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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
02/06/2024 Auction 185	English Banknotes	Lot 448	Provincials a small collection (6) as per Outing Darlington Bank Five Pounds 1887 Fine cut cancelled O629, Durham Bank Five Pounds Jonathan Backhouse 1891 Fine cut cancelled and with red cancellation stamps O729, Newcastle upon Tyne Five Pounds 1840 O1515 pleasing Fine, Stamford and Spalding Ten Pounds 1901 Fine triangular cancellation cut bottom right O2036, Tees Bank One Pound Hutchinson & Hutchinson Stockton O2048 Good large parts of the note missing, Wantage One Pound Matterly, Kent, Benj, Kent this seldom seen but only Good O2261 More banknotes like this	£75
04/12/2022 Auction 179	English Banknotes	Lot 56	Ten Pounds Page 1975 Florence Nightingale A01 000013 from The Sir J.Q. Hollom Archive of Banknotes collection Bohnams Lot 436 AU-Unc desirable thus as first run numbers as low as this very seldom offered More banknotes like this	£3,000
06/09/2020 Auction 170	English Banknotes	Lot 52	One Hundred Pounds Peppiatt First Period White Note B245 Unthreaded issue dated 18th June 1938 serial number 59/O 45716 LONDON branch issue, GVF - about EF damped liquid staining otherwise very well preserved and an Exceptionally Rare high denomination genuine early Pre-war Bank of England issue. These high denomination Britannia medallion White notes were rarely seen by the public, if at all, and they were mostly used for inner bank transactions at the time. Highly sought after and rarely seen in modern days, especially in a well preserved state, these notes have a very limited number of survivors left and are a fabulous addition to any fine British collection. More banknotes like this	£550
06/09/2020 Auction 170	English Banknotes	Lot 105	Cardiff Bank, Glamorganshire 1 Guinea dated 11th March 1819 No. R325 For Wood, Wood & Co. manuscript signed John Wood and Entered with initials that best judged appear to be N.J. or N.T. (Outing 418c), a pleasing and quite presentable VF with few minor pinholes and a minor inner split to left centre body expected for the notes age, however a very well kept example and an Exceptionally Rare denomination. In fact, from research over the internet there seem to be none offered in recent times and the only example that appears is currently displayed in the British Museum Collection in what appears from the pictures to be an inferior grade to this example. Uniface in black & white printed by engraver and printer Henry Mutlow, with imprint Mutlow fc. Ridflow Co. London and displaying a Cardiff Castle vignette to centre left. Henry Mutlow, engraver to the King, was born around 1756 and mostly engraved maps and banknotes beginning his career with an apprenticeship to William Darling. The note displays very clear characteristics as an embossed Revenue Stamp for 5 Pence, a red diagonal First Dividend stamp on face and a bankruptcy exhibition stamp dated Oct 22nd 1823 on reverse with a manuscript inked signature along with an inked numeral to right. A unique chance for any British Provincial banknote collector to acquire this fabulous example More banknotes like this	£120
01/03/2020 Auction 168	English Banknotes	Lot 85	Bank of England a collection of 10 Shillings, 1 and 5 Pounds circa 1930's and World War II period to modern (69) including various cashiers as Peppiatt, Beale, O'Brien, Hollom, Fforde, Somerset, Page and Lowther most in an album, including few framed examples all in various grades on average VF - GVF to EF - GEF. Some scarcer examples consist of the rarely seen 5 Pounds Lowther B397 Experimental issues 2004 with examples of the 2 types (3) consisting of the Unvarnished type (2) serial numbers XC10 998415 and XC10 998415 along with the Varnished type serial number XJ36 997708. These notes Rare in any grade, very seldom seen in UNC in fact the current Duggleby prices these notes only to the EF grade with a price of £300, they were used to test durability and issued in tranches. 