USA sheet of four uncut $2 notes 1976 series plate position E4, F4, G4, H4 UNC in the Bureau of Engraving presentation folder, India1 RupeeGeorge VI at right, Russia 100 Rubles 1910 along with generally world (over 250) from circulation a few earlier types but mostly late 20th century issues
New ZealandTwenty Dollars QE II green New Zealand falcon reverse two note uncut block both with the same serial number TRBNZA200010 in RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND & TELECOM NEW ZEALAND presentation folder which also contains two collector edition phone cards
New Zealand in Presentation Folders (4 folders) $10 1990 Pick 176Waitangi Treaty Signing series BBB 0005838, $10 2000 Polymer two note uncut sheet, $1 and $2 Brash Pick 169c and 170c (2 folders) one also contains 6 coin mint set 1990, the other One Dollar and Two Dollar coins 1990, all Unc and in the official presentation packs of issue
New Zealanduncut two note sheets in presentation folders 1999 Polymer issues (3 folders) 5 Dollars Hillary both with serial number AA 99008677, 10 Dollars Sheppard both number AA 99009077, 20 Dollars New Zealand Falcon number AA 99008677 Unc as issued
Egypt Five Piastres Colour Trial (undated, 1940) an uncut 2x2 sheet of four notes Obverse and Reverse, with no serial numbers or signature, orange and yellow on white background, UNC
EgyptFive Pounds Proof Pick 63 undated, with no serial numbers, cut from a sheet, showing a central section from one complete note with around one third of an additional note above and around two-thirds of an additional note below, uncut as one piece, UNC and unusual
Wales - Black Sheep Company an uncut sheet of 4 banknotes, Castles issues comprising Ten Punt Cardiff Castle No.896558, Five Punt Harlech Castle No.896557, One Punt No. Conway Castle No.896556 and 101/- Laugharne Castle all with stamp duty abolished stamp UNC
Wales - Black Sheep Company an uncut sheet of 4 banknotes, Menai Straits bridge Five Swilt consecutive numbers 118026 to 118029 inclusive, all with cancelled stamp and stamp duty abolished stamp UNC
Wales - Black Sheep Company Five Swilt Black Bull vignette an uncut sheet of 4 banknotes with consecutive numbers 136554 to 136557all with "Impress Stamping banned by the Lord Chamberlain" in green at edges, about UNC to UNC
ERROREgypt - United Arab Republic paper print banknotes with no design, watermarks only, (2) the first an uncut sheet of 2x Five Piastres, the second an uncut sheet of 4x Ten Piastres, size approximates to 1998-1999 issues, NEF and unusual
IndiaUncut Watermarked sheet of printers paper the watermark is "Ten RupeesReserve Bank of India" with George VI portrait repeated forty times on this large folded sheet discovered in 1992 and offered back then by Coincraft who bought the entire parcel comes with newspaper cuttings and historical literature, discovered on the S.S Breda ship that was sunk in 1940 along with Jamaica collector series presentation booklets $1, $2, $5 & $10 with consecutive star prefix and serial number *000548, PickCS1, as issued with outer cover
World (125) a various and very interesting collection in an album of early notes mostly circa late 1800's early 1900's and in different grades mostly averaging VF to UNC. Includes a few always collectable issues from the US as a Silver Certificate 1 Dollars (3) Pick 342 series of 1923 Blue seal, Speelman & White. Pick 416d2e series 1935E Priest & Humphrey. Pick 416a series 1935A Julian & Morgenthau ink signed on main body Eugene Elbert. And a 10 Dollars Operation Torch Pick 415Y series of 1934A, yellow seal Issued for Military use in North Africa and Sicily in WW2. A Fractional Currency 10 Cents P108e 1863 Colby & Spinner. Confederate Currency 5 DollarsPick 