Northern Ireland Bank of Ireland signed ASJ O'Neil manager (1983) a six note set One Pound STERLING Pick 65 H996763 then £1,£5,£10, and £100 again O'Neil but without STERLING beneath denomination and with matching serial number *006093 and all with SPECIMEN across the centre and MUSTER in red in each corner all Unc
Ireland, PROVINCIAL BANK OF IRELAND LTD One Pound 1st May 1909 "on demand at Dublin" series J 39442 signed John Kidd uniface blue on tan probably EF for wear one pinhole to left corner and tiny nick top left edge a very pleasing example for such an early issue
Isle of ManMartins BankOne Pound dated as Pick18 (1928-38)a colour trial specimen, green on whiteSPECIMEN in red across both sides SPECIMEN NOTE, WATERLOW & SONS LTD in black top left border No 517 top right Choice Uncirculated PMG 64 "Previously Mounted" but difficult to see much evidence of mounting
Guernsey (14) One Pounds Brown, Trestain, Clarke and Haines (9) mixed grades some Unc, Five Pounds Bull Pick 49 EF-AU, circulated issues Five Pounds (2) Trestain and Clark, £10 and £20 Haines these four F-VF
Wales (15) 1, 5 and 10 Punt black sheep at left, colourful sailing scene on reverse, Llandudno with Two Pence blue emblem right each with red cancellation stamp 29 May 1969. 10/-, £1, £5, and £10 Laurgharne Castle, Conway Castle, Hatlech Castle and Cardiff Castle red dragon above Two Pence blue emblem at right denomination in green design on the back cancellation stamps on the front. 1, 5 and 10 Punt Llandudno red dragon at right colourful sailing scene reverse cancellation stamps. 1 Punt and 10 Swilt Black Sheep at bottom red dragon a 2p stamp cancelled 29 Apr 1969 sailing scene reverse. 5 & 10 Swilt Black Sheep galleon under bridge front different backs the 5 Swilt not cancelled and 10 Swilt red dragon at right sailing scene reverse all Unc accompanied with The Collectors Guide to Modern Welsh Notes black and white booklet and ARIAN IBABWE HANES Y BUNT GYMRAEG gan Ivor Wynn Jones
Bahamas Government 10 Dollars issued 1965 first prefix series A452908, Pick22a, portrait QEII at left, 2 signatures variety, good Fine. A seldom offered note this being the only one we have seen originally purchased by the current vendor in September 2017 LCA 158 Lot147 (realised £160)
Southern RhodesiaOne Pound Salisbury 1st December 1952 Pick 13a serial number B/169 000,011 Unc or near so rare thus, two pinholes top left (part of a trio held by the vendor's family since his father obtained them in Salisbury in the fifties)
ScotlandBritish Linen Bank 100 Pounds Edinburgh 9th May 1962 SPECIMEN Serial Number U/300/000 SPECIMEN in red across front and back SPECIMEN DE LA RUE & CO NO VALUE in oval in top left and bottom right corners both sides one punch hole bottom centre signed Anderson Choice Uncirculated and graded 64 by PMG rare and desirable thus
Ireland Republic and Northern Banks (28, £280 face value) ranging from Lady Lavery 1965 to 2017 £1 - £20 earlier issues from circulation recent issues Unc and includes Bank of Ireland Collectors Series SPECIMENs Donegal Palace £5,£10 and £20 matching serial numbers *002340 these Unc and not included in the £280 face total
Scotland, Bank of Scotland One Hundred Pounds Proof or Trial by Perkins, Bacon & Co. l Edinburgh 3 January 1867 uniface black on white, hand signed, pencilled cross right of date EF some light discolouration at corners where once mounted
Scotland, Leith Banking Company One Pound No.52/128 dated 1 Sept 1824 with dividend paid stamps on the reverse, payable to Alexr. Macdonald, Fine, along with Royal Bank of Scotland One Pound dated 8 Nov. 1824 to Andrew Bogle, VG, with Forgery written in red ink, and Cheque Scotland - Kelso dated December 31 1827 VF
Scotland , The National Bank of Scotland LTD One Pound 11th Nov 1887 proof or trial on card black on white uniface signed Thomas Shaw pencilled date Nov 21 1887 beneath printed date EF 3 punch holed across the bottom reverse four corners stained where once attached as Calloway and Murphy NA 20
World a group of (72) from circulation including some One Pounds and a Jersey £5. Banknotes of all the Nations presentation packs (4), and a few notes in an album including Bank of Scotland £10 and £5 and a few fantasy notes
GB and World B of E Fforde Britannia Medallion Ten Shillings (19) consecutives D29N 387244 -387262, One Pounds (3) R05H 660026 to 28 AU-Unc, mixed world (33) mostly late 20th century issues in mixed grades
