World (circa 100) a wide variety some with George VI portrait, a BealeTen Shillings in decent grade, a few Notgeld and Germaninflation and some fantasies viewing recommended, generally in circulated grades
Rhodesia and Nyasaland 10 Shillings 3rd April 1953 W/1 000024 PMG 63 EPQ Pick 20a. W/1 is the first series of this issue so this is just the 24th note printed also in choice grade at 63 EPQ so a rare and desirable note that ticks all the boxes
Gibraltar Government 1965 issues (2) 1 Pound series G229658, rock of Gibraltar at bottom centre, Pick18a EF and 10 Shillings D573509 Fine inked annotation reverse
Jersey World War II German Occupation 1 ShillingPick 2a (BY JE2; Rosenberg ZWK-100e (formerly 656e)) issued in April 1942 and June 1942 ND with the prefix JN only and serial number 37423, graded 66 EPQ by PMG Choice Uncirculated Exceptional Paper Quality and rare in this top grade
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
AustraliaGeorge VI at right (3) 10 Shillings orange Armitage and McFarlane GVF with some black marks and Coombs and Wilson about Fine. 1 Pound Coombs and Wilson Fine 1 pinhole
Malta 1 Shilling issued 1943, George VI portrait facing at centre uniface prefix A/1 1st run (2) A/1 001021 and 001023 Pick16,one about EF with a couple of small rust marks the other (1021) VF with a small tear at the top
Jersey (3) 10 Pounds Pick 13A ND 1976 signature Clennet serial number CB ,1 Pound Pick 8b ND 1972 signature J. Clennet, 10 ShillingPick 7 ND 1963 Signature Padgham All About EF
Wales - Black Sheep Company 10 Shillings Laugharne Castle (5) red dragon and two pence blue stamp at right all with pink cancellation stamp Dec 1970 or Jan 1971 and all five UNC
Guernsey 10 Shillings Pick 42c (BY GU32b) a LAST date for this type 1st July 1966 signature Guillemette serial number 22/P 2463, about EF lightly pressed. Lilac on green underprint on obverse and the reverse with a large purple panel with Guernsey's Coat of Arms and motto at centre.
Australian 5 shilling uniface Vignette of 1946 RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA. NOTE PRINTING BRANCH. CRAIGEBURN VICTORIA (2) numbers 1242 and 1243 both Unc as issued and in the outer AUSTRALIAN NOTE VIGNETTE brown on white envelope. Along with THE LANDING AT BOTANY BAY Vignette paper green on white drawing of James Cook at Botany Bay in Note Printing Australia presentation pack
East Africa QE II young portrait at right (5) 5 Shillings 31.3.1953 and 1.2.1956, 10 Shillings 31.3.1953 and 1.2.1956, 20 Shillings 1.2.1956 average VF
Rhodesia & Nyasaland 10 Shillings dated 16 January 1961 prefix W/27 signed Richards, Pick20b, good Fine along with Rhodesia 10 Shillings 1 June 1966 VF with a stain at the top
Scotland Stornoway £1 or 20 shillings dated 1st February 1823 series No.b/137, unsigned remainder, these notes were a private issue by J. Stewart Mackenzie from the Island of Lewis (Douglas 1), about UNC
Gibraltar (3) Ten Shillings 1965 issue, dated 1st May 1965, Pick 17, serial number D548059 About Fine with some tiny pinholes, Rare. 1 Pound and 5 Pounds 3 Oct 1958 Pick 18 and Pick 19 the Pound GVF the Five Good Fine with inked annotations reverse
World (180) a mixed group which includes some earlier 20h century Far East, WWII military, B of E £1s and Ten Shillings and more, mostly from circulation the earlier material in lower grades
Malta 10 Shillings L1949 signed Cuschieri Pick 23a VF pin holes, L1949 Shepherd issues 1 Pound Pick 24b pleasant Fine and Five Pounds nVF some dirt, 1 Pound L1949 Soler Pick 26a Fine small tear top right, 10 Shillings Green (1963) Pick 10 about Fine, 1967 issues 10 Shillings, 1 Pound, 5 PoundsPick 10,11 and 12 VF or near so
