeare B328 issue 1970 FIRST series A11 468925. Somerset (5) comprising 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington B343 L Reverse issue 1980 serial number KY13 977025, 10 Pounds QE2 Pictorial & Florence NightingaleB347 issue 1980 serial number 25K 109843, 20 Pounds QE2 pictorial & William Shakespeare (2) including B350 Purple issue 1981 serial number H68 839442 and the redesigned now Purple & Green and with a new watermark & 1mm Windowed Thread B351 issue 1984 serial number 42A 850799 and 50 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Christopher WrenB352 Contoured thread issue 1981 serial number A02 065412
Bank of England (25) mostly about UNC - UNC comprising Somerset (16) consisting of 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac NewtonB341 W reverse issues 1981 (11) including a FIRST RUN series AN01 405701 along with a consecutively numbered set of 10 notes CT64 638741 - CT64 638750. 5 Pounds 2 QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington (3) including B345 L reverse issues 1987 (2) a consecutively numbered pair RC69 575522 - RC69 57552 along with B343 L reverse issue 1980 prefix JT05. 10 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale B346 issues 1980 (2) a consecutively numbered pair Z33 741864 - Z33 741865. Gill (7) including 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington B353 L reverse issues 1988 (2) serial numbers SB64 987301 & SC80 375955. 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & George StephensonB357 issues 1990 (2) including a FIRST RUN from circulation serial number A01 284965 along with A14 752259. 10 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Florence NightingaleB354 L Reverse issue 1988 LAST series JR01 866929. Kentfield 5 pounds QE2 pictorial & George StephensonB364 issues 1993 (2) a consecutively numbered pair CK13 753788 & CK13 753789. Lowther (2) including 10 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Charles DickensB382 issue 1999 a FIRST RUN from circulation and a LOW number KL01 000469. 20 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Edward Elgar B386 issue 1999 serial number AC68 364305
Bank of England (30) in mixed grades including some very high ones comprising O'Brien (3) including 1 Pounds QE2 & seated Britannia (2) B281 prefix R15 and B282 prefix 27S along with 10 Shillings QE2 & seated Britannia B286 First series prefix A25. Hollom 1 Pounds QE2 & seated Britannia (3) including B288 prefix B68T & B292 (2) First series prefix A61N along with E86U Fforde QE2 & seated Britannia issues (2) including 1 Pound B305 prefix T34A and 10 Shillings B310 LAST series prefix D03N. Page 1 Pounds (7) including QE2 & seated Britannia (6) including B320 (3) prefixes X55J, X12M and X27D, B322 (3) prefixes HW16, HX17 and CX33 and along with QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac NewtonB337 prefix A05. Somerset 1 Pound QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B341 prefix DX03. Gill QE2 pictorial issues (2) including The Duke of Wellington 5 Pounds B353 prefix SB27 and Florence Nightingale 10 Pounds B354 LAST series prefix JR35. Kentfield QE2 pictorial issues (4) including George Stephenson 5 Pounds B364 prefix AK15, Charles Dickens 10 Pounds B366 prefix B70 and Michael Faraday 20 Pounds B375 (2) prefixes CD55 and AL46. Kentfield 50 Pounds Sir John Houblon Silver Tudor Foil B377 issues (2) prefixes C05 & C18. Lowther QE2 pictorial issues (6) including 5 Pounds (3) George StephensonB380 prefix EB40, Elizabeth Fry (2) including B393 prefix JA03 and B395 prefix HD27. 10 Pounds (2) including Charles Dickens B382 prefix KL07 and Charles DarwinB390 prefix AJ12. 20 Pounds Sir Edward Elgar B386 prefix AB51.
Bank of England (54) in mixed grades comprising Peppiatt 1 Pounds (5) including a First Period Green B239 issue 1934 prefix K71A along with World War II Emergency B249 Blue/Pink issues 1940 (4) prefixes C36D, C84D, T26E and R37H. Beale (3) including 10 Shillings B266 issues 1950 (2) prefixes K01Z and R28Z along with 5 Pounds White note B270 dated 23rd September 1949 serial number O50 079958. O'Brien (3) including 10 Shillings B271 issues 1955 (2) prefixes O84Y & Y11X along with 1 Pound Green B273 issue 1955 prefix Z10K. Fforde QE2 Portrait & seated Britannia issues (32) including 10 Shillings B310 issue 1967 prefix A87N. 1 Pounds 1967 issues (31) including B301 (23) including FIRST series prefixes B30Y, B36Y, B49Y and B75Y amongst others as C04Y, C51Y, D02Y, D21Y, D33Y, H28Y, K14Y, A28Z, A64Z, B22Z, C77Z, D55Z, D64Z, E53Z, E85Z, E90Z, H06Z, H88Z and J75Z. B303 G reverse issue prefix E91Y. B305 issues (7) prefixes N23B, N26B, N37E, N30J, N99J, N15K and N89K. Page 1 Pound QE2 Pictorial & Sir Isaac NewtonB337 issue 1978 prefix Y11. Somerset 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B341 W reverse issues 1981 (9) including a FIRST RUN serial number AN01 453602 amongst prefixes AY24, AZ69, BT65, CN51, DR72, DT19, DT42 and DT64. Gill 10 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale B354 L reverse issue 1988 serial number HS17 102486.
Bank of EnglandGill (5) in mostly very high grades comprising 5 Pounds (3) including The Duke of Wellington 1994 B353 L reverse issues (2) a consecutive pair RH68 078676 - RH68 078677 along with George Stephenson issue 1990 Crown at top right B357 serial number K31 290784. 10 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale B354 issue 1988 serial number EZ49 662903. 20 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Michael FaradayB358 issues 1991 (2) serial numbers A27 166665 & A37 638038.
