ERROR - Twenty Pounds Kentfield Michael Faraday spectacular error with massive fishtail right which has part of a second note printed on it the serial number H30 127866 is printed part on the fishtail and part on the note VF
ERROR - Twenty Pounds Kentfield Michael Faraday spectacular miscut error with two notes printed at an oblique angle the reverse has serial number X12 477180 upside down the security foil runs horizontally and with two watermarks Unc
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
ERROR - Twenty Pounds Kentfield Michael Faraday (2) prefix BE49 miscut so large border at bottom Fine, prefix AE49 large fin at top middle with foil and some print EF
ERROR - Twenty Pounds Kentfield Michael Faraday missing print error with parts of the right front including QE II virtually blank prefix E14 Unc or near so
Bank of England Debden Set 1994 First and Last Pair, Variant Design, comprising Twenty Pounds Kentfield (2) B371 W35 999337, and B374 X01 999337, Debden Set C112, both UNC in the blue leatherette folder of issue
Coin and Banknote Set 1999 Millennium comprising Twenty Pounds Kentfield YR19 991158 UNC and Five Pound Crown 1999 Millennium Silver Proof nFDC with a tone spot on the obverse, Debden Set C140, in the Bank of England/Royal Mint box of issue with certificate (298 sets were sold)
Coin and Banknote Set 1999 Millennium comprising Twenty Pounds Kentfield YR19 991241 UNC and Five Pound Crown 1999 Millennium Silver Proof nFDC with some toning, Debden Set C140, in the Bank of England/Royal Mint box of issue with certificates (only 298 sets were sold)
Twenty Pounds Kentfield Faraday reverse B374 issued 1993, first run with low number X01 001009, so extremely low number of the series being just the 9th note printed (this series started at no. 1001), (Pick387a), Gem Uncirculated PMG 66 EPQ
Twenty Pounds 1994 variant design Last and First Series E pair comprising Twenty Pounds Kentfield W35 999200 B371 (issued 1991) and Twenty Pounds Kentfield X01 999200 B374 (issued 1993), UNC in a presentation folder with certificate stating 1500 pairs issued
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
Error - Twenty Pounds Kentfield 1991 Michael Faraday B371 mis-cut, off centre so a much larger plain border at bottom (1 centimetre) and no border at the top (4) consecutive numbers N50 880679-682 AU-Unc each with the same error
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 KentfieldB375 1994 Faraday (50) a mint run AE36 379501 - AE36 379550 the first and last with a stain from a string or band the remaining 48 Unc
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 Kentfield QE2 pictorial & Michael Faraday B375 Purple/Black denomination added to upper right on both obverse and reverse double lettered prefix issues 1994 (21) all circulated and a pleasing mid-grade group Fine to VF-GVF consisting of the following prefixes including few examples of the first series - AA39 (2) a consecutively numbered pair, AA57, AA67, AB17, AD27, AD70, AE31, AE44, AE61, AJ49, AJ68, BB16, CB51, CC56, CD21, CD30, CD60, CE37, CE72 and CH21.
Twenty Pounds Kentfield QE2 pictorial & Michael Faraday Purple/Black and including examples of the 2 design varieties (10) all from circulation and mostly Fine to about VF - VF comprising the B371 Crown at upper right issues 1991 (6) prefixes K64, N46, T44, T65, U51 and U70. Together with the B374 Denomination at upper right on both obverse and reverse issues 1993 (4) prefixes X08, X52, Y06 and Y51 and this 1993 type issue has only these 2 recorded prefix letter X and Y.
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
Twenty Pounds Kentfield QE2 and Michael Faraday ERROR B371 issue 1991 serial number E20 039367 Insufficient Inking Error along top to bottom at right on Queens picture causing area to be faded and not sharp. About EF - EF
Twenty Pounds Kentfield QE2 & Michael Faraday 1991 & 1993 design issues (12) in consecutively numbered sets all about UNC - UNC comprising the B371 Crown at upper right issues 1991 (3) serial numbers N47 000280 - N47 000282. Along with B374 value at upper right issues 1993 (9) serial numbers AJ66 475526 - AJ66 475529 and AK10 958169 - AK10 958173.
Twenty Pounds Kentfield QE2 & Michael Faraday 1993 & 1994 value at upper right issues (12) in consecutively numbered sets most in about UNC to UNC comprising B374 issues (3) serial numbers Y06 757274 - Y06 757276. Along with B375 (9) serial numbers BE42 927023 & BE42 927024 along with BK06 011354 - BK06 011360.
