Five Pounds Fforde QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B312 Blue issue 1967 (7) includes a consecutive pair series T95 174131 & T95 174131 and prefixes U99, W65, X27, Y11 and Y61. All about UNC - UNC
One Pounds Page QE2 portrait & seated Britannia 1970 issues (22) a group comprising consecutive and near consecutive sets mostly about UNC - UNC includes B323Replacement issues (7) series MT07 633822 through MT07 633826 and B322 issues (17) prefixes HS74 near consecutive (3), HR61 consecutive (4) and ES28 017679 through ES28 017685 and ES28 017690 & ES28 017691.
One Pounds Page QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B322 issue 1970 (100) a consecutively numbered set in an original bank wrapper series HN50 136519 through HN50 136618. All about UNC - UNC
Ten Pounds Page & Fforde (11) in mixed grades includes about UNC - UNC comprising Fforde Lion & Key B316 Brown issue 1967 (2) prefixes A70 both. Page Lion & Key (7) B326 Brown issue 1971 includes prefix C15 and a near consecutive set of 6 series C38 711744 through C38 711750 missing only the C38 711749. Along with Page QE2 pictorial & Florence NightingaleB330 issues 1975 (2) prefixes R09and K01. 3 notes in the group with inked numerals
Bank of England (12) comprising Hollom (1) Ten Pounds Lion & Key B299 issued 1964, series A32 449570, Fine with pinholes and inked numerals, Page (2) Five Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke Of Wellington, B336 "L" Reverse issue 1973, series AU73 328042, GEF and Ten Pounds Lion & Key, B326 issued 1971, series C36 986665, GVF, Page (4) One Pound QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton, B341 "W" Reverse issue 1981, series DX06 022799, GVF, Five Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington, B343 "L" Reverse issue 1980, series DU26 579706, about UNC and Ten Pounds (2) QE2 Pictorial & Florence Nightingale, B346 issued 1980, a near consecutive number pair W61 583409 & W61 583411 both GEF, Gill (2) Five Pounds QE2 & George Stephenson, B352 Crown at top right issue 1990, series H35 730757 & B82 919588 both about UNC, and last Kentfield (3) Ten Pounds (2) QE2 & Charles Dickens, a consecutively numbered pair, B366 Crown at top right issue 1992, series A39 263721 & A39 263722 both about UNC, along with Twenty Pounds QE2 & Michael Faraday , B371 Crown top right issue 1991, series H40 826569, GVF with inked numerals
Bank of EnglandSomerset 1 Pounds to 20 Pounds QE2 pictorial issues (13) each denomination in consecutive sets/pairs, the Five Pounds LAST series prefix LZ25 and all in very high grades
Twenty Pounds QE2 pictorial & William Shakespeare (2) comprises SomersetB350 issue 1981 last series J14 881868 about UNC - UNC and PageB328 issue 1970 series C26 532808 GEF - about UNC
Twenty Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & William ShakespeareB350 Purple issue 1981 (2) first series E04 982391 & E04 982407. Both about UNC and with light original purple ink bleed on lower centre right on reverse from obverse Britannia seal overcoat
Bank of England over £260 face value mostly Somerset £20 and £10 from circulation and including £20 1984 ShakespeareB351 first run 01A 071562 VF, along with coins these mostly late 20th century issues including a few UK £1 and £2 presentation packs (lot)
Bank of England (3) Somerset group comprising Twenty Pounds (2) QE2 & William Shakespeare, the first being B351 issued 1984, series 22A 903276, about UNC and the second B350 issued 1981, first series E64 800961 VF, along with Fifty Pounds QE2 & Sir Christopher Wren, B352 Contoured Issuer 1981 first run series A01 121899, about UNC and scarce
