Northern IrelandNorthern Bank Limited SPECIMEN set 1st October 1968 (3) comprising 10 Pounds no serial number prefix N-I/OO signature E.D. Hill and red overprint SPECIMEN over signature and on reverse lower right. The note in black and white on red underprint . 50 Pounds no serial number prefix N-I/B no signature and red overprint SPECIMEN on signature margin and lower right on reverse. The note in black and white on blue underprint. 100 Pounds no serial number prefix N-I/BB no signature and red overprint SPECIMEN on signature margin and lower right on reverse. The notes feature a sailing ship, plough and man at grindstone at upper centre and reverse blue with bank initials and value and printers imprint at lower centre. In order of listing Pick 181s, 185s and 186s (Blake-Callaway NR 81,84 and 86). All three notes UNC and Exceptionally scarce issues especially in this high grade
USA (2) 1 DollarTreasury Legal Tender Note Pick 128 dated 1st August 1862 SalmonPortland Chase, "National Bank Note Company" and "American Bank Note Company" printed above lower border on front , with ABNC monogram at centre right on front, left serial number positioned left of seal 35162 VF or near so with light staining at left edge, small pinhole at centre and tiny edge nick along fold at edge upper left but not excessive and not extending to design. Scarce issue. Along with 1 Dollar US Treasury Silver Certificate Blue Seal George Washington portrait Pick 342 signed Speelman & White 1923 about VF with few light rust marks
Africa (20) mostly high grade early and modern issues 1900's onwards from South Africa (15) comprising scarcer issues such as Southwest Africa 1 pound Pick 11 dated 16th September 1955 serial number No SW/1 1092539, red on multicolour waterfall to lower right and value on red and green guilloche at centre on obverse and antelopes on reverse, also 1 PoundPick 84c 11th April 1938 serial number A/68 794167 and 1 Pound Pick 84f 16th April 1947 serial number A/68 794167 and a Gouvernements Noot 1 Pound white note with manuscript signatures and date 1st April 1901 No. 33766A. And along with Rwanda Banque Nationale du Rwanda 1960-70s issues (5) denominations include 20, 50, 100 and 500 Francs. Scarce
Northern IrelandNorthern Bank Limited Belfast 1 Pounds (3) comprising Pick 178a (Blake-Callaway NR 67) Red serial number N-I/F 048597 dated 1st August 1929 signed H.H.Stewart about VF. Along with Pick 178b (Blake-Callaway NR 68) (2) Black serial number N-I/H 028923 and N-I/H 028164 both dated 1st January 1940 and signed F.W.White and about UNC - UNC. The notes in black and feature a blue guilloche at centre and sailing ship, plough and man at grindstone at upper centre. Printed and engraved by Perkins, Bacon & Co Ltd London
ScotlandBank of Scotland5 PoundsWhite Borders ESSAY dated 14th August 1962 serial number 10/N 1234 signatures Bilsland for Governor & Watson for Treasurer with 4 punchhole cancels across the signatures and blue SPECIMENoverprint diagonally across obverse and reverse with design similar to that of Pick 106 (Calloway-Murphy BA 107b). The note with white border margins and in light blue and light brown with medallion at centre, arms and unicorns at left and value in wording in black panels at upper centre left and right in addition to the numerical ones to lower of the note on obverse and reverse in light brown with sailing ship at right, arms at centre and values in words in each 4 corners. Despite the introduction of solid £5 symbols it appears that the public continued to confuse £1 and £5 notes so renewed experimentation with the colours of the £5 notes was undertaken. In 1963 it was agreed to prepare essays in blue to reflect the chosen colour of Bank of England £5 notes. UNC and an Exceptionally Scarce and seldom seen issue
USA National Currency Blue seal Large series 1902 Issues (3) in Good - Fine comprising 5 Dollars The Commercial Bank of Youngstown Ohio Ben Harrison portrait dated 22nd May 1920 Charter 2482 serial number 54022 upper signatures Elliott & Burke. 5 Dollars El PasoNational BankTexas Ben Harrison portrait dated 6th June 1925 Charter 12769 serial number 343 upper signatures Speelman & White. 10 Dollars The Norfolk National Bank Virginia dated 27th June 1905 Charter S3368 serial number 139428 upper signatures Lyons & Roberts. Scarce and sought after issues
Northern Ireland, Belfast Banking Company Limited £1 dated 9th Nov.1939 series E/M 6874, Keith signature, Pick126b, faint flick only, about UNC to UNC. The note in black and white with arms top centre with bank title below, value lower left and right and in blue tablet at centre, ornate border, reverse featuring a blue panel with bank title and value
Northern IrelandNorthern Bank Limited Belfast 10 Pounds Pick 181b (Blake-Callaway NR 76) (2) Black serial numbers N-I/F 06498 dated 1st August 1940 manuscript signature W.F. Scott original and presentable about EF - EF along with N-I/G 06248 dated 1st September 1940 manuscript signature A.P. Tibbey original and presentable GVF - about EF. The note in black and white on red underprint and feature a sailing ship, plough and man at grindstone at upper centre and reverse blue with bank initials and value. Printed and engraved by Perkins, Bacon & Co Ltd London. VF - GVF scuffed at right.
