Bank of England a collection in an album with examples back to Peppiatt including Mauve and Blue types (29) mixed grades some in high grades £128 face 10/- to £20 along with two low grade Greek notes
Coin and Banknote Set 2000 Queen Mother 100th Birthday C153, comprising Five Pound Crown 2000 in cupro-nickel UNC, and Five Pounds Lowther QM10 010055 UNC in the wallet of issue, along with a matching serial number pair Twenty Pounds Lowther QM10 000055, from the C155 set, and Ten Pounds Lowther QM10 000055, from the C154 set, these UNC
Cheques (17) includes examples ranging from 1843 to 1936, a variety of different banks represented, includes Hertfordshire Hitchin Bank, London & South Western Bank Limited, Gurneys & Birkbeck Bankers, Norwich, The National ProvincialBank of England, The Northern Banking Company, The London City & Midland Bank Limited, Messrs Sparrow, Round & Co. Messrs Child & Co., Barclays Bank, The London & Provincial Bank, and the Northern Banking Company, Belfast, all written, in varied condition, along with Russia (2) Loan certificate from 1993, purple and red, EF and another from 1919 brown on beige VF perforated at the left, both small format
One PoundBradbury 5 digit serial number, dash T4/2. K/12 22630. a scarce issue probably VF for wear and pleasant a few small brown marks and a faint brown stain left bottom light shines through a few tiny holes along a crease at the centre and left middle, a collectable example of this rare early type
Five Pounds whiteNairne, B208b dated March 9 1915, LEEDS branch, series 86/P 21198 approaching VF with some light and faint discolouration, interesting SCUNTHORPE oval purple bank stamp JUN 8 1918 reverse a collectable and pleasant low to mid grade example
Five Pounds MahonwhiteB215c dated 3rd August 1927 series 345/U 77113, scarce HULL branch issue, collectable Very Good - Fine a seldom offered Branch and the first we have seen
One Pounds Green medallion of Britannia type Bank prior to rebuilding reverse (34) Peppiatt, Beale and O'Brien from circulation but generally firm collectable examples F-VF
Operation Bernhard Forgeries Catterns (2) 20 Pounds 15 Aug 1933 and 50 Pounds 20 March 1930 both once mounted and discoloured and the Fifty with a nick at the top
One PoundPeppiatt Blue H52H 738186 AU but with a light stain, Peppiatt W42W 937291 Unc, Beale J57J 840342 AU-Unc, Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve C32D 381771 VF, O'Brien Z47X 225749 VF
Five Pounds BealewhiteB270London 19th April 1951 serial number U43 082016 Pick344 VF penned number lower left corner, pencilled number at the top and bank stamp reverse
Five Pounds O'Brien B277 Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion and Key reverse issued 1957 (19) generally F-VF each with a number or annotation written on, along with a further (9) low grade examples VG-F
Five Pounds O'Brien B277 Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion and Key reverse issued 1957 (4) First Series A01 193064 Fine penned number top right front, plus a further 3 prefixes A32, A99 and B40 these generally VF or better
Bank of England in high grades (15) as per Duggleby B numbers 282,292,288,305,307,320,337,341,353,364,393,398,400,408,411 one or two in EF-AU most in Unc £58 face
Ten Shillings (36) O'Brien 1961 B286 K24 last series (AU) Hollom 1963 B294 (4) three being consecutives, B295 (3), FfordeB309 1967 (5) including prefix 79R and 85R first series and 28Z last series these AU-Unc along with others (23) Hollom and Fforde from circulation some EF a few with annotations
Ten Shillings Britannia in Medallion a high grade group (34) 1963 B294 (12) with eleven being consecutives and 1967 B310 (22) being 3 groups (a group of 3, 9 and 10) of consecutives
