Bank of England (91), signature range O'Brien to Salmon, experimental, ERROR, replacement, first and last runs and column sort all seen, range of denominations from 10 Shillings to 50 Pounds, an interesting and varied lot in mixed grades, viewing recommended
Fifty Pounds LowtherB385 (9) issued 1999, including FIRST RUN (2) J01 000606 & J01 994324, LAST RUN (1) series M35 613065, also Column Sort notes seen including a consecutively numbered run of four notes, (Pick388b), a high grade collection about Uncirculated and Uncirculated
Fifty Pounds LowtherB385 (9) issued 1999, including FIRST RUN (2) with low serial numbers J01 001177 & J01 001184, LAST RUN (1) series M35 466629, also Column Sort notes seen, (Pick388b), a high grade collection about Uncirculated and Uncirculated
Twenty Pounds LowtherB386 (7) issued 1999, all FIRST RUN notes prefix AA01, including a consecutively numbered run of three notes, (Pick390a), about Uncirculated and Uncirculated
Ten Pounds (27), Lowther FIRST RUN (7) prefix AA01, REPLACEMENT notes (6) prefix LL, plus others (14) all issued 2000, (Pick389), high grade collection Uncirculated and about Uncirculated
Ten Pounds (3) & Five Pounds (3) Lowther, scarce collection of EXPERIMENTAL notes, 10 pounds series MM19 998218, MM26 997517 & MK39 998130, 5 Pounds series XB31 997030, XD03 998640 & XK04 996910, most about Fine to Fine and hard to find
Fifty Pounds SalmonB410 (2) issued 2011, FIRST RUN notes with low serial numbers, AA01 000147 & AA01 001750, Matthew Bolton & James Watt on reverse, (Pick393b), Uncirculated and about
Fifty Pounds SalmonB410 (6) issued 2011 a collection of FIRST RUN notes, AA01 prefix, Matthew Bolton & James Watt on reverse, (Pick393b), Uncirculated and about
British Armed Forces 2nd Series (11), a full set (8) issued 1948, 3 Pence to 5 Pounds, (PickM16 to PickM23), plus 3 other 2nd series notes, most in high grade with the majority Uncirculated
Bank of Englandcollection of litho-prints and other printed material mostly depicting original designs of scenes and faces found on Bank of England notes, including a set of 4 limited edition prints of Sir John Houblon, Michael Faraday, Charles Dickens & George Stephenson taken from the original drawings by Roger Withington set number 262 of only 500 sets, a set of 8 very large prints taken from paintings and illustrations by Harry Eccleston OBE, showing master portrait of Sir Christopher Wren, preliminary illustration of Sir Isaac Newton, pencil & wash drawing of the Duke of Wellington, William Shakespeare, master drawing of Florence Nightingale, Romeo & Juliet balcony scene from the reverse of the £20, master illustration for the reverse of the £5 issued from 1971 & master drawing in pencil & wash showing Florence Nightingale ministering to the sick, a further set of 7 smaller prints (A4) of drawings and designs also by Harry Eccleston OBE also showing images and vignette's from Bank of England banknotes, a set of 9 banking related prints many showing images of the Bank of England, a largescale sheet showing 4 different illustrations of Britannia found on Bank of England notes, number 179 of 500 issued, also copies of the Daily Mail from 1912 and 2 newspaper copies from the second world war, Daily Express dated 1941 and News Chronicle dated 1941, a very attractive and interesting lot
Bank of England Debden Sets (12), C108 (8), issued 1993, Kentfield 5 Pounds uncut sheet of 3 with AC01/02/03 prefixes and matching numbers in each set, first issue sheetlet, in presentation folders as issued, Uncirculated & C107 (4), issued 1993, Kentfield 5 Pounds uncut sheet of 3 with AB16/17/18 prefixes and matching numbers in each set, last issue sheetlet, in presentation folders as issued, Uncirculated
Debden Sets (4), last & first pairs, C113 £50's with prefixes A01 & E30 signed Kentfield 1994, C104 £10's with prefixes A01 & KR30 signed Kentfield 1992, C102 £20's with prefixes A01 & 20X signed Gill 1991, C100 £5's with prefixes A01 & SE90, all four sets with same serial number 999288 & all in leatherette binders as issued, Uncirculated and rare to find all 4 sets with the same serial number
