Europe circa 1940's to modern (22) in mixed grades VG to UNC and comprising various issues from Cyprus (6) consisting of George VI portrait 3 PiastresPick 28a dated 18th June 1943 series A/1 342034. 500 MilsPick 42b dated 01.06.1974 series 1/33 031827. 1 Pounds (2) Pick 43b dated 01.05.1973 series H/63 003422 & 01.07.1975 series J/79 083058. 1 Pound Pick 60b dated 01.12.1998 series W527018. Along with the Scarcer Central Bank5 PoundsPick 44c dated 1st June 1974 serial number N/124 086770. Greece Local Banks Crete (Trapeze Kritis) 25 Drachmai Pick S153 dated 26th September 1915 FIRST series A001 number 290,341Germany. (5) consisting of a Bank Deutscher Lander (3) including a Reich banknote 100 ReichsmarkPick 190a Emergency issue - photo-mechanically produced (blurred printing), dated 24th June 1935 (1945) all these issues have an identical serial number T 7396475 and similar to Pick 183, these notes were printed few days before the end of the war by order of the bank and were to be printed by any means necessary locally if they had to so the banks used whatever supplies they had and ended up printing on paper used for the food ration cards, the notes did not have a long life in circulation. 5 Deutsche Mark 1948 series Pick 13i serial number 7T 138077 printer BDK without imprint. 1949 series (2) both dated 22nd August 1949 including 10 and 20 Deutsche Mark Pick 16a and 17a and serial numbers N5795169H and P5834987T respectively, both American Banknote Company printing without imprint. Democratic Republic Deutsche Notenbank 5 Mark der DDR dated 1964 series JJ 241008. Iceland Haskola (Haskoli) Islands fund raising ticket 1/4 hlutur I 5. flokki 1943 d. Italy 100,000 Lire Pick117b. Yugoslavia & Croatia (7) including Yugoslavia 50 Dinara (3) - Pick64a & Pick64b, 10 Dinara Pick50c (2) and Croatia (2) 200 Kuna colour trial notes for the 1993 issue one obverse and one reverse similar to Pick33. And an Austria 100 ShillingPick 150. An interesting and varied group
World mostly mid 1900's to modern (669) a collection in album pages in various grades VG to about UNC - UNC including a wide selection of issuers in different denominations some of which very high along with some World War 2 Allied Occupation and Japanese Occupation Currency. Includes a rare MauritiusReplacement10 RupeesPick 35 with serial number Z/1 140626. Malta scarce QE2 portrait issues such as the 1 PoundPick 26a from 1949 series A/2 205923 and the 10 Shillings Pick 28a from 1967. Denmark 10 KronerPick 36 from 1944. Cyprus 250 Mils Pick 41c dated 1st September 1979. Jamaica QE2 portrait 10 Shillings Pick 51Bd from 1964 signed R.T.P. Hall titled Governor. Trinidad and Tobago 1964 QE2 portrait issues. Rhodesia 1979 issue 1 and 2 Dollars. Gambia 25 DalasisPick11b and 10 Dalasis Pick 6c. Different and interesting issues from France, FrenchAfrica and the Pacific. Also some of the 1979 Sri Lanka 'fauna and flora' issues. An interesting and vast collection
Russia & Bulgaria (44) in mixed grades comprising Russia Far East Provisional Government - Priamur Region 25 Rubley Pick S1248, Russia Far East Provisional Government - Priamur Region 100 Rubley Pick S1249 with a blue overprint on reverse, Russia Krasnoyarsk Territory 10 Rubles Pick S969a, Russia 10000 Rubles Pick 97a, Russia 5000 Rubles Pick 96a, Russia 1000 Rubles Pick 95a (2), Russia 500 Rubles Pick 94a, Russia 250 Rubles Pick 93, Russia 1000 Rubles Pick 37 (2), Russia 250 Rubles Pick 36 (3), Bulgaria 100 Leva Zlato Pick 20a, Russia