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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
06/09/2026 Auction 194	English Banknotes	Lot 19	A mixed group with Ten Pounds (2) Page Lion and Key and Gill Florence Nightingale. One Pounds (9) Catterns to Isaac Newton includes some low number prefixes such as B238 02J and 02W, B268 S01C and B273 L01K. Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve to Fforde (7). Scotland RBS One Pound 1 Oct 1983 mixed grades some later ones in high grades More banknotes like this	£75
07/09/2025 Auction 190	English Banknotes	Lot 57	Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key prefix J19 AU, One Pound Peppiatt Blue prefix W08E cleaned, Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve prefix Z48D EF along with Bradbury Ten Shillings in the style of T15 on larger paper with DO NOT DESTROY stamped in red at the bottom and FORGED stamped in black across the front uniface GVF More banknotes like this	£36
01/06/2025 Auction 189	English Banknotes	Lot 36	Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key B280 (2 consecutives) J03 023111 and 112 Unc. One Pound Peppiatt Blue B249 (2 consecutives) K31H 934795 and 796 Unc. Ten Shillings Beale 1950 B265 last series (2 consecutives) 17B 781793 and 794 Unc More banknotes like this	£180
02/03/2025 Auction 188	English Banknotes	Lot 66	Hollom (37) Ten Shillings (12), One Pounds (19) mixed grades some Unc and includes some replacements B291 and B296. Five Pounds Child Britannia (3) prefix N85 AU and C26 Unc with some stains and replacement 1963 B298 M02 548692 aVF and Ten Pounds Lion and Key (3) prefix A15 Unc or near so, A16 GVF, A27 repaired More banknotes like this	£160
01/12/2024 Auction 187	English Banknotes	Lot 122	Ten Pounds (4) Page Lion and Key B326 EF, B327 replacement first run M01 809381 Fine, Florence Nightingale B330 AU light centre fold, Cleland polymer Jane Austen first run AA01 246037 VF. Five Pounds Duke of Wellington (9) Page (4) 2 being consecutives, Somerset (3 consecutives) these all Unc and Gill prefix SC72 AU. One Pound Page seated Britannia (6) 5 being consecutives Unc another (13) these EF-AU and include some consecutives, Isaac Newton Page (25), Somerset (19) these generally in high grade mostly AU-Unc. Ten Shillings Fforde prefix B04M (10 consecutives) Unc More banknotes like this	£150
01/12/2024 Auction 187	English Banknotes	Lot 22	One Pound Bradbury 1914 Second Issue T11.1 S/N D/50 22148 Fine one or two tiny pinholes small part of left bottom corner missing, Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve prefix E70D EF. Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key prefix J09 AU and Ten Pounds Page Lion and Key prefix C07 AU More banknotes like this	£120
01/12/2024 Auction 187	English Banknotes	Lot 149	Consecutive number runs, Ten Pounds Page Lion and Key B37 969402 and 403 AU. Five Pounds Somerset Duke of Wellington HX04 266411 and 412 GEF-AU. One Pound Beale C05J 327597 and 598 AU, O'Brien J03K 152230 and 231 AU and S40K 996978 and 979 EF, Fforde S47M 921552 to 921556 AU. Ten Shillings Fforde B06N 912669,670 and 671 Unc More banknotes like this	£90
01/12/2024 Auction 187	English Banknotes	Lot 90	Five Pounds (2) O'Brien Lion and Key H68 314924 GVF, Hollom Child Britannia A50 573931 Unc, One Pound Catterns U60 430344 GVF, Peppiatt blue prefix D81E Good Fine and N32E EF, Beale E77C 151680 AU, O'Brien seated Britannia L63K 217922 GVF Britannia in Medallion (3) O'Brien, Fforde and Hollom AU-Unc. Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve M88D 623220 EF, Beale Seated Britannia B266 last series D66Z 703934 Fine and Fforde Britannia in Medallion (2) AU-Unc More banknotes like this	£60
