One Pounds QE II portrait a collection in an album Britannia in Medallion stretching back to O'Brien (95), Page Isaac Newton (50) includes A01 000657 AU with a small stain includes consecutives and replacements. Along with a two Pounds O'Brien Fantasy and BAFs (7)
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
One PoundPeppiatt (9) B239 1934 (3) 2 being consecutives AU, B260 First Series S83A EF, Blue Shades B249 (5) 3 consecutives AU (2 with faint stains), and (2 consecutives) AU
One PoundPeppiattB239B issued 1941 Guernsey Ovpt "Withdrawn from circulation November 10th 1941" with full stop after 1941 both sides E03A 007221 VF light stains and scarce
One Pound Green PeppiattB239C Type C Full stop after year reverse only. Guernsey overprint "Withdrawn from Circulation November 10th, 1941.", E15A 781229 VF light stains
One PoundPeppiatt Facsimile German Propaganda Note dropped on North Africa 1942 similar design to B249 Peppiatt Second Period Emergency issue series H86D 729630. Rommel Arabic text on reverse EF and unusual in high grade
One PoundPeppiatt 1948 B258 1st Run R01A 942626 VF light dirt and a seldom offered prefix (this being just the second example we have offered the first in LCA 184 Lot 57 about EF realised £320)
One PoundBealeB269 issued 1950, very first replacement series S10S 097868 VF light dirt (rare, only the 2nd example we have offered the first in 2015 LCA 149 Lot 123 pressed EF realised £220)
One Pounds (11) an unusual group of -99- prefixes Peppiatt Blue B249 (2) A99D AU and A99H EF. BealeB268 (5) E99B VF, K99B VF, K99B 819220 EF, M99C VF and X99C VF. O'Brien B273 (4) issued 1955 A99K AU with a stain reverse, R99K EF with a small stain, U99K EF and W99K VF light dirt
British Armed Forces 6 pence issued 1946 with "ISSUED IN HM SHIPS AFLOAT FOR USE IN NAAFI CANTEENS ONLY" overprint-(used by T Force in Japan), PickM10b, VF and scarce
Bank of England limited edition presentation pack C170, Lowther 1st prefixes, £5 HA01 001084, £10 AA01 001084 & £20 AA01 001084, UNC in the pack of issue
Error - One PoundFforde QE II Portrait 1966 B305 S/N S34D 821088 very large extra paper flap extending straight up at the right which has a second QE II portrait and second serial number (S34D 801088) AU
Errors One Pounds Green Britannia (4) O'Brien B273 (3) prefix C59K Fishtail at top left VF with an inked number front corner, B84K misaligned so a very thin border at the bottom Fine, the third with a very faint serial number AU. BealeB268 with a smudge above ENGLAND VF
Derby & Derbyshire Banking Company Fifty Pounds undated and unsigned No. C689 Outing 675 VF and pleasant when looked at from the front, a jagged line runs down the plain reverse where possibly once repaired
Falmouth Bank One Pound One Shilling (Guinea) 180x unissued remainder without signature or serial number EF with some light small blue marks front scarce Outing 773
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
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
Bahamas Young QE II portrait (1953) (3) 10 Shillings Sweeting and Bethel Pick 14c AU but with two areas of adhesive staining reverse 4 Shillings (2) both about Fine
Bermuda QE II Young Portrait (4) 10 Shillings and 5 Shillings both 1.5.1957 both Unc but both with evidence of adhesive reverse, along with 10 Shillings 20.10.1952 Fine and 1.5.1957 VG
British Caribbean TerritoriesOne Dollar red QEII young portrait at right Pick 7 (5) 5.1.1953 VG, 2.1.1959 (2) VF and Fine and both with stains reverse, 1.7.1960 EF-AU some staining reverse, 2.1.1962 VF but 4 mount marks reverse
Ceylon5 Rupees 1 November 1948 black on whiteGeorge VI facing portrait at left Government of Ceylon a set of two PMG graded items as front and back archival photographs S/N 000000 uniface, both graded by PMG as Choice Uncirculated 64 and attributed by PMG as "Front Archival Photograph" and "Back Archival Photograph"
Fiji Young QEII at right (3) 5 Pounds 1.9.1959 Fine with some inked annotations, 1 Pound 1.12.1961 VF, 10 Shillings 1.12.1961 aVF all with evidence of having been mounted on the 4 corners reverse
France 50 Nouveaux Francs on 5,000 Francs 30-10-1958 Pick 139a VF multiple pinholes, top right corner missing along with 50 Francs 7-6-1962 VF with a small tear top edge and 10 Nouveaux Francs 6-4-1961 Fine with pinholes
GermanyReichsbanknote (2 )100 Mark Pick 22 (Rosenberg 20) dated 17th April 1903 serial number 5036701 A, VG. Along with Germany Reichsbanknote 2 Billion Mark Pick 135a (Rosenberg 132a) dated 5th November 1923 watermark variety G/D in stars and serial number with star at the end, prefix MM-49 034555 *, Fine
Isle of Man Bank of Mona One Pound (Branch of the City of Glasgow Bank) a hoard (88) of issued notes many dated 1859, all Poor and damaged with the bottom half of the note missing with the tear normally through the ONE POUND denomination
Malaya and British Borneo5 Dollars green young QE II 21 March 1953 (2) prefix A/14 Fine and A/10 VF light dirt reverse along with Dollar 1 March 1959 about Fine
Saudi Arabia (6) AH1379 50 Rials Pick 14 Fine small inked number reverse, 10 Rials Pick 13 nEF, 1 Rial Pick 11 signature 2 and signature 3 both Fine and 1 Rial Pick 8 Fine
ScotlandBank of Scotland Dennis Stevenson & Colin Mathews 100 Pounds SPECIMEN dated 17th September 2007 serial number AA000000 and featuring Sir Walter Scott on obverse (5) No. 076 in small script at lower left corner Pick 128s violet-red featuring Kessock Bridge on reverse spanning the Moray and Beauly Firths near Inverness. PMG 66 EPQ Gem Uncirculated
Southern RhodesiaGeorge VI portrait (2),10 shillings dated 1st March 1944, Pick9b and 5 shillings dated 1st February 1945 series D/21 004629. VG - Fine
USADollar 1917 Christopher Columbas sighting land at upper left, George Washington left facing portrait Pick 187 about Fine light dirt and some tiny nicks in the paper top edge
Wales - Black Sheep Company (8) 10 Swilt No 002395, 5 Swilt (5) with 4 being consecutives, £1 (2) No 003888 and 004309 Llandudno all with the blue Two Pence circular emblem and all Unc and without cancellation stamps and come with the book MONEY FOR ALL THE STORY OF THE WELSH POUND by Ivor Wynne Jones this in good second hand condition with some penned annotations on the inside front cover
World (circa 120) dating from French 18th century Assignat to modern including pre Revolutionary Russia 500 Rubles, Hungary 1000 Korona 1920 and more, mixed grades a few Unc
World in 2 albums (93) with strength in Europe such as B of E £10 and Swiss 10 and 20 Francs, and German some of these dating back to 1900, mixed grades
A mixed group includes some Silver items some of these cased proofs, mint sets, 1953 Plastic sets cased crowns 1951 and 1953 some £5 cupro crowns and more
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