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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
05/03/2023 Auction 180	World Banknotes	Lot 218	Scotland, Bank of Scotland Five Pounds Specimen signed Ephinstone and Crawford undated Pick 91c SPECIMEN in black across the front series AA962582 More banknotes like this	£70
04/09/2022 Auction 178	World Banknotes	Lot 77	GB and World (6) Northern Ireland - Ulster Bank Five Pounds 2006 issue, George Best Pick 339 UNC in the Ulster Bank wallet of issue, Scotland - Royal Bank of Scotland (2) Twenty Pounds 2000 issue Queen Mother 100th Birthday, prefix QETQM, Pick 361, Near VF, Five Pounds 2005 issue Reverse: Jack Nicklaus and the Royal and Ancient clubhouse, St. Andrews, UNC in the Royal Bank of Scotland wallet of issue, GB Five Pounds (3) Fforde B312 with binary serial number U03 866886 Fine, Kentfield Five Pounds (2) a consecutive pair EE68 819795 and EE68 819796 EF More banknotes like this	£70
05/06/2022 Auction 177	World Banknotes	Lot 107	GB and World Bank of England Twenty 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/- More banknotes like this	£180
06/03/2022 Auction 176	World Banknotes	Lot 207	Scotland Bank 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. More banknotes like this	£240
06/12/2020 Auction 171	World Banknotes	Lot 216	Scotland Bank of Scotland (4) in various grades VF-GVF to about UNC - UNC comprising 1 Pounds (3) consisting of Pick 96b (PMS BA98b, PMS SC105a) dated 8th March 1949 series J0047656 signatures Elphinstone & Crawford. Pick 100c (PMS BA 99c, BY SC106c) dated 28th August 1958 series Y0257341 signatures Bilsland & W. Watson. And Pick 105b (PMS BA 100f, BY SC107c) dated 3rd March 1967 series A/Y 0949575 signatures Polwarth & Letham, sorting marks on reverse. Also includes a 5 Pounds Pick 101b (PMS BA105b, BY SC118) dated 3rd May 1957 series 12/O 3042 signatures Bilsland & W. Watson. A desirable earlier group More banknotes like this	£40
07/06/2020 Auction 169	World Banknotes	Lot 291	World (21) in mixed grades good/VG to UNC. Comprises a few interesting issues such as an England Provincial Andover Old Bank 1 Pound dated 20th August 1824 No. 8385 For Joseph Wakeford, William Wakeford and Robert Wakeford (Outing 36f) with bankruptcy inked passage on reverse Manuscript signed Entered Wm. W (presumably William Wakeford) and Jos. Wakeford. And a British Caribbean Territories 1 Dollar young QE2 portrait Pick 7c dated 2nd January 1961 series T3 - 525390. Includes a selection of Experimental test notes as De La Rue Giorgi Test Die Note with Queen Elizabeth I on pink paper (3) along with a white paper note of the same type with a serial number IBNS 000000. Also Thomas De La Rue & Co. Limited 500th Anniversary of Columbus Epic Crossing of the Atlantic, IBNS London Congress 8th & 9th October 1994 and a 100 Hundred note with Thomas De La Rue's portrait IBNS annual European Congress 5th & 6th October 1996. Also a Cornwall Stannary Parliament set of the 1985 Private issues 50 Dynar (Pence) and 1 Pounds with matching serial numbers (6) each denomination in consecutively numbered trios numbers 1448, 1449 and 1450 and comes with an article clipping and original informative cards. A fantasy limited edition copy of the famous movie 1 Million Pound note with the original envelope serial No. 0176/2500. A Royal Bank of Scotland European Summit Commemorative 1 Pound in the original plastic presentation holder. Along with a few issues from Brazil, Greece and Iraq More banknotes like this	£60
