Bailey a collection in an album Five Pounds Elizabeth Fry (10) these include some consecutives such as B399 Cut Halo LL64 758029 and 030. Ten Pounds Charles Darwin (36) including runs of consecutives and B401replacements. Twenty Pounds Edward Elgar (46) these mostly consecutive number runs, Twenty Pounds Adam Smith (16) including consecutives, replacements and column sorts, Fifty Pounds B404 prefix M22 Unc. Mixed grades the majority AU-Unc
ERROR - Twenty Pounds Lowther Edward Elgar spectacular compounded fishtail error top left the fishtail must have been folded during the printing process and has some of the £20 denomination printed on it so when it is folded down it fits back into the main design like a jigsaw piece, EF and has 220 written in ink on the front so astonishingly must have circulated in this state, prefix DB48
Fifty Pounds (4) Salmon Boulton and Watt (2) prefix AC31 and AC52, Sarah JohnPolymer (2) prefix AC01 and AC20. Twenty Pounds Lowther Elgar AA34 647497, Adam Smith Bailey EE16 252070, Salmon HH43 135777, Sarah John Polymer BA14 852028. Ten Pounds Lowther Dickens KL76 998132, Darwin AH30 468238, Bailey HA30 126124, Cleland Polymer BL21 464731. Five Pounds (4) Lowther Stephenson EH27 385761 then Elizabeth Fry (3) Lowther, Bailey and Salmon a high grade group all UNC or very near
Kentfield (19) Fifty Pounds (8) Houblon A21 442522 EF or better, Twenty Pounds Faraday prefix E43 and X32 both Unc, Ten Pounds Nightingale KN30 238131 GEF, Dickens prefix A09 and DD09 AU-UNC, Five Pounds Stephenson prefix T06 and AA29 AU-UNC. Somerset (5) Fifty Pounds Wren B47 726689 EF, Ten Pounds Nightingale prefix 38D GVF and CX10 VF, Five Pounds Wellington JY07 582991 GVF, Pound Isaac Newton BX47 984308 Unc. Page (6) Ten Pounds Lion and Key B01 606525 EF, Florence Nightingale J31 008408 GVF Pound Britannia in Medallion W43B 774167 AU Isaac Newton prefix A56 and 26L AU-UNC
Lowther (5) including first runs and experimental Twenty Pounds Edward Elgar 1999 B386 First Run AA01 005140 AU-UNC. Ten Pounds (3) Charles Dickens 1999 B382 first run KL01 000875 Unc, Charles DarwinB388 THE COMPANY prefix AB38 VF, B390 AND COMPANY first special run AA01 999779 Unc. Five Pounds Elizabeth Fry Experimental Issue B397 XE29 998776 VF or near so
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 - miss printing errors (2) Twenty Pounds Bailey Edward Elgar prefix BL24 missing necklace on Queen's neck AU along with Ten Shillings Fforde seated Britannia blank white square bottom left corner so some of the denomination symbol missing Unc
Fforde higher denominations Twenty Pounds William ShakespeareB318 (3) prefixes A02 AU and A03 (2) these AU with light centre fold, Ten Pounds Lion and Key A95 prefix Unc
Bank of England Debden Set 2003 May, 'Firsts' Set comprising Five Pounds LowtherB395, prefix HA01, Ten Pounds Lowther B388, prefix AA01, and Twenty Pounds Lowther B386, prefix AA01, Debden set C170, UNC in the sleeve of issue, Royal Celebration Set 2002 November Five Pounds Lowther B395 an uncut pair HM02 000287 and HM03 000287, Debden Set C169, UNC in the folder of issue, a low number in the run of 5000
Consecutive number runs page=Pastresults&searchterm=!Twenty+Pound&category=1&searchtype=1" rel="tag">Twenty Pounds Bailey Adam Smith (2 notes), Ten Pounds DarwinLowther (3 notes) Salmon (5 notes a run of 3 and a run of 2), Five Pounds Fry Lowther (2 notes) and Bailey (4 notes) One Pounds Isaac Newton page (12 notes a run of 2 and a run of 10) AU-Unc