Twenty Pounds Kentfield QE2 & Michael Faraday Offset missing ink ERROR note B371 issue 1991 serial number K01 894819. Missing ink from overprinting diagonally at upper right on note starting B in Bank of England across the Queens head. VF - GVF and interesting
Twenty Pounds Kentfield QE2 & Michael Faraday 1991 & 1994 issues (11) in mixed high grades comprising B371 (2) series T02 527329 and a Column Sort series A75 506139. B375 (9) a near consecutive set of 7 notes series AA64 697701 to AA64 697709 missing only the 2nd and 3rd notes along with series AA08 621288 and CJ39 494033
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
Twenty Pounds KentfieldB375 issued 1994 Michael Faraday on reverse (5) a mostly consecutive number run BA15 153025 to BA15 153030 (missing 153028 Unc or near so
Twenty Pounds Kentfield QE2 and Michael Faraday B374 issued 1993 Crown at top right (2) scarce FIRST RUN notes series X01 515850 and the very LOW number X01 001105 considering the first 1000 serial numbers were not issued. Both UNC
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
Twenty Pounds (18), PageB238 issued 1970 mid run '01' prefix series C01 668232, Uncirculated, GillB355 issued 1988 mid run '01' prefix series 01T 660679, about Uncirculated, Gill B358 issued 1991 FIRST RUN series A01 999828 (from Debden set C102), about Uncirculated, KentfieldB371 issued 1991 FIRST RUN series E01 001046 and series R26 243821, both Uncirculated, Kentfield B374 issued 1993 FIRST RUN series X01 001476, Uncirculated, LowtherB384 issued 1999 LAST RUN series DA80 999601 (from Debden set C148), Uncirculated, Lowther B386 (5) including 4 FIRST RUN notes series prefix AA01, BaileyB402 (2) including a Column Sort series BL37 485737, Uncirculated, Bailey B403 REPLACEMENT note series LL25 795085, Uncirculated, Bailey B405 (2) Uncirculated, very nice high grade set of notes
Twenty Pounds (7), Gill (3) prefix A01, Kentfield (3) prefixes X01 & CL99, Lowther (1) prefix DA01, all FIRST and LAST RUN notes, about Uncirculated and Uncirculated
Twenty Pounds KentfieldB374 (3) issued 1993, FIRST RUN notes with low numbers X01 001060, X01 001124 & X01 001426, (this series started at no. 1001), (Pick387a) Uncirculated
Fifty Pounds Kentfield, Twenty Pounds & Five Pounds Gill, all three notes FIRST RUN with matching serial numbers A01 002037, each note sealed in a perspex slab with Britannia and Bank of England logo on the slabs, the 50 Pounds comes in a presentation box, look Uncirculated
Twenty Pounds KentfieldB371 (2), scarce FIRST and LAST run notes issued 1991, series E01 001181 from circulation and W35 999025 from Debden set C112 (without presentation pack), (Pick382b), Uncirculated
Twenty Pounds KentfieldB374 issued 1993, first run with low number X01 001231, (this series started at no. 1001), (Pick387a), light counting flick, about Uncirculated to Uncirculated
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 KentfieldB371 issued 1991, official 1st run low number E01 001009 (first 1000 notes not issued to the public hence this a very low number for collectors), about UNC to UNC
Twenty pounds KentfieldB374 (2) issued 1993, first run consecutive pair X01 001002 and X01 001003, (1st 1000 notes not issued hence these are very low numbers for collectors), counting flicks only, about UNC to UNC
Twenty Pounds Kentfield. B371. Number E01 001001. This note was issued at the Bank of England on 25th November 1991 at the Number One till. Very few of the first 1 to 1000 notes are known by us to have emerged. UNC.
Twenty Pounds Kentfield. B374. Number X01 001001. The first 1 to 1000 of this note to the best of our knowledge have not been recorded, therefore making this possibly the lowest number available in this series, and possible the first note issued. UNC.
Twenty pounds KentfieldB371 issued 1991, official first run E01 001052 (first 1000 notes not issued to the public hence this a low number for collectors), UNC
A lot consisting of Twenty consecutively numbered Five Pounds. Starting with a Five Pounds Gill. B357 S05 994197 linking to a Kentfield. B362 S05 994198. A run of Sixteen consecutive Kentfields fills the set, ending with a Kentfield. B362 S05 994215 linking to a Gill. B357 S05 994216. This set is believed to be unique. As far as we can tell, this link has not been recorded before. UNC.
ERRORTwenty Pounds Kentfield. B375. Error. AB65 292520. Massive extra flap at top right showing almost half of another banknote including the whole of the Queen's portrait. A stunning error. EF to UNC.
ERRORTwenty Pounds Kentfield. B375. Error. Extra large flap, which also includes part of the note below it including its serial number. Spectacular error. EF to UNC.
ERRORTwenty Pounds Kentfield. B371. Fantastic cutting error. It has been cut in such a way that the bottom of one note and the top of another make up this one note. Must be seen. A minute tear at bottom left otherwise UNC.
ERRORTwenty Pounds Kentfield. B358. Error. H29 441146. Very unusual shape. Large fishtail at right hand side which includes a weak but readable indentation of another number at top right. EF to UNC.
Twenty pounds KentfieldB375 (3) issued 1994, Michael Faraday on reverse, a consecutive numbered run AC64 483055, 56 & 57, counting flick only, about UNC to 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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