02/12/2019 Auction 167	World Banknotes	Lot 1687	World (72) a vast collection in mixed grades Fine to UNC mostly 1900's issues includes British Provincial Andover Old Bank 1 Pound For Joseph Wakeford, William Wakeford and Robert Wakeford dated 21st May 1825 number 10783 entered R.W. and signed Wm. Wakeford (Outing 36f) amongst other scarcities as Ireland Republic Lady Lavery 1 Pound Pick 64d, Ireland Northern Bank Limited 1 Pound from 1978, Northern Ireland 1 Pound Pick 65a, Falkland Islands 1 Pound from 1982. Countries of issue include a variety such as France 1940's issues, England Bank of England, Jersey including a Commemorative 50th Anniversary of the Liberation, Cyprus, Mozambique, Italy, Yugoslavia, Canada, Peru, Egypt, Singapore and Scotland which includes a few commemorative notes as the EU Summit 1992. Also includes Contemporary USA Advertising $1.000.000, Disney 1 Dollar Mickey Mouse series 1990 number D00119226A and a limited-edition copies of the famous £1.000.000 note featured in the 1954 movie "The Million Pound Note" - serial numbers 0201/2500 and 0529/2500. Along with British Armed Forces a collection of various denominations 5 New Pence to 5 Pounds and most with matching First/Last serial numbers 758 and including examples from 2nd through the last 6th Series (37) all about UNC - UNC and the matching set comes with a Coincraft Certificate of Authenticity bearing the signature of Director and Notaphily Expert Claire Lobel. An attractive group featuring the various beautiful designs More banknotes like this	£110
02/12/2019 Auction 167	World Banknotes	Lot 1601	Scotland Bank of Scotland Third Waterston issue 5 Pounds Pick 92c (PMS BA101c, BY SC112c) and a very last and wartime date for this uniface type 26th September 1944 and next to last prefix 13/R 2746 bearing signatures of Lord Elphinstone titled Governor and John B Crawford titled Treasurer. The note in brown on light brown and grey underprint and Uniface featuring a panel at left with a thistle motif in the Scotland Royal Arms along with the Great Britain Royal Coat of Arms at bottom and a seal featuring King William II seal on top with motto "DEO FAVENTE 1695", the Bank's Coat of Arms at upper centre flanked by black value panels above a grey medallion at lower centre. Printed by G. Waterston & Sons, Ld. imprinted in small script at lower right and watermarked with chain-like frame, Bank of Scotland text and value both in wording and numerical. VF - GVF and a Scarce VERY last issue for this uniface 5 Pounds type sized issue also called a 'horse blanket' note by Scottish collectors due to their large size More banknotes like this	£100
02/12/2019 Auction 167	World Banknotes	Lot 1597	Scotland Bank of Scotland 1 Pounds (5) in various grades about VF/VF to about UNC - UNC comprising Pick 102a Reduced size issues (2) including 2 varieties of Lord Bilsland and Watson Reduced size issues PMS BA100a, SC107a dated 16th November 1961 very FIRST prefix for this type serial number A0680814 along with PMS BA100c, BY SC107a fractional prefix and smaller serial number A/G 0033983. Also includes the predecessor larger sized issues (3) including signatures Elphinstone & Crawford Pick 96b (PMS BA 98b, BY SC105a) very LAST date and prefix for this type 19th November 1952 serial number R0248201. Elphinstone & Watson Pick 96c (PMS BA98c, BY SC105b) very FIRST prefix and date for this type 4th September 1953 serial number R0557218. And the only large sized issue for this type for Bilsland & Watson Pick 100c (PMS BA99c, BY SC106c) this design with blue emblem in underprint dated 4th October 1957 serial number S0010753. A desirable group More banknotes like this	£85
