One Pounds QE II portrait a collection in an album Britannia in Medallion stretching back to O'Brien (95), Page Isaac Newton (50) includes A01 000657 AU with a small stain includes consecutives and replacements. Along with a two Pounds O'Brien Fantasy and BAFs (7)
Twenty Pounds PageB328 issued 1970 first series William Shakespeare on reverse, Pick380b (10 consecutives) A17 068391 to 068400 Unc or very near a few with faint discolouration at one edge due to long term storage in the original cash centre envelope
Twenty Pounds PageB328 issued 1970 first series William Shakespeare on reverse, Pick380b (10 consecutives) A38 180951 to 180960 Unc or very near the 180951 with some faint discolouration from long term storage
Fifty Pounds Sarah JohnPolymer Alan Turin (7) B418 a collection of --01 prefixes AA01 (first run), AB01, AC01, AD01, AE01, AJ01 Charles III, the AE01 EF the others all Unc along with a mid series AA80 prefix Unc, presented in a Paper Money Album which has additional empty pages and sleeves A4 size along with another album this empty and small postcard size
O'Brien Britannia One Pound (4) being 2 consecutive pairs B273 S73K 563276 and 277, U81J 784930 and 931 AU (one centre fold) the U91J 784930 with a thin grey stain left edge. Ten Shillings B271 (5) a consecutive pair Z02Y 091745 and 746 AU (light centre fold) along with 3 others in lower grades (some staining and ink) prefixes A29Z, D17Y and D39Y. Along with One Pound Page QWE II portrait B320 (4 consecutives) Z76H 488042 - 488045 Unc
Five Pounds Fforde 1967 Child Britannia B313Replacement series M11 prefix about VF with 4 small holes and PageDuke of WellingtonB333 issued 1971 replacement series M04 prefix Fine along with One PoundPeppiatt blue B249 D13H prefix EF-AU, B250 issued 1940, scarce replacement series S04E 796561 VF an inked number in the front white circle, O'Brien Britannia B273 N88K AU
One PoundPageB339a issued 1978 experimental series B339a, first run 81A 875372 AU scarce thus, this being the first example we have seen above Fine grade (lists at £500 in EF with no price given in Unc in Pam West/Duggleby catalogue)
One PoundFfordeB305 and PageB320, rare prefix overlap pair W54B 160491 & W54B 160492 respectively, UNC. The first example we have seen since 2007 see LCA 117 Lot 64 where a similar consecutive Fforde and Page pair with prefix W56B graded AU realised £380
Ten Pounds Page Lion and Key 1971 B326 (10 consecutives) B75 330111 - 330120 UNC, However the run contains two replacements S/N B75 301113 and 301114 are replaced with M06 199001 and M06 199002
Ten Pounds Page Lion and Key 1971 B326 (10 consecutives) B75 330101 - 330110 AU-Unc (the first few with a small edge crease from the original white band wrapper)
A collection in an album, O'Brien Ten Shillings Britannia B271 prefix C21Y VF, B272replacement 53A 094929 GVF, QE II portrait B286 VF. One Pound Britannia B273 Fine, B274 replacement S19T 019750 VF, QEII portrait B281 first and last series prefix A79 AU and Z77 VF, B282 Fine, B284 First Run B01N 604736 VG, B285 replacement M17 931788 AU. Hollom Ten Shillings B294 first series K87 908149 Unc, B295 Fine. One Pound B288 Fine, B290 replacement 17M 896350 AU, B292 first series A78N prefix Unc, B293 replacement M08N EF. Fforde Ten Shillings B309 (2) these in low grade, B310 Fine, B311 M57 prefix AU. One Pound B301 Fine, B303 E59Y prefix AU, B304 replacement M30N Fine, B305 AU, B306 replacement R09M prefix EF, B307 replacement R09L Fine, B308 replacement N12M EF-AU. Page One Pound B320 (2) Z01C and Z67K AU-Unc, B321 replacement X03M EF, B322 last series HZ20 119644 Unc, B323 replacement MU04 AU, Isaac Newton (3) B337, B339 and B340 these in high grades