Northern IrelandUlster Bank Limited 50 Pounds Pick 310 (Blake-Calloway UB51) dated 1st June 1929 red serial number 1840 manuscript signature of R.M.B. Harrison, black and white with value in blue at centre, ship top centre on obverse and Uniface. VG - about Fine
Northern IrelandNorthern Bank Limited Belfast 10 Pounds Pick 181c (Blake-Callaway NR80) Red serial number N-I/N 08728 dated 1st November 1943 manuscript signature H.J. Craig original and fresh about UNC - UNC and formerly PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated but removed from holder comes with the PMG label. The note in black and white on red underprint and feature a sailing ship, plough and man at grindstone at upper centre and reverse blue with bank initials and value and printers imprint at lower centre. Printed and engraved by Perkins, Bacon & Co Ltd London. Our research could find a similar note only a few numbers away series N-I/N 08738 i
Northern IrelandUlster Bank Limited 50 Pounds Pick 319 (Blake-Calloway UB60) dated 1st January 1943 red serial number 5052 manuscript signature of Niblock, black and white with value in blue at centre, ship and allegorical symbols top centre on obverse and building on reverse. Fine - about VF
World (10) a mixed group in high grades GEF to UNC comprising Japan War Bonds (2) 1942 (Showa 18.2) "Battle Flags" design SB-3303 Printed in red, orange and black Uncancelled No. 085123 some pencilled letters and SB-3302 Green/White Printed in Japanese with nice vignettes of a tank, battleship, planes and the infamous rising sun Japanese flag Litho Uncancelled some pencilled letters. Laos 100 Kip (2) Pick 6a ND (1957) King Sisavang Vong, vessel of the Constitution & Ho Phra Keo temple, Vientiane; woman. Yugoslavia 100 Dinara (3) Pick 27b dated 1st December 1929 "Serbia", Belgrade & Sailing boats, man, arms Watermark: Alexander I. Peru 10 Soles de Oro Pick 75 dated 17th February 1955 Liberty & Arms. China 1 YuanPick 216a Dr. Sun Yat-sen & Palace of China, Peking. Angola1000 EscudosPick 108 dated 10th June 1973 Luiz de Camoes & Duque de Braganca (today Kalandula) waterfalls
Northern IrelandNorthern Bank Limited Belfast 10 Pounds Pick 181a (Blake-Callaway NR 75) Red serial number N-I/A 09295 first date type 1st January 1930 manuscript signature H.J. Craig. The note in black and white on red underprint and feature a sailing ship, plough and man at grindstone at upper centre and reverse blue with bank initials and value. Printed and engraved by Perkins, Bacon & Co Ltd London. Fresh and original GVF - about EF. Scarce
Northern IrelandNorthern Bank Limited Belfast 10 Pounds Pick 181d (Blake-Callaway NR81) Black serial number N-I/OO 01637 dated 1st October 1968 signature E.D. Hill original and fresh GEF - about UNC. The note in black and white on red underprint and feature a sailing ship, plough and man at grindstone at upper centre and reverse blue with bank initials and value and printers imprint at lower centre. Printed and engraved by Perkins, Bacon & Co Ltd London.