A set of four first run polymer notes with the low matching serial number 0000036. Fifty Pounds Sarah John June 2021 Alan Turing reverse AA01 000036, Twenty Pounds Sarah John 2020 JMW Turner reverse AA01 000036, Ten Pounds ClelandJane Austen reverse AA01 000036 and Five Pounds Cleland Churchill reverse AA01 000036 Unc. These four notes were never offered as a set the vendor had to attend various auctions to put together a matching set extremely rare thus
Coin and Banknote Set 2000 Queen Mother 100th Birthday C153, comprising Five Pound Crown 2000 in cupro-nickel UNC, and Five Pounds Lowther QM10 010055 UNC in the wallet of issue, along with a matching serial number pair Twenty Pounds Lowther QM10 000055, from the C155 set, and Ten Pounds Lowther QM10 000055, from the C154 set, these UNC
LowtherFive Pounds StephensonB380 1999 prefix EH11, Ten Pounds Dickens 1999 B382 prefix LA34, Twenty Pounds B384 Faraday 1999 DA80 999396 (from C148 pack), Twenty Pounds Elgar B386, Ten Pounds Dickens THE Company B388 and AND Company B390, Five Pounds Fry B393 First Run HA01 005921. Bailey Five Pounds B398, Ten Pounds B400, Twenty Pounds Column Sort B402cs BL22 649991, Twenty Pounds Adam Smith 2007 B405 First Run AA01 805710. Salmon Five Pounds B407 (3) two being consecutives, Ten Pounds B408, Twenty Pounds B409. Cleland Ten Pounds B411, Twenty Pounds B412, Five Pounds Churchill B414Polymer First Run AA01 prefix (4), Ten Pounds Polymer Austen B415 First Run AA01 prefix (2). Twenty Pounds Polymer Sarah John current issue (2) consecutives BH78 prefix these generally Unc, along with One Pounds Page HU66 prefix (5) consecutive numbers Unc but some light discolouration on the left side. These in an album and accompanied by a second album with sleeves this empty
A collection in an album TreasuryTen Shillings 1922 T30 K/79 45792 Fine, One PoundBradbury 1917 T16 A/76 798706 about Fine, Warren Fisher 1919 T24 U/88 701061 aVF one or two pinholes. Bank of England Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve K51D 706121 about Fine, Hollom (2) Prefix N40 and R48 both VF, Fforde 47U 583969 GVF, One Pound Peppiatt Blue U28D 545801 Fine, Peppiatt Green 1948 B260 Z99A Fine, Beale 1950 B260 B26C Fine, O'Brien 1955 B273 C75L Fine, Somerset DX11 014009 Fine, Five Pounds George Stephenson reverse Kentfield (3) EF-Unc, Gill (2) consecutive numbers D24 002006 and 002007 Unc, Elizabeth Fry Lowther (2) consecutive numbers HD41 751091 and 751092 Unc, Winston Churchill Cleland (9) Unc including consecutive number runs, Ten Pounds Hollom A14 482465 VF, Charles DarwinBailey (5) AU-Unc including two consecutive pairs, Jane Austen Cleland (5) Unc consecutive runs a three and a two, Twenty Pounds Bailey AD27 835409 AU, Turner reverse Cleland (3) Unc two being a consecutive pair
Errors (2) - Twenty Pounds Kentfield 1991 Michael Farady B371 N50 880683 and Ten Pounds Kentfield 1992 Charles DickensB366 N30 818498 mis-cut, both off centre so a much larger plain border at bottom and no border at the top, the Twenty AU-Unc the Ten EF
Twenty Pounds Somerset (2) B350Shakespeare H49 042866 GEF with counting flicks, B351 Shakespeare 55J 822863 GEF with counting flicks, Ten Pounds Somerset B346 (2) X55 522216 and X55 522217 GEF and A/UNC the first with a tiny tear on the top edge, Five Pounds Somerset B343 (4) JT43 884302 and JT43 884303 consecutives GEF, LT28 880330 GEF, LT36 367884 GEF
Twenty Pounds Kentfield - Faraday (2) B371 with crown at top right corner E44 863832 EF, Faraday B375 with £20 at top right corner AJ42 259578 EF, Ten Pounds Kentfield - Dickens (2) B369 JD17 030701GEF and JB60 758519 GEF with a small mark in the lower margin
