Bank of England (21) including 1 Pounds QE2 & seated Britannia (2) along with 10 Shillings QE2 & seated Britannia B286 First series prefix A25. Hollom 1 Pounds QE2 & seated Britannia (3) including B288 prefix B68T & B292 (2) First series prefix A61N along with E86U Fforde QE2 & seated Britannia issues (2) including 1 Pound B305 prefix T34A and 10 Shillings B310 LAST series prefix D03N. Page 1 Pounds QE2 & seated Britannia (6) including B320 (3) prefixes X55J, X12M and X27D, B322 (3) HW16, HX17 and CX33 along with QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac NewtonB337 prefix A05. Somerset 1 Pound QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B341 prefix DX03. Gill QE2 pictorial issues (2) including The Duke of Wellington 5 Pounds B353 prefix SB27 Kentfield QE2 pictorial issues including George Stephenson 5 Pounds B364 prefix AK15,
Five Pounds HarveywhiteB209a dated 12 July 1921 series U/71 48457, Manchester branch, Pick312d, better than Fine some faint staining or discolouration and tiny hole top middle, a collectable example of a type seldom offered, the first one we have seen since 2012
One PoundPeppiatt Second Issue B239A World War II Guernsey overprint unthreaded 1941 serial number E82A 392783, GVF. Overprint reads "Withdrawn from circulation September 18th, 1941".
Five Pounds PeppiattWhite note World War II German Operation BERNHARD forgery B241OB dated 29th October 1935 serial number A/247 58160, VF or better with the usual Pinholes
Ten Pounds PeppiattWhite Note World War II German Operation BERNHARD forgeryB242 dated 18th March 1936 serial number K/164 31945, a presentable GVF with the usual multiple pinholes at upper left body near Britannia medallion
Five Pounds BealeWhite Note B270 dated 26th April 1950 serial number R35 083143,Good VF with an original most likely a Bank teller's annotation for accounting purposes at upper right corner on face
Five Pounds O'Brien whiteB276 dated 23rd November 1955 VF with inked number front top. Ten Pounds Hollom Lion and Key A28 prefix VF, Five Pounds Hollom E80 876709 Fine. One Pounds (4) Peppiatt Blue, O'Brien X64K prefix, Fforde D30Z prefix B301, and Somerset Isaac Newton these from circulation. Ten Shillings O'Brien Y17X 491078 EF and Hollom 02K prefix AU
Five Pounds O'Brien White Notes B276 Thin paper Metal thread London branch issues (2) the first dated 17th June 1955 serial number A10A 086260, the second dated 23rd September 1955 serial number A86A 039351. VG and Fine
Bank of England (8) Five Pounds Lion and Key E24 prefix, 1 Pounds Catterns U01 337039 nEF, Peppiatt Blue, O'Brien Prefix E29L and H03L, Beale C34J, 10 Shillings Peppiatt Mauve and O'Brien U81Y mixed circulated grades some with the odd stain the O'Brien 10/- with a penned number
Twenty Pounds 1994 variant design Last and First Series E pair comprising Twenty Pounds Kentfield W35 999200 B371 (issued 1991) and Twenty Pounds Kentfield X01 999200 B374 (issued 1993), UNC in a presentation folder with certificate stating 1500 pairs issued
Fifty Pounds KentfieldB377 issued 1994, special low number series PW50 000047, (this note was originally in a Prince of Wales presentation set C133), UNC
Five Pounds Salmon 2012 issues Elizabeth Fry reverse prefix MC48 a mint block of (100) one of the last printed on paper and difficult to find in high grade
Bank of England Queen Mother Presentation Sets (2) Lowther £10 QM10 000572 and Five Pounds QM10 010489 both with the Five Pounds cupro coin 2000 Unc as issued
A good collection of Banknote and Coin Sets (9) C158 £10 Lowther QV10 001349 with 2001 cupro Crown, C159Five Pounds Lowther VR10 000552 with 2001 cupro Crown, C160 £10 Lowther VR10 000430 with 2001 Silver Proof Crown, C163 Five Pounds Lowther QE50 005581 with 2002 cupro Crown, C165 Five Pounds Lowther ER50 000532 with 2002 cupro Crown, C166 £10 Lowther ER50 000445 with 2002 Silver Proof Crown, C171 Five Pounds Lowther QC03 001826 with 2003 cupro Crown (stamp cover), C172 Five Pounds Lowther QC50 000256 with 2003 cupro Crown, C173 £10 Lowther QC50 000658 with 2003 Silver Proof Crown (this toning) all Unc in the packs of issue all the coins Five Pound Crowns
Five Pounds Presentation Sets (6 sets) 2 note set Kentfield DL99 999807 and Lowther EA01 999807, Kentfield YR19 990608 with Five Pounds Coin 1999 cupro, Kentfield HM50 001100 with 1997 Five Pounds cupro coin, Kentfield HM70 000156 with 1996 Five Pounds coin cupro, Kentfield PW50 000822 with 1998 Five Pounds coin cupro these all in B of E / Royal Mint presentation packs of issue some of the coins with a hint of toning, Five Pounds Cleland AA36 177397 in Westminster's box with a 1st class stamp post marked TOWER HILL 13 SEP 2016. Along with Republic of Ireland Central Bank Presentation Pack £1 17.07.89 BAK 526462 with Ireland One Pound coin 1990 Proof.
Corporation of Liverpool, £100 bill of exchange, 8 September 1794, serial number 0864, black and white, arms at top left, value at low left, 'promise to pay George sterling', manuscript signature of John Wilson low right (as per Outing 3036, this denomination not recorded in Outing), an attractive and original VF or near so, very rare with this high denomination £100 in 1794 equates to £17,000 today
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
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