67 (Criswell T69-561) series 4 Plate G. Treasury2 DollarsPick 378g series of 1928G Clark & Snyder. Obsolete Currency such as the Natchez, Mississippi Railroad Company 100 Dollars dated 3rd April 1839. Bank of Windsor, Vermont 5 Dollars circa 1800's uncut or wrongly cut at top and bottom sheet originally of 4 notes now only 2full notes and with parts of the first and the last notes from the sheet showing. Also a BrazilImperial Thesouro Nacional 500 Reis Dom Pedro IIEstampa 2 Pick A243b ND 1880 (1885) variety with 2 serial numbers 81510 serie 61A. Some interesting 1700's items such as a BritishColonialGeorge III period State Lottery ticket 1776 and a Cleo bury Mortimer Bewbley Old Bank sight note unissued remainder circa 1796 as advised by Forster, Lubbock, Bosanquets & Co. bankers and watermarked upside down with the Royal cypher and the date 1796 also has 2 Revenue embossed stamps. Philatelic Australian Tasmania Inland Revenue Beer Duty Stamps (2) 12 shillings on 9 shillings (One Barrel) green and 18 shillings on 18 shillings (One Hogshead) dark brown/black, both stamped "The Cascade Brewery Co. Limited" used, 1901. India a part of a Fiscal Revenue 2 Annas Tax Revenue paper from the Victorian period and a Princely States Bhopal Fiscal 8 Annas dated 17th February 1900, red and black. An Iraqi Safe Conduct Pass in Arabic and with an illustration of 25 dinar note on obverse. Together with many more other issues from Europe including some Austrian and German Not geld, Asia, Turkey (OttomanEmpire), The Middle East, some large sized issues and World War II period and Military notes. The lot includes a fantasy issue US 1 million dollars and some modern contemporary copies
Great Britain including Bank of England, a Treasury 10 Shillings BradburyForgeryuncut sheet along with ScotlandClydesdale Bank (14) an interesting amalgamation of notes in very high grades mostly about UNC to UNC comprising Bank of England (11) consisting of a consecutive bundle of 1 Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Sir Issac NewtonB341 issue 1981 (10) in an original Barclays Bank plc wrapper serial numbers BX64 791071 - BX64 791080. Along with a 5 Pounds Lowether QE2 pictorial & George Stephenson B380cs Column Sort issue 1999 serial number CL10 574088. The Treasury 10 Shillings Forgery stamped sheet of 2 uncut notes over stamped in black 'Forgery' on both notes, also stamped with sheet number 004 and 'Restricted' in black in margin, Scarce. Together with Scotland Clydesdale Bank 100 PoundsReplacement issue Pick 229M (PMS CL68r, BY SC374) dated 7th June 2009 signature D. Thorburn serial number E/ZZ 001089, Rare. The note portrays Charles Rennie Macintosh & Heart of Neolithic Orkney and these issues begin E/ZZ 000309 to E/ZZ 003509. Also includes a contemporary forgery USADelaware State issue 5 Shillings number 62101 similar to Pick S638. A very desirable little group
ScotlandRoyal Bank of Scotland 1 Pound Proof uncut sheet of 2 notes PMS RB 56h (Douglas 49-1) for type dated 1 April 1955, prefix AF without serial numbers and signature W. R. Ballantyne, GEF - about UNC with usual Minor Foreign substance at right margin and Exceptionally Scarce. Blue-black and white, arms top centre and the reverse in dark blue and white featuring the Bank's offices at left and right, value at centre and the variety without the W. H. Egan detail. A unique find, certainly seldom seen and sought after by any collector
IndiaUncut Die Trial sheet of 4 notes Reserve Bank of India Gandhi 500 Rupees similar to Pick 106 with signature Raghuram G. Rajan and the new Rupee symbol printed on light blue paper and slightly miscut at top. Printers marginal marks at left and right of each note. Generally good condition and well kept