Twenty Pounds Lowther QM10 000024 Queen Mother 100th Birthday UNC in the C155 set folder, the Gold Five Pound Crown coin removed, (only 98 complete sets were sold). Ten Pounds Lowther QM10 000024 Queen Mother 100th Birthday UNC in the C154 set folder, the Silver Five Pound Crown coin removed (485 sets were sold), Coin and Banknote set Five Pounds Lowther QM10 000024 Queen Mother 100th Birthday UNC, with Five Pound Crown 2000 Cupro-Nickel UNC in the C153 folder of issue
Bank of England - Queen Victoria Centenary Commemorative Prefixes (3) a denomination trio comprising Twenty Pounds LowtherB386, VR10 000028 UNC, Ten Pounds Lowther B390, VR10 000028, and Five Pounds Lowther B380, VR10 000028, each UNC in the Coin and Banknote wallets of issue, only the Five Pounds set contains the Five Pound Crown coin (this a cupro-nickel issue UNC), the other two sets have had the coin removed
Twenty Pounds CatternsWhite note World War II German Operation BERNHARD forgery B230OB dated 20th August 1932 serial number 46/M 77696, VF - GVF with multiple pinholes in body and hand stamped "VALS" where S is inked in pen translating from Dutch - False or Counterfeit. Although the operation was not successful, it had an enormous potential as at the time the Bank of England's specialists called these forgeries "the best they have seen" and if the mission was successful it would've had a devastating effect on the economy, up to 9 million Bernhard notes were produced to the amount of £134 million - a figure representing 10% of the total banknotes in circulation in the UK at the time.
Offered Here For Charity - Bank of England VIP tribute Twenty Pounds No. 5 note Merlyn Lowther QE II & Sir Edward Elgar B386 Series E Second Historical Series Foil Hologram & Windowed Thread issue 1999 and a First Run Low Non-circulation serial number AA01 000005, about UNC - UNC. According to Duggleby the lowest possible circulation serial number available of this Series E Historical Twenty Pounds before this offering is AA01 000031. This note from the Governor of the Bank of England in the original anti reflective museum glass frame with a note reading "From The Governor Of The / Bank of England / Note No. 5 of New Series 1999". It appears the note has not been glued in the frame and is held by precisely placed small holders with a small gap for each corner of the note to be inserted in. It has become a common tradition for the Bank of England to hold back the first printed notes with low or symbolic serial numbers when a new issue is released. Such notes are attributed to dignitaries, royalty and institutions that usually receive or were involved in the development of the new issue, for example Her Majesty the Queen traditionally receives the very first 000001 note, the Churchill War Rooms received the new Polymer Churchill 5 Pound note with the end of World War II year serial number AA01 001945, and the Winchester Cathedral received the new Polymer Jane Austen 10 Pound note with a serial number AA01 001817 marking the year that Jane Austen was buried there. A number of first run circulation serial numbers, the Bank of England is known to donate in Charity Auctions for various causes and many of these notes are very sought after by collectors and usually realise high figures as for example the very first possible circulation number of the 20 Pounds Bailey with serial number AA01 000007 realized £2,100, the first public available Churchill Polymer 5 Pounds serial number AA01 000017 realized £4,150 and the Jane Austen Polymer 10 Pounds AA01 000010 realized £7,200. In regard to this note the serial numbers prior to this one were reportedly donated as follows to H.M. the Queen, the Prime Minister, the Bank of England Governor and the Chancellor.