Bank of England (15) a mixed group in various circulated grades VF to about UNC comprising Ten Shillings Fforde (6) prefixes C25N, C97N, C97N, C25N and a last run series D38N 549306. Five Pounds Fforde issues 1967 (2) B312 first series R99 408255 and B314 series 59D 086211. Five Pounds HollomB297 issues 1963 (2) series H88 860212 and J84 125650. Five Pounds Page (3) B324 issued 1971 (2) first series 78C 889523 & 97C 689651 along with B332 The Duke of Wellington issue 1971 first series A24 049720. Ten Pounds GillB354Florence Nightingale issue 1988 last series JR22 803967. Ten Pounds KentfieldB366 Charles Dickens issue 1992 series A05 561901
Bank of EnglandGill Five and Ten Pounds QE2 pictorial issues 1988 (9) the Five Pounds LAST series consecutive set prefix SE68 and the Ten Pounds a consecutive trio prefix EN57. High grades GEF - about UNC
Ten Pounds Gill QE2 pictorial & Florence NightingaleB354 Brown L Reverse issue 1988 (20) a consecutively numbered set series DW28 275241 through DW28 275260. All about UNC - UNC only 1 with a small light stain to centre left
Twenty Pounds Gill QE2 pictorial & William ShakespeareB355 issue 1988 (3) comprises a consecutive pair series 75M 694468 & 75M 694469 about UNC - UNC along with series 69W 759661 GEF
Fifty Pounds Gill QE2 pictorial & Sir Christopher WrenB356 Brown issues 1988 (3) comprising series D58 095979 about VF. Along with a consecutive pair set of last series E19 865779 & E19 865780 both VF with some dirt
Bank of EnglandSomerset 5 and 20 Pounds QE2 issues 1990 (12) the Five Pounds in 2 consecutive sets prefixes A04 & B89 and the 20 Pounds a consecutive trio prefix A34. All in very high grades to about UNC - UNC
Bank of EnglandKentfield (7) a group of 2 consecutively numbered sets comprising Ten Pounds QE2 & Charles DickensB366 issue 1992 (4) series D23 322270 through D23 32273 and Twenty Pounds QE2 & Michael Faraday B371 issue 1991 (3) series N43 504896 through N43 504898. All about UNC - UNC
Ten Pounds Kentfield QE2 & Charles DickensB369 issue 1993 (37) a group of 1 consecutive set of 19 notes series EJ50 307845 through EJ50 307863 and 1 near consecutive set EJ02 197882 through EJ02 197900 missing only the EJ 197891. All About UNC - UNC
Bank Of England (3) a denomination set from presentation packs in the original plastic holders and UNC comprising Ten Pounds Kentfield QE2 & Charles DickensB369 Denomination at top right issue 1993 series HM50 000691 from C124 Limited edition Green Boxed Presentation Set. Twenty Pounds Lowther QE2 & Sir Edward Elgar B386 Foil Hologram issue 1999 series QM10 000147 from C155 Limited Edition Presentation Set. Fifty Pounds Kentfield QE2 & Sir John Houblon B377 Silver Foil Tudor Rose issue 1994 series YR19 990460 from C141 Limited Edition Black Boxed Presentation Set
Fifty Pounds Kentfield QE2 & Sir John Houblon B377 Silver Foil Tudor Rose issue 1994 series YR19 990459 from C141 Limited Edition Black Boxed Presentation Set UNC and in the plastic holder
Bank of EnglandLowther 5, 10, 20 and 50 Pounds QE2 issues (25) each denomination in consecutive sets, the 20 Pounds FIRST RUN LOW numbers DA01 000735 - DA01 000737 and the 5 and 10 Pounds include the 2 different designs. All in very high grades to about UNC - UNC