Currency notes ND 1919 1, 2 & 3 Rubles Pick81,82 & 83, Russia Treasury Small Chanche notes 1,2,3,5 & 50 Kopeks (4) Pick 24,25,26,27 & 31(4), Russia Treasury Notes Nd 1917 20 Rubles (2) and 40 Rubles Pick 38 (2) and 39, Russia Turkestan Central Asia 1 Rubles 1918 Banknote Pick S1162 puncholed, Russia 10 rubles Pick 89, Russia 25 rubles Pick 90, Russia Far East Provisional Government - Priamur Region 5 Rubles Pick S1246, 3 Ribley Pick 9c (3), 3 Ribley Pick 9b, 25 Rubles Pick 12b (2), Government Bank Vladikavkaz 5 Rubles Pick S600A, 10 Rubles Pick11c (2), 10 Rubles Pick 11b, 5 Rubles Pick 10b (2), Government Bank Ekaterinburg 1 Ruble Pick S921a, Government Bank Irkutsk 4 Rubles 50 Kopeks Pick S8888, 1 Ruble Pick 1d (5) and 50 Rubles Pick 8d (2)
ScotlandBank of Scotland £20 (4) a consecutive pair dated 1st July 1991 first series K150241 to K150242, signed Pattullo/Burt, Pick118, UNC and £20 dated 1st July 1991 first series K150283, signed Pattullo/Burt, Pick118, UNC. Along with £20 dated 12th January 1993 last series AU149967, signed Pattullo/Burt, Pick118, UNC
ScotlandBank of Scotland £20 large size dated 5th May 1969 series 7/H 3426, signed Polwarth/Letham, Pick110Aa, (this was an emergency printing with a run of only 25,000 banknotes), small stain bottom edge, EF
Scotland (4) 5 Pounds Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Limited (3) comprising Callaway & Murphy CL 25a ( Pick 192a ) King's College (Aberdeen), Glasgow cathedral & Arms signed Campbell (2) the first dated 2nd September 1953 series K 089968 GVF with light dirt to upper left and lower right corners but not excessive and the second dated 2nd May 1952 series D186224 Fine. Along with ERROR 5 Pounds Callaway & Murphy CL 25d ( Pick 192b ) dated 1st March 1960 signed Fairbairn series A/Z 083546 GEF - about UNC light rust spot at top margin but not excessive. Ink Smear Error with ink splashes across the reverse. Along with Bank of Scotland £5 dated 8th December 1969 series C0363461, Pick110b, tiny rust spots reverse, EF
Rhodesia (18) & South Africa (1), 1 Dollar (14) dated 2nd August 1979, most in consecutively numbered pairs, (Pick38) Uncirculated, 5 Dollars (2) dated 15th May 1979, (Pick40) Uncirculated, 2 Dollars dated 4th March 1975, (Pick31j) VF, 2 Dollars dated 24th May 1979, (Pick39b) about VF, South Africa 10 Rand issued 1975, (Pick114c) about Uncirculated, plus a quantity of coins, mainly from Rhodesia including 2 x Rhodesia Mint Sets 1964
Scotland (4), Bank of Scotlandcollection in high grade, 20 Pounds dated 5th November 1985 series F491117, (Pick114e) about Uncirculated, 20 Pounds dated 3rd February 1992 RADAR series Z022220, (Pick118) Uncirculated, 20 Pounds (2) dated 18th June 2001 a pair of consecutively numbered notes series DS362424 & DS362425, (Pick121d) very light centre crease, about Uncirculated
Scotland (6), Union Bank, an uncut sheet of 4 printers proof £1 all dated 8th December 1952, (Pick s816a), series F/33 801000, F/33 802000, F/34 826000 & F/34 827000, all with punch-holes & printers notes & bank stamps, mount marks reverse, National Commercial Bank20 Pounds dated 16th September 1959 series A101852, annotation on obverse and reverse, (Pick267) VF, Bank of Scotland 1 Pound dated 25th August 1977 REPLACEMENT series Z/2 0543066, (Pick111c) about Uncirculated
ScotlandBank of Scotland (4), 50 Pounds dated 1st May 1995 FIRST RUN series AA005281, (Pick122a), 20 Pounds dated 6th November 1985 series F237913, (Pick114e), 20 Pounds (2) dated 1st July 1991 series K150035 & K150144, (Pick118), all Uncirculated