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 EnglandLowtherFive Pounds to Twenty Pounds includes many scarce FIRST RUN LOW serial numbers (36) collection in an album mostly in high grades comprising Five Pounds QE2 & Elizabeth Fry with Bank of England envelopes titled "Charity auction of Friday 24th January 2003" (3) FIRST RUN LOW series HA01 000281, HA01 000302 & HA01 000189 the last being EFive Pounds QE2 & George StephensonB380 issue 1999 FIRST RUN series EA01 000962 along with prefixes EA86 and EH48. Ten Pounds QE2 & Charles DarwinB388 (3) FIRST RUN series AA01 000882 & AA01 006176 along with a Column sort issue 2000 series EL07 324609. Twenty Pounds QE2 & Sir Edward Elgar B386 issue 1999 FIRST RUN (3) series AA01 000885, AA01 000889 and AA01 005837. Five Pounds QE2 & Elizabeth Fry B393 issues 2002 (9) FIRST RUN series HA01 006833, HA01 007542, and a consecutive pair series HA01 007335 & HA01 007335 along with a Column Sort consecutive set of 5 series DL29 832236 to DL29 832240 amongst other prefixes as HB01, JA54, a consecutive set of 4 prefix JA01, a consecutive set of five notes prefix H80. B395 (3) prefixes MC12, HE65 and DL25. B396Replacement issue series LL83 852481.
Collection in an album (56) mostly Bank of England in mixed circulated grades comprises Five Pounds BealeWhite Note B270 dated 25th November 1949 series P05 090648. Ten Shillings BradburyT12.2 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). LowtherTwenty Pounds prefix AA08. Along with Scotland (2) and Jersey (2).
Bank of England Modern issues includes polymer LOW numbers FIRST RUN (10) a collection in an album all about UNC - UNC and comprising Salmon (3) Five Pounds B407 issues 2012 (2) a consecutive pair series MC59 177135 & MC59 177136 along with Twenty Pounds B409 series JD09 383261. Cleland 2015 & 2016 issues (7) comprising Ten Pounds B411 (3) series LJ19 370438, MA73 214684 and the last only a few numbers away from previous MA73 214688. Twenty Pounds B412 series JK70 948728. Fifty Pounds B413 series AK10 854088. Five Pounds Polymer issues B414 (2) a consecutive pair FIRST RUN LOW numbers series AA01 000247 & AA01 000248
Bank of EnglandKentfield (7) a group of 2 consecutively numbered sets comprising Ten Pounds QE2 & Charles DickensB366 issue 1992 (4) series D23 322270 through D23 32273 and Twenty Pounds QE2 & Michael Faraday B371 issue 1991 (3) series N43 504896 through N43 504898. All about UNC - UNC
Bank Of England (3) a denomination set from presentation packs in the original plastic holders and UNC comprising Ten Pounds Kentfield QE2 & Charles DickensB369 Denomination at top right issue 1993 series HM50 000691 from C124 Limited edition Green Boxed Presentation Set. Twenty Pounds Lowther QE2 & Sir Edward Elgar B386 Foil Hologram issue 1999 series QM10 000147 from C155 Limited Edition Presentation Set. Fifty Pounds Kentfield QE2 & Sir John Houblon B377 Silver Foil Tudor Rose issue 1994 series YR19 990460 from C141 Limited Edition Black Boxed Presentation Set
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
Fifty pounds, Twenty Pounds & Ten Pounds Bernhard, Catternswhite notes all Operation Bernhard German forgery WW2, 50 Pounds dated 20th June 1930 series 44/N 38727, EF, 20 Pounds dated 20th November 1930 series 44/M 07668, set of staple holes, pressed VF, 10 Pounds dated 18th August 1932 series K/112 48293, pinholes, pressed VF
Twenty Pounds & Ten Pounds LowtherB386 & B390 issued 1999 & 2000, special prefix very low matching serial numbers VR10 000006, about Uncirculated to Uncirculated, (from Debden set C161, Queen Victoria centenary end of era)
