Bohemia and Moravia 1 Koruna ND (1940) Pick 3 Unc, Bulgaria (6) 100 Leva 1951 (2), 10 Leva 1951 (2) and 1974, 5 Leva and 2 Leva 1974 all Unc, Serbia 500 Dinara 1941 Pick 27 GVF, Germanyinflation issues 10,000 and 5,000 Marks 1922 and 20,000 Marks 1923 (2) these VF along with Cambodia modern post 1961 issues (23) in minty state some duplication
Canada Dominion of Canada 1 DollarPick 24Aa (DC-13b) dated 31st March 1898 series H number 427638 check letter A signature of Deputy Receiver General J.M. Courtney the left VG - about Fine
East Africa Currency Board (4) King George V portrait 5 Shillings Pick 20 dated 1st January 1933 serial number K/4 94597 3 signatures, King George VI portrait issues (3) including 1 Shillings Pick 27 dated 1st January 1943 serial number A/10 85413 4 signatures, 5 ShillingsPick 28a dated 1st July 1941 serial number T/6 53769 3 signatures and 20 Shillings = 1 PoundPick 30b dated 1st August 1951 serial number B/70 62009 4 signatures. All Thomas De La Rue printing VF - GEF
Europe (11) Austria 20 Austrian Schillings 1956, Carl Auer von Welsbach on obverse ,100 Schilling 1984 Eugen Von Böhm-Bawerk facing left, 20 Schilling 1967 Carl Ritter von Ghega at right, 20 Schilling (2 )Moritz M Daffinger at right 1986, Hungary ( 3 )100 Forint (2) Portrait of Lajos Kossuth at right 1957-1989,50 Forint 1965-1989, Luxembourg (3)100 Cent Francs Portrait of Grand Duke Jean at left , 100 Francs - Jean 2nd. portrait 1980, 50 Francs - Jean 1st. portrait 1972-avarage VF to UNC
Europe (19) France (2) French West Africa 25 Francs 1942 P#30, The Banque de France 20 French 2002, Greece (12) 5000 Drachmes large type Portrait of Theodoros Kolokotronis 1984, 1000 Drachmes (3) bust of Apollon of Olympia at centre 1987, 500 Drachmai 1968 with Demeter, Triptolemos and Persephone at centre, 500 Drachmes (2 ) Ioannis Kapodistrias at centre-left 1983 , 100 Drachmai Statue of Democritus at left 1966-1967, 100 Drachmai (2 ) Athena of Piraeus at left 1978, 50 Drachmai Head of nymph Arethusa at left 1964, 50 Drachmai Head of Poseidon 1978 , Spain (5) 2000 Pesetas obverse Spanish writer Juan Ramón Jiménez 1980, 1000 Pesetas Centennial of the Bank of Spain 1971, 1000 Pesetas obv Benito Pérez Galdós front-facing 1979, 500 Pesetas 1979, 100 Pesetas obv Spanish composer Manuel de Falla 1970 , Good Fine to UNC
France 5 to 1000 Francs various dates from 1930-40's to modern (22) in various grades Fine to EF-GEF including some interesting issues, WW2 Allied Military100 Francs (2) Pick 118b block 2 French flag reverse and Pick 123a "France" on reverse, Tresor issues, some consecutively numbered and last dates of issue for respective types
GermanyFederal Republic 1940-80's (4) Bank Deutscher Länder issues (2) 5 Deutsche Mark Pick 13i series 10 Deutsche Mark Pick 16a series Deutsche Bundesbank notes (2) made of 10 Deutsche Mark Pick 19 series E variety with "...wird mit Zuchthaus … " in Legal clause on reverse and 20 Deutsche Mark Pick 32d series GQ1552843J variety with "...wird mit Freiheitsstrafe … " in Legal clause on reverse and Deutsche Bundesbank copyright text on reverse.
Germany Konversionskasse für Deutsche Auslandsschulden (Conversion fund for German foreign debts) 10 ReichsmarkPick 200 dated 28th August 1933 series A number 0415989 perforated ENTWERTET (Cancelled), UNC
GermanyReichsbanknote 50 Mark "The Egg Note" ("Eierschein" as known by German collectors) Pick 65 dated 30th November 1918 series H1580 054669 variety with "№" at left of serial number, about UNC
IrelandNorthern Banking Company Limited 1 Pound Belfast Sept. 1892 Very Good S/N in red H26548, a problem free pleasing example for grade and a rare seldom offered type
Jersey (5) including 10 Pounds George Baird signature Pick 22 , 1 Pounds all different types (4) Clennett signature , QE2 with tiara and the Battle of Jersey. Ian Black signature (2) 800th Anniversary of Jersey (1204-2004) Pick 31 (BY JE16) 2004 special prefix and LOW serial number J8C 000259, Baird signature Commemorative example of the 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of Jersey Pick 25 and All UNC
Rhodesia, Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, Five Pounds, 12 November 1964, Queen Elizabeth II at right, sable antelope at lower left, reverse Great Zimbabwe ruins, Pick 26a, Extremely Fine, with small light stains in places at the edges and two pinholes. A desirable QEII Rhodesia high-denomination issue
Suriname Central Bank 100 GuldenPick 139b dated 10th February 1998 (200) a consecutively numbered bundle in a wrapper serial numbers AL532501 through AL532600 and AL532801 through AL532900 UNC
World (94) mixed grades with more recent issues in high grades and circulated issued dating back to 1910 includes some higher denominations such as Australia10 Dollars
Bahamas Young QE II portrait (1953) (3) 10 Shillings Sweeting and Bethel Pick 14c AU but with two areas of adhesive staining reverse 4 Shillings (2) both about Fine
Bermuda QE II Young Portrait (4) 10 Shillings and 5 Shillings both 1.5.1957 both Unc but both with evidence of adhesive reverse, along with 10 Shillings 20.10.1952 Fine and 1.5.1957 VG