01/09/2019 Auction 166	World Banknotes	Lot 507	World (86) a mostly very high grade collection about UNC - UNC comprising England Bank of England issues (16) including Hollom 10 Pounds Lion & Key B299 prefix A14. Fforde QE2 portrait & seated Britannia 10 Shillings (3) B309 FIRST series prefix 68R along with B310 (2) including a LAST series prefix D09N along with C79N. Page 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B339 (2) a consecutively numbered pair 54E 260054 & 54E 260055. Gill 10 Pounds Florence Nightingale B354 prefix HN53. Kentfield 5 Pounds George Stephenson 1993 issue B364 prefix DB03. Lowther (5) including 5 Pounds Elizabeth Fry B393 prefix JA01. 10 Pounds Charles Darwin B390 (2) a consecutive pair AJ68 333033 & AJ68 333034. 20 Pounds Sir Edward Elgar B386 (2) prefixes AA21 & AA66. Bailey (2) including 5 pounds Elizabeth Fry B398 prefix JE75. 10 Pounds Charles Darwin B400 prefix EA56. Salmon 5 Pounds Elizabeth Fry B407 prefix MB07. Isle of Man signature Cashen denomination set ND 1990-2009 (5) comprising 1 Pound Pick 40b (IOMPM M534), 5 Pounds Pick 41b (IOMPM M535), 10 Pounds Pick 44a (IOMPM M537) and 20 Pounds Pick 45a (IOMPM M539). Northern Ireland Bank of Ireland 1 Pound Pick 65 (PMI BA117). Ireland Central Bank (3) including 1 Pound Pick 70d (PMI LTN80). 5 Pounds (2) Pick 71e">Pick 71e (PMI LTN81) and Pick 75b">Pick 75b (PMI LTN88). Scotland (4) including Bank of Scotland (2) 1 Pound Pick 111f (PMS BA113f) and 5 Pounds Pick 119c (PMS BA122c). The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (2) 1 Pound Pick 351b (PMS RB90b) along with 5 Pounds Commemorative H.M. Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Pick 362 (PMS RB98). Singapore (6) including 1 Dollar Pick 9. 1 Dollar Pick 18a. 2 Dollars Pick 28. 2 Dollars Polymer Pick 46h. 5 Dollars Polymer Pick 47d. 10 Dollars Polymer Pick 48k. Iraq (19) including 5 Dinars Pick 80c. 10 Dinars Pick 81. 25 Dinars (4) Pick 86 (3) and Pick 73. 50 Dinars (4) Pick 75 (2) and Pick 83 (2). 100 Dinars (4) Pick 87 (2) and Pick 84a1 (3). 250 Dinars (4) Pick 88 (2), Pick 85a and 85b. Brazil (9) including 1 Cruzeiro Pick 150b 2 Cruzeiros Pick 151b. 5 Cruzeiros Pick 176a. 50 Cruzeiros on 50 Cruzados Novos Pick 223. 50 Cruzados Pick 210a. 200 Cruzeiros Pick 229. 1000 Cruzados Pick 213b. 1000 Cruzeiros Pick 231a. 10000 Cruzeiros Pick 233a. Poland 50 Zlotych Pick 71 and 100 Zlotych Pick 75a. Mauritius young Queen Elizabeth II issues (2) including 5 Rupees Pick 30c and 10 Rupees Pick 31c. Belgium (4) including 5 Francs Pick 121a. 20 Francs (2) Pick 132b and Pick 138a. 50 Francs Pick 139a. Zambia (4) including 2 Kwacha Pick 24c. 20 Kwacha Pick 36a. 50 Kwacha Pick 37b. 100 Kwacha Pick 38a. Uganda (4) including 100 Shillings Pick 31b. 200 Shillings Pick 32b. 500 Shillings Pick 33a. 1000 Shillings Pick 34a. Tanzania (2) including 10 Shilingi Pick 6c. 20 Shillingi Pick 3a. Jamaica (2) including 1 Dollar Pick 68Ad. 2 Dollars Pick 69e. Malta (2) inclusive of 1 Lira Pick 31b and 2 Liri Pick 45b. Portugal (2) consisting of 20 Escudos Pick 167b and 500 Escudos Pick 177. More banknotes like this	£330
01/09/2019 Auction 166	World Banknotes	Lot 486	World (28) mostly about UNC - UNC including a Provincial issue The Bradford Banking Company 5 Pounds Cut-cancelled with bottom third of note cut away (Outing 247c) number D9737. Scotland (22) comprising Clydesdale Bank Limited (10) including 1 Pounds Pick 204c, Pick 211b (2) and Pick 211d. 5 Pounds Pick 218a. 10 Pounds (4) including Pick 219a, Pick 226a very FIRST series for type A/AA 494680 along with a consecutive trio Pick 226f series CG/5 824028 - CG/5 824030. Bank of Scotland (12) including 5 Pounds (4) Pick 112f, Pick 116b, Pick 119a and Pick 119c. 10 Pounds (8) including Pick 113b, Pick 113c (2), Pick 113d, Pick 117a (2), Pick 