World (23 ) including Canada $1 194, 1967, USA $2 1976, USA $10 1864 Confederate States America VF , Germany 10 Mark 1949, 5 Mark 1948, 1923 1M Mark, 10,000 MK 1923, 25 Pfenning , Austria 20 Sch and 100 Kronen, France50 Francs , Scotland (3 ) £1 (2) and £5 Clydesdale , Japan WWII 1946 Ten Sen , One Yen and 5 Pesos mixed grades F to VF better
Guernsey (14) One Pounds Brown, Trestain, Clarke and Haines (9) mixed grades some Unc, Five Pounds Bull Pick 49 EF-AU, circulated issues Five Pounds (2) Trestain and Clark, £10 and £20 Haines these four F-VF
IrelandProvincial Bank of Ireland (2) One Pound Ninth Issue, dated 1 November 1895, 49 branches across centre, serial number A/T 60132, Blake & Calloway PR58, stamped CANCELLED DUBLIN across the right side, split and re-joined at the centre, otherwise Fine with pinholes, Ex-Bob Blake collection, One Pound Ninth Issue 1 June 1883 Blake & Calloway PR58, cut, the right half of the note only remaining, serial number Z97148 VG with CANCELLED stamp and some inked annotations
Isle of Man and Liverpool Joint Stock Company One PoundDouglas 18xx, unsigned and undated black on white Douglas Harbour front centre, Manx crest reverse above seated female figures VF and rare
GB and World (circa 100) including B of E Five PoundsPageWellington reverse AX prefix (4) VF or better One Pounds Page Britannia (20) AU-Unc including consecutives B322 others most being overseas issues a wide variety dating back to 1918 and including sone higher denominations such as Swiss 20 Francs
World (25) an earlier useful group including India1 rupee dated 1917 series Y/95 246846 with McWatters signature about Fine with some edge damage, ScotlandBritish Linen Bank Pound 1940 VG-Fine, East AfricaShilling 1943 Very Good, PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS Sixpence green on whiteGreat Britain stamp obverse this faint so issuing camp not clear A. 93423 F-VF and more with some pre WW2 in lower grades
Rhodesia (3) One Pound (2) 21/9/1964 issue, G/5 095540, Pick 25a, About Fine with an ink mark at lower right centre, 14/10/1968 issue K/29 487140, Pick 28d, Near Fine with a small split on the lower edge, One Dollar 18/4/1978 issue L/98 300873, Pick 34c Fine with a tiny pinhole to left centre
World (71) Five PoundsPeppiatt London March 30 1937 VF Operation BernhardForgery Fine right hand top corner off and attached to a card, GillWellington reverse prefix RE34 VF, One Pound Peppiatt Blue prefix C87E VF others include recent issues in high grades, WW II issues including Philippines, Notgeld and more mixed grades and displayed in an album
Scotland - Union Bank of Scotland Limited One PoundSpecimen 7th April 1952, serial number E/13 301000 cancelled with three rows of punch holes, EF with some inked annotations on the lower border and a bank stamp to the right border
Scotland - Union Bank of Scotland Limited One Pound Proof with 2 large cancellation punch-holes, dated 5th December 1931, series F, Pick S815b NEF with a bank stamp and red printers annotations on the reverse
South Africa (10) South African Reserve BankOne Pound - Een Pond 3/9/1946 issue, serial number A/157 419859 signature Dr. M.H. de Kock, Pick 84f, About Fine, scarce, 20 Rand undated 1984-1993 issue, Fractional numbering system with security thread, signature de Kock, Pick 121c (2) both Fine. Ten Rand (6) undated 1978-1993 issue, EM 7483715 and EM 7483717 to 7483721 (5 consecutive notes), signature de Kock, Pick 120c, UNC, Five Rand 1990-1994 issue, signature C.L.Stals Pick 119e About UNC
Cyprus (5) 500 Mils 1/9/1979 issue, Pick 42c NVF with a pinhole in the right margin, and a small stain on the top border, One Pound (2) 1.11.1979 issue, Pick 53a GVF, 1.3.1994 issue, with dot left of upper serial number Pick 53c EF, 50 Cents 1.10.1988 issue (2) consecutive numbers M 068864 and M068865 UNC
South Africa Barry & Nephews £5 unissued remainder, Swellendam branch dated 185x, vignette of cattle wagon at centre, Pick not listed, toned top left corner, about UNC to UNC light staining at the bottom
Scotland, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc Ten Pounds 5 Jan 1983 signed Winter (2) consecutive numbers A/65 610522 and 610523 tiny faint brown spot on one note top right otherwise choice Unc
