Macau original artwork for 500 patacas unadopted design, an unfinished coloured drawing of the reverse in pencil, shows bridge & city view at bottom & serial number M/000000, EF and unusual
New Zealand 10 shillings (3) all Captain Cook portrait at right signed R. N. Fleming, first series 0L 994034 Pick158c without metal thread aVF and series 7L 722719 EF and 7Y 698109 gFine, both with thread Pick158d
Scotland Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Limited £100 dated 2nd May 1951, low number series A001121, Pick194a, 2 teller folds, EF to GEF and scarce
Scotland National Commercial Bank £100 dated 16th September 1959 series A017553, Pick268a, light surface dirt & a tiny inked number top edge, good Fine and a scarce high value
Scotland, Specimencheques (3) from The Union Bank of Scotland for Coatbridge, Glasgow and Paisley dated 18--, printed by Perkins, Bacon & Co. London. VF
Scotland, The Western Bank of Scotland £1 dated 1831 series No.360/105, heavy wear & holes in design, imprinted revenue stamp, Douglas 1, an early issue with 4 bank names around edges, only Good but very rare
South Africa Montagu Bank £5 unissued remainder dated 18xx (c.1860s), Cape of Good Hope, Pick s231, usual 3 staple holes at left edge of blank counterfoil, slight edge toning, about UNC to UNC
USAOne Dollar 1886 issue Pick 321 Martha Washington portrait, Good, in a large glass photo frame along with sepia photograph and stamps and a depiction of each countries head of state, these circa 1910-1920
World banknote group includes 90 assorted Cuban Foreign Exchange certificate, USA $1, $2, $5 and $10 date 1995 UNC, also Egypt, Scotland and other world
World in album (80) includes East Caribbean States, Mexico, Bank of Africa 1910 exchange note issued in Kimberley (edge damage), Bermuda 5 shillings 1952 Fine, selection of test notes, Hungarian Fund $1 1852, also a 1972 edition of Air-dropped Propaganda Currency by R. G. Auckland, viewing recommended
World in album pages a mixed group with some earlier better types such as GB White Five and Treasury issues, some unusual Far East, and German and more (lot) mixed grades
World in two shoeboxes generally from circulation with some heavy duplication of modern Chinese and including a few Banknotes of all Nations issues in presentation floders (lot)
Austria International Refugee Organisation (IRO) Payment Certificates (3) issued 1945, 1 Unit, 5 units and 10 units, (Schwann & Boling 181 to 183), slight corner & edge wear, EF or better
Bradbury Wilkinson reverse unfinished trial proof, circa 1907, Asian or Middle Eastern design (Bank and country need verifying), rectangular pink, green and multicoloured, stuck to thin paper from a book page.
Bradbury Wilkinson reverse unfinished trial proof, circa 1907, large rectangular orange & multicoloured design, both Country and Bank need verifying, stuck to thin paper from a book page.
Bradbury Wilkinson reverse unfinished trial proof, circa 1907, rectangular orange & multicoloured design, both Country and Bank need verifying, stuck to thin paper from a book page.
Bradbury Wilkinson reverse unfinished trial proof, value of TEN and £10, circa 1907, ( British Colonial design, Bank of issue and country needs verifying ), light stains and printers pencil annotations, stuck to thin paper from a book page
Bradbury Wilkinson reverse unfinished trial proof, value of TWENTY, circa 1907, (British Colonial design, Bank of issue and country needs verifying), piece missing at bottom, printers pencil annotations, stuck to thin paper from a book page
Burundi1000 francs colour trial in brown dated 1.6.1975, Specimen No.172 series A000000, Pick25ct,punch hole cancelled, small edge flick, about UNC to UNC, scarce
China10 yuan local currency black & white reverse proof or pull, 2 women at centre, Venice and gondolas at left with Chinese junk at right, uniface, small cuts at each side, EF
China, a Bradbury Wilkinson reverse unfinished trial proof, value of $10 or 10 yuan circa 1907, (Bank of issue needs verifying), printers annotations in pencil, faint foxing, stuck to thin paper from a book page.
China, a Bradbury Wilkinson reverse unfinished trial proof, value of $5 or 5 yuan circa 1907, (Bank of issue needs verifying), printers annotations in pencil, faint foxing, stuck to thin paper from a book page.
