Bank of England presentation album C106Kentfield First prefixes and matching low number 500027 (serial numbers used for these sets only began at 500000), £5 R01, £10 KN01, £20 E01 and £50 E01 500027, UNC with certificate
Ten Pounds Kentfield HM70 001236 Queen's 70th Birthday originally part of the C120 set with the Five Pound Crown 1996 Silver Proof, UNC in the plastic holder
Ten Pounds Kentfield HM70 001686 Queen's 70th Birthday originally part of the C120 set with the Five Pound Crown 1996 Silver Proof, UNC in the plastic holder
page=Pastresults&searchterm=!Fifty+Pound&category=1&searchtype=1" rel="tag">Fifty Pounds and Ten Pounds matching serial numbers pair Kentfield PW50 000071 from the Prince of Wales 50th Birthday C133 set 1998 a maximum of 95 pairs exist (see notes in Duggleby page 314) UNC in the plastic holders as issued
Bank of England limited edition Triplet Set C134, Kentfield £5, £10 and £20 with matching serial numbers BE98 000209, about UNC to UNC, notes are loose but come with certificate
ERROR £1 PeppiattB260 issued 1948 series X56A 747321, missing the serial number at top right but two digits are printed on the reverse vertically, missing part of lower left corner, good Fine and a scarce Britannia type error
ERROR £10 FfordeB316 series A68 957504, has 3 matching serial numbers one below the other on the left side instead of only one, Pick376b, very rare to find any Fforde £10 as an error, Fine+
ERROR £10 GillB354 (2) a consecutive numbered run, series ET55 710951 & ET55 710 952, both have misplaced diagonal security threads on the outside of the notes, about UNC and unusual
ERROR £20 GillB355 (2) a consecutive pair issued 1988 series 27R 611817 & 27R 611818, both are missing major parts of design on front & back, light dirt marks, pressed VF to EF, scarce
ERROR £20 KentfieldB375 (2) issued 1993 a consecutively numbered pair series CB29 994415 & CB29 994416, print set to the left leaving a wide right side border, about UNC to UNC
Propagandaairdrop note issued by Germany WW2 over North Africa, £1 Peppiatt series H86D 729630 on face, Arabic on reverse (comes with a translation), about UNC to UNC
Dorsetshire General Bank £2 unissued dated 180x for William Fowler, William Good & Compy, (Outing 290c), cut cancelled with all of lower area missing, about UNC to UNC
Launceston Bank £2 unissued dated 18xx for John Cudlipp, George Collins Browne, Emanuel Harvey & John Hill, (Outing 1111c), small holes & mount marks, about EF
Macclesfield 10 shillings dated circa 1804-16 (date unclear) series No.A512 for Messrs Critchley & Turner Bankers (Outing1318-an unlisted type), Good and possibly the only one extant
Swaledale & Wensleydale Banking Company £20 dated 186x, unissued remainder, after date bill (Outing 1786c), mounting abrasions reverse, Perkins Bacon & Co. imprint, Fine
Weald of Kent Bank £1 dated 1813 series No.2951 for Argles, Bishop, Brenchley & Bishop, (Outing 608a), damage top left corner & some toning, an earlier uniface type, Fine
A collection in an album 10/- to £20 many in high grades and including Lion and Key Fives in high grades along with The Royal Mint Five Pounds Set and Ulster bank Presentation George Best £5
A collection in an album generally higher denominations £5 - £20 with some better prefixes such as Hollom £5 A01, and Gill £5 A01 includes some consecutive number runs, mixed grades many in high grades
Bank of England Applegarth & Cowper trial £5 circa 1821, "I Promise to pay Mr Henry Hase or bearer" at top, black with orange FIVE POUNDS at centre, Britannia at left & right, "Rippon" bottom centre, edge nicks & mount mark traces reverse GVF and scarce
Bank of England in an album and loose including consecutive runs and high denominations, along with Scottish issues these too containing higher denominatons, mixed graded but many in high grade
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
Twenty pounds PeppiattwhiteB243 dated 20th July 1936 series 52/M 30586, small stain & edge nick at top, (provenance ex-Colin Narbeth sale label attached), about VF and a scarcer high value