World (32) a group in mixed circulated grades mostly Bank of England issues along with Jersey 1 Pound 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of Jersey Pick 25a and RussiaSoviet Union 10 Rubles Pick 240 (15) issued 1991 and Brass 1 Kopek Coins Y# 126a (5) dates include 1976, 1977, 1982 and 1990 (2). Bank of England comprises Five PoundsWhite notes in frames (2) BealeB270 dated 3rd August 1951 series V35 087337 and O'Brien B275 dated 2nd May 1955 series Z61 019938 with rustmarks and inked numbers on reverse. Ten Shillings Beale B266 Red/Brown issue 1950 series T36Z 193642 and One Pounds Beale Green (2) B268 issued 1950 prefixes A86C & W26B. Ten Shillings O'Brien B271 Red/Brown issue 1955 series Y82Y 314529 and One Pound O'Brien Green B273 issue 1955 series B15K 555805. One Pounds Somerset QE2 & Sir Isaac NewtonB341 issued 1981 prefixes DX84, DU60, DT74 and DY13.
Northern IrelandNorthern Bank Limited Belfast 10 Pounds Pick 181a (Blake-Callaway NR 75) Red serial number N-I/C 02860 dated 1st May 1936 manuscript signature J.F. Robinson. The note in black and white on red underprint and feature a sailing ship, plough and man at grindstone at upper centre and reverse blue with bank initials and value. Printed and engraved by Perkins, Bacon & Co Ltd London. VF - GVF with 2 small pinholes at centre. Rare
Northern IrelandNorthern Bank Limited Belfast 10 Pounds Pick 181a (Blake-Callaway NR 75) Red serial number N-I/E 09377 dated 1st January 1940 manuscript signature H.J. Craig. The note in black and white on red underprint and feature a sailing ship, plough and man at grindstone at upper centre and reverse blue with bank initials and value. Printed and engraved by Perkins, Bacon & Co Ltd London. VF - GVF scuffed at right. Scarce
Philippines (54) a collection in a white album, 1936 - 2000 comprising many different issues some of which Guerrilla money, WW2 Emergency issues and Japanese Occupation Currency. Various grades VG - UNC some punch hole cancelled, some with VICTORY overprint on reverse, and some with inked lettering. An interesting collection
Scotland (2) Bank of Scotland £2 modern pull plate A Callaway & Murphy BA57 UNC. Along with North of Scotland Bank Limited, reverse proof £1 on card, ND (ca 1882), blue and white, arms at centre as reverse on Calloway & Murphy NS16a, Douglas 10 for type Scarce EF and Scarce
Northern IrelandNorthern Bank Limited Belfast 5 Pounds (2) comprising Pick 179a (Blake-Callaway NR 69) Red serial number N-I/a 12252 dated 6th May 1929 signed S.W.Knox about VF Blue underprint. Along with Pick 180b (Blake-Callaway NR 73) Black serial number N-I/P 03763 dated 1st January 1943 and signed F.W.White good Fine with faint surface dirt left and right Green underprint. Both of the notes in black and feature a sailing ship, plough and man at grindstone at upper centre Printed and engraved by Perkins, Bacon & Co Ltd London
Australia, Australian Joint Stock Bank, Fifty PoundsSPECIMEN printer's proof by Perkins Bacon & Co., black and white uniface, Brisbane branch 18xx, pencil notation "31st January 1857" in lower margin, corners removed, SPECIMEN stamped in black at signatures, tiny edge nick, large stain top and bottom otherwise extremely fine and very rare.
ScotlandBritish Linen Bank 1 Pound PROOF, dated 26th February 1897, black and white uniface PROOF signed P. Martine, printer Perkins Bacon & Co. Ltd., printed on thin card, brown paper residue from previous mounting at corners on reverse, three punch holes at bottom, generally crisp, clean Uncirculated
USA $5 National Currency dated 24th April 1922 series Z929968E, (Charter 64), The First WisconsinNational Bank of Milwaukee, Speelman & White signatures at top plus 2 manuscript signatures at bottom, Pick not listed (Friedberg 609--S-1356), GVF
USA Federal Reserve Note $10 series 1914, blue seal series G74458600A, signed White & Mellon, Pick360b (Friedberg 931B issued in Chicago), GEF to about UNC
IrelandUlster Bank Limited £1 proof dated 1st December 1902, black and white, 60 branch names at left and right, Pick376 for type Blake Callaway UB 27), perforated C.SKIPPER & EAST, about UNC to UNC
ScotlandBank of Scotland black & white thin paper proof dated 8th July 1875, Perkins, Bacon & Co. printers, Pick65 for type, mount marks and taped corner on reverse, EF+