Egypt 5 PiastresTrial Colour Error Orange an uncut sheet of 2 no signatures or serial numbers can be observed, watermarked Sphinx head. About UNC - UNC and Scarce
Egypt Arab Republix Currency Note 5 PiastresUncut Sheet of 2 similar to Pick 188 signature Elghareeb and interestingly only the top note with serial number. About UNC - UNC Faint Staining
Egypt 5 PiastresTrial Colour Error Orange an uncut sheet of 2 no signatures or serial numbers can be observed, watermarked Sphinx head. About UNC - UNC and very Rare
Scotland The Royal Bank of Scotland (2) a scarce FINAL PROOF an uncut sheet of 1 Pound notes (2) dated 2nd May 1978 with no signature and no serial numbers along with another remainder FINAL PROOF 1 Pound also dated 2nd May 1978 and with no signature or serial number. Pick 336 for type. About UNC - UNC
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
World in a box (458), includes Canada 1 Dollar dated 1973 5 uncut sheets of 4 notes on each sheet, range of Uncirculated notes from China, French Indochina, Indonesia 10000 Rupiah (2) dated 1964 Uncirculated, packs of duplicated notes including China, Russia, Iraq and others, mixed grades
Uruguay Banco Italiano del Uruguay Montevideo, uncut sheet of 4 notes, 10 Pesos dated 20th September 1887, portrait Cavour at lower left & Garibaldi at lower right, unsigned remainders, Uncirculated and about
WalesBlack Sheep and Black Bull banknotes issued 1969-71, 15 different note types from 5 swilt to £10, a sheet of 4 uncut Black Sheep notes & a sheet of 4 uncut Black Bull notes, mostly UNC, also a small book Collectors' guide to Modern Welsh Note Issues
New Zealand Ten Dollar presentation pack 1993 an uncut sheet of 4 notes Kate Sheppard portrait UNC in the presentation folder, New Zealand Five Dollars an uncut sheet of 8 notes 1992 Sir Edmund Hilary issue, UNC in the presentation folder, New Zealand One Dollar and Two Dollar 'Final Impressions 1967-1991' pair with matching serial numbers with ANS and EPN prefixes UNC in presentation folder with certificate,
USA Paper money in a World Reserve Monetary Exchange album includes uncut sheets of 20 Dollars (2004 issue), 10 Dollars (2009 issue), 5 Dollars (2003 issue), 2 Dollars (2003 issue) and 1 Dollar (2003 issue) these UNC, also 20 Dollars (2), 10 Dollars (4), 5 Dollars (4), 2 Dollars (4), and 1 Dollar (4) in mixed grades, also Hell notes a collection in an album (95) a variety of different types, in mixed grades
ScotlandUnion Bank, an uncut sheet of 4 printers proof £1 all dated 1st September 1953, Pick s816a, series G/17 401000, G/17 402000, G/18 426000 & G/18 427000, all with punch-holes & printers notes & bank stamps, mount marks reverse, GEF
WalesBlack Sheep Bank uncut sheet of 4 banknotes dated 1971, 10 shillings, £1, £5 and £10, four different denominations but with consecutive serial numbers, castle vignettes, about UNC to UNC
Wales Black Bull vignette, 5 swilt, uncut sheet of 4 banknotes with consecutive numbers, "Impress Stamping banned by the Lord Chamberlain" in green at edges, about UNC to UNC
USAVermont, Bank of Windsor $1 uncut pairs (2) both undated (c.1838), unissued on original sheets, both also with part of a $2 note showing at bottom, about UNC
USA Citizens Bank of Louisiana5 Dollars an uncut sheet of 4 notes, Maidens head left and Governors Head right Patented 30 June 1857 as issued with some light foxing and with a small tear in the lower right corner
Canada $2 uncut pair dated 1986, upper note series BGM7441838 & lower note BGM7444338, (this comes originally from an uncut banknote sheet of 8 notes-it is not an error), Pick94b, about UNC to UNC