ScotlandBank of Scotland (17), 20 Pounds dated 1st December 1987, (Pick114e) VF, 10 Pounds dated 7th May 1992, (Pick117a) Uncirculated, 10 Pounds dated 13th April 1993 LAST RUN HIGH No. series GG999061, (Pick117a) Uncirculated, 5 Pounds (8) date range 1961 - 1995, includes FIRST RUN RADAR No. AA482284, 1 Pound (6) date range 1940 - 1972, includes a consecutively numbered pair dated 1972 Uncirculated, most notes in collection EF or better
Italy (31), 100,000 lire (15) dated 1st September 1983, (Pick110), 10,000 Lire (2) dated 1962 & 1968, (Pick97), 5 Lire (6) dated 1944 a consecutively numbered run series OO14 101086 to OO14 101091, (Pick31) Uncirculated, 1000 Lire dated 1964 (Pick96b), 2000 Lire (3) dated 8th October 1973 a consecutively numbered run series SA 259080 D to SA 259082 D, (Pick103a), plus 4 others, mixed grades
Scotland (4), Bank of Scotland set all FIRST RUN LOW NUMBER issued 1995, 50 Pounds series AA001923, (Pick122a), 20 Pounds series AA001145, (Pick121a), 10 Pounds series AA001061, (Pick120a), 5 Pounds series AA002094, (Pick119a), all Uncirculated
World a small mixed group (12) Mauritania 200 Ouguiya dated 1974 (5) series D002, Pick5a, first date type, GEF, Sri Lanka (6) 500 RupeesPick112, 100 RupeesPick111, 50 RupeesPick110, 20 Rupees Pick109, 10 RupeesPick108, all dated 15 - 11 - 1995, also 200 Rupees polymer issue dated 1998 Pick114b, grades from about EF to UNC, Tunisia (2) 5 Dinars 1960 Pick 59 Arabic numerals C/5 0891726 VF, 1 Dinar 1958 issue Pick 58 B/17 723971 Near VF with some folds, Nicaragua 10 Cordobas dated 1951 series No. 605711, (Pick94c), small foxing spots at left border, tiny edge nick to bottom left, cleaned and pressed, about VF
Falkland Islands 10 Pounds dated 1st January 1982, scarcest date for this note, series A50763, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right centre, (Pick11b), VF
Central & South America bulk lot (560), Argentina 50 Pesos (100) without coloured fibres in paper (Pick301a), Colombia50 Pesos Oro (80) dated 1st January 1980 (Pick422a), Ecuador 10 Sucres (180) dated 24th May 1980 (Pick114b), Honduras 1 Lempira (100) dated 29th May 1980 (Pick68a), Honduras 2 Lempiras (100) dated 23rd September 1976 (Pick61), all in packs of consecutively numbered runs, Uncirculated or about
Scotland, Northern Ireland & Hong Kong (15), Scotland (10) Bank of Scotland 5 & 20 Pounds dated 1998, (Pick119c & Pick121b) the £5 good Fine the £20 UNC, Clydesdale Bank Limited 1, 5 & 10 Pounds dated 1977 1976 & 1980, (Pick204c, Pick205c & Pick207b) the £1 about UNC the £5 good EF the £10 about VF, Royal Bank of Scotland Limited 1 Pound (2), 5 and 10 Pounds dated 1977 1978 1976 & 1978, (Pick336a, Pick337a & Pick338a) the £1's UNC and good VF the £5 about UNC the £10 Fine with pinholes, Royal Bank of Scotland 1 Pound dated 1959, (Pick324b) about Fine, Northern Ireland Belfast Banking Company 1 Pound dated 9th November 1939 series E/O 1907, blue serial number, (Pick126b) Fine, Northern Bank Limited 5 Pounds dated 1st October 1971, (Pick188b) Fine, and 3 x notes from Hong Kong including 2 with King George VI portrait
Malaya (2) and Malaya & British Borneo, 10 Dollars & 1 Dollar from Malaya dated 1st July 1941, (Pick11 & Pick13) and 1 Dollar from Malaya & British Borneo dated 1959, (Pick8A), all cleaned and pressed Fine to good VF
Malaya (2) and Malaya & British Borneo, 10 Dollars & 1 Dollar from Malaya dated 1st July 1941, (Pick11 & Pick13) and 10 Dollars from Malaya & British Borneo dated 1953, (Pick3a), all cleaned and pressed VF