Bermuda QE II Young Portrait (3) 5 Shillings Hamilton 1 May 1957 VF, 10 Shillings Hamilton 20 October 1952 Fine with two pin holes, 10 Shillings Hamilton 1 May 1957 AU and desirable thus
Southern RhodesiaTen Shillings Salisbury 10th September 1955 Pick 16 serial number A/186 037,030 VF or near so (part of a trio held by the vendor's family since his father obtained them in Salisbury in the fifties)
Fiji Young QE II issues (3) 5 Shillings 1.10.1965 Fine, 10 Shillings 1.6.1957 Fine, 1 Pound 1.6.1957 VG-Fine small tape at top, 1 Pound 1.12.1961 Good Fine
Jamaica 5 Shillings signed Hall Pick 49 AU but with multiple pin holes, 1 Pound Payton Pick 51 about Fine, 10 Shillings and 1 Pound signed Hall Pick 51B and 51C these about Fine, 1 Pound Brown pick 51C EF but small tear at top
Rhodesia (4) Reserve Bank of Rhodesia all with Cecil Rhodes watermark Ten Shillings 10.9.1968 EF and Ten Dollars (3) 15.12.1973, 19.11.1975 and 1.3.1976 these Fine
GB and World B of E Fforde Britannia Medallion Ten Shillings (19) consecutives D29N 387244 -387262, One Pounds (3) R05H 660026 to 28 AU-Unc, mixed world (33) mostly late 20th century issues in mixed grades
South AfricaReserve Bank 10 Shillings Pick 82e last year for this issue dated 29th September 1947 serial number E/93 833711 signature de Kock, English and Afrikaans text. The note in dark brown on pink and pale green underprint featuring South Africa Coat of Arms on reverse and watermarked sailing ship and portrait J. van Riebeeck. VF Pinholes
World (25) an earlier useful group including India1 rupee dated 1917 series Y/95 246846 with McWatters signature about Fine with some edge damage, ScotlandBritish Linen Bank Pound 1940 VG-Fine, East AfricaShilling 1943 Very Good, PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS Sixpence green on whiteGreat Britain stamp obverse this faint so issuing camp not clear A. 93423 F-VF and more with some pre WW2 in lower grades
Bahamas 4 Shillings (1936) George VI issue signed Jarrett Pick 9a VG, Germany 100 Marks 21 April 1910 (5), 100 Marks 1 Nov 1920 (9), 5,000 Marks 19 Nov 1922 (18), 100,000 Marks 1. Feb 1923 (37) VG-VF, along with others (10) these mixed low grade world issues
GB and World (73) includes GB Bank of EnglandOne Pound (5) Page (1) and Somerset (4) and Ten Shillings (7) O'Brien (1), Fforde (6), in mixed grades some consecutives and EF, World issues 1914 to 1980s issues, comprising Germany (includes some Notgeld), Portugal, Italy, Turkey, Bulgaria, France, Austria, Mexico, Spain, Greece and more, in mixed grades, along with a cheque Messrs Smith, Payne & Smiths for £10 16s. dated 4 June 1831. VG. The cheque bearing the address 1 Lombard Street. The bank was formed in 1758 and in 1902 the five Smith family banks merged to form Union London and Smiths Bank Limited
Scotland East Lothian Banking Company 20 shillings unissued remainder dated 18xx and unsigned, NVF the top of the note is attached to a card with adhesive
South Africa - Orange Free State pre Second Boer War (Anglo-Boer War) Post Office Post Noots (3) including 1 PoundPick S688 series A/1 04673, EF or about and very well preserved for its age this is the highest denomination for the Post Noots and the most Rarest and sought after due to its high denomination and lesser demand. To pay what is best read as G I Lest or Loots at Post Office Bloemfontein, entered hand stamp at left from Kroonstad, OVS dated 7th September 1898 and redemption stamp at right from post office Bloemfontein dated 1st October 1898. Along with other hand stamps on face from Bloemfontein and National Bank of South Africa, Johannesburg also a "BEETAALD" (PAID) stamp from the General Post Office of