A set of four first run polymer notes with the low matching serial number 0000036. Fifty Pounds Sarah John June 2021 Alan Turing reverse AA01 000036, Twenty Pounds Sarah John 2020 JMW Turner reverse AA01 000036, Ten Pounds ClelandJane Austen reverse AA01 000036 and Five Pounds Cleland Churchill reverse AA01 000036 Unc. These four notes were never offered as a set the vendor had to attend various auctions to put together a matching set extremely rare thus
Norwich Crown Bank & Norfolk & Suffolk Bank Ten Pounds dated 1867 series No. 15450 for Harveys and Hudsons, (Outing 1606), pinholes & inked numbers reverse, Fine
Bank of England ( 15) including £10 J.B. Page (2 ) consecutive pair prefix K71 both near EF , £5 Pale Blue - reverse Duke of Wellington (4) cashiers - J.P Page (2) Somerset (1 ) , Gill (1) , VF to EF , £5 (1) Gill- Crown top right , £1 (7) J.P page (1 ) Somerset (7) including 2 consecutive pair EF to UNC and Ten Shilling J Fforde VF
Waterlow & Sons Ltd Banknote Advertising/Promotional Note, portrait of Sir Philip Waterlow at the centre, blue, (c.1950s) reverse inverted, and Waterlow & Sons advertising/promotional note, green/brown, upright format with ship and steam train at a dockyard in a vignette at the top, the reverse with the companies factory and works in 7 vignettes on the reverse, the two items joined in the centre, (stitched ?) 140mm x 213mm, VF trimmed at the lower left edge
One PoundBradbury First Issue T3.3 Black Six-digit serial number Dot in No. 1914 series A/14 004852 probably Fine for wear but has been repaired (re-joined) with tape reverse and with another tear almost as deep as the note and with pencilled annotations reverse
Ten Shillings BradburyT9 De la Rue r No. in ornate font Six digit serial F 1914, A/2 738971 GVF with faint number 31 top right, rare in these higher grades
Ten Shillings BradburyT9 First issue Dash in No. ornate font and 6 digit serial issued 1914 serial number A/1 240550, Fine pencilled annotation reverse
Ten Shillings BradburyT17 issued 1918 black serial A/22 023090, No. with dot, (Pick350a), VF or better small crack in the paper at centre where light shines through, a rare issue
One PoundWarren Fisher 1919 T24 W/61 283333 better than Fine with some small holes around George V portrait. Five Pounds Page 1971 B324 (2) one AU the other VF. One Pounds Catterns N52 547518 Fine, Peppiatt Blue Y77D 503986 VF, Beale B25C 124674 Fine. Ten Shillings seated Britannia at left O'Brien W63Y 694924 VF small brown stain right edge
Ten Shillings Warren FisherT33 last series W/72 699550 issued 1927, Northern Ireland issue, EF for wear but with a small (4mm) tear at the top and pencilled annotations reverse
One PoundWarren FisherT34 issued 1927, series T1/81 931303, No. with dot, portrait King George V at right, Northern Ireland Issue, (Pick361a), GVF some faint brown stains above the portrait
One PoundWarren FisherT34 issued 1927, series X1/28 91922, No. with dot, portrait King George V at right, Northern Ireland Issue, (Pick361a), VF or better and with pencilled annotations reverse
Five Pounds Gill RJ29 prefix AU. One Pounds Peppiatt 1934 B239 K90A prefix VF and Blue A12D prefix EF both with pencilled annotations reverse. Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve Z01D EF with pencilled annotations reverse, Peppiatt B236 last series 38O 500281 VF, Hollom Britannia in Medallion (2) VF
One PoundPeppiatt Blue prefix K16H VF, O' Brien B282 69H prefix (4 consecutives), HollomB288 D04X prefix (3 consecutives), FfordeB305 N01D prefix (4 consecutives), PageB320 X69K prefix (10 consecutives). Isaac Newton A04 000420, SomersetB343 (5 consecutives). Ten Shillings Hollom B295 61D prefix (3 consecutives). The Royal Bank of Scotland 1 Pound 13.12.1988 (2 consecutives), 8.12.1992 (1), 1.10.2001 (4 being 2 x 2 consecutives) AU-Unc apart from the Peppiatt blue
One PoundPeppiatt Facsimile German Propaganda Note dropped on North Africa 1942 similar design to B249 Peppiatt Second Period Emergency issue series H86D 729630. Rommel Arabic text on reverse Fine
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