German East Africa (2) 100 Rupien dated 15th June 1905 series No.6917, Kaiser Wilhelm portrait at centre, (Pick4a), centre pinhole, small edge tears, about Fine, 1 Rupie dated 1st November 1915 series C9490, (Pick11b), small corner piece missing, good Fine
Canada Dominion (8), 1 Dollar dated 2nd July 1923 series V-723615, portrait KingGeorge V at centre, (Pick33f), pinholes and edge tears VG, 25 Cents (4) dated 2nd July 1923, Britannia at centre, (Pick10 & Pick11), 25 Cents (3) dated 2nd January 1900, Britannia at right, (Pick9), the fractional notes have various signatures and mixed grades, viewing recommended
Italy (8), 100,000 Lire (6) dated 6th May 1994, portrait Caravaggio at right, (Pick117) and 50,000 Lire dated 27th May 1992, portrait G.L. Bernini at right, (Pick116b), good Fine
Jersey (6) SPECIMEN 1 Pound issued 1976 - 1988, Pick11s, serial numbers all zero's but all with different prefix's, CB EB FB GB HB KB, signed Clennett, portrait QEII at centre right, Uncirculated or about
World and GB group (13) includes Singapore $10 x 3 issued 1979 Pick11 good Fine, Spain 25 pesetas 1928 x 2, 50 pesetas 1928 x 4 plus GB £1 Hollom and Page x 3, these all average VF or better
Albania (6) 5 Franka Ari 1926 Pick2b, 20 Franka Ari 1926 Pick3a, 5 Franga 1939 Pick6a, 20 Franga 1939 Pick7, 10 Lek 1940 Pick11 and 100 Franga 1945 Pick14, a few are pressed, average VF to EF, some better
ScotlandBank of Scotland £20 large size dated 5th May 1969 series 7/H 3426, signed Polwarth/Letham, Pick110Aa, (this was an emergency printing with a run of only 25,000 banknotes), small stain bottom edge, EF
China, Bank of Communications (2) obverse & reverse Specimen proofs, 1 yuan dated 1914, perforated SPECIMEN in English & Chinese, (Specimen No.1076 in red on reverse of both notes with C.P.R. Jul-9 1937 in green), small faint stains, Pick116 (not listed), about UNC
China, Bank of Communications (2) obverse & reverse Specimen proofs, 5 yuan dated 1914, perforated SPECIMEN in English & Chinese, (Specimen No.1113 in red on reverse of both notes with C.P.R. Jul-9 1937 in green), Pick117 unlisted, about UNC
Syria 500 pounds (3) all dated 1998, a consecutively numbered run series B/73 365439 to B/73 365441, ERRORS all missing the date and signatures on face, Pick110, counting flick, about UNC to UNC
Greece 500,000,000 drachmai dated 19.9.1944 series ΑΠ 406686, Pick162, Provisional Treasury issue NAUPLIA (ovpt on Pick119), 1cm edge tear, Fine+ and a Rare key note (only 1000 notes issued from series ΑΠ 406001 to 407000).
Gibraltar 10 shillings dated 1st October 1927 series C067976, signed Bowring, Rock vignette at left, Pick11, 7mm tear top edge, VF+, very scarce 1st date type
ScotlandBank of Scotland £20 large size notes (5) all with inked numbers or bank stamp, dated 1958 (2), 1963 (2) all Pick94f and 1969 Pick110A, average gFine to VF
USA 15 cents 1863 Pick116a and 50 cents 1863 Pick120 plus small 10 cent store voucher for Walker Iron & Coal Company, Bising Fawn, Georgia dated 1883, average EF or better
Saint Helena (4) QE2 portraits, £1 Pick9a, £5 Pick11a, £10 Pick8b&category=2&prm=sr&searchtype=1">Pick Pick8b and £20 Pick10a, the £20 about UNC and the others all UNC
ScotlandBank of Scotland £5 (2) dated 6th November 1991 a consecutive first run low numbered pair EK000239 & EK000240 signed Pattullo/Burt, Pick116b, UNC
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