A collection of high grade current polymer issues 5 Pounds Winston Churchill (25), 10 Pounds Jane Austen (10), 20 Pounds Turner (22), 50 Pounds Turing (12) generally Unc with many consecutive runs and AA prefixes (£1265 face value)
Bank of England 1996 As Good as Gold Collection limited edition minisheet of 8 uncutKentfield £5 B364 notes C121, only 5,000 issued worldwide with UK being allocated only 200, series as follows: First Column - BH28 000511, BH27 000511, BH26 000511 & BH25 000511, Second Column - BH36 000511, BH35 000511, BH34 000511 & BH36 000511, UNC in the original folder of issue
Bank of England 1997 Hong Kong Handover Limited World Edition of only 10,000 minisheets of 12 uncutKentfield £5 B364 notes issued C122b, series prefix HK97, serial numbers as follows: First Column - 249832, 239832, 229832 & 219832, Second Column - 149832, 139832, 129832 & 119832 & Third Column - 049832, 039832, 029832 & 019832, UNC with certificate and in the original folder
Cheques (69) many perhaps the majority 19th century others early 20th century including USA State Bank 1815, Whitby Bank 1822, Charles Riber bank 1838, James Edaile 1799, Gosling and Sharpe 1843 mostly used with some unissued such as The London & Midland Bank LTS 189x, Bate and Robins 183x, Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank 18xx
One PoundBradbury 1914 First Issue T3.2 S/N B/32 11710, Fine one pin hole tiny edge tear top and a light brown stain, never the less a pleasant collectable example of this early type
TreasuryOne PoundBradburyT16 E/98 143444 Good Fine, Ten Shillings Warren Fisher red serial number T30 O/28 386044 Fine or better. B of E One Pound Peppiatt blue (2) F-VF, BealeB268 D46J 306915 VF, QE II portrait replacements (4) O'Brien B285 M17 346705 EF, HollomB290 10M 650165 Fine or better, FfordeB307 R71L 945107 Unc, PageB323 MS78 570565 Unc, QE II portrait AU-UNC Page (2) Fforde (1), from circulation generally VF-EF O'Brien (3), Hollom (2), Isaac NewtonSomerset DU39 prefix Unc, Ten Shillings Fforde B23N prefix GEF-AU
TreasuryOne PoundWarren Fisher F1/62 231884 about Fine a bank stamped sort code reverse, Peppiatt blues (2) prefix R18H and R27E these AU, Peppiatt green C98B VF small tear, J86A GVF. Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve Y28D EF
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
One Pound green Britannia PeppiattB238 1934 (7) these generally VF or better, Beale prefix E75J AU (light centre fold), O'Brien B273 (6) these mostly AU-Unc
Ten Shillings Seated Britannia Beale 1950 B265 prefix 92B EF, B266 last series D54Z 716921 EF, B267replacement prefix 21A EF, O'Brien 1955 B271 First Series D93Z 891628 GVF, B272 replacement prefix 43A EF along with Hollom Britannia in Medallion (2) replacement B296 M21 023982 and B295 mid series prefix 10A these AU-Unc a useful group
One Pound (5 )Seated Britannia Beale 1950 B268 (2 consecutives) E53C 121265 and 66 AU-Unc, B268 H09C 000219 VF, B269replacement LAST RUN S70S 258536 scarce EF penned number front, O'Brien 1955 B273 (2 consecutives) M86J 723181 and 182 Unc
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
O' Brien, One Pound 1955 Britannia front left B273 (2) prefix W98J and Z70J both Unc, QE II front B281 1960 (8) VF-Unc mostly Unc including A48 and A78 prefix and Y49 prefix (3 consecutives), B282 (5) mostly AU-Unc including 95A prefix and 2 consecutives, B284 B04N AU and B285 replacement M31 665765 AU. Ten Shillings B272 66A 328602 Replacement, Scarce GVF, B271 1955 (4) prefixes J74Y VF, Y87Y VF, Y15X VF and Z52Y VF small stain front, Seated Britannia in Medallion 1961 B286 (3) AU-Unc
Five Pounds (2) O'Brien Lion and Key H68 314924 GVF, Hollom Child Britannia A50 573931 Unc, One PoundCatterns U60 430344 GVF, Peppiatt blue prefix D81E Good Fine and N32E EF, Beale E77C 151680 AU, O'Brien seated Britannia L63K 217922 GVF Britannia in Medallion (3) O'Brien, Fforde and Hollom AU-Unc. Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve M88D 623220 EF, Beale Seated Britannia B266 last series D66Z 703934 Fine and Fforde Britannia in Medallion (2) AU-Unc
