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O'Brien : World Banknotes

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Date Sold Category Lot Description Sale Price

Auction 182
World Banknotes GB and World in an album with GB over £70 face including Lion and Key O'Brien £5, Blue and Mauve shades, the world back to mixed mostly circulated grades
£150

Auction 177
World Banknotes GB and World Bank of William (5) 1970 B328 and (4) 1981 B350 VF-EF, s Somerset (5) EF-Unc along with two low grade 10/- O'Brien and , a variety of issuers in mixed grades poor - AU some from the 1940s One Pounds (20), (8). One Pound QEII VF and two B of E damaged notes Fforde £1 and 10/-
£180

Auction 177
World Banknotes GB and World (73) includes GB Bank of (5) (1) and (4) and (7) O'Brien (1), (6), in mixed grades some constives and EF, World issues 1914 to 1980s issues, comprising (includes some ), , , , , , , , , and more, in mixed grades, along with a Messrs Smith, Payne & Smiths for £10 16s. dated 4 June 1831. VG. The cheque bearing the address 1 Lombard Street. The bank was formed in 1758 and in 1902 the five Smith family banks merged to form Union London and Smiths Bank Limited
£70 London Coins : A177 : Lot 105 : GB and World (73) includes GB Bank of England One Pound (5) Page (1) and Somerset (4) and Ten Shilli... London Coins : A177 : Lot 105 : GB and World (73) includes GB Bank of England One Pound (5) Page (1) and Somerset (4) and Ten Shilli...

Auction 174
World Banknotes GB and World, Bank of (4) (2) B309 and B310, O'Brien B271 (2) these four Fine or better, 5.2.1963 issues (3) Quarter and s both nearer EF than VF, and aVF, 7 March 1943 VF, 1963 Fine
£80 London Coins : A174 : Lot 93 : GB and World, Bank of England Ten Shillings (4) Fforde (2) B309 and B310, O'Brien B271 (2) thes... London Coins : A174 : Lot 93 : GB and World, Bank of England Ten Shillings (4) Fforde (2) B309 and B310, O'Brien B271 (2) thes...

Auction 174
World Banknotes GB and World (38) comprising GB Bank of (5) O'Brien B282 23N 102062, VF with two staple holes, B312 W70 928409 Fine, One Pound B337 H38 998327 UNC, Five Pounds B353 RE39 556769 VG, Five Pounds B364 BE34 943306 Fine, World (33) Ten Manat undated 1993 issue Pick 16 VG, 25 Kyats undated 1972 issue Pick 59 VG, (2) One Fen 1953 issue Pick 860c UNC, One Jiao Pick 877 VG, Five s Oro 1974 issue Pick 406e Good Fine, (2) Five Francs 1943 Pick 98a Good Fine, 1990 issue Pick 152">Pick 152a">Pick 152a Fine, 100 i Pick 200a Fine, Ten Sen 1964 issue Pick 92 UNC, 5000 Rials 2013 issue Pick 152 UNC, (2) 1931 issue Pick 55a VG, 10,000 Lire 1976 Pick 106b GVF with staple holes at right, 100 1961 issue, Pick 109a, VF, 25 Centavos 1991 Issue Pick 170 UNC, (5) Ten s 1909 Pick 11 EF, One Rouble 1915 issue (2) Pick 15 Good Fine and Fine, 1000 Roubles 1995 issue VG, 1997 issue Pick 269a NVF, One Peseta 1953 issue Pick 144a EF, (3) 1975 issue Pick 186 UNC, 10 Lira 1979 issue Pick 192 UNC, 10,000 Lire Pick 199c UNC, (8) 1995 issue Pick 496a Fine, 2001 issue Pick 509 (3) all Fine, one with an inked annotation, 2003 issue Pick 515a Fine, 2003 issue Pick 515b Fine, 2006 issue Pick 523 Fine, 2009 issue Pick 530 Fine, 100,000 Dollars 2007 Pick 48b Fine, Armed Forces One Pound Second Series UNC
£46 London Coins : A174 : Lot 92 : GB and World (38) comprising GB Bank of England (5) O'Brien One Pound B282 23N 102062, VF with ... London Coins : A174 : Lot 92 : GB and World (38) comprising GB Bank of England (5) O'Brien One Pound B282 23N 102062, VF with ...