Bank of EnglandLowther (21) comprising a consecutive set of Ten Pounds QE2 & Charles DarwinB390 issue 2000 copyright wording "The Governor AND COMPANY of the Bank of England 2000" series BJ05 098651 through BJ05 098670 all about UNC - UNC. Along with Five Pounds QE2 & George Stephenson B380cs Column Sort issue 1999 series CL21 523218 EF or near so
ERRORS Bank of England & Italy (8) a small group of errors comprising Five Pounds Somerset QE2 Pictorial & The Duke of WellingtonB343 Blue L Reverse issue 1980 Miss-Cut at bottom edge by 6mm margin with a normal note included to show degree of cut. One Pound Green O'Brian B273 issued 1955 with heavy ink bleed most noticeable on and near "Bank of England", along with a normal BealeB268 issued 1950 note for comparison. One Pound O'Brien QE2 & seated Britannia B282 issued 1960 missing Brown undertone, along with a normal note for comparison. Also Italy 1 Lira Pick 26 1939, missing light brown under print, along with normal note
Provincial Issues (2) Birmingham Bank One Guinea dated 30th January 1805 (Outing 165a) For W. Dickenson, T. Goodall, M. Goodall & W. Dickenson Junior signed T. Goodall VG with pinholes. Along with Huddersfield Bank One Guinea dated 4th June 1811 (Outing 1004a) For Benjamin & Joshua Ingham & Co signed Benjamin Ingham and stuck on card Good
Cheltenham & Winscombe Bank, Cheltenham One Pound dated 1st August 1818 No. G325 For Thos. Fisher & Thos. Ashmore entered & signed W.H. Coopers and signed Thos. Fisher, ( Outing 487a ), some staining, small holes across design and a few edge nicks Good to about VG and Rare
Chipping Norton Bank, OXFORDSHIRE Five Pounds, unissued & unentered ND 1800's, castle vignette, For Gorgan, Padget & Matthews, Outing 543b about VG with light staining and small holes at centre but an interesting piece since still signed by Gorgan but unissued and unentered
Chipping Norton Bank, OXFORDSHIRE Ten Pounds, unissued & unentered ND 1800's, castle vignette, For Gorgan, Padget & Matthews, Outing 543c about VG small holes at centre and 1 at centre left, some blue residue on reverse but an interesting piece since still signed by Gorgan but unissued and unentered
Weald of Kent Bank, CranbrookOne Pound dated 12th October 1813 series No. 10718 For Argles, Bishop, Brenchley & Bishop and signed by A. Bishop entered J.B. Brenchley signed with initials J.B.B, "ONE" at top (Outing 608a), grey-blue vignette reverse, pinholes & staining lower right, 3 small holes to top right, Fine to about VF. Comes with a collectors ticket
Gainsborough Bank One Guinea dated 1802 for Wm Hornby & Josh.Esdaile from M. Rilley, signed Wm. Hornby, (Outing 811a) bankruptcy stamp reverse, VG to about Fine tear to right edge and a small hole to top left, scarce
Leicester Bank, LondonFive Pounds dated 20th April 1813 series No. P3 For Bellairs, Welby & Co. and signed by Bellairs, ( Outing 1166b ), pinholes & staining, bankruptcy stamp on reverse, cut & officially rejoined, about VF
Macclesfield & Cheshire Bank £5 dated 19th January 1841 series No.1600 for Daintry, Ryle & Co., (Outing 1319b) bankruptcy & multiple dividend stamps on reverse, some edge damage and pinholes otherwise VG
Northumberland Bank, NewcastleOne pound proof on card, ND 1800's, castle vignette, for John Reed, Reed & Co., Outing 1508c, very faint fox marks and stain, Fine
Swaledale & Wensleydale Banking Company, Yorkshire unissued Ten Pounds 1860's For the Directors & Company, ( Outing 1786b ), Cancelled stamp on reverse, faint rust mark to top centre right EF
Stoodley Bridge near Halifax £1 dated 24 April 1823 No. G90 for Sutcliffe, Sutcliffe & Sutcliffe (Outing 2066a), some holes and pinholes otherwise Good and rare