Bank of England Debden Sets (3), C118 first uncut pair issued 1995, Kentfield 20 pounds uncut pair with matching serial numbers E01 & E02 000190, limited edition of 1000 sets only, C100 Last & First issued 1990, Gill 5 Pounds pair last series D first series E, matching serial numbers A01 999324 & SE90 999324, limited edition in blue leatherette binder, C104 Last & First issued 1992, Kentfield 10 Pounds pair last series D first series E, matching serial numbers A01 999382 & KR30 999382, limited edition in brown leatherette binder
Bank of England Debden Sets (12), C119 HM the Queen's 70th birthday issued 1996, limited edition of 5000 sets, each with 5 Pounds banknote prefix HM70, (B364 for type) and £5 Cupro-Nickel Crown, in presentation packet as issued, one set is missing the outer sleeve of packet, Uncirculated
Bank of England Debden Set C121 as good as gold collection minisheet issued 1996, Kentfield 5 Pounds uncut sheet of eight banknotes series BH25-BH28 & BH33-BH36 with matching numbers 001080, limited run of 5000 issued for the worldwide market, without folder, Uncirculated
Bank of England Debden Sets (8), C134 UK Royal Triplet Set, each set has Kentfield 20 Pounds, 10 Pounds & 5 Pounds with prefix BE98 and matching serial numbers, in presentation folders as issued, complete with certificate of authenticity, limited edition of 1888 sets, some of the folders have light damage but the notes are Uncirculated
Debden sets (3), C134 issued 1998, The UK Royal Triplet, 5 Pounds, 10 Pounds & 20 Pounds signed Kentfield, with matching serial numbers BE98 000863, in limited edition folder with certificate of authenticity, one of 1888 sets believed to have been issued, Uncirculated, C105 FIRST Kentfield Ten Pounds series A01 003092, plus 2 silver proof 10 pence coins in a presentation complete with certificate of authenticity, W102 the Queens Golden Jubilee 2002 LowtherFive Pounds series GJ020987 with a silver proof £5 coin, plus other philatelic/numismatic cover editions in an album (6) and some experimental printers notes (4), viewing recommended
Bank of England Debden Sets (18), C139 (4) year prefix issued 1999, Kentfield 5 Pounds prefix YR19 and £5 crown, C123 (5) the Queens golden wedding anniversary issued 1997, Kentfield 5 Pounds prefix HM50 and £5 crown, C130 (1) Prince of Wales 50th birthday issued 1998, Kentfield 5 Pounds prefix PW50 and £5 crown, C165 (2) the Queens golden jubilee issued 2002, Lowther 5 Pounds prefix ER50 and £5 crown, C172 (2) coronation 50th anniversary issued 2003, Lowther 5 Pounds prefix QC50 and £5 crown, C164 (1) the Queens golden jubilee issued 2002, special limited edition Baby Gift Set, Lowther 5 Pounds prefix YR20 and £5 crown, C153 (3) the Queen Mother's 100th birthday issued 2000, Lowther 5 Pounds prefix QM10 and £5 crown, all coins in these 18 sets are Cupro-Nickel, in presentation packs and folders as issued
Bank of England Debden Set C146 Lasts Special Run issued 1999, Kentfield 5 Pounds DL99, 10 Pounds KK99, 20 Pounds CL99 & 50 Pounds H99, all with matching low serial numbers 001004, in presentation folder as issued, Uncirculated
Debden set C146, Kentfield last series special run set in presentation pack, £5 DL99, £10 KK99, £20 CL99 & £50 H99, all with matching low serial numbers 001180, Uncirculated
Debden set C147 issued 1999, (single notes only without presentation pack), Lowther FIRST RUN set, £5 EA01, £10 KL01, £20 DA01 & £50 J01 with matching low serial numbers 000503, Uncirculated
Debden set C147, Lowther first series special run set in presentation pack, £5 EA01, £10 KL01, £20 DA01 & £50 J01, all with matching low serial numbers 001013, Uncirculated
Debden sets (8), C148 last & first pair £20,s series AA01 & DA80 999013 signed Lowther 1999, C120 Queens 70th birthday £10 series HM70 000963 signed Kentfield 1996 with a silver proof £5 coin in limited edition red box, C157 (2 sets) last & first Dickens & Darwin £10's series LA80 & AA01 999798, LA80 & AA01 999185 signed Lowther 2000, C169 Royal celebration uncut pair £5's series HM02 & HM03 000786 signed Lowther 2002, C150 Millennium year prefix £10 series YR20 000137 signed Lowther 2000, C152 Queen Mothers 100th birthday £5 series QM10 001683 signed Lowther 2000 with a cupro-nickel £5 coin, C163 Queens golden jubilee £5 series QE50 000876 signed Lowther 2002 with a cupro-nickel £5 coin, nice collection of Debden sets