Auction 166
World Banknotes World (127) a mostly high grade in an album including issues from (3) including a Ruhla Stadt 25 Pfennig 1st May 1920, , , (3), , (3), (3), , , , (10), (11), , (17) includes , (3), , (3), , (2), (3), (3), (6), s (3), , , (2), (6), (5), , , , (21), (6). Includes some constive and near sets. Some scarcer issues include a Germany Bayerische Notenbank 100 Mark Pick S922 dated 1st January 1900 serial number B. 1595837, 50 Mark Pick 65 dated 30th November 1918 also known as "Egg note" because of the egg shaped area on reverse. Costa Rica Banco Anglo Costarricense 1 Colon Pick S121 L. 23.06.1917 serie A No. 071608 unsigned remainder. France banque de France Pick 94 dated 20th November 1941 serial number S 26306 930 657642930. England 5 s O'Brien Lion & Key B280 (Pick 372a) issue 1961 FIRST SERIES number H83 532076, QE2 pictorial & B347 (Pick 379b) issue 1980 serial number 63E 965359 and World War 2 1 Pound B249 (Pick 367) issue 1940 serial number A26E 872765. Rhodesia 1 Pick 38a dated 2n August 1979 serial number L/129 040919.
£400

Auction 166
World Banknotes (22) in mixed grades comprising Bank of issues (17) consisting of O'Brien (5) including 10 s B271 Red-Brown Britannia lion issue 1955 prefix C56Y and 10 Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B286 issue 1961 (4) prefixes D93, D59, E66 & first series A05. (9) 10 Shillings QE2 & seated Britannia 1967 issues (5) including B309 (2) prefixes 79Z & 68Y and B310 prefixes A11N, A30N and B90N along with 5 s QE2 & seated child Britannia B312 issue 1967 (4) including prefixes T66 and a constive trio Z06 these about UNC - UNC. 1 Pound QE2 & seated Britannia B320 issue 1970 prefix Y39E. 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac B341 issues 1981 (2) prefixes DW05 & DY12. Along with 1 Pounds Commemorative issues celebrating 100th Anniversary of Death of Robert Louis Pick 358a (Calloway-Murphy RB94, BY SC835) dated 3rd December 1994 and signed G.R.Mathewson (5) in 2 ly numbered runs - a trio RLS0546101 through RLS0546103 and a pair RLS0546049 & RLS0546050, these also UNC.
£140 London Coins : A166 : Lot 258 : Great Britain (22) in mixed grades comprising Bank of England issues (17) consisting of O'Brien... London Coins : A166 : Lot 258 : Great Britain (22) in mixed grades comprising Bank of England issues (17) consisting of O'Brien...

Auction 166
World Banknotes World (9) in mixed mostly high grades comprising issues from (2) Bank of 10 s O'Brien B287 (Pick 373a, BY BE34b) issue 1961 serial number M12 391900 and Armed Forces Pick M10a ND June 1946 for use by British troops in and , Trieste and . 1 Dollar Pick 42b1 signed Knight & srity thread in centre serial number CJA 598278. Pick 177a">Pick 177a ND (1992) serial number CM786731. Banco de Pick 144a dated 22nd July 1953. (4) including 500 Escudos Pick 170a dated 25th January 1966 signed Manuel Jacinto Nunes & António Luís Gomes, 500 Escudos Pick 177 dated 4th October 1979 signed José da Silva Lopes & Alberto Alves de Oliveira Pinto, (2) Pick 175a dated 28th May 1968 serial number ARG03036 and Pick 175d dated 21st September 1982 serial number GVN013656 Manuel Jacinto Nunes & Emílio Rui da Veiga Peixoto Vilar and this about UNC - UNC and a much Rarer date
£70

Auction 165
World Banknotes World (95) mostly GB iers O'Brien, , , , and 10 s and 1, 10, 20 and 50 s including QE2 portrait and pictorial issues and some Lion & Key. Scarcer notes include a 1 Pound O'Brien B284 LAST run series B76N 106562, Gill FIRST run series A01 886417 and 50 Pounds Somerset B318 FIRST run series A01 395307. Along with world issues from , , , , , , , , and including a 20 Mark Pick 46a 19th February 1914. Various grades to UNC
£360

Auction 165
World Banknotes World predominantly (53) in an album in mixed grades majority in about UNC - UNC comprising mostly Bank of s and many constive or near sets iers , , , and . Also includes an O'Brien . And a few world issues include Government of £1, - Bank of Ireland (2) £1 this with a Z prefix and £20, and ban Corporation Limited $20 and The £1
£200