the Orange Free State. Uniface in olive-green and printed on watermarked paper with watermark reading Oranje Vrij Staat / Post Noot. Also, 10 Shillings Pick S685 series A/1 06190, EF with a pair of Pinholes to left upper body and faint signs of general wear, a very well preserved for its age and pleasing example. To pay what is best read as E. D. Moon or Moors at Post Office Bloemfontein this hand stamped not manuscript, entered hand stamp at left from Paris, O.V.S dated 27th February 1899 and redemption stamp at right from post office Bloemfontein dated 4th March 1899. No other hand stamps can be observed on this example. Uniface in violet and printed on watermarked paper with watermark reading Oranje Vrij Staat / Post Noot. Together with the 1 Shilling Pick S681 series A/1 02761, GVF or EF for type with very minor faint signs of general wear and a very well preserved for its age example. To pay B. G. Lennon & Co., Ltd. at Post Office Port Elizabeth, entered hand stamp at left from Bothaville, O.V.S dated 24th September 1898 and redemption stamp at right from post office Port Elizabeth dated 1st October 1898. Redemption signature with hand stamped B.G. Lennon & Co., Ltd. with title Managing Director. The reverse with a PAID hand stamp from General Post Office, Cape Town and a red post stamp for 1 Penny from Cape of Good Hopecancelled with the same hand stamp as redemption Port Elizabeth dated 1st October 1898. Uniface in green and printed on watermarked paper with watermark reading Oranje Vrij Staat / Post Noot. An interesting fact is that B. G. Lennon & Co., Ltd were a chemist and druggist business in Port Elizabeth established in 1850 by Barry Grey Lennon, an Irish chemist and nephew of the Governor of Cape of Good Hope - Sir George Grey. Their shops were to be found in most major towns in Cape Province, Natal, Orange Free State and Transvaal. In 1894 they became the first commercial pharmacy in Bulawayo and on 29th December 1898, Lennon Limited became a registered company. By 1930 the company had become the largest pharmaceutical business in the southern hemisphere and in the decades to follow Lennon Ltd was amalgamated by the South African Druggists group in an consolidation effort, then in 1968 South African Druggist joined the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and in 1999 it was acquired by Aspen in 1999 through a hostile takeover worth 2.4 million Rand which operates to this day and is the largest drug company in Africa.
World accumulation (7) includes Malaya 1941 issues KGVI1 cent, 5 cent, 10 cent, 20 cent GVF to aUNC, Hawaii $1 1935 Fine, East Africa 5 shillings 1955 Fine and Syria 5 livres 1939 Good
JerseyFive Pounds (1963) QE II young portrait dark red Padgham the scarcer Pick 9a EF and seldom seen in this pleasing grade serial number A109243, One Pound (1963) again Padgham Pick 8a EF or better small number written obverse perhaps pencil, Ten Shillings (1963) Padgham Pick 7 Fine
A mixed group comprising a collection in an album mostly more recent issues includes some B of E Pounds and Ten Shillings and Cyprus20 Pounds 2004, world from circulation (131) and Honduras 1 Lempira 26.8.2004 Pick 85 a run of (99) consecutive numbers AU-Unc
Isle of Man (2) a pair of Annigoni's partial QE2 portrait notes both in GVF. Comprising a 10 Shillings Pick 24a (BY IM21a; M500) ND 1961 signature Lieutenant Garvey serial number A 083104. Along with 50 New Pence Pick 27a (BY IM22; IOMPM M507) ND 1969 signature Lieutenant Stallard serial number 093796 and this type only known to have 679000 issued with the remainder 6790-001 to 100000 & A 00001 to 200000 serial numbers printed but not issued and destroyed.