Coin and Banknote Sets (6) 1996 Queen Elizabeth II 70th Birthday Ten Pounds Kentfield HM70 001803 UNC and Five Pound Crown 1996 Silver Proof FDC, 1998 Prince of Wales 50th Birthday Ten Pounds Kentfield PW50 000380 UNC and Five Pound Crown 1998 Silver Proof FDC, 1998 Prince of Wales 50th Birthday Ten Pounds Kentfield PW50 000314 UNC and Five Pound Crown 1998 Silver Proof FDC, 1998 Prince of Wales 50th Birthday Ten Pounds Kentfield PW50 000500 UNC and Five Pound Crown 1998 Silver Proof FDC, 1998 Prince of Wales 50th Birthday Ten Pounds Kentfield PW50 000311 UNC and Five Pound Crown 1998 Silver Proof FDC, 2000 Millennium Twenty Pounds Lowther YR20 000220 and Five Pound Crown 2000 Silver Proof the reverse with gold highlighting FDC, in the cases of issue with certificates
Ten Pounds (2) Kentfield 2000 YR20 000871 UNC with certificate (from the Millennium Year C150 set), Lowther 2003 Coronation 50th Anniversary QC50 000616 UNC (from the C173 set) along with Twenty Pounds Lowther DA01 999929 and Kentfield CL99 999929 UNC in the pack of issue
Twenty Pounds Lowther DA01 (2) Ten Pounds Lowther (2) AC13 676919 The Governor and The Company, AJ20 836336 The Governor and Company EF, plus Twenty Pounds to Ten Shillings £494 face, and a small group of World notes, in mixed grades
Enamelled white miniature notes (3) Five Pounds Ten Pounds and Twenty Pounds signature May (1876 and 1877) on 29mm x 20mm rectangular brass, the Five Pounds and Twenty Pounds with a cufflink backing, the Ten Pounds with a suspension loop from one corner, Good condition
Fifty Pounds to One Pound £1596 face includes Fifty Pounds Somerset A02 (2) a consecutive pair, Twenty Pounds PageB328 (2), Ten Pounds Page B326 (2), Ten Pounds Page B330 (34), Ten Pounds Somerset B346 (14), Five Pounds Page B336 (19), Five Pounds Somerset B343 (28), One Pound FfordeB305 (11), One Pound Page B322 (228), One Pound Page S90M B321Replacement (1), One Pound Page B320 (129), One Pound Page B339 (78), One Pound Page B340 A01N First Run a consecutive pair UNC, One Pound Somerset B341 (115), One Pound Page B337 (120), Ten Shillings Fforde B310 (50), Royal Bank of Scotland (4) Five Pounds (2) 1972 and 1973, One Pound (2)1967 and 1969 issues, a high grade group with the majority in UNC and a good proportion are consecutively numbered
Banknote Sets (2) LowtherTwenty Pounds, Ten Pounds and Five Pounds AA01, AA01 and HA01 prefixes all matching number 001614 UNC in the pack of issue, no outer sleeve, Five Pounds a 2-note set 2002 Elizabeth Fry Social Reformer comprising Five Pounds Lowther EJ90 999235 B380 and HA01 999235 B393 UNC in the wallet of issue, Coins and Banknote Set compring Twenty Pounds Lowther YR20 000404 UNC and Five Pound Crown 2000 Millennium in fine silver with gold highlighting on the reverse nFDC, in the wallet of issue
A collection in an album comprising Twenty Pounds (3), Ten Pounds (5), Five Pounds (8), One Pound (123), Ten Shillings (18), British Armed Forces One Pound (6), Fifty Pence (2), Ten Pence (2), Five Pence (2) all but a small quantity in mint state or near so, British Military Authority One Shilling About Fine , South Africa 10 shilling Mafeking Siege note dated 1900, error with word "Commaning", Pick s654a About Fine with tape residue over a large proportion of the reverse of the note, ProvincialDartmouth General Bank one pound dated 1822 for John Hine and Henry Joseph Holdsworth, Grant957A a few pinholes Near Fine, Postal Orders (44) One Pound (1), Fifty Pence (43) all 1993 or later and with counterfoils, EF-UNC
Fifty Pounds (2) KentfieldB361 prefix E30 last run, B377 prefix A01 first run, Twenty Pounds (2) GillB355 prefix 20X last run, B358 prefix A01 first run, Ten Pounds Kentfield (2) B360 prefix KR30 last run, B366 prefix A01 first run, Five Pounds Gill (2) B353 prefix SE90 last run prefix B357 A01 first run, all with matched serial numbers 999298, UNC in four presentation albums
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