Ireland Portlaw and Co. Waterford Mayfield Factory Malcolmson Brothers (8) Halfcrown Tokens 1854 (3) each an uncut pair on cardboard, Shilling Tokens 1854 (3) each an uncut pair on cardboard, Shilling Tokens 1854 (2) in cardboard cut from the original rectangular card, all in very good condition
Hungary 1852 Kossuth notes, uncut sheets x 3 of 1 forint (4 notes to sheet) Picks141r2, 2 forint (4 notes to sheet) Picks142r2 and 5 forint (3 notes t sheet) Picks143r2, all about UNC to UNC comes with informative leaflet
ScotlandBritish Linen Bank part proofs or trials (9) dates from 1927 to 1941, all black & white small size segments of banknotes with printers remarks, four are still on an uncut sheet, EF to UNC
Italy Regie Finanze Torino 100 lire issued 1794, an uncut pair of unissued remainders with left side counterfoil on original sheet, Picks122r, about UNC with certificate
Scotland Union Bank of Scotland Limited £1 uncut pair of Specimen proofs with small cancellation punch-holes both dated 31st July 1947 series W/1, PickS815cs, bank stamp & printers annotations, piece missing right side of upper note, EF
World banknotes (140) includes Bahamas50 cents 2001 (21) about UNC, Isle of Man £1 (4), assorted Fiji $2 (3) and $5 (3) plus others, Yemen20 rials (10), Iraq 5000 dinars mostly UNC, Oman 100 baisa 1995 (10), half rial 1995 (6) and 1 rial 2005 (5), mostly UNC, Syria100 pounds 1966 to 1971 average Fine (20), 10 pounds 1991 (10), Iran 500 rials Pick137j (11) & 2000 rials Pick141k (10) and Afghanistan 1000 afghanis Pick61c (19) plus three uncut sheets of 4 x $2 1995, these all UNC, Syria 100 pounds 1966 to 1971 average Fine (20), 10 pounds 1991 (10), Iran 500 rials Pick137j (11) & 2000 rials Pick141k (10) and Afghanistan 1000 afghanis Pick61c (19) plus three uncut sheets of 4 x $2 1995, these all UNC
USA Paper Money in an album 2003 and 2004 issues $112 face value comprising uncut sheets of 4x $20, 4x $5, 4x $2 and 4x $1 UNC in the brown promotional album and green box of issue
USAAmerican Banknote Company uncutSpecimen sheet with 28 notes dated 1929 with number 10 denomination, the front in black & reverse in green, portrait of Liberty at centre, UNC
Australia $50 uncut group of 4 printers trials, only the background and values are printed (rolled in a tube) issued 1973-94, Pick47, GEF to about UNC and scarce
Australia $100 uncut pair of obverse printers trials on blue paper, one note complete the other is 3/4 printed, issued 1984-96, Pick48, GEF to about UNC and scarce
Australia $20 uncut obverse printers trials on blue paper, one complete note & 1/4 of another to the left, also an embossed feature to the right, issued 1974-94, Pick46, edge wear, about EF and scarce
Italy Regie Finanze Torino (5) 50 lire 1765, 100 lire 1765, pair of horizontal uncut 50 lire & pair of vertical uncut 50 lire plus 200 lire 1746, all remainders, EF to UNC
Hungary 1852 Kossuth notes, uncut sheets x 3 of 1 forint (4 notes to sheet) Picks141r2, 2 forint (4 notes to sheet) Picks142r2 and 5 forint (3 notes t sheet) Picks143r2, all about UNC to UNC comes with informative leaflet
China (19) varied mixed grades includes 100 yuan 1949 aUNC, assorted Taiwan and unusual proof print on uncut playing card paper, damaged also Hong Kong HKSB $100 (2) 1983 &1987 about UNC and Mongolia (8) 10 tugrik to 10000 tugrik dated 2000 these all UNC
World assortment (90+) includes Russia 5 rubles 1898, 100 rubles 1898 (3) various Scottish £1 (15) all 1960-70 issues, Germanmilitary, USAuncut sheets of 4 notes both $1 and $2, viewing recommended
USA $1 (3) all CGA graded in plastic slabs, 1985 FRN (2) CU63 and 1985 error FRN CU64 this has green serials & some black print omitted from front but seen on reverse, also uncut pair of $2 dated 2003, top note only has bottom 1/4 remaining, all UNC
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