A collection in an album 10 Shillings to £50 (this being Gill, Christopher Wren reverse) (over £150 face) including Peppiatt blue pounds and Lion and key £5, most in collectable circulated grades. Along with a small album of USA $24 face 1 Dollar - 5 Dollars examples back to 1934 most in circulated grades a few (these $2 notes) in high grades
Books that once held Specimen bank notes (2) the first of a pre war style black with gold embossed lettering on the front in three lines SPECIMENS OF BANK NOTES. WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED. LONDON WALL LONDON this in heavily used condition with the hard backed front cover detached. The second Bradbury Wilkinson blue hard cover with their logo embossed in gold, the first inside page has promotional narrative in English and French, back inside cover has, in the style of a bank note, a blue and white image of their building with the narrative HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS BRADBURY WILKINSON & Co. Ltd NEW MALDEN SURREY ENGLAND, this in good second hand condition (must go lot, so offered here without reserve)
Coin and Banknote Set Royal Mint £10 banknote serial number HM70 001211 and 1996 Queen Elizabeth II 70th Birthday Five Pounds UNC . Cased with Certificate of Authenticity
Mixed lot, 5 frames of notes which include Treasury Notes Bradbury and Fisher including a T31 first series A1/20 White notes Peppiatt and Beale and others, the grades not possible to ascertain accurately as the frames are sealed, along with bundles of world notes perhaps 300 these with just 3 types Philippines, Iran and Vietnam (lot, bought as seen)
Five Pounds HarveyWhite note B209ad, Pick 312b LEEDS 4 Nov 1921 S/N U/67 90383 About Uncirculated PMG 55 "Papermakers Notch" as normal, Exceptionally Scarce note only the second B209ad we have offered
Ten Pounds MahonwhiteB216f dated 9th March 1927 series 103/V 14886, a scarce MANCHESTER branch, Extremely Fine PMG 40 "minor ink" this being a faint number left of the signature
Five Pounds PeppiattwhiteB264 dated 12th March 1947 series L63 006305, VF red inked annotation front top right and bank stamp reverse West Street Farnham
Five Pounds O'Brien whiteB276 dated 11 November 1955 prefix B29A, Fine+. One Pound (6) Beale 1950 B268 (3) one with S/N T80B 000772, Page Britannia in Medallion (2) Isaac Newton (1), Ten Shillings (3) seated Britannia front left (2) Beale and O'Brien and Britannia in Medalion O'Brien generally F-VF along with Bulgaria 1951 issues (2) 25 and 50 Leva from circulation
Five Pounds O'Brien White note B276 Thin paper Metal thread LONDON dated 8th September 1955 serial number A73A 031236, EF for wear with a stain reverse and perhaps cleaned leaving a small hole at centre
Five Pounds O'Brien B280 Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961 (10 consecutives) J76 450354 to 363 AU-Unc 2 with a small area of light brown discolouration top edge
Five Pounds O'Brien B280 Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961 (13) prefix J76 including consecutives generally AU (top right corner lightly folded) and some with faint brown stains towards the edge
Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key prefix J19 AU, One PoundPeppiatt Blue prefix W08E cleaned, Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve prefix Z48D EF along with Bradbury Ten Shillings in the style of T15 on larger paper with DO NOT DESTROY stamped in red at the bottom and FORGED stamped in black across the front uniface GVF
One Pounds O'Brien QE II portrait (102) B281 (including prefix Z last series), B282 and B285replacements (2 consecutives) prefix M27, mixed grades a proportion in high grades some of these consecutives
One Pound O'Brien Britannia in Medal reverse QE II at front B284 (69) a high grade group generally AU-Unc some consecutives book at £30 each in Duggleby
One PoundHollom G reverse replacementB293 (2) first and last run M01N 312886 EF or better with some minor and faint stains on the back and M28N 146288 GVF with some light stains a seldom offered pair this M01N being the first we have offered
Five Pounds HollomB297 Child Britannia issued 1963 (19 2 consecutive runs) A47 467002 - 467010 and A47 467091 467100 AU-Unc some with the odd small light brown stain or mark