ScotlandBritish Linen Bank Five Pounds 2 May 1959 EF and pleasing, One Pounds 12.2.1952 VF, 5.11.1969 VF, Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Five Pounds 2.9.1963 VF, Clydesdale Bank £20 24.6.2006 Unc, £10 25.1.2009 Unc, Five Pounds 1.12.1997 and 6.8.2009 both Unc, One Pound 9.11.1988 Unc, National Commercial Bank Five Pounds 2.1.1963 aVF, Royal Bank of ScotlandTen Pounds 3.1.1985 VF, 1.11.2001 and 6.2.2012 both Unc, Five Pounds 19.3.1969 AU, 6.2.2002, 14.5.2004 and 1.7.2005 these three Unc, 14.7.2005 (10) consecutive numbers Unc, One Pounds in Unc 19.3.1969, 3.12.1994, 3.3.1997 and 12.5.1999
GB and World Bank of EnglandTwenty Pounds William Shakespeare (5) Page 1970 B328 and Somerset (4) 1981 B350 VF-EF, One Pounds Somerset (5) EF-Unc along with two low grade 10/- O'Brien and Fforde, Scotland a variety of issuers in mixed grades poor - AU some from the 1940s One Pounds (20), Five Pounds (8). Jersey One Pound QEII VF and two B of E damaged notes Fforde £1 and 10/-
Scotland - Royal Bank of ScotlandOne Pound Robert Louis Stevenson dated 1994, serial number RLS 0010014 UNC as part of a set 'Robert Louis Stevenson Engraved Portrait'. A set of 4 engraved portraits by Alan Gow in different shades and colours, annotated and dated 11-94 in a hardbound presentation folder with blue cover. Four Sets of trial proofs were prepared for the Royal Bank prior to be release of the Robert Louis Stevenson One Pound of 1994, this is number 3 of 4 sets of trial proofs. An unusual item
Scotland Bank of Scotland One Pound 15.9.1937 VF, 4.1.1964 (3) EF-AU, 4.2.1964 EF, British Linen Bank One Pound 5.11.1969 GVF, Commercial Bank of Scotland One Pound Edinburgh 31st May 1932 F-VF, National Commercial Bank of Scotland One Pound 1.10.1964 VF, National Bank of Scotland One Pound Edinburgh 7th November 1938 F-VF, National Commercial Bank Five Pounds 2.1.1963 Fine, The Royal Bank of Scotland One Pound Edinburgh 2nd June 1952 GVF, 1.6.1965 (2) GVF, 1.5.1967 VF, 1.9.1987 (2) both Fine, 24.3.1992 EF
ScotlandRoyal Bank of Scotland £5 dated 1st March 1943 series F1068-3481, Pick317c, signed Brown large size and uniface Fine, Five Pounds 1st April 1958 F-VF, One Pound 31 Oct 1933 aVF small ink spot bottom left corner, One Pound 1.6.1950 AU, One Pound 1.2.1961 Unc
GB and World (73) includes GB Bank of EnglandOne Pound (5) Page (1) and Somerset (4) and Ten Shillings (7) O'Brien (1), Fforde (6), in mixed grades some consecutives and EF, World issues 1914 to 1980s issues, comprising Germany (includes some Notgeld), Portugal, Italy, Turkey, Bulgaria, France, Austria, Mexico, Spain, Greece and more, in mixed grades, along with a cheque 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
Scotland Bank of Scotland One Pound 4th FEBy 1935 signed Elphinstone and Beveridge Pick 91a Fine or better and 15.10. 1979 AU, Five Pounds 28.9.1979 VF, British Linen Bank One Pound 15.4.1960 Fine, Clydesdale Bank One Pound 5.1.1983 and 8.4.1985 both Fine, National Commercial Bank One Pound 16.9.1959 VF, North of Scotland Bank One Pound Aberdeen 1st July 1949 Fine, The Royal Bank of Scotland One Pound 3.5.1982 VG and 4.1.1984 VF, Five Pounds 24.1.1996 EF, Ten Pounds 3.5.1982 nVF
Isle of ManOne Pound undated 1983 issues (11) signature Cashen (5) comprising a consecutive trio serial numbers X358694, X358695 and X358696, and a consecutive pair X358699 and X358700 Pick 40b UNC, signature Shimmin (6) consecutive early numbers AA 000819 to AA 0008824 inclusive, Pick 40c UNC
MaltaSpecimen Collector Set Pick CS1 issued 1979 comprising Ten Pounds, Five Pounds and One Pound, Maltese Cross prefix with matching serial numbers 006823 UNC the Five Pounds with a small crease on one corner, comes with the envelope of issue
Scotland The Royal Bank of ScotlandOne Pounds (17) in high grades GEF/AU/Unc (10) dated 24.3.1992, (6) being 3 consecutive number pairs, 8.12.1992, 3.12.1994, 24.1.1996 (2), then GVF-GEF (7) 24.3.1992 (2), 24.2.1993 (2), 3.12.1994, 3.3.1997, 1.10.2001
ScotlandBank of Scotland 1 Pounds (8) most in high grades with examples about UNC - UNC, Pick 91b (BY SC103b, RB95b) (2) both dated 20th April 1939 signatures Elphinstone & Macfarlane series S0491446 & X0689960. Pick 91c (BY SC103c, PMS BA95d) dated 16th October signatures Elphinstone & Crowford series AA347964. Pick 96b (BY SC105a, PMS BA98b) signatures Elphinstone & Crawford (4) including 29th November 1945 series D0181176, 28Th January 1947 series F0534756, 8th March 1949 series J0682830 22nd October 1952 series Q0069662. Pick 96c (BY SC105b, PMS BA98c) dated 9th November 1953 signatures Elphinstone & Watson series T0084497.