TreasuryTen Shillings BradburyT9 issued 1914 No. with dash ornate font six digit serial A/18 066500, small piece of top right corner missing about UNC - UNC
One PoundWarren Fisher (2) T31 issued 1923, B1/80 818065 pressed VF and T34 issued 1927 series S1/44 821432, (No. with dot), Northern Ireland in the title, original aVF some faint staining
Five Pounds Nairne B208bf issued 8th April 1915, scarce MANCHESTER branch note, series 73/T 15415, lightly cleaned and pressed, EF looks about Uncirculated, scarce in this condition (Ex LCA 162 realised £1500)
Five Pounds Mahonwhite note B215 dated 23rd November 1926 series 304/U 10445, scarce Manchester branch issue, (Pick320b), original VF, rare (Ex LCA 162 realised £1400)
Ten Shillings Catterns 1930 B223 (2) first series V85 201513 pressed VF and last series K39 448892 EF, Peppiatt Mauve 1940 B251 N28D 777443 About Unc, Beale 1950 B266 (3) mid series prefixes VF - AU, O'Brien 1955 B271 (7) mid series prefixes AU-UNC
One Pounds (11) CatternsB225 issued 1930 (2) series mid series prefixes J61 and S72 pressed VF and EF other mid series issues Peppiatt Blue B249 (6) BealeB268 (1), O'Brien B273 (2) these mixed grades though mostly VF - AU
One Pound Green PeppiattB239C Type C Full stop after year, reverse only. Guernsey overprint "Withdrawn from Circulation November 10th, 1941.", serial E15A 763471 GEF - about UNC
One PoundPeppiatt Blue Guernsey overprintB249A C60D 888273 Pressed Good VF looks better Rare especially in the better grade, only 122 Peppiatt Blue overprints exist
Five Pounds (12) O'Brien Lion & Key (3) first series 1957 £5 Shaded Symbol B277 (2) series A23 728217 GVF and A47 357326 VF with some light staining along with 1961 £5 White Symbol B280 series J16 861041 EF with some rust and toning spots. Hollom (4) 1963 portrait issues B297 series A04 849451 Fine, C42 147090 EF with a minor toning spot in watermark area, E88 959841 in GVF and L77 153364 about EF. Fforde (4) 1967 portrait issues B312 (3) of which 2 are first series R52 404590 about UNC - UNC and R64 482498 VF, along with Z67 151911 in GVF, and a B314 series 77C 714649 in GEF. Page (1) 1971 portrait issue B324 series 77E 371189 in GVF with a smudge on reverse top right corner
Ten Pounds HollomB299 issued 1964 (4) first run series A01 711617 about UNC to UNC, mid series consecutive numbers A20 497735 and 497736 and last run A40 720765 Unc
One Pound (14) Fforde 1967 issue (9) - a consecutively numbered set of 2 B305 - series T50L 888924 and T50L 888925 GVF/EF respectively, 2 consecutively numbered sets B307 "G" reverse - the first is a set of 2 - series R74B 042556 and R74B 042557 both about UNC - UNC, and the second is a set of 3 - series U15E 858588, U15E 858589 and U15E 858590 all in GVF, along with 2 Replacement "G" reverse notes B308 - series N10M 605134 in VF and N03M 433799 in GVF-EF with minor light folds and dents. Hollom (2) 1963 Replacement issue B290 series 41M 463686 in GVF and Replacement "G" reverse issue B293 series M15N 151884 in VF with some toning spots. Page (3) 1970 issue - a Replacement note B321 series W32M 507449 in GVF along with a consecutive set of 2 last series B322 notes series HZ15 429091 and HZ15 429092 in GVF or near, some minor toning spots
One PoundFfordeB308 issued 1967, "G" reverse REPLACEMENT T29M 093550, very rare first number for this prefix, (Pick374e), light dent in paper, about Uncirculated to Uncirculated
One PoundFfordeB308 issued 1967, "G" reverse REPLACEMENT T29M 093563, very rare first number for this prefix, (Pick374e), light dent in paper, about Uncirculated to Uncirculated