British Caribbean TerritoriesOne Dollar red QEII young portrait at right Pick 7 (5) 5.1.1953 VG, 2.1.1959 (2) VF and Fine and both with stains reverse, 1.7.1960 EF-AU some staining reverse, 2.1.1962 VF but 4 mount marks reverse
Ceylon5 Rupees 1 November 1948 black on whiteGeorge VI facing portrait at left Government of Ceylon a set of two PMG graded items as front and back archival photographs S/N 000000 uniface, both graded by PMG as Choice Uncirculated 64 and attributed by PMG as "Front Archival Photograph" and "Back Archival Photograph"
Fiji Young QEII at right (3) 5 Pounds 1.9.1959 Fine with some inked annotations, 1 Pound 1.12.1961 VF, 10 Shillings 1.12.1961 aVF all with evidence of having been mounted on the 4 corners reverse
France 50 Nouveaux Francs on 5,000 Francs 30-10-1958 Pick 139a VF multiple pinholes, top right corner missing along with 50 Francs 7-6-1962 VF with a small tear top edge and 10 Nouveaux Francs 6-4-1961 Fine with pinholes
GermanyReichsbanknote (2 )100 Mark Pick 22 (Rosenberg 20) dated 17th April 1903 serial number 5036701 A, VG. Along with Germany Reichsbanknote 2 Billion Mark Pick 135a (Rosenberg 132a) dated 5th November 1923 watermark variety G/D in stars and serial number with star at the end, prefix MM-49 034555 *, Fine
Isle of Man Bank of Mona One Pound (Branch of the City of Glasgow Bank) a hoard (88) of issued notes many dated 1859, all Poor and damaged with the bottom half of the note missing with the tear normally through the ONE POUND denomination
Malaya and British Borneo5 Dollars green young QE II 21 March 1953 (2) prefix A/14 Fine and A/10 VF light dirt reverse along with Dollar 1 March 1959 about Fine
Saudi Arabia (6) AH1379 50 Rials Pick 14 Fine small inked number reverse, 10 Rials Pick 13 nEF, 1 Rial Pick 11 signature 2 and signature 3 both Fine and 1 Rial Pick 8 Fine
ScotlandBank of Scotland Dennis Stevenson & Colin Mathews 100 Pounds SPECIMEN dated 17th September 2007 serial number AA000000 and featuring Sir Walter Scott on obverse (5) No. 076 in small script at lower left corner Pick 128s violet-red featuring Kessock Bridge on reverse spanning the Moray and Beauly Firths near Inverness. PMG 66 EPQ Gem Uncirculated
Southern RhodesiaGeorge VI portrait (2),10 shillings dated 1st March 1944, Pick9b and 5 shillings dated 1st February 1945 series D/21 004629. VG - Fine
USADollar 1917 Christopher Columbas sighting land at upper left, George Washington left facing portrait Pick 187 about Fine light dirt and some tiny nicks in the paper top edge
Wales - Black Sheep Company (8) 10 Swilt No 002395, 5 Swilt (5) with 4 being consecutives, £1 (2) No 003888 and 004309 Llandudno all with the blue Two Pence circular emblem and all Unc and without cancellation stamps and come with the book MONEY FOR ALL THE STORY OF THE WELSH POUND by Ivor Wynne Jones this in good second hand condition with some penned annotations on the inside front cover
World (circa 120) dating from French 18th century Assignat to modern including pre Revolutionary Russia 500 Rubles, Hungary 1000 Korona 1920 and more, mixed grades a few Unc
World in 2 albums (93) with strength in Europe such as B of E £10 and Swiss 10 and 20 Francs, and German some of these dating back to 1900, mixed grades
Anglo - Palestine Bank Series, The Bank of Israel First legal currency of the state of Israel put into circulation August 18th 1948 sterling silver replicas authorised by the Bank of Israel a cased set of 5 silver replicas 55 grams 17cm x 5 cm 50, 10, 5 and 1 Palestinian Pounds along with 500 Mils, cased as issued
France (5) 500 Francs 27.5.1937 VG, 100 Francs 17.6.1914 VG and 22.9.1932 Fine with pinholes, 50 Francs (2) 10.7.1930 VG and 12.3.1931 Fine with some pinholes
France5 Francs 19.10.1918 Laferriere and Picard Pick 72a VF with two ink smudges reverse and Chamber of Commerce Paris 1 Franc 1 July 1922 Purple and Blue on White Fine
GB and World mixed grades some in album pages dating back to PeppiattTen Shillings Mauves including higher denominations such as Channel Islands £5 (circa 80 notes)
Germany - Federal Republic (3) 10 Marks blue on multicolour SERIE 1948 red serial number Pick 5a VF some light dirt reverse, Bank Deutscher Lander 10 Marks 1949 B in circle left front Pick 16b (2) one VG-Fine the other Fine
Gibraltar (3) a high grade group about UNC - UNC comprising 1 PoundPick 20e dated 4th August 1988 serial number L 603181. Along with a consecutively numbered pair 5 PoundsPick 21b dated 4th August 1988 (2) serial numbers E 845382 & E 845383
India, Government of India 10 Rupees 9 December 1916 signed Gubbay Pick A10f S/N ZB/9 43375 firm and collectable F-VF staples holes at issue and small central hole
Isle of Man 1 PoundPick 25b (BY IM31b; IOMPM M505) ND 1970 signature Stallard serial number C 677320, about EF. Mainly in violet on multicolour featuring a partial Annigoni's portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and an illustration of Tynwald Hill
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