02/06/2024 Auction 185	English Banknotes	Lot 313	Twenty Pounds Shakespeare reverse Page A17 prefix AU, Somerset H05 prefix GVF. Ten Pounds Lion and Key Page prefix C46 EF, Florence Nightingale Somerset BN69 prefix VF. Five Pounds Wellington reverse Page prefix A68 Fine and Somerset prefix DN10 AU, Elizabeth Fry Salmon (2) from circulation. One Pound Britannia in Medallion Page (4) one EF the others a consecutive trio AU, Isaac Newton Somerset AU. Ten Shillings Hollom (2) one VG the other VF. Bank of Scotland (2) £10 6.2.2012 AU, £1 1986 VF along with fantasy gold banknote £5 Churchill More banknotes like this	£140
03/03/2024 Auction 184	English Banknotes	Lot 81	Ten Pounds Page Lion and Key C61 prefix GVF. One Pounds O'Brien 1955 B273 (3 consecutives) A95K 091710-712 Unc, Somerset Isaac Newton (2 consecutives) DX69 prefix EF-Unc. Ten Shillings Beale B266 (2) both L28Z prefix 525042 and 045 AU-Unc, Britannia in Medallion O'Brien A64 385791 and Hollom T43 327429 both AU More banknotes like this	£70
03/12/2023 Auction 183	English Banknotes	Lot 17	Five Pounds O'Brien white B276 dated 23rd November 1955 VF with inked number front top. Ten Pounds Hollom Lion and Key A28 prefix VF, Five Pounds Hollom E80 876709 Fine. One Pounds (4) Peppiatt Blue, O'Brien X64K prefix, Fforde D30Z prefix B301, and Somerset Isaac Newton these from circulation. Ten Shillings O'Brien Y17X 491078 EF and Hollom 02K prefix AU More banknotes like this	£90
05/03/2023 Auction 180	English Banknotes	Lot 110	Ten Pounds (3) Hollom, Page and Somerset EF-Unc, Five Pounds (7) O'Brien Lion and Key (1), Hollom (3), Page Wellington (1) VF-AU, One Pounds Peppiatt Blue VF, O'Brien W34K 845005 VF, Britannia in Circle (20) Hollom & O'Brien generally EF or better, Isaac Newton (21) these generally AU-Unc some consecutive, Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve (2) F-VF, Britannia front left (4) F-VF, Britannia in circle on the back (11) VF-AU More banknotes like this	£300
05/03/2023 Auction 180	English Banknotes	Lot 109	Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key C36 prefix VF, Page Wellington A11 prefix AU, Gill Stephenson A74 prefix Unc. One Pound Beale prefix U72B near EF, Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve H63D VF, Bank of Scotland One Pound 4th December 1962 EF and Isle of Man 10 Shillings Stallard A452433 VF More banknotes like this	£80
04/09/2022 Auction 178	English Banknotes	Lot 6	A collection in an album Five Pounds White Beale London 1 June 1949 N51 078308 EF, Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key C33 027570 GVF, Fforde B314 03D prefix Unc, One Pounds Peppiatt Blue O64D prefix VF some faint brown stains, Beale K34C prefix about EF, O'Brien 1955 prefix O53J B273 Unc and B282 prefix 21A Unc, Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve X27D 670057 AU, O'Brien B271 1955 Unc, Fforde B310 prefix C43N Unc along with USA Dollar SERIES 1981 AU More banknotes like this	£260
06/03/2022 Auction 176	English Banknotes	Lot 103	Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key 1961 B280 H78 569662, Kentfield B364 CH23 500261. One Pound O'Brien B281 prefix B84 and B282 prefix 38J, Page 1970 B320 prefix Y74L, B340 first run A01N 692820. Ten Shillings Beale B266 R07Z prefix, Fforde B310 COIN prefix, a high grade group generally Unc or near so More banknotes like this	£95
06/03/2022 Auction 176	English Banknotes	Lot 110	Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key B277 last series E33 680991 EF, Five Pounds Somerset 1980 B343 LW69 prefix VF, One Pounds Peppiatt Blues 1940 B249 (6) F-VF including some consecutives, Ten Shillings O'Brien and Hollom (5) from circulation along with a modern group from circulation (18). Italy 1000 Lire Pick 101 AU, British Isles One Pounds (13), B of E £10 Bailey, US Dollars (2) More banknotes like this	£95