ChinaBank of Communications (10) 10 yuan issued Tientsin 1927 series A090842T, Pick147Ca, Fine, 100 yuan issued 1942 series Q985779, train and ship, Pick165, edge dirt reverse, VF+, 25 yuan issued 1941 series D370168, Pick160a, Fine with a small ABNC original black & white print of the centre vignette showing a Zeppelin, ship, train etc. 5 yuan issued Shanghai 1927 series B015199S, Pick146B, Fine, 5 yuan issued Shantung 1927 series C118084L, Pick146Ca, about Fine, 5 yuan issued Tientsin 1927 series A340921T, Pick146D, ink marks, pressed Fine, obverse proof issued 1931, Specimen overprint in black & perforated in English and Chinese, serial number S000336A, uniface, mount marks reverse, Pick148s1 for type, about EF, obverse proof issued SHANTUNG 1927, Specimen overprint in black & perforated in English and Chinese, uniface with red overprint SPECIMEN No.1985 on reverse and some ink smudges, 2 punch holes, Pick145Bs for type, about UNC, reverse Specimen proof issued FENGTIEN 1927,uniface with overprint SPECIMEN No.1559 on the front side, 2 punch holes, Pick145s for type, faint stains, GEF, 50 yuan issued 1942 seriesM490815, steam train at left, Pick164a, edge wear, Fine
Scotland group of 19th & 20th century black & white part-proofs (10), all top sections with dates showing, Bank of Scotland dated 1868 & 1873 and British Linen Bank dates from 1876 to 1901, mount marks reverse, mostly EF to about UNC
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
Argentina original black & white hand engraving for the reverse of Banco Central 10 peso 1943-63 (No.179 top right corner), comes with a 10 peso Pick270a as an example, about UNC
ScotlandNational Bank part proofs or trials (9) dates from 1926 to 1955, all black & white small size segments of banknotes with printers remarks, EF or better
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
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
ScotlandBritish Linen Bank part proofs or trials (6) dates from 1929 to 1959, all black & white small size segments of banknotes with printers remarks, EF or better
Scotland and English Provincial part proofs or trials (7) all black & white small size segments of banknotes or vignettes with printers remarks, 1 larger size has Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company Limited in circle, some edge damage to this one, EF or better
IrelandProvincial Bank of Ireland £10 black & white proof dated 10th November 1880, signature cut cancelled, (PR54), mount marks reverse & a few edge nicks, about EF
Five PoundsBealeWhite 16 August 1951 circulated as part of a large collection in an album denominations up to £20 including Scottish and Irish Banks and some general world issues (lot)
Scotland National Bank of Scotland £1 dated 11th Nov.1873, black & white proof on paper, light stains with mount marks & paper residue on reverse, similar to Pick236, almost UNC
Scotland £10 Specimen of 1832 issued by The Royal Bank of Scotland and payable to Robert Sym Wilson the then secretary of the bank, printed on steel plates by W.H.Lizars, red on white uniface lion head either side EF rare and unlisted
IrelandOne PoundProvincial Bank of Ireland Limited 1st January 1916 blue on white stained at top centre serial S56164 signature uncertain ragged area left hand side Very Good and rare
Scotland The British Linen Company One Pound uniface card Proof issue Edinburgh 22 Sept 1898 black and grey on white coat of arms with lion and unicorn at the top EF evidence of once being mounted reverse and with three punch holes at the bottom
Ireland - Ulster Bank LTD One Pound SPECIMEM uniface black on white galleon above without blue underprint 1920 SPEC+D350IMEN CHARLES SKIPPER & EAST 49 GT TOWER ST EC 3 stamped in black obvese aU
Indiaerrors (2) 5 rupeesPick80 no reverse print, red stripe down front centre EF, 50 rupeesPick84, large piece of extra paper at bottom, tears into centre, Fine, plus Pakistan 1000 rupee error Pick43, large fold split in design causing white stripe down centre right, pinholes, VF
Bill of Exchange for £112 4th September 1793 black on white ten day period payable to Mathew Brackenbury signed W Dunn for London bankers punched redemption hole at bottom clean VF and interesting
Indiaerrors (2) 5 rupeesPick80 no reverse print, red stripe down front centre EF, 50 rupeesPick84, large piece of extra paper at bottom, tears into centre, Fine, plus Pakistan 1000 rupee error Pick43, large fold split in design causing white stripe down centre right, pinholes, VF
New Zealand Bank of Australasia £50 black & white proof, Dunedin issue, PickS115 for type, Perkins & Bacon printers, mount marks reverse & some staining, about EF and scarce
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