Auction 165
World Banknotes World including 1000 Lire Pick 72c and Pick 70d. B of E London 11 July 1945 series J68 045883 B241 and Five Pounds O'Brien London 27th August 1955 series A63A 055255 B276&category=2&prm=sr&searchtype=1">Pick B276. Along with 15 various world notes in mixed grades.
£200

Auction 165
World Banknotes World (32) a group in mixed circulated grades mostly Bank of issues along with 1 Pound 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of Jersey Pick 25a and 10 Rubles Pick 240 (15) issued 1991 and Brass 1 Kopek Coins Y# 126a (5) dates include 1976, 1977, 1982 and 1990 (2). comprises notes in frames (2) B270 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. Beale B266 Red/Brown issue 1950 series T36Z 193642 and s 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 QE2 & Sir Isaac B341 issued 1981 prefixes DX84, DU60, DT74 and DY13.
£95

Auction 160
World Banknotes GB and in an album (56), (5), Bank of (21) including Peppaitt, O'Brien, , , , , , & , some First Run issues noted, Commonwealth and GB including , , , Ireland, , St. , , , and , some higher denominations seen, mixed grades with many UNC, viewing recommended
£800

Auction 160
World Banknotes & in Lindner album (42), Dartmouth Bank notes, notes, including , , , , O'Brien, , , and , also Scotland including Royal Bank, , , Linen Bank and more, interesting collection of notes in mixed grades
£500

Auction 159
World Banknotes World & GB group (63), Bank of & (33) including a constively numbered run of 8 x O'Brien s (B273) & a One Pound, (7) including , , , (1), World (22) including , , a good assortment with strength in , some earlier dates seen, in mixed grades
£190

Auction 159
World Banknotes GB & World (19), 1 P/20 Fine+, edge nicks, 10 s (2) T82 EF but has 2 holes with rust marks, K19 last series VF, 1 Pound O'Brien K94K about VF, 10 Shillings (9) 8 x constive notes generally about EF, 10 Shillings & 1 Pound these about Fine, plus 4 other world notes
£75 London Coins : A159 : Lot 1691 : GB & World (19), 1 Pound Warren Fisher P/20 Fine+, edge nicks, 10 Shillings Catterns (2) T82 EF ... London Coins : A159 : Lot 1691 : GB & World (19), 1 Pound Warren Fisher P/20 Fine+, edge nicks, 10 Shillings Catterns (2) T82 EF ...

Auction 157
World Banknotes GB (13) includes July 1 1952, Five Pounds (2) O'Brien Lion and Key, , (9) blue (1), Beale constives (3), O'Brien (1), (4) and World (5) includes 500 s 1912, 2 1909, and Five Pounds George Best (2), , Commercial 1929, plus receipts for Feu duty Edinburgh 1894 (2) in mixed grades some EF or better
£170

Auction 153
World Banknotes GB, and a in an album (57) includes mauve to O'Brien, the Ireland issues include Lavery s (9) 1952 onwards, in mixed grades
£100

Auction 150
World Banknotes World banknotes (16) includes GB £1s (6) to O'Brien average Fine, better grade modern foreign includes , Territories, , , Netherland Antilles and
£60

Auction 137
World Banknotes GB and World including and Fives low grade and damaged, Pound, Clennett and others a varied group generally in circulated grades (lot)
£220 London Coins : A137 : Lot 291 : GB and World including O'Brien and Beale White Fives low grade and damaged, Warren Fisher Pound&... London Coins : A137 : Lot 291 : GB and World including O'Brien and Beale White Fives low grade and damaged, Warren Fisher Pound&...

Auction 133
World Banknotes (3) Bank of Ireland 2003, undated 1972-1977 issue Pick 61a, Ltd Five Pounds 2001 issue Pick 322, Five Pounds 1995 Commemorative issue Pick 119d, 1983 issue Pick 42b, Five Pounds 1990-1991 issue Pick 53a, Bank of Five Pounds (2) Lion and Key B277 A26 prefix, first series, B312 T93 prefix all UNC or near so
£240

Auction 133
World Banknotes World and GB (17) includes Britannia type £1 (3) GEF, Bank of constive £1 (2) dated 1967 prefix A/X GEF, Scottish private draft note 1826 signed John Ruther, Wimborne, Poole & Blandford Bank plate pull plus assorted and world
£75

Auction 123
World Banknotes dom of dated 1815, similar to Picks801, small corner stain, about UNC plus GB £1 prefix H88K GEF
£36

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