Ten shillings FfordeB310 (100) a consecutively numbered run series C30N 518001 to C30N 518100, light storage stains, about UNC to UNC and scarce to still see as an original "brick"
Ten Shillings (20) O'Brien (2) 1961 B286 a consecutively numbered set of 2 - C03 511214 and C03 511215 both GEF. Hollom (14) - a near consecutive set of 4 notes 1963 B295 - series 65C 226743, 65C 226745, 65C 226747 and 65C 2246749 EF to about UNC, along with a fully consecutive set of 10 notes B295 - series 92L 815501 through 92L 815510 generally Unc one with a stain. Fforde (4) - 1967 B309 (2) 95X 500292 GVF and 39X 539115 VF, B310 C21N 483600 VF, along with a LAST RUN REPLACEMENT issue B311 serial number M80 373636 about UNC - UNC
Ten Pounds Lion & Key (10) Hollom (2) 1964 issue B299 series A05 365738 GEF and A33 692875 GVF both with light staining, Fforde (3) 1967 issue B316 - series A65 559135 GVF along with a consecutively numbered set of 2 - series A51 038184 and A51 038185 both about UNC - UNC, Page (5) 1971 issue B326 - series C13 800242 GEF or better, B07 098173 about UNC, B07 046444 VF with some staining at right, C73 016930 GVF or better, C40 279628 about UNC - UNC
One Pounds PageB322 (2) HZ63 832723 and HZ63 832724 consecutive numbers. Last series and last run Traced to HZ63. Rare. All UNC (Ex LCA 144 March 2014 realised £400)
One PoundPageB323, scarce first and last run REPLACEMENT notes MW01 433460 & MW19 829932, issued 1970, (Pick374g), the first Uncirculated, the last about Uncirculated/good EF
Five Pounds QE2 pictorial type and Duke of Wellington (18) being Page (9) 1971 issue B332 first series A29 069241 about UNC - UNC, 1973 issue "L" Reverse B336 series (4) BT04 741928 GEF with a minor dirt at bottom right below serial, CW23 018131 about EF, CU12 106810 EF, CU13 442984 GEF and a consecutive set of 4 - series AS82 906883 through AS82 906886 all About UNC - UNC. Gill (9) 1988 issue "L" Reverse B353 2 of which last run from circulation series SE90 547736 GVF and SE90 675413 about UNC - UNC, 2 regular runs series SD09 174738 and SE60 822055 both about UNC - UNC, and along with 2 consecutively numbered sets - the first is a pair set series RJ70 936543 GEF and RJ70 936544 both About UNC - UNC, and the second set being a set of 3 series SC28 305659, SC28 305660 and SC28 305661 all about UNC - UNC
One Pound QE2 pictorial type and Newton (23) Page (7) - 1978 issue B337 series S36 428502 EF with some minor toning spots along with a consecutively numbered set of 5 notes series D04 450193 through D04 450197 in GEF to UNC with some barely visible colour smudging possibly from printing at the press above Britannia medallion in watermark area, and a B339 note series 78W 468610 about UNC - UNC. Somerset (16) 1981 issue "W" Reverse - B341 series BX14 382753 GVF, DN22 272705 Fine, and a last run later serial DY21 972853 about UNC - UNC, along with 5 consecutively numbered sets - first one being a set of 4 - series AN06 789172 through AN06 789175 all in GVF or better with some colour smudging probably from printing, the second set consists of 2 series BT43 109090 and BT43 109091 both in VF with some minor dirt and toning spots, the third set is another pair series BX14 382750 and BX14 382751 both GVF or near with some light colour smudging, the third set is a pair series BY19 479281 and BY19 479282 in GVF, and the last set being a trio series DX59 241628, DX59 241629 and DX59 241630 in EF