5 Pounds Beale White note B270 dated 3rd August 1950 serial number S21 081953. Peppiatt Fourth Period B262 Red-brown Britannia medallion Threaded issued 1948 a LAST series prefix 81E 133185 and a Second Period WW2 Emergency issue B249 Blue/Pink Britannia medallion Threaded issued 1940 serial number D02H 068980. 5 Pounds O'Brien Lion & Key (2) examples of the 2 varieties and both FIRST series prefixes consisting of the B277 Shaded symbol issued 1957 serial number A92 412879 and B280 White symbol issued 1961 serial number H38 000698. A very pleasing collection, certain to attract significant attention. Also comes with a novelty Bank of England 1,000,000 (the million-pound note) dated 1903 known from the 1954 J. Arthur rank studios film "The Million Pound Note" starring Gregory Peck. A Persil promotional 1 Pound Somerset packet. Also comes with an empty album More banknotes like this	£600
01/03/2020 Auction 168	English Banknotes	Lot 34	Bank of England 10 Shillings to 10 Pounds 1930's to modern (46) a pleasing collection in an album averaging VF to UNC incorporating the Bank's various designs, issuers and cashiers as Catterns, Peppiatt, Hollom, Fforde, Page, Somerset, Gill, Lowther, Kentfield and Salmon. Some earlier and scarcer issues include the Catterns (2) 10 Shillings B223 Red-Brown Britannia medallion prefix T01 and a 1 Pound B225 Green Britannia medallion Prefix K77. A Peppiatt Second Period World War II Emergency issue B251 Mauve Britannia medallion prefix K16D. Together with Hollom QE2 portrait issues (4) 10 Shillings B294 (2) and 1 Pounds B288 (2). Fforde QE2 portrait (5) including 10 Shillings B310, 1 Pounds B305 (3) including a last series prefix X41C, and 5 Pounds B314. Page QE2 portrait & pictorial (10) including 1 Pounds (7) including B320 (2) and B322 (5), 5 Pounds (3) B324 and B334 L Reverse (2). Somerset QE2 pictorial (11) consisting of 5 Pounds B343 L Reverse (8) including 2 last series prefixes LZ07 and LZ35 along with 10 Pounds (3) including B347, B348 L Reverse and B349 L Reverse 1mm windowed thread. Gill (5) 5 Pounds (3) including B353 L Reverse and B357 Crown at upper right (2) together with 10 Pounds B354 L Reverse (2). Kentfield 5 Pounds B364 Crown at upper right (2). Lowther 5 Pounds (2) B380 Crown at upper right and B393. Also, Salmon 5 Pounds B407 (2) with same prefix MA17 and fairly close numbers. More banknotes like this	£200
01/03/2020 Auction 168	English Banknotes	Lot 54	Ten Shillings a collection in a small album of the transition between designs 1950-60's period Red-Brown Britannia medallion and the QE2 portrait issues (51) with various cashier signatures and averaging VF-GVF to about UNC - UNC. Consisting of a Beale B266 Red-brown Britannia medallion issued 1950 prefix Y23Z. O'Brien (12) including the Red-Brown Britannia medallion B271 issued 1955 (3) prefixes R25Y, E85Y and Z80X. Together with QE2 portrait B286 issued 1961 (9) consisting of examples of the FIRST series prefixes A18, A27, A73, A78 and A83 along with B03, B68, D30 and E69. Hollom QE2 portrait issues 1963 (19) consisting of B295 (13) prefixes 40A, 11B, 92C, 93H, 76K, 03N and a consecutively numbered set of 7 notes prefix 14L. Also, B294 (6) including prefixes L53, L73, a consecutive pair R57 and a consecutive pair Z16. Along with Fforde QE2 portrait issues 1967 (18) including a Replacement issue B311 prefix M59. Together with B309 (5) prefixes including 77Z along with a consecutive pair 38Z and a consecutive pair of the LAST series 96Z. And B310 (12) including some numeronym prefixes amongst A05N, B01N, C01N spelling 'COIN' (4) along with LAST series D01N, a near consecutive set D02N (3) and a D15N. More banknotes like this	£110
02/12/2019 Auction 167	English Banknotes	Lot 1302	One Hundred Pounds E.M. Harvey White Note B209ef dated 13 November 1923, serial number 46Y 00298 and MANCHESTER issue. Black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, 'I promise to pay the Bearer on demand the sum of One Hundred Pounds', value in ornate black tablet low left. In a PMG holder graded VF 20 Stains, Annotations, Ex A.J. Simms Collection and an Exceptionally Rare note a lower serial number and a very few survivors of this denomination seen with PMG's Population having only 2 recorded examples at the time of writing More banknotes like this	£1,600