120a and Pick 125b. Jersey World War II German Occupation 6 Pence Pick 1a (BY JE1) serial number JN 580645, trimmed. Charles Darwin Commemorative Coin & Banknote Cover Limited Edition of 500 including a 10 Pounds Lowther B390 FIRST RUN series AA01 999642 along with a Sierra Leone Charles Darwin Commemorative Copper-nickel 1 Dollar Coin 1999. Australia Banknote Vignette The unissued Five Shilling Note of 1946 1989 UNC as issued serial 4635/20000. Museum on the Mound limited edition presentation folder of British Linen Company 1 Guinea 1819 modern pull pencilled 69/100. Cumberland & Carlisle Bank £5 contemporary pull printed on card dated 180x, a Thomas Berwick engraving, (Outing 435a for type) More banknotes like this	£200
01/09/2019 Auction 166	World Banknotes	Lot 405	Scotland Bank of Scotland 1 Pounds (8) most in very high grades including about UNC - UNC comprising 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. More banknotes like this	£180
01/09/2019 Auction 166	World Banknotes	Lot 258	Great Britain (22) in mixed grades comprising Bank of England issues (17) consisting of O'Brien (5) including 10 Shillings B271 Red-Brown Britannia medallion issue 1955 prefix C56Y and 10 Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B286 issue 1961 (4) prefixes D93, D59, E66 & first series A05. Fforde (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 Pounds QE2 & seated child Britannia B312 issue 1967 (4) including prefixes T66 and a consecutive trio Z06 these about UNC - UNC. Page 1 Pound QE2 & seated Britannia B320 issue 1970 prefix Y39E. Somerset 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B341 issues 1981 (2) prefixes DW05 & DY12. Along with Scotland 1 Pounds Commemorative issues celebrating 100th Anniversary of Death of Robert Louis Stevenson Pick 358a (Calloway-Murphy RB94, BY SC835) dated 3rd December 1994 and signed G.R.Mathewson (5) in 2 consecutively numbered runs - a trio RLS0546101 through RLS0546103 and a pair RLS0546049 & RLS0546050, these also UNC. More banknotes like this	£140
03/06/2019 Auction 165	World Banknotes	Lot 787	Scotland Bank of Scotland 5 Pounds Stanley Curister ESSAY undated 21st January 1945 similar design to Pick 97 (Calloway-Murphy BA 102b) serial number 8/Q 4233 signatures Lord Elphinstone for Governor and Crawford for Treasurer black SPECIMEN overprint diagonally at centre. The note features a grey Scotia medallion at centre, Great Seal of Scotland, Arms with unicorns at left on obverse and reverse in Dark Grey featuring Arms at centre and value at centre left and right. In 1943 the Bank started to consider redesigning the £5 note. A committee was set up with a brief to examine ways of reducing the size of the £5 note and adding a printed reverse. Stanley Curister, the Curator of the National Gallery at the time, prepared designs for the printed reverse featuring the Bank's shield against a lined background which was approved in May 1944 after several variants were submitted experimenting with different coloured inks. The inks were produced by A B Fleming & Co Ltd, the long standing ink manufacturers for the Bank. A number of these essays have come on to the market, all in the reduced dimensions. This essay type seen with both the SPECIMEN and CANCELLED overprint. About UNC and Exceptionally Scarce More banknotes like this Signature Sale : The Paul Dickinson Collection	£95