One PoundSomersetB341 (100) a consecutive original run spanning two prefixes from DW82 686468 to DW82 to DW82 686499 then continuing with DW83 686001 to DW83 686068 and in the red seal unusual and mostly UNC
Fifty Pounds Somerset B352 issued 1981 FIRST RUN series A01 585733, Sir Christopher Wren on reverse, (Pick381a),a minor and insignificant defect at left edge presumably from cutting at the press, about Uncirculated to Uncirculated and a pleasing note
Twenty pounds GillB355 (2) issued 1988 last series 20X 998639 & 20X 998840 (from C102 packs), Pick380e, about UNC to UNC (Ex LCA 151 Dec 2015 realised £220)
GillFifty Pounds B356 issued 1988 scarce FIRST RUN series C01 886182, Sir Christopher Wren on reverse, (Pick381b), about Uncirculated to Uncirculated (Ex LCA 162 realised £380)
Ten Pounds QE2 and Florence Nightingale (18) Page (5) 1975 issue B330 - first series A14 134307 about UNC - UNC with a very light counting flick at top left corner, along with 2 consecutively numbered sets of 2 - the first series K06 930032 GVF with minor dirt and K06 930033 VF with minor dirt and 2 staple holes at centre, and the second set being series N66 390782 and N66 390783 both about EF with some colour smudging. Somerset (7) 1984 issue "L" reverse B348 - series AY77 550000 in EF or near so, CR73 545241 about UNC - UNC and a consecutively numbered set of 4 - series BW13 792182 through BW13 792185 all EF or near, along with 1987 issue B349 series CX68 103028 GVF. Gill (4) 1988 issue B354 - series EN76 129051 GVF, EU81 743298 GEF - about UNC, JN07 254923 VF and HZ54 568960 GEF. Kentfield (2) 1991 issue "L" reverse B360 - first run from circulation series KN01 728484 GEF along with KR10 644061 in VF
Fifty Pounds KentfieldB361 issued 1991 low number first run E01 000198, tiny counting flick at bottom, about UNC to UNC (Ex LCA 148 February 2015 realised £230)
Five Pounds QE2 and George Stephenson (15) Gill (4) 1990 issue B357 - first run from circulation series A01 875934 with a minor dirt spot around top and bottom edges otherwise about UNC - UNC, a consecutive set of 2 - series A06 791861 and A06 791862 both GEF or near and D27 352117 EF. Kentfield (11) 1993 issue - 2 of which B363 first run from circulation, one is low series AA01 006201 in GEF and the other AA01 427153 in EF, B364 series CK17 572431 GEF and DA79 341328 about UNC with a slight dent on top edge, along with 2 consecutively numbered sets - the first of which is a pair series BB24 116024 and BB24 116025, and the second is a set of 5 - series DA79 341319 through DA79 341323, both sets about UNC - UNC
Five Pounds QE2 and George Stephenson (12) Kentfield (8) 1993 issue B364 a consecutively numbered set of 8 - series CJ07 553240 through CJ07 553247 all GEF to UNC and all with a light dent at top edge possibly from bank wrapper, along with a Lowther (4) 1999 issue B380 consecutively numbered set - series EH20 363064 through EH20 363067 all about UNC to UNC with a slight bump at top edge possibly from bank wrapper
Ten Pounds QE2 and Charles Dickens (7) Kentfield 1992 issue B366 Crown at top right - series E17 852620 VF along with a consecutively numbered set of 6 - series K28 028839 through K28 028844 in GVF
Ten Pounds QE2 and Charles Dickens signature KentfieldB368 issued 1992 Crown at top right, scarce first run REPLACEMENT note M01 802314, (Pick383r), about UNC to UNC
Twenty Pounds KentfieldB375 issued 1994 Michael Faraday on reverse (5) a mostly consecutive number run BA15 153025 to BA15 153030 (missing 153028 Unc or near so
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