02/12/2019 Auction 167	English Banknotes	Lot 1280	Treasury Bradbury & Fisher issues circa early 1900's (7) a collection in album pages in various grades VG to VF including a variety of examples from the different design periods. Bradbury issues (3) include a First issue De La Rue Red Ten Shillings T9 Dash in No. Ornate font six digit serial number A/15 444255 Tape Repair along with 1 Pounds (2) comprising a Second Issue De La Rue Black T11.1 Five digit serial prefix letter only variety serial number W/40 67146 Paper repair along with Third issue Waterlow Bros & Layton T16 Dot in No. serial number C/32 051546. Fisher Ireland in title issues (3) include a Second issue Waterlow & Sons Ten Shillings T30 No. omitted serial number M/27 431524 along with 1 Pounds (2) comprising a First issue Waterlow Bros & Layton T24 Dot in No. serial number R/58 186008 along with a Second issue Waterlow & Sons T32 Scarcer Control note serial number Z1/79 584671. A pleasing group More banknotes like this	£260
02/12/2019 Auction 167	English Banknotes	Lot 1288	Ten Shillings Fisher T26 First issue Red Dash in No. issue 1919 FIRST series prefix D36 595873. presentable VF or slightly better and a very Rare FIRST series for this type suitable for any serious collection More banknotes like this	£200
02/12/2019 Auction 167	English Banknotes	Lot 1335	Ten Shillings (8) a pleasing collection of high grade notes includes a Peppiatt Mauve Emergency Issue B251 Metal Threaded issue 1940 series K72D 568644 in GEF with a small stain. Britannia medallion Red/Brown notes (3) comprised of Peppiatt Fourth Period B262 Threaded issue 1948 series 31J 075436 in UNC. Beale B266 Threaded issue 1950 series S88Z 337764 in GEF. O'Brien B271 Threaded issue 1955 series C83Y 748197 about UNC. Portrait of QE2 & seated Britannia Red/Brown notes (4) comprised of O'Brien B286 issue 1961 first series A68 882893 choice UNC. Hollom B294 issued 1963 series L68 404092 UNC. Fforde (2) B309 issued 1967 series 21Z 637462 UNC and B310 issued 1967 last series D29N 275321 GEF looks better More banknotes like this	£95
03/06/2019 Auction 165	English Banknotes	Lot 24	Collection in an album (56) mostly Bank of England in mixed circulated grades comprises Five Pounds Beale White Note B270 dated 25th November 1949 series P05 090648. Ten Shillings Bradbury T12.2 De La Rue Red issue 1915 series D1/3 01409. Ten Shillings Fisher (2) T26 Red Dash in No. First issue 1919 last series H38 112465 and T30 Second Issue Red No. omitted prefix P77. Ten Pounds Page Lion & Key B327 Brown Replacement issue 1971 first series M01 693529. Peppiatt (7) Ten Shillings to One Pounds includes Emergency Issues and One Pound Green B239 First Period issued 1934 first series prefix A52A. Beale (12) Ten Shillings to One Pounds. O'Brien (12) Ten Shillings to Five Pounds includes Lion & Key 1957 issues (2) B277 Shaded Symbols prefix D41 and B280 White Symbols first series prefix H22. Hollom (4) Ten Shillings and a Five Pounds. Fforde (7) 10 Shillings and One Pounds. One Pounds Page (4). Lowther Twenty Pounds prefix AA08. Along with Scotland (2) and Jersey (2). More banknotes like this	£260
03/12/2018 Auction 163	English Banknotes	Lot 1341	Bank of England collection of 10 Shillings & 1 Pound (61), 1 Pound (51) with signature varieties O'Brien (4), Hollom (5), Fforde (5) & Page (37), 10 Shillings (10) with signature varieties O'Brien (1), Hollom (2) & Fforde (7), FIRST series, REPLACEMENT and some consecutively numbered runs seen, mixed grades, many in high grade inc. Uncirculated More banknotes like this	£100