Egypt - Central Bank of Egypt (7) a group of Royal issues all with serial number 0000004 as follows: Two Hundred Pounds 2009 issue Pick 69a (Signature 22) dated 2009/7/27 a small crease on the left of the top edge, otherwise UNC, One Hundred Pounds 2009 issue (Signature 22) dated 2009/11/30 Pick 67 counting flicks on the top edge otherwise UNC, Fifty Pounds 2009 issue (Signature 22) Pick 66 dated 2009/9/14 UNC, Twenty Pounds 2009 issue (Signature 22) Pick 65 dated 2009/8/13 UNC, Ten Pounds 2009 issue (Signature 22) Pick 64 dated 2009/4/29 Five Pounds 2008 issue (Signature 22) Pick 63 dated 2008/9/4 a small crease on the top edge otherwise UNC, One Pound 2017 issue Pick 71 (signature 24) dated 2017/11/28 UNC
Propagandaairdrop note issued by GermanyWW2 over North Africa, £1 Peppiatt series H86D 729630 on face, Arabic on reverse, (2) both VG with tares, along with GB and World (50) mostly lower grades including several One Pounds GB and Ireland one being a Peppiatt blue
JerseySpecimen issues a small group (6) Five Pounds undated 1976-1988 issue, HB000000 signature May, Reverse: Elizabeth castle with ship in foreground Pick 12bs UNC. One Pound (5) undated 1976-1988 blue issue (2) DB000000 and LB000000 signature Clennet Pick 11as both UNC, undated 1993 green issue NC000000 signature Baird Pick 20s UNC and 2004 800th Anniversary of the Special relationship between Jersey and the BritishCrown, J8C000000 signature Black, Pick 31s UNC, along with collector series One Pound with Maltese Cross serial number prefix matching serial numbers 001779, A/UNC with slight wave in the paper (see lot with Twenty Pounds Specimens for the matching £20 note)
JerseyTwenty PoundsSpecimens (2) undated (1976-1988 issue) AC000000, signature May, Reverse: Sailing ship and Gorey Castle, Pick 14bs UNC, Twenty Pounds Specimen with Maltese Cross prefix serial number 001779 UNC (please see One Pound with matching serial number in earlier Jersey lot)
EgyptFive Pounds Proof Pick 63 undated, with no serial numbers, cut from a sheet, showing a central section from one complete note with around one third of an additional note above and around two-thirds of an additional note below, uncut as one piece, UNC and unusual
South Africa Barry & Nephews £5 unissued remainder, Swellendam branch dated 185x, vignette of cattle wagon at centre, Pick not listed, toned top left corner, about UNC to UNC light staining at the bottom
World (5,788) generally high grade recent commoner issues with duplication, some earlier and in circulated grades including a few Bank of England 10/- and One Pounds. Accompanied with an A-Z list of quantities per country and type a copy of which is available on request
IrelandNational Bank 1 PoundSPECIMEN PROOF on card PMS NA22 uniface in black and white SPECIMEN overprint on Manager signature area, Stg added to centre panel along with enlarged medallion at upper right and outlined ONE in centre underprint, printed by Perkins, Bacon & Petch, London. A very well-preserved example, good EF with pencilled annotation on reverse reads "April 14" and mounting marks, and a very small rust mark at centre on face.
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