05/12/2021 Auction 175	English Banknotes	Lot 81	Ten Pounds Somerset BR45 prefix B348 Unc and with a fish tail error bottom right corner but now with the body of the fish tail torn off but clear evidence of additional paper protruding at an angle remain, Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key (6) one being B277 prefix D04 the others B280 these F-VF, Ten Shillings (6) O'Brien 1955 B271 about Fine and 1961 B286 1st series A48 prefix AU, Hollom 1963 B294 W39 prefix VF and B296 replacement M33 641202, Fforde 1967 B310 (2) one VF the other Unc More banknotes like this	£80
06/06/2021 Auction 173	English Banknotes	Lot 54	Five Pounds White Beale B270 dated 17th March 1949 M86 037179, EF and pleasing, Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key H15 prefix VF. One Pounds (13) Peppiatt Blue J93D Good, O'Brien 1955 B273 VF, One Pound Page B322 prefix CR47 Unc and Newton 1978 B337 and 339 (6) EF- Unc and Somerset (5) EF-Unc. Ten Shillings O'Brien 1955 B271 VF and Hollom 1963 B294 EF More banknotes like this	£180
06/06/2021 Auction 173	English Banknotes	Lot 62	Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key B277 D33 prefix EF one pinhole. One Pounds Peppiatt Blue B249 R09E prefix EF, Beale B268 U26B prefix AU, O'Brien B281 U13 prefix AU, Page B322 HT44 prefix AU and B337 B25 prefix Unc. Somerset B341 (2) AR11 and DW26 prefixes AU-Unc. Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve B251 D82D prefix EF, O'Brien B271 Z92X 528463 Unc and B286 first series A28 510559 Unc More banknotes like this	£55
02/12/2019 Auction 167	English Banknotes	Lot 1315	Bank of England (5) comprising Peppiatt issues (3) including a 5 Pounds White note B241 dated 20th January 1937 serial number A/359 01918 VF along with World War II Emergency 1940 issues (2) 10 Shillings B251 Mauve, serial number J97D 226704, VF - GVF pressed & lightly washed along with One Pound B249 Blue/Pink LAST series shades serial number X88H 578076 about UNC. Also includes 5 Pounds O'Brien Lion & Key B277 Shaded denomination symbol issue 1957 serial number C67 356479, VF cleaned & pressed with annotation and pinholes. Ten Pounds Fforde Lion & Key B316 issue 1967 serial number A60 277241, VF - GVF cleaned and pressed with faint annotations. More banknotes like this	£170
03/06/2019 Auction 165	English Banknotes	Lot 24	Collection in an album (56) mostly Bank of England in mixed circulated grades comprises Five Pounds Beale White Note B270 dated 25th November 1949 series P05 090648. Ten Shillings Bradbury T12.2 De La Rue Red issue 1915 series D1/3 01409. Ten Shillings Fisher (2) T26 Red Dash in No. First issue 1919 last series H38 112465 and T30 Second Issue Red No. omitted prefix P77. Ten Pounds Page Lion & Key B327 Brown Replacement issue 1971 first series M01 693529. Peppiatt (7) Ten Shillings to One Pounds includes Emergency Issues and One Pound Green B239 First Period issued 1934 first series prefix A52A. Beale (12) Ten Shillings to One Pounds. O'Brien (12) Ten Shillings to Five Pounds includes Lion & Key 1957 issues (2) B277 Shaded Symbols prefix D41 and B280 White Symbols first series prefix H22. Hollom (4) Ten Shillings and a Five Pounds. Fforde (7) 10 Shillings and One Pounds. One Pounds Page (4). Lowther Twenty Pounds prefix AA08. Along with Scotland (2) and Jersey (2). More banknotes like this	£260
