ScotlandClydesdale Bank PLC £10 dated 1st May 1997, special series NAB 002057, encapsulated in a thick plastic block to make an official presentation paperweight, (presented to staff to commemorate 10 years ownership by the National Australia Bank), Pick226a for type, corner chips to plastic, note inside looks UNC
Scotland Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited £20 dated 2nd January 1947, series 13C 00410, Picks334, small inked annotations & pinholes, cleaned & pressed Fine
Scotland, The Royal Bank of Scotland £10 Burke undated Colour Trial of Pick 338 with serial number A/1 000000 and a central cancellation punch hole and SPECIMEN printed twice across both sides Unc No 24 (printed top left reverse) some discolouration far left border, rare
Scotland, The Royal Bank of Scotland £10 Robertson and Burke 19th March 1969 Colour Trial of Pick 331 with serial number A/1 000000 and two central cancellation punch holes Unc. No 11 (printed top left reverse)
Scotland, The Royal Bank of Scotland £20 Burke undated Colour Trial of Pick 339 with serial number A/1 000000 and a central cancellation punch hole and SPECIMEN printed twice across both sides Unc No 35 (printed top left reverse) some discolouration far left border, rare
Scotland, The Royal Bank of Scotland £20, large size, dated 4th January 1943 series D431/6067, Pick319b, small inked number reverse, small hole & edge nicks, about Fine
Scotland, The Royal Bank of Scotland £5 Burke undated Colour Trial of Pick 337 with serial number A/1 000000 and a central cancellation punch hole and SPECIMEN printed twice across both sides Unc No 15 (printed top left reverse) some discolouration far left border, rare
Scotland, The Royal Bank of Scotland £5 Robertson and Burke 19th March 1969 Colour Trial of Pick 330 with serial number A/1 000000 and two central cancellation punch holes SPECIMEN in red both sides Unc. No 23 (printed top left reverse) some discolouration right hand border, rare
Scotland, Union Bank of Scotland £20 archival Specimen proof dated 31st March 1905 series No.A 56/001, missing top right corner area, printers inked annotations & punch hole cancelled, Picks808p for type, about VF
Seychelles100 rupees (3) all with low number 888 serial numbers, AF000888 Pick40(a) with vertical black serial number, AG000888 Pick40(b) with red vertical serial number and AK000888 Pick43, UNC
South AfricaBoer War, Upington Border Scout issued 1902, only the printed area visible, the manuscript area very faded but most likely Picks713a for the 10 shilling value, cleaned VF, made from uniform material, very scarce
Sudan 25 piastres dated 1967 perforated SPECIMEN & 1095, red "Cancelled" overprint on front & back, series A/00 000000, Pick6s, slabbed in plastic and graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated
USA Citizens Bank of Louisiana5 Dollars an uncut sheet of 4 notes, Maidens head left and Governors Head right Patented 30 June 1857 as issued with some light foxing and with a small tear in the lower right corner
World (circa 100) mostly modern uncirculated with heavy duplication of Brazil and Surinam with a few circulated issues these including USADollars and a Cyprus £10
World accumulation in box (c.1230) Germanynotgeld (465) small and large size, Germany (290) includes AMC, 1903 to 1940s, mostly inflationary period, Italy (365) includes some earlier types and AMC but mostly modern pre-Euro period, bank cheques & ephemera (c.107) mostly GB and Thailand cheques, promotional notes and some assorted car tax discs (11), a large lot with much duplication, needs viewing
Belize (4) QE2 portrait, $1 1976 Pick33c VF, $1 1980 Pick38a UNC, $20 2012 Pick72 and $50 2010 Pick70d, these both have counting flicks only, about UNC to UNC
British group (59) face value £75.50 includes T26Warren Fisher 10/- toned, various £1s from Peppiatt to modern, a few older Scottish, some lower grades but many VF to EF or better
ChinaBank of Communications 1 yuan 1927 Weihaiwei Pick145Bg rust marks about Fine and 5 yuan 1927 Lungkow Pick146Cc cleaned & pressed, pinholes Fine, both have steam trains in the vignettes
EgyptCentral Bank £10 (19) all dated 1974, most have consecutive numbers, Pharaoh & pyramids on reverse, Pick46, a few with edge flicks but most are UNC
Egypt WW1 Prisoner of War Camp Maadi, a 1/2 piastre with manuscript signature lower right, used by Turkish prisoners, uniface, Fine+ and extremely scarce
France, a sight note for Dix Livres Sterling (£10 sterling) , Howard, Grand & Co., dated London 1st July 1843, Serie 1 No.361, a long list of French towns and companies on reverse, a small piece of bottom right corner missing, about EF and scarce