East Africa Currency Board 1930's issues (4) comprising a George V portrait 5 Shillings Pick 20 dated 1st January 1933 with an attractive BINARY serial number J/7 50000 in good Fine or near so, George VI portrait issues in VF - GVF (3) including 5 ShillingsPick 28a dated 1st June 1939 and the variety with all numbers and letters in the date in italic serial number N/1 04165, 10 Shillings both dated 1st June 1939 (2) comprising 2 varieties including Pick 26B with numbers and letters in date partly in italic and upright and printer's imprint at lower centre on obverse serial number K/2 87350, Pick 29a date numbers and letters all in italic serial number J/2 97909. All printed by Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd London and watermarked with East African Currency Board monogram in hexagonal panels across the whole of the note
USAColonialGeorgia (2) One Spanish Milled Dollar 1776 Serial No. 6707 VG and damaged at the bottom and one central hole and Shilling 1776 Fine but damaged at the top, Massachusetts One Shilling and Sixpence 1784 Fine but damaged at the top, New York Eight Shillings 1776 Good with sections missing at the top, Philadelphia (2) Sixpence Hall and Sellers 1776 Fine and Sixpence John Dunlap VG, Rhode Island One Thirty Six of a Dollar 1777 May 22 VF with some central holes, Virginia One Third of a Spanish Dollar Oct 5th 1778 Good. Along with a modern QEII Hong Kong Cent
East Africa Currency Board (4) a fine early collection of Scarce issues aVF - GEF comprising a King George V portrait 5 Shillings Pick 20 dated 1st January 1933 serial number K/4 94597 3 signatures, King George VI portrait issues (3) including 1 Shillings Pick 27 dated 1st January 1943 serial number A/10 85413 4 signatures, 5 ShillingsPick 28a dated 1st July 1941 serial number T/6 53769 3 signatures and 20 Shillings = 1 PoundPick 30b dated 1st August 1951 serial number B/70 62009 4 signatures. All Thomas De La Rue printing
Guernsey (2) 6 PencePick 28 (BY GU24c) dated 1st January 1943 serial number A/M 0331, black on pink/mauve. 1 ShillingPick 29 (GU 25b) dated 1st January 1943 serial number S 1124 red/brown overprint on 1 Shilling 3 Pence Pick 26 (BY GU26), black on yellow and brown underprint.
Fiji last of the Pound system QE2 portrait issues (3) in average VF-GVF comprising 5 Shillings (2) Pick 51c dated 1st December 1962 series C/9 149482 , Pick 51d dated 1st September 1964 series C/11 01215, 1 Pound Pick 53c dated 1st September 1959 series C/8 36509
JerseyTreasury of the States 10 Shillings Pick 5a (BY JE5) World War II German Occupation Period note issued in April 1942 and June 1942 ND with the prefix JN only and serial number 12127 signed H. F. Ereaut titled Treasurer of The States of Jersey VF and Scarce, only 26,000 printed
Jamaica Government 5 Shillings George VI portrait issue Pick 37a dated 1st November 1940 and a very early date for this denomination considering its issue started in 1939 serial number C/43 56881 PMG 50 About Uncirculated
Jersey World War II German Occupation 1 ShillingPick 2a (BY JE2; Rosenberg ZWK-100e (formerly 656e)) issued in April 1942 and June 1942 ND with the prefix JN only and serial number 89051, EF and Scarce. Signed H. F. Ereaut titled Treasurer of The States of Jersey
Jersey World War II German Occupation 1 ShillingPick 5 (BY JE5) issued in April 1942 and June 1942 ND with the prefix JN only and serial number 16411, an Exceptionally Rare note with only 26000 examples printed in VG-Fine with minor expected wear from watermark and minorly tape repaired. Signed H. F. Ereaut titled Treasurer of The States of Jersey
MaltaCentral Bank 10 Shillings Pick 28a Law of 1967 (1968) serial number A/1 691142 signature Hogg, very attractive GEF Minor ink on reverse. In red on multicolour underprint featuring Annigoni's portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and George's Cross on obverse. The reverse illustrating Mgarr/Mgiarro Harbour and Ghajnsielem Parish Church, Gozo/Ghawdex. Printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson and Co. and watermarked Knight. Scarce and very collectible note
AustraliaReserve Bank 10 Shillings Pick 33a (McD 25, Rks. 17) ND 1961-65 signatures Coombs & Wilson serial number AG/62 065705, presentable good Fine. The note in dark brown on orange and green underprint featuring Mathew Flinders portrait and Australia's Coat of Arms on obverse. The reverse illustrating the Parliament house, Canberra. Watermarked James Cook and denomination in wording ("HALF") twice at lower centre.