One Pound blue PeppiattB249A, Guernsey overprint 2Withdrawn from circulation September 18th 1941." series C63D 428817 (a recorded number), cleaned & pressed, good Fine to VF, scarce
Five Pounds O'Brien B280 (2) Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961, first series consecutive numbers H72 927817 & H72 927818, GEF
Five Pounds O'Brien B280 (4) Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961, consecutive numbered last series K44 446625 to K44 446628 (last prefix for this series only runs to K45), GVF to EF
Five Pounds O'Brien B280 (4) Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961, consecutive numbered series J98 219287 to J88 219290, GEF to about UNC
Five pounds FfordeB314 (2) issued 1967, a consecutively numbered pair, very 1st run series 01A 473205 & 01A 473206, about Unc to UNC, very scarce and especially as a pair
Fifty pounds SomersetB352 (2) issued 1981, a consecutively numbered pair, first run A01 697129 & A01 697130 (this second note has a tiny inked number on the face), Christopher Wren on reverse, about UNC
Allied Anti-German World War 2 airdrop note, Operation Trondheim, one side is a forged 50 Reichspfennig and the other side has derogatory anti-German propaganda ( "50 Pfennig heiss' ich---Dass Hitler ihm was schenkt"), mainly dropped over the Channel Islands & Norway, edge wear, VF and scarce
Allied Anti-German World War 2 airdrop note, Operation Trondheim, one side is a forged 50 Reichspfennig and the other side has derogatory anti-German propaganda ( "Ich bin Hitlers Arschwisch---Fur mich kaufen kann"), mainly dropped over the Channel Islands & Norway, good Fine and scarce
Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd promotional note c.1930s-40s, King Charles I vignette at centre, orange & brown, centre vignette of woman with cherubs on reverse, in original full sheet state on watermarked paper from Office Francais des Papiers Fiduciaires, almost UNC
Huddersfield Commercial Bank £1 dated 1816 series No.2923 for Benjamin & Joshua Ingham & Co., (Outing 1004b) small bankruptcy stamp on reverse (exhibited at the Rose & Crown Inn, Huddersfield dated 1819), edge nicks, Fine
Ilfracombe Bank £5 dated 1835, 2 unmatched halves taped together, left half series No.958 and right half series No.786 (Outing 1039a) overall Fine condition and a scarce type
Leeds Bank £5 proof, soft card overprinted SPECIMEN for Wm. Williams Brown, Charles Barr & Co. (Outing1130 for type), printers ink stains, about UNC to UNC
Isle of Wight Bank, Newport £10 Post Bill dated 1801 series No.6279 for James, John & Joseph Kirkpatrick (Outing 1533 for type), internal holes from ink corrosion, Fine
Isle of Wight Bank, Newport 5 guineas dated 1790 series No.5209 for Henry & John Roberts, Mark Gregory & Geo. Barton (Outing 1534 for type), signature area cut cancelled & edge damage, about Fine
Newport bank, Isle of Wight £10 sight note dated 1788 series No.1008, signature ink cancelled, split in 2 and pasted onto card (Outing 1534d for type), Good-VG, presentable and scarce
Ramsgate Old Bank One Pound, Nathaniel Austen & Son unissued (Outing 1766a) EF with some light foxing, Stockton on Tees Bank Five Pounds 1883 Jonathan Backhouse issue Fine, Darlington Bank £5 1889 , Jonathan Backhouse issue, cut cancelled, Fine
Rochester Watt's Charity warrant dated 1853, instructions to give four pence to travellers to pay for a Night's Lodging, series No.6, (Outing 3044), small centre hole, GEF
Bank of England and world group (18) plus assorted 19th Century USA cheques (13) includes face value GB £23 mostly high grade earlier Page £1s and Gill £5 (2), also includes a US probate document dated 1867
Bank of England banknote books printed by Debdens (5), gives information for the Stephenson £5, Dickens £10, Faraday £20, Wren £50 and the Houblon £50, as issued
Bank of Englandwhite £5 (4) PeppiattB255 series J99 dated 1945, Fine with clipped right edge, Peppiatt B264 (2) dated 1947 series L35 small tear & stains GVF & series M31 VF, BealeB270 dated 1952 series X94 faint inked number reverse VF
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