Ten Pounds PageB326 issued 1971 3 consecutives B37 969404 to 969406 AU (light centre fold), One Pounds Page CZ08 929678 , Somerset Isaac Newton (6) being two consecutive number runs a 2 and a 4, 10/- Hollom 98E 724477, BAFS £1 4th Series (10 consecutives), Royal Bank of Scotland 1 Pounds 3.3.1997 Bell Telephone (5 consecutives) these all Unc along with B of E and RBS One Pounds from circulation (7)
Five Pounds Page QE2 pictorial & The Duke of WellingtonB335Replacement L Reverse issue 1973 FIRST RUN series 01M 478779 EF a scarce issue, we have not offered one since 2019 that example in Unc realised £550
Fifty Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Sir Christopher WrenB352 Brown issue 1981 (10) four AU-Unc and with degrees of discolouration at the bottom A03 prefix 2 being consecutives, six in lower grades GVF-EF and with more discolouration 3 of these with damaged edges with 3 being consecutives
Fifty Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Sir Christopher WrenB352 Brown issue 1981 (2) consecutives A03 239170 and 239171 both AU and with some faint discolouration towards the edge and the 170 with a penned number reverse
Fifty Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Sir Christopher WrenB352 Brown issue 1981 (5) consecutives A04 656821 -825 AU but with some light discolouration towards the edge and the 825 with a penned number front
Five Pounds Elizabeth Fry B393 (16) a collection of the easily rubbed off number issues prefix JA generally VF-EF with the serial numbers faint or partially rubbed off
Twenty Pounds Kentfield QE2 pictorial & Michael Faraday Purple/Black B374 Denomination at upper right on both obverse and reverse issues 1993 (4) prefixes X08, X52, Y06 and Y51 and this 1993 type issue has only these 2 recorded prefix letter X and Y. Fine to VF
Twenty Pounds Lowther Edward Elgar B386 First Run prefix AA01 (7) 4 being consecutives these AA01 006039 - 006042 all Unc but each with a small or tiny brown mark bottom edge
A high grade group Fifty Pounds Boulton and Watt, Salmon (5), Twenty Pounds Adam Smith (15) Bailey (3), Cleland (12) a Bailey £20 EF the rest all Unc or very near (£550 face vale)
Canada100 Dollars, Bank of Canada Ottawa 2.1.1937 Gordon and Towers Pick 64b S/N B/J 4055118 VF light surface dirt, two pinholes and a line of purple ink front
French Indochina500 PiastresPick 83a ND 1951 variety with bank title in red panel signatures Emile Minost and Jean Laurent serial number D.83 481 2053481, about Fine - Fine
Germany Reicshbanknote 1922-23 issues (7) all various grades Fine/VF and about UNC - UNC, all different without duplication and includes some large sized issues. 500 Marks (2) including Pick 73 dated 27th March 1922 series D 2226835 and Pick 78 dated 19th November 1922 series A . 1 Million Marks Pick 86a dated 20th February 1923 series L-GD 145442 and variety with block and serial at centre left and right respectively. 5 Millard Marks Pick 115b dated 10th September 1923 series 12k , 10 Millard Marks Pick 116a dated 15th September 1923 series 10a 060216 and variety with yellow tint at left and watermarked oak leaves. 20 Millard Marks Pick 118a dated 1st October 1923 series DV-37 16211 and variety with 6 digit serial and watermarked G/D in stars. 100 Millard Marks Pick 126 dated 26th October 1923 blue tint at right and watermarked Oak leaves
Germany various issues 1920-40's (6) in mixed grades VF-GVF to about UNC - UNC including Reichsbanknote (4) consisting of 5 ReichsmarkPick 186a dated 1st August 1942 series C 19432515. 20 Reichsmark Pick 181a dated 22nd January 1929 series G45337204 with underprint letter M embossed stamp. 50 Reichsmark Pick 182a dated 30th March 1933 series Q3868743 with underprint letter Z embossed stamp. Together with a 500 Millard Marks Pick 127b dated 26th October 1923 series 24k 232787 blue tint at right and watermarked "500 M" in spirals. Rentenbank 2 Rentenmark Pick 174a dated 30th January 1937 series J 6403792 variety with serial number in red and 7 digits, embossed stamp and an Allied Occupation 50 Pfennig (1/2 Mark) Pick 191a series 1944 and variety with 9 digit serial and Printer's code "F".
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