02/09/2018 Auction 162	English Banknotes	Lot 152	Bank of England (70), a very interesting and varied collection with FIRST RUN, LAST RUN, EXPERIMENTAL, REPLACEMENT and consecutively numbered runs seen, O'Brien 1 Pound B283 experimental series A01N, B281 first run series A01, and a number of replacement notes, Hollom 10 Shillings, 1 Pound & 5 Pounds a selection of replacement notes, Hollom 10 Shillings B295 first run series 01A, Fforde 1 Pound, a collection of replacement notes and first and last runs, 5 pounds 2 replacement notes, Page 5 Pounds (28) in 2 consecutively numbered runs, Page 1 Pound B339A scarce experimental issue series 81R, first run notes series A01 and A01N, Gill 50 Pounds series C12 348300, signature range O'Brien to Lowther with values from 10 Shilling to 50 Pounds, plus a Stockton on Tees Bank 5 Pounds provincial note, mixed grades veiwing recommended More banknotes like this	£1,600
02/09/2018 Auction 162	English Banknotes	Lot 135	Bank of England (104), including Beale white 5 Pounds dated 1949, large number of Page 1 Pounds first run and first series with some consecutive numbers seen, a varied collection ranging from 10 Shillings to 20 Pounds, signatures from Peppiatt to Kentfield, some consecutively numbered runs, some replacement notes and some first series notes, mixed grades including Uncirculated, well worth viewing More banknotes like this	£500
03/06/2018 Auction 161	English Banknotes	Lot 30	Bank of England in two Hendon albums (493), Catterns to Bailey, FIRST & LAST run issues seen, including first run REPLACEMENT, many other first and last series and replacement notes also seen, noted O'Brien lion & key £5 first run A01, Page series D pictorial £20 first run replacement M01, a large number of consecutively numbered runs, many other interesting prefixes and some low serial numbers, a comprehensive collection from 10/- to £50 in mixed grades, many high grade, viewing recommended More banknotes like this	£5,500
03/06/2018 Auction 161	English Banknotes	Lot 125	Fifty Pounds Lowther B385 (9) issued 1999, including FIRST RUN (2) J01 000606 & J01 994324, LAST RUN (1) series M35 613065, also Column Sort notes seen including a consecutively numbered run of four notes, (Pick388b), a high grade collection about Uncirculated and Uncirculated More banknotes like this	£600
03/06/2018 Auction 161	English Banknotes	Lot 120	Fifty Pounds Kentfield B377 (6) issued 1994, including a pair of consecutively numbered FIRST RUN notes series A01 001873 & A01 001874, LAST RUN special prefix H99 999807, Column Sort notes also seen, Sir John Houblon on reverse, (Pick388a), high grade collection about Uncirculated to Uncirculated More banknotes like this	£440
03/06/2018 Auction 161	English Banknotes	Lot 38	Bank of England (31), a collection ranging from Ten Shillings to Twenty Pounds with a variety of signatures from Catterns to Cleland, consecutively numbered runs and REPLACEMENT noted, mixed grades including some Uncirculated More banknotes like this	£420
03/06/2018 Auction 161	English Banknotes	Lot 170	ERRORS (13), very scarce Peppiatt One Pound with heavy printers ink smudge to right edge issued 1948, about Uncirculated, Fforde Five Pounds design misplaced vertically on reverse, issued 1967, good VF, Page One Pound (3) all with ink smudges through portrait of Queen, issued 1970, good VF, EF and Uncirculated, Page Ten Pounds with heavy printers ink smudge through portrait of the Queen, issued 1975, good VF, Page Five Pounds (3) a pair of consecutively numbered notes with queens portrait only lightly printed, issued 1975, about Uncirculated & Five Pounds horizontally misplaced on obverse, issued 1975, about EF, Page One Pound approx. 5mm taller than a standard note, issued 1978, about EF, Gill 10 Pounds with silver security thread misplaced to left and completely exposed, unusual error, issued 1988, VF, Gill Five Pounds missing orange, yellow and green in underprint on back, issued 1990, Uncirculated, Bailey Ten Pounds missing 5 digits from serial number at top left, issued 2004, about VF, an interesting and varied collection of errors needs viewing More banknotes like this	£400
03/06/2018 Auction 161	English Banknotes	Lot 98	Ten Pounds (14), Somerset (3) including a scarce FIRST RUN series CS01 issued 1987, Gill (11) including three FIRST RUN notes prefix DR01 and two consecutively numbered pairs, a high grade collection, most Uncirculated a few about Uncirculated More banknotes like this	£360