China, a Bradbury Wilkinson reverse unfinished trial proof, value of 10 Dollars in English & Chinese in the underprint, circa 1907, (Bank of issue needs verifying), stuck to thin paper from a book page.
China, a Bradbury Wilkinson reverse unfinished trial proof, value of 100 Dollars in English & Chinese in the underprint, circa 1907, (Bank of issue needs verifying), pink & multicoloured, stuck to thin paper from a book page.
China, a Bradbury Wilkinson reverse unfinished trial proof, value of 50 Dollars in English & Chinese in the underprint, circa 1907, (Bank of issue needs verifying), stuck to thin paper from a book page.
CubaSpecimen notes (52) all different date types from 1960s to 1990s, 1 peso (17), 3 pesos (5), 5 pesos (10), 10 pesos (13), and 20 pesos (7), mostly UNC
East African Currency Board 5 shillings dated 1st October 1957, QE2 portrait at right, series M87 59375, Pick33, possibly lightly pressed but looks UNC
Egypt National Bank £50 (27) all dated 21-8-2007, a consecutive numbered run (except for one note), Pick66e for type (this date not listed as yet), UNC
France Chamber of Commerce and local town issues in album (72) all different types dating from 1914 to 1920s, many different towns and cities and quite a few private issues, the majority are all high grades EF to UNC, viewing well recommended
Germany Democratic Republic (9) all dated 1948, Deutsche Notenbank 50 Deutsche pfennig to 1000 Deutsche Mark, all have 7 digit serial numbers, Pick8b to Pick16a, mostly UNC
Greece 500,000,000 drachmai dated 19.9.1944 series ΑΠ 406686, Pick162, Provisional Treasury issue NAUPLIA (ovpt on Pick119), 1cm edge tear, Fine+ and a Rare key note (only 1000 notes issued from series ΑΠ 406001 to 407000).
India1 rupee dated 1917 series B/37 899806 with Gubbay signature, Pick1g, this series with the B prefix was the earlier type issued for Bombay, washed & pressed, small holes & rust marks, Fine
Ireland & USA issued bank cheques (17) includes Northern Banking Company issued Belfast 1864, various duplicated Bank of Ireland issued Dundalk 1920s to 1950s, a Belfast receipt dated 1913, mostly VF or better
Ireland Currency CommissionPloughman £1 dated 6-11-35 for The Hibernian Bank Limited, series 14HA 067043 signed Joseph Brennan & H.J. Campbell, Pick14a (Blake/Callaway CHB 1), cleaned & pressed, Fine+
Ireland National Bank Currency Commission £5 ploughman dated 6-5-29 series 02NK 002737, Pick27, cleaned & pressed, very faint writing on reverse, good Fine and scarce
Ireland Republic Currency Commission 10 shillings warcode letter H dated 1940 series 50F 028410 Pick1C and Central Bank issue dated 1949 series 60L 000921 Pick56b1, both pressed, look EF or better
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
Lebanon Banque De Syrie Et Du Liban 10 Livres 1939 First Issue P17 excessively rare type with no price given in Pick, US auctioneers Stacks+Bowers&category=2&searchtype=1">Stacks Bowers Galleries sold a similar note in their March 2011 Baltimore Auction lot 11328 for US $16,520 their note was graded F 15 and they state only 5 pieces of this type are thought to exist, this note we offer looks better a nice Fine one tiny tear right edge does not detract
Libya Central Bank 10 dinars issued 1972 (11) a consecutively numbered run series A/30 783254 to A/30 783264, Omar EL Mukhtar at left and Arabic inscription bottom right, Pick37b, mostly UNC
Libya Central Bank 10 dinars issued 1972 (13) a consecutively numbered run series A/45 063431 to A/45 063443, Omar EL Mukhtar at left and Arabic inscription bottom right, Pick37b, one is GEF the rest mostly UNC
Lithuania, a Bradbury Wilkinson reverse unfinished trial proof, value of 1000 litu, circa 1907, (an unadopted early design with an extra strip of coloured print), printers pencil annotation, stuck to thin paper from a book page.
New Zealand 20 shillings Postal Note dated 1927 series No.A 094778, without counterfoil & date stamped on left side only, large repaired tears, Good due to tears but paper presentable and an early date type
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