03/06/2019 Auction 165	English Banknotes	Lot 55	Bank of England (27) a rich group Peppiatt (7) Ten Shillings B262 Red/Brown Threaded issue 1948 Fourth Period, last series 09E 383453, about UNC, Ten Shillings Emergency Issue (2) B251 Mauve Metal Thread issue 1940, series O73D 260948 about UNC & A58D 057059 UNC, One Pounds Emergency Issue (3) B249 Blue/Pink Metal Thread issue 1940, series K43D 902092 GEF - about UNC, D22H 224767 GVF & M38H 559024 VF light stains, and One Pound Green B238 First Period issue 1934, series 86U 519578, GVF, Beale (3) Ten Shillings (2) B266 Red/Brown Issue 1950, series T50Z 798118 Fine & E10Z 733491 about UNC, One Pound Green B268, series T75C 988661 about VF, O'Brien (5) One Pound Green B273 issue 1955 VF, Five Pounds Lion & Key (2) B277 issued 1957, series C55 518957 & C63 099191 both VF, One Pound QE2 portrait and seated Britannia B282 issued 1960, series 97J 898820 about UNC, Ten Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B286 issue 1961, first series A16 708574 VF, Hollom (3) One Pound QE2 & seated Britannia B288 issued 1963, series K91W 720387 about UNC, Ten Shillings (2) the first B294 issue1963 series Y42 502805 GEF & the second B295 issued 1963, series 36D 516999, Fine, Hollom (4) One Pound QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B305 issued 1967, series U23B 534761 UNC, Ten Shillings(2) QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B310 issued 1967, last series D03N 504903 UNC & C69N 148439 about VF, Five Pounds QE2 & child Britannia B314 issued 1967, series 27B 287191 about VF, Page (3) One Pounds(2) the first QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B321 Replacement Issue 1970, series S64M 944900 about UNC and the second B340 QE2 & Sir Isaac Newton issue 1978, series B26N 197348 UNC, Five Pounds QE2 & child Britannia B324 issued 1971, series 16D 210497 Fine, Somerset(2) One Pounds QE2 & Sir Isaac Newton, B341 "W" Reverse issue 1981, series BN62 631000 interesting serial with a little bit of extended security thread coming from the bottom & BN74 575440 both UNC More banknotes like this	£170
07/06/2015 Auction 149	English Banknotes	Lot 92	Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key (1), One Pound (25) Peppiatt to Page, includes Hollom and Fforde 'G' notes, Ten Shillings (11) Peppiatt to O'Brien in mixed circulated grades More banknotes like this	£70
06/12/2010 Auction 131	English Banknotes	Lot 134	Five Pounds (3) O'Brien Lion and Key (1), Hollom (2), One Pound (9) Peppiatt Blue, Beale, O'Brien, Hollom (4), Fforde (2), Ten Shillings O'Brien (5) in mixed grades to EF includes some consecutives More banknotes like this	£60
03/07/2010 Auction 128	English Banknotes	Lot 166	Five Pounds Peppiatt white German Operation Bernhard forgery dated Aug 28 1935 About VF, Ten Pounds Page B326, Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key, One Pound (3) Warren-Fisher T34, Peppiatt B 249 Blue and B260 Green, Ten Shillings (4) Peppiatt mauve B251 (2), Beale B266, O'Brien B271 in mixed grades to EF More banknotes like this	£150
09/06/2009 Auction 126	English Banknotes	Lot 169	Ten Pounds (3) Kentfield B369 prefix DD01 First run UNC, Fforde B316 prefix A85 UNC, Hollom B299 prefix A01 First run UNC, Five Pounds (4) O'Brien B277 Lion and Key prefix C23 EF, B280 prefix H80 EF, Hollom B297 prefix N90 UNC, Fforde B312 prefix X33 UNC, One Pound (6) Somerset B341 prefix AN01 First run UNC, Beale B269 replacement prefix S64S About EF, Beale B268 prefix L60J VF, Peppiatt (3) Blue B249 prefix L77H, B260 (2) prefix A14 AEF, B74B VF, Ten Shillings (4) Fforde B311 prefix M78 UNC, O'Brien B271 prefix A47Z VF, Peppiatt Mauve B251 prefix W94D GVF, Peppiatt Red-Brown B262 prefix 79H VF More banknotes like this	£200

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