Canada The Bank of Upper Canada, York (Toronto) 10 DollarsPick S2037 (Charlton Unlisted) dated 1st January 1861 Number 43552, a manuscript signature at lower centre right and with no observable overprint, in a PMG holder graded VF 20 this is a fabulous example of this Exceptionally Rare note. A collaboration of engraving by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New-York on plate patented 30th June 1857 and printed by the American Bank Note Company is the result of this fabulous note in black on green underprint featuring a young portrait of Queen Victoria at lower left, seated Britannia with trident and shield with the crest of Upper Canada at right, and at upper centre 2 Allegorical female figures symbolizing Upper and Lower Canada, which united in 1841, and a Lion and a Unicorn, possibly representing Great Britain, and 3 crests in the middle. The 3 crests as follows - lower left and right depict the arms of the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada and the top - surmounted by a crown, shows the badge of The Order of the Garter, a clear reference to the monarchy. Below the whole allegory is a plinth carrying the words "VICT...TTANNIARM RE DEF"-Victoria, Queen of the Britons, Defender of the Faith. The reverse with an ornate panel and value at centre. An excellent example from one of the first Canadian Banks to issue their own banknotes following the success and the provided model of the Bank of Montreal, the very first Bank to issue any banknotes in Canada just following its establishment in 1817, and which in turn was itself following the model of the First Bank of the United States established in 1791 by Alexander Hamilton, the first U.S. secretary of the Treasury. Also, one of the most influential early banks which ended up in a "Bang" in 1866 after having setup close relationships with the government from the moment of its establishment. The first significant bank failure in Canadian history, with its shareholders losing all their capital, which at a time had amounted up to over three million dollars and the government losing another million dollars. Banknotes at the time represented the principal liability of a bank and were redeemable in specie, upon demand. The issue of banknotes was well received by the public and became the principal means of payment along with the fact that they helped mitigate the problems that were associated with having a vast range of foreign coins circulating with different ratings. This note is a bit of an outlier as although featuring Royal portraits and images to relate to Great Britain, the Bank chose to use dollars as their denomination in contrast to others circulating in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland that were typically denominated in Pounds, Shillings, and Pence. Online research could not find any of this denomination offered in recent times, with only a few of the lower denominations in similar grades that were so keenly sought after they ended up in the 4 figure range, and the only example that occured is currently in the collection of the Bank of Canada Museum and these early issues are very unlikely to be seen in much higher grades, infect the current SCWPM prices them only up to the VF grade. Such an early Rarity, especially in issued format, is certainly a 'tasty' find for any serious collector and will most certainly serve as an absolute treasure in their collection. According to an official publication of the Canadian Paper Money Society Journal Volume 50, Number 143 of December 2014 this denomination was ordered May 1861 in Sheet Numbers 34001 - 44000 and October 1861 in Sheet Numbers 44001 - 49000 and was in a total of only 60000 notes
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