Ten Pounds Gill QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale B354 Brown L Reverse issue 1988 (20) a consecutively numbered set series DW28 275241 through DW28 275260. All about UNC - UNC only 1 with a small light stain to centre left
Ten Pounds QE2 and Florence Nightingale (18) Page (5) 1975 issue B330 - first series A14 134307 about UNC - UNC with a very light counting flick at top left corner, along with 2 consecutively numbered sets of 2 - the first series K06 930032 GVF with minor dirt and K06 930033 VF with minor dirt and 2 staple holes at centre, and the second set being series N66 390782 and N66 390783 both about EF with some colour smudging. Somerset (7) 1984 issue "L" reverse B348 - series AY77 550000 in EF or near so, CR73 545241 about UNC - UNC and a consecutively numbered set of 4 - series BW13 792182 through BW13 792185 all EF or near, along with 1987 issue B349 series CX68 103028 GVF. Gill (4) 1988 issue B354 - series EN76 129051 GVF, EU81 743298 GEF - about UNC, JN07 254923 VF and HZ54 568960 GEF. Kentfield (2) 1991 issue "L" reverse B360 - first run from circulation series KN01 728484 GEF along with KR10 644061 in VF
Bank of EnglandPage (7) in mixed grades including about UNC - UNC comprising Ten Pounds QE2 & Florence Nightingale B330 FIRST series A01 565601. Five Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington (6) consisting of B332 (2) FIRST run A01 645028 along with L93 368693. B334 (3) FIRST series 82A 675232, 74U 744261 & LAST series 34Z 118481. B336 series CS14 972040
Ten Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale, B347 Brown issue 1980 very FIRST RUN serial 01A 642019 about UNC - UNC. Exceptionally scarce and seldom offered note
Ten Pounds Page & Fforde (11) in mixed grades includes about UNC - UNC comprising Fforde Lion & Key B316 Brown issue 1967 (2) prefixes A70 both. Page Lion & Key (7) B326 Brown issue 1971 includes prefix C15 and a near consecutive set of 6 series C38 711744 through C38 711750 missing only the C38 711749. Along with Page QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale B330 issues 1975 (2) prefixes R09and K01. 3 notes in the group with inked numerals
Ten Pounds Page QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale B330 Brown issue 1975 FIRST RUN series A01 144135 UNC scarce and the first issues of the QE2 series D Florence Nightingale Ten Pounds notes
Ten Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale, B348 Brown L Reverse issue 1984 very FIRST RUN and very low serial AN01 000086 about UNC - UNC. Exceptionally rare
Ten Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale B348 Brown L Reverse issue 1984 VERY FIRST RUN and very LOW serial AN01 000035 about UNC - UNC. Exceptionally rare
Ten Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale (6) including a consecutive set B347 serial numbers 29H 851824 - 29H 851826 UNC along with B346 FIRST series U33 807576 along with Z01 267959 and B348 series BN01 744815. All about UNC - UNC
Ten Pounds Kentfield QE2 pictorial and Florence Nightingale B360 First & LAST RUN issues 1991 (2) series KN01 266769 & KR30 618667. Both UNC and Scarce
Ten Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Florence Nightingale B349 Brown L Reverse issue 1987 (2) including a very FIRST RUN CS01 211662 along with CS90 709065 both about UNC - UNC and scarce
Bank of England (12) comprising Hollom (1) Ten Pounds Lion & Key B299 issued 1964, series A32 449570, Fine with pinholes and inked numerals, Page (2) Five Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke Of Wellington, B336 "L" Reverse issue 1973, series AU73 328042, GEF and Ten Pounds Lion & Key, B326 issued 1971, series C36 986665, GVF, Page (4) One Pound QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton, B341 "W" Reverse issue 1981, series DX06 022799, GVF, Five Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington, B343 "L" Reverse issue 1980, series DU26 579706, about UNC and Ten Pounds (2) QE2 Pictorial & Florence Nightingale, B346 issued 1980, a near consecutive number pair W61 583409 & W61 583411 both GEF, Gill (2) Five Pounds QE2 & George Stephenson, B352 Crown at top right issue 1990, series H35 730757 & B82 919588 both about UNC, and last Kentfield (3) Ten Pounds (2) QE2 & Charles Dickens, a consecutively numbered pair, B366 Crown at top right issue 1992, series A39 263721 & A39 263722 both about UNC, along with Twenty Pounds QE2 & Michael Faraday , B371 Crown top right issue 1991, series H40 826569, GVF with inked numerals
Bank of England (15) a mixed group in various circulated grades VF to about UNC comprising Ten Shillings Fforde (6) prefixes C25N, C97N, C97N, C25N and a last run series D38N 549306. Five Pounds Fforde issues 1967 (2) B312 first series R99 408255 and B314 series 59D 086211. Five Pounds HollomB297 issues 1963 (2) series H88 860212 and J84 125650. Five Pounds Page (3) B324 issued 1971 (2) first series 78C 889523 & 97C 689651 along with B332 The Duke of Wellington issue 1971 first series A24 049720. Ten Pounds GillB354 Florence Nightingale issue 1988 last series JR22 803967. Ten Pounds KentfieldB366 Charles Dickens issue 1992 series A05 561901
Bank of England (2) Ten Pounds QE2 pictorial and Florence Nightingale, GillB354 Brown L Reverse Windowed Thread issued 1988 first run series DR01 988570 choice UNC. Five Pounds QE2 and George Stephenson, Gill B357 Turquoise Windowed Security Thread issued 1990 first run series A01 565208 UNC
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