Ten Pounds HarveywhiteB209 dated 29th June 1920 series 62/V 92942, MANCHESTER branch issue, pinholes, inked numbers & bank stamps, VF and very scarce a pleasant example of this more than 100 year old type
Sheffield Bank Five Pounds 18xx Trial or Proof black and grey on white AU with some light stains has a firm back and close inspection suggests it may have been stuck onto card
West Riding Union Banking Company (Huddersfield) 5 Pounds Proof 18xx black on white vignette of town scene with smoking factories and church spires mountain behind Outing 1014 EF
ERROR - Fifty Pounds Kentfield QE2 and Sir John Houblon Silver Foil Tudor Rose B377 missing print ERROR a large section of the front right of the note is blank so the Queen appears to be peeping from behind a white curtain EF prefix H35
Five Pounds Fforde 1967 Child Britannia B313Replacement series M11 prefix about VF with 4 small holes and PageDuke of WellingtonB333 issued 1971 replacement series M04 prefix Fine along with One PoundPeppiatt blue B249 D13H prefix EF-AU, B250 issued 1940, scarce replacement series S04E 796561 VF an inked number in the front white circle, O'Brien Britannia B273 N88K AU
Five Pounds HarveywhiteB209a dated 5th July 1919 serial T/22 01191, Liverpool branch, Fine or better for overall wear but a small hole beneath Britannia, a seldom offered type especially dated prior to 1920
Bank of England promise to pay Mr Hase ONE POUND black on white and uniface presumed an early proof or trial from Henry Hase's time 1820s, bought as seen
Ten Pounds MahonwhiteB216f dated 9th March 1927 series 103/V 14886, a scarce MANCHESTER branch, Extremely Fine PMG 40 "minor ink" this being a faint number left of the signature
Five Pounds HarveyWhite note B209ad, Pick 312b LEEDS 4 Nov 1921 S/N U/67 90383 About Uncirculated PMG 55 "Papermakers Notch" as normal, Exceptionally Scarce note only the second B209ad we have offered
Mixed lot, 5 frames of notes which include Treasury Notes Bradbury and Fisher including a T31 first series A1/20 White notes Peppiatt and Beale and others, the grades not possible to ascertain accurately as the frames are sealed, along with bundles of world notes perhaps 300 these with just 3 types Philippines, Iran and Vietnam (lot, bought as seen)
Five Pounds O'Brien whiteB276 dated 11 November 1955 prefix B29A, Fine+. One Pound (6) Beale 1950 B268 (3) one with S/N T80B 000772, Page Britannia in Medallion (2) Isaac Newton (1), Ten Shillings (3) seated Britannia front left (2) Beale and O'Brien and Britannia in Medalion O'Brien generally F-VF along with Bulgaria 1951 issues (2) 25 and 50 Leva from circulation
Five Pounds PeppiattwhiteB264 dated 12th March 1947 series L63 006305, VF red inked annotation front top right and bank stamp reverse West Street Farnham
Five Pounds O'Brien White note B276 Thin paper Metal thread LONDON dated 8th September 1955 serial number A73A 031236, EF for wear with a stain reverse and perhaps cleaned leaving a small hole at centre
Books that once held Specimen bank notes (2) the first of a pre war style black with gold embossed lettering on the front in three lines SPECIMENS OF BANK NOTES. WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED. LONDON WALL LONDON this in heavily used condition with the hard backed front cover detached. The second Bradbury Wilkinson blue hard cover with their logo embossed in gold, the first inside page has promotional narrative in English and French, back inside cover has, in the style of a bank note, a blue and white image of their building with the narrative HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS BRADBURY WILKINSON & Co. Ltd NEW MALDEN SURREY ENGLAND, this in good second hand condition (must go lot, so offered here without reserve)
Five Pounds whiteNairne, B208b dated January 11 1913, LEEDS branch, S/N 29/T 54364 probably nearer VF than Fine some light dirt small bank stamp "1422" front centre and a penned signature reverse, pleasing and bold for this early type
Five Pounds PeppiattwhiteB255 thick paper dated 31st October 1944 S/N E51 087068 VF multiple bankers stamps on the back including OTTOMAN BANK London Agency
ERROR - Ten Pounds Somerset Florence Nightingale 1980 B347 S/N 20C 601054 some of the colours missing so the reverse with all the text but missing the darker orange colours so a good part of the note white, the reverse similar and here the figures in the hospital look like ghosts walking on air as the floor area is white or blank AU-Unc and highly unusual
Error - Ten Shillings O'Brien B271 S/N R68Y 361384 the reverse as normal but the front with a peculiar blue underprint which brings out in white outline the helmeted head watermark GVF and most unusual
Five Pounds PeppiattwhiteB255 thick paper dated 11th December 1944 serial E86 054585, a high grade example with no sign of circulation but has a line of discolouration at the edges
ERROR - Five Pounds PageDuke of Wellington (2) prefix 24Z with an odd shaped white area of missing print front, prefix 57S dark blue ink smudge covers half the front of the note AU-UNC
ERROR - One PoundSomerset Isaac Newton (3) prefix DW03 wavy white line runs down the front, prefix DY20 green smudge front some of which covers QEII, prefix AY37 with a blue and white strip right front edge AU-UNC
Five Pounds HarveywhiteB209a dated 1 March 1922 serial C/81 21917, Ex Noonan's 26-27 May 2022 Lot 131 their grade original very fine, the note does however have a few tiny pinholes and very minor discolouration at the edges, pleasant and collectable never the less
ERROR - One PoundPage seated Britannia uniface nothing printed on the reverse which is blank white AU watermark clear, tiny black spot front right edge
ERROR - Five Pounds SomersetDuke of WellingtonB343 issued 1980 (2) ES64 prefix this totally miscut so the bottom of a second note visible at the top EF and prefix NB12 with a horizontal white strip top to bottom both sides Fine
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
ERROR - Five Pounds PageDuke of Wellington (2) prefix 58Y with an oblong section of missing print front EF, prefix BR70 with a narrow white and blue streak running down the front VF
Five Pounds BealewhiteB270London 19th April 1951 serial number U43 082016 Pick344 VF penned number lower left corner, pencilled number at the top and bank stamp reverse
Provincial unissued so undated, without serial numbers and unsigned (4) BirminghamFive Pounds Spooner and Attwood, Walsall Old Bank Ten Pounds Stevenson and Salto 18XX, Attwoods Spooner and Co black and whitetrials or under printed paper (2) these with ATTWOODS, SPOONER & CO over logo comprising circles this over large denomination letters one being FIVE the other TEN both uniface all EF or better as issued
Five Pounds PeppiattwhiteB241 dated 12th March 1942 series C/233 38293, penned numbers on the top front, VF right hand corner detached as often, 1942 dated white notes are seldom offered
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