03/06/2018 Auction 161	English Banknotes	Lot 68	Ten Pounds (16), Hollom (7) B299 issued 1964, including a pair of consecutively numbered notes, Fforde (3) B316 issued 1967, including a FIRST RUN note A41 927867, Page (6) B326 & B327 issued 1971, including two REPLACEMENT notes M10 & M11, a very high grade collection good EF to Uncirculated More banknotes like this	£340
03/06/2018 Auction 161	English Banknotes	Lot 85	Ten Pounds (9) Page B331 scarce LAST RUN REPLACEMENT series M50 286265, the rest B330 including first series A24 and a pair of consecutively numbered notes issued 1975, (Pick379a), a high grade collection, about Uncirculated to Uncirculated More banknotes like this	£320
03/06/2018 Auction 161	English Banknotes	Lot 56	One Pound Beale (48) B268 & B269 issued 1950, including consecutively numbered runs and pairs, also seen first and last series notes, a first run sub-series and a replacement note, (Pick369b), high grade collection all between EF and Uncirculated More banknotes like this	£280
03/06/2018 Auction 161	English Banknotes	Lot 114	Five Pounds (18), Kentfield (10) and Lowther (8), including FIRST & LAST RUNS R01, AA01, AB18 & EA01 with low serial number examples also seen, a pair of consecutively numbered notes, also special prefixes noted YR20 and QE50, high grade collection all notes Uncirculated or about Uncirculated More banknotes like this	£260
03/06/2018 Auction 161	English Banknotes	Lot 158	Debden sets (8), C148 last & first pair £20,s series AA01 & DA80 999013 signed Lowther 1999, C120 Queens 70th birthday £10 series HM70 000963 signed Kentfield 1996 with a silver proof £5 coin in limited edition red box, C157 (2 sets) last & first Dickens & Darwin £10's series LA80 & AA01 999798, LA80 & AA01 999185 signed Lowther 2000, C169 Royal celebration uncut pair £5's series HM02 & HM03 000786 signed Lowther 2002, C150 Millennium year prefix £10 series YR20 000137 signed Lowther 2000, C152 Queen Mothers 100th birthday £5 series QM10 001683 signed Lowther 2000 with a cupro-nickel £5 coin, C163 Queens golden jubilee £5 series QE50 000876 signed Lowther 2002 with a cupro-nickel £5 coin, nice collection of Debden sets More banknotes like this	£260
03/06/2018 Auction 161	English Banknotes	Lot 78	One Pound (69), Hollom (3), Fforde (27) and Page (39), consecutively numbered runs and pairs noted, first and last series notes and mid run '01' notes also seen, portrait series C, high grade collection EF to Uncirculated More banknotes like this	£200
03/06/2018 Auction 161	English Banknotes	Lot 62	One Pound O'Brien (50), B281 B282 & B284 issued 1960, including a consecutively numbered run of 10 notes plus other consecutive sets and pairs, first and last series notes also seen, portrait series C, (Pick374a), high grade collection EF to Uncirculated More banknotes like this	£130
18/03/2018 Auction 160	English Banknotes	Lot 62	GB Bank of England (72), 10 Pounds, 5 Pounds, 1 Pound & 10 Shillings, signed Peppiatt, Beale, O'Brien, Hollom, Fforde, Page, Somerset, Gill and Lowther, consecutively numbered notes, replacement notes, first and last series notes all seen in this collection, most notes in EF or better, a superb collection worth viewing More banknotes like this	£700
02/03/2013 Auction 140	English Banknotes	Lot 122	British collection in Lindner album (138) face value £600+, Warren Fisher Treasury to Bailey £50, includes Mahon £1, Catterns £1, Britannia £5s, various replacement issues including Peppiatt £1s (2), Military Authority, Suez shilling and War credit notes, viewing recommended, mostly higher values More banknotes like this	£1,000
03/07/2010 Auction 128	English Banknotes	Lot 81	Collection, 6 Red Cross bonds, Hungary 1882, Austria 1882, one with Czechoslovak stamp, Austria 1916, two bonds, and Italy 1885, all have appropriate vignettes which include wounded being treated, mostly VF. (6).	£35

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