One Pound (3) Britannia in Medallion O'Brien B284 issued 1960 very first run B01N 324397 Fine, B289replacement M92 111333 GVF, B293 replacement with G reverse M22N 554689 EF with some faint staining
One PoundHollomB291 issued 1963, QE2 portrait at right, scarce replacement last series a spectacular run of 3 consecutives M08R 083259, 083260 and 083261, small flick only, about UNC to UNC, missing from most major collections
Hollom 10 Shillings 1963 B294 prefix S01 and Z04 and B295 19K Unc, B296replacement M34 468520 Unc, consecutive runs (12 notes) B295 57L 297781,82,83 and 84 and 42K 143064 through to 143071 these AU-Unc. One Pounds B288 (3) AU-Unc, B290 replacement 33M 525556 AU, B292 prefix D96T Unc and B293 replacement prefix M20N EF. Five Pounds B298 replacement M02 05704 VF and B297 (3) (2 consecutives) C40 767854 and 855 Unc or near so the other prefix C21 Unc. Ten Pounds 1964 B299 (2) prefix A09 AU (light centre fold) and A30 Unc
Seated Britannia issues One PoundPage (5 consecutives) prefix HW52 Unc, FfordeB301 AU, Page prefix DX36 AU and T31L Unc. Ten Shillings Fforde (9 consecutives) prefix C36N Unc along with Hollom 1963 B294 (3) these EF-Unc with two being consecutive
Hollom, Fforde and Page issues Ten Pounds Lion and Key Hollom first run A01 935464 GVF, Fforde (3 consecutives) A80 912901-903 EF-AU and A43 430413 Unc, Page B326 (5) these AU-Unc. Five Pounds Child Britannia (6) Hollom (4) 2 being consecutives these prefix C47 and AU then K15 and J75 these GVF-EF, Fforde prefix 53B AU and R37 VF
Fforde (31) Ten Shillings 1967 B307 (8) including consecutives, B310 (9) with two last series D13N and D15N, B311replacements (3) prefix M75, M79 and M80 (last run) these generally AU-Unc mostly Unc. One Pound 1967 B301 (2), B302 replacement M46R 888668 these Unc, B303 AU, B304 replacement M37N 819413 Unc, B305 (1), B306 replacement (2) S43M and S57M, B307 G notes (2) R41B and R79L, B308 G replacement N13M 177282 these Unc, a useful group
Fforde (11) Ten Shillings 1967 B309 first series (2) prefixes 61R and 66R VF or better, One PoundB301 (3) two being consecutives HZ prefix letters UNC, B301 first series B12Y 072274 Fine, B304 G reverse replacement M37N 543379 Fine, B305 prefix T49E AU, B320 with matching numbers 975499 prefixes Z66H and Z75H UNC and another X25K prefix UNC
PageOne Pound 1970 B320 (2), B321replacement X07M 632372, B322 (28) includes first and last series prefix AN58 and HZ04 and consecutive runs B323 replacements (2) prefix MR08 and MS61 these generally Unc or near so, Isaac NewtonB337 (8) some consecutive, B339 (26) 25 being consecutive, B340 (2) these Unc, ERROR B339 reverse green globe bottom right has a triangular shaped piece missing (like a chocolate orange half eaten) VF with some stains
One PoundPage Isaac NewtonB338 issued 1978 scarce replacement M01 181887 (M01 is the only prefix known for this type), Fine. B337 First Run A01 950000 GF-VF along with B337 (4) prefix A70 2 consecutives in Unc, D40 Unc and prefix U01 EF. B339 (3) Unc though one prefix 81X with a inked number front. B340 (3) prefix A11N 2 consecutives and COIN 478304 these Unc
Kentfield (19) Fifty Pounds (8) Houblon A21 442522 EF or better, Twenty Pounds Faraday prefix E43 and X32 both Unc, Ten Pounds Nightingale KN30 238131 GEF, Dickens prefix A09 and DD09 AU-UNC, Five Pounds Stephenson prefix T06 and AA29 AU-UNC. Somerset (5) Fifty Pounds Wren B47 726689 EF, Ten Pounds Nightingale prefix 38D GVF and CX10 VF, Five Pounds Wellington JY07 582991 GVF, Pound Isaac Newton BX47 984308 Unc. Page (6) Ten Pounds Lion and Key B01 606525 EF, Florence Nightingale J31 008408 GVF Pound Britannia in Medallion W43B 774167 AU Isaac Newton prefix A56 and 26L AU-UNC
Five Pounds Kentfield George Stephenson (4) prefix AK38 (2) and AA90 these three AU-UNC and prefix CJ38 an ERROR with a second QEII printed reverse Fine
Ten Pounds and Five Pounds Kentfield including first runs (7) Ten Pounds Charles DickensB366 first run A01 (2) 006519 AU-UNC and 222182 GVF, B369 first run DD01 001053 UNC. Five Pounds George StephensonB363 first run (2) AA01 006473 and 006519 UNC, AC02 000006 UNC and AK47 869610 AU
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