German East Africa 100 Rupien dated 1905, Kaiser Wilhelm portrait, series No.3195, Pick4a (Rosenberg 903a), a scarcer 4 digit serial number variety, small edge nick, Fine
India1 rupee dated 1917 series B/37 899806 with Gubbay signature, Pick1g, this series with the B prefix was the earlier type issued for Bombay, washed & pressed, small holes & rust marks, Fine
IrelandCentral Bank of Ireland Lady Lavery £1 (3) dated 11.3.63, without security threads & emergency prefix, a consecutively numbered run 02X 735645 to 02X 735647, Pick64a (LTN48c), first two notes about EF and the last note about UNC to UNC
Ireland Portlaw and Co. Waterford Mayfield Factory Malcolmson Brothers (8) Halfcrown Tokens 1854 (3) each an uncut pair on cardboard, Shilling Tokens 1854 (3) each an uncut pair on cardboard, Shilling Tokens 1854 (2) in cardboard cut from the original rectangular card, all in very good condition
Ireland Republic Central Bank £100, Lady Lavery portrait, dated 4.4.77 series 02B 020823, signed Murray & O'Murchu., Pick 69b (LTN66), cleaned & pressed, Fine
IrelandUlster Bank Limited £5 dated 1st May 1918 series H.83930, manuscript signature R.M. Harrison, Pick383b (UB39), crisp, fresh and original, good Fine, very scarce
Jersey Bible Christian Church £1 unissued remainder (Limerick watermark), mount marks & a shiny adhesive residue covering the reverse , overall EF or better
Keeling Cocos Islands (6) 1/10th rupee to 5 rupees dated 1902, signed Clunies Ross, Picks123 to Picks128, a couple with rust marks, grades range from EF to about UNC
One Pounds Peppiatt (1), Beale (2) Pagereplacements (2) generally in high grade, British Linen Bank One Pound 1957 VF, along with Bank of England issued prints of master drawings (12) with different bank note designs
Palestinepostal orders (2) 100 mils with postmark dated Tel Aviv 1948, cancellation punch holes, and £1 with postmark dated 1938 Haifa, Pay to The Execution Office Tel Aviv, large tear at lower left & rust marks, both VF
Scotland (24) Five Pounds (8), One Pound (16) various banks a wide selection of issues from 1939 onwards, in mixed grades, mostly around Fine with some later issues better
Seychelles (18) 25 rupees issued 1998 (9), a consecutive high numbered run, series AD888889 to AD888897, Pick37(b), UNC and 50 rupees 2011 (9) matching numbers AE888889 to AE888897 Pick42, all about UNC to UNC
Straits SettlementsOne Dollar 17 March 1911 Pick 1b central hole one or two pinholes edges good (a few tiny nicks) probably near Fine for wear and scarce
Syria 500 pounds (3) all dated 1998, a consecutively numbered run series B/73 365439 to B/73 365441, ERRORS all missing the date and signatures on face, Pick110, counting flick, about UNC to UNC
World a varied group from a multitude of countries, including earlier types such South Africa Governments Een Pond (2), in mixed grades, generally from circulation but including British Armed Forces One Pound 4th series (100) estimated by weight to be around 250 pieces
World banknotes (16) includes GB £1s (6) Peppiatt to O'Brien average Fine, better grade modern foreign includes Japan, FrenchPacific Territories, Comoros, Thailand, Netherland Antilles and Guernsey
World banknotes (87) a good range with many in high grades, includes Cuba, Russia, Ukraine, Netherlands, some fantasy fun notes, also a GB £10 Kentfield A35, needs viewing
World from a dealers 75p box (392), includes some higher denominations, in mixed grades, also China and Japan (17) and a Uruguay100 Pesos 1993 with Chineseoverprint, these in mixed grades
World includes South Africa card tickets S.M Vooruit, Waarde Een Brood and 1/2 Brood, an interesting group, also includes multiples of British Armed Forces, India One Rupee, and Peru 10 Soles 1968 in mixed grades (gross weight around 1.5 Kilos)
Argentina original black & white hand engraving for the reverse of Banco Central 10 peso 1943-63 (No.179 top right corner), comes with a 10 peso Pick270a as an example, about UNC
Bradbury Wilkinson reverse unfinished trial proof, circa 1907, page=Pastresults&searchterm=Asia&category=2&searchtype=1" rel="tag">Asian or Middle Eastern design (Bank and country need verifying), rectangular pale pink, green and multicoloured, stuck to thin paper from a book page.
China (10) Bank of Chinan, 5 yuan, 1939, P.S3069a, Unc; Chinese Italian Banking Corp., 1 yuan, 1921, unissued, P.S253, Unc; Farmers Bank of China, 10 cents, 1937, P461, Unc; Menchiang Bank, 1 Chiao, 1940, P.J101A, Unc; Russo-Asiatic Bank, 50 kopeks, 1917, P.S473, Unc; Southern Peoples Bank, 10 yuan, 1949, P.S3489, Unc; Shantung Min Shene Bank, 5 yuan, 1940, P.S2742, VF+; Bank of China x 3 notes, EF-Unc
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