03/06/2019 Auction 165	World Banknotes	Lot 923	Great Britain (10) a group in mixed grades including UNC comprising Bank of England Ten Shillings Fforde QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B310 issue 1967 (6) a consecutive set series B29N 857735 to B29N 857740. Along with Scotland (4) comprising 1 Pounds The Royal Bank of Scotland W.H. Egan Reverse (2) Callaway & Murphy RB 55d dated 1st December 1956 and RB 55h dated 2nd April 1963 ( Pick 324b ). 5 Pounds The Royal Bank of Scotland Callaway and Murphy RB 58e dated 1st April signatures Ballantyne & Campbell. And The National Bank of Scotland 5 pounds Callaway & Murphy NA56 ( Pick 259d ) dated 3rd January 1944 More banknotes like this	£65
03/06/2019 Auction 165	World Banknotes	Lot 764	Scotland Bank of Scotland 1 Pounds signatures Lord Elphinstone for Governor and John B Crawford for Treasurer (2) including Pick 91c (Callaway-Murphy BA 95d) dated 16th October 1943 serial number AA492673, yellow-brown dark brown and grey-blue featuring bank's arms at left on obverse and the bank building on reverse GEF - about UNC . Along with Pick 96b (Callaway-Murphy BA 98b) dated 5th January 1948 serial number H0159121, yellow and grey blue Scotia medallion at centre no banks arms on obverse and reverse now in yellow-ochre about UNC - UNC. In 1943, ahead of the Bank's 250th Anniversary in 1945, the Bank started to consider redesigning the 1 Pound note therefore a committee was set up. The notes in this lot include the old and the new design where the new design no longer features a side panel with the banks arms and arms now on reverse against a lined background. More banknotes like this Signature Sale : The Paul Dickinson Collection	£60
03/06/2019 Auction 165	World Banknotes	Lot 1088	World (32) in mixed grades including EF comprising Bank of England (3) £1 Somerset prefix BU70, 10 Shillings Fforde prefix B39N and 5 Pounds Lowther prefix HH16. Scotland (4) Clydesdale Bank plc £1 and £5 along with The Royal Bank of Scotland Lord Ilay £1 and £10. United States (4) including 1 Dollars (2) series 1993 & 2009 and 5 Dollars (2) series 2009. Along with other countries as Spain, Yugoslavia, Greece, Belgium, Hungary, Russia, Sweden, Isle of Man, India, Eastern Caribbean, Vietnam, WEST AFRICAN STATES - Bénin, and Uganda. Some with tape and inked and all come in a Milenium Hotel At the World Trade Center New York More banknotes like this	£46
02/09/2018 Auction 162	World Banknotes	Lot 372	World & GB (246), including Burma, France, Japan, Chile, Greece, Serbia, Thailand and more, GB (138) including Warren Fisher 1 Pound, range from Mahon to Hollom, Provincial notes Darlington Bank 5 Pounds, Stamford Spalding & Boston Bank 5 Pounds, range of Scotland 1 Pounds, also a few postal orders, stamps and fantasy notes, in mixed grades More banknotes like this	£380
04/06/2017 Auction 157	World Banknotes	Lot 147	GB (13) includes White Five Pounds Beale July 1 1952, Five Pounds (2) O'Brien Lion and Key, Fforde, One Pound (9) Peppiatt blue (1), Beale consecutives (3), O'Brien (1), Page (4) and World (5) includes Russia 500 Roubles 1912, 25 Roubles 1909, and Northern Ireland Five Pounds George Best (2), Scotland, Commercial Bank of Scotland 1929, plus receipts for Feu duty Edinburgh 1894 (2) in mixed grades some EF or better More banknotes like this	£170
07/06/2011 Auction 133	World Banknotes	Lot 3381	Northern Ireland (3) Bank of Ireland Five Pounds 2003, One Pound undated 1972-1977 issue Pick 61a, Ulster Bank Ltd Five Pounds 2001 issue Pick 322, Scotland Bank of Scotland Five Pounds 1995 Commemorative issue Pick 119d, Isle of Man Ten Pounds 1983 issue Pick 42b, Guernsey Five Pounds 1990-1991 issue Pick 53a, Bank of England Five Pounds (2) O'Brien Lion and Key B277 A26 prefix, first series, Fforde B312 T93 prefix all UNC or near so More banknotes like this Signature Sale : Banknote Dealers Stock	£240

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