PageOne Pound 1970 B320 (2), B321replacement X07M 632372, B322 (28) includes first and last series prefix AN58 and HZ04 and consecutive runs B323 replacements (2) prefix MR08 and MS61 these generally Unc or near so, Isaac NewtonB337 (8) some consecutive, B339 (26) 25 being consecutive, B340 (2) these Unc, ERROR B339 reverse green globe bottom right has a triangular shaped piece missing (like a chocolate orange half eaten) VF with some stains
page=Pastresults&searchterm=!Ten+Shilling&category=1&searchtype=1" rel="tag">Ten Shillings Britannia O'Brien prefix J45Y Unc, Beale prefix M70Z AU, QE II portrait Fforde D27N Unc and Hollom 17J VF. One Pounds Green Britannia Beale R95B prefix AU, O'Brien A69K 822206 Unc, QE II portrait O'Brien 75J prefix EF, Fforde T85H EF and page HZ50 Unc
Ten Shillings Peppiatt red B262 84E 698223 EF, One Pound Peppiatt Blue A31D 106014 EF, PageB321replacement X15M 633294 EF, Propagandaairdrop note issued by Germany WW2 over North Africa, £1 Peppiatt series H86D 729630 on face, Arabic on reverse, VF, POW Green Point Track 1 Shillings Unc or near so
Five Pounds Page QE2 pictorial & The Duke of WellingtonB335Replacement L Reverse issue 1973 FIRST RUN series 01M 478779 EF a scarce issue, we have not offered one since 2019 that example in Unc realised £550
Five Pounds O'Brien whiteB276 dated 11 November 1955 prefix B29A, Fine+. One Pound (6) Beale 1950 B268 (3) one with S/N T80B 000772, Page Britannia in Medallion (2) Isaac Newton (1), Ten Shillings (3) seated Britannia front left (2) Beale and O'Brien and Britannia in Medalion O'Brien generally F-VF along with Bulgaria 1951 issues (2) 25 and 50 Leva from circulation
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)
Books that once held Specimen bank notes (2) the first of a pre war style black with gold embossed lettering on the front in three lines SPECIMENS OF BANK NOTES. WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED. LONDON WALL LONDON this in heavily used condition with the hard backed front cover detached. The second Bradbury Wilkinson blue hard cover with their logo embossed in gold, the first inside page has promotional narrative in English and French, back inside cover has, in the style of a bank note, a blue and white image of their building with the narrative HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS BRADBURY WILKINSON & Co. Ltd NEW MALDEN SURREY ENGLAND, this in good second hand condition (must go lot, so offered here without reserve)
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"
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)
One PoundPageReplacements B323 (29) prefix MT02 (3 consecutives), MT17 prefix (1), MT20 prefix (1), MU17 prefix (24) many consecutive generally Unc or near so
Fforde and Page (15) Five Pounds Fforde Child Britannia 1967 B312 (3) prefix T31 EF, X90 VF, Z61 VF along with Page (12) Ten Pounds Lion and Key 1971 B326 (2) prefixes B74 Unc and C73 EF, Five Pounds Child Britannia 1971 B324 (3) VF-AU, One Pound Seated Britannia (2) BS62 999995 and BS44 999995 both Unc, Isaac Newton 1978 B337 First Run A01 prefix (5) generally VF-EF
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
Interesting serial numbers (5) One PoundPage Isaac NewtonB339 1978 (4) spectacular group of four matching serial numbers 71U 036036, 72U 036036, 73U 036036 and 74U 036036 UNC along with Twenty Pounds Sarah John 2016 Polymer Turner reverse B416 block serial number CH37 666666 EF-AU
ERROR - One PoundPage seated Britannia serial number errors (4) the first note has DT50 481092 top left and DT50 481093 bottom right and the other 3 notes have exactly the same numbers so each of the 4 notes has DT50 481092 and DT50 481093 on the front generally EF-AU
ERROR - One PoundPage Isaac Newton (4) prefix W09 green smudge error above QEII so she looks like she is wearing a grenadier's bearskin, prefix 07J with a large section of missing print reverse, prefix E17N with a spherical area of missing print front top, prefix 62A with a zeppelin shaped missing print section front bottom all UNC
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