Bank of England Debden Sets (20), C157 (3) Last & First issued 2000, Lowther 10 Pounds pair, last Dickens & first Darwin with prefixes LA80 & AA01 and matching serial numbers, C169 (2) Royal celebration uncut pair issued 2002, Lowther 5 Pounds uncut pair with matching serial numbers HM02/HM03 000394, C162 (2) Last & First issued 2002, Lowther 5 Pounds pair, last Stephenson & first Fry with prefixes EJ90 & HA01 and matching serial numbers, C142 (1) First & Special run issued 1999, pair 5 Pounds signed Lowther & Kentfield EA01/DL99 999000, C122a (6) Hong Kong handover issued 1997, Kentfield 5 Pounds prefix HK97, 4 notes in presentation folders and 2 notes in presentation booklets, C149 (2) Millennium Year prefix issued 2000, Lowther 5 Pounds prefix YR20, C150 (5) Millennium Year prefix issued 2000, Lowther 10 Pounds prefix YR20, one of these has no presentation folder or cover, nice collection of Debden sets
Bank of England Debden Sets and other Philatelic/Numismatic cover editions (39), including C163, C153, C158, including 5 and 10 Pounds Kentfield & Lowther, 1 Pound O'Brien and Page, 10 Shillings Fforde, many with coins, some silver coins seen, and some duplication, needs viewing
ERRORS (5), One PoundFfordeB305 issued 1967, an incredible run of 5 notes with the same mismatched numbers, each note has T38E 674638 top left and T38E 674639 bottom right, all Uncirculated or about, a unique set of errors and exceptionally rare
ERROR (2), One PoundPage heavy printers ink smudges to one and lighter ink smudges to the other, series HN37 072313 and HZ37 072311, nearly consecutive, issued 1970, (Pick374g), EF
ERRORFive Pounds Page, missing both serial numbers on front, partial serial number printed diagonally on back, scarce error, one diagonal fold, good EF
ERROR (2) Five Pounds SomersetB343a issued 1980 a consecutively numbered pair DU72 446897 & DU72 446898, last prefix recorded for this error, missing signature, (Pick378d), about Uncirculated
ERRORS (13), very scarce PeppiattOne Pound with heavy printers ink smudge to right edge issued 1948, about Uncirculated, FfordeFive Pounds design misplaced vertically on reverse, issued 1967, good VF, Page One Pound (3) all with ink smudges through portrait of Queen, issued 1970, good VF, EF and Uncirculated, Page Ten Pounds with heavy printers ink smudge through portrait of the Queen, issued 1975, good VF, Page Five Pounds (3) a pair of consecutively numbered notes with queens portrait only lightly printed, issued 1975, about Uncirculated & Five Pounds horizontally misplaced on obverse, issued 1975, about EF, Page One Pound approx. 5mm taller than a standard note, issued 1978, about EF, Gill 10 Pounds with silver security thread misplaced to left and completely exposed, unusual error, issued 1988, VF, Gill Five Pounds missing orange, yellow and green in underprint on back, issued 1990, Uncirculated, Bailey Ten Pounds missing 5 digits from serial number at top left, issued 2004, about VF, an interesting and varied collection of errors needs viewing
Craven Bank BurnleyTen Pounds dated 18xx (1880) unissued remainder for Self & other partners, (Outing366a), cow vignette at centre, about Uncirculated, Barnsley Banking Company Limited PROOF sight note for Lloyds, Barnetts & Bosanquets Bank Limited, and York City & County Bank PROOF sight note for Barnetts, Hoares, Hanburys & Co, both these with signs of mounting on reverse
One Hundred Pounds Nairne (2), B208ff dated 28th May 1914 a very scarce consecutively numbered pair 7/Y 17781 & 7/Y 17782, MANCHESTER branch issue, (Pick308b), very faint inked numbers top left, pressed EF, scarce as a pair and in this condition
One Hundred Pounds Nairne B208ff dated 28th May 1914 series 7/Y 16375, MANCHESTER branch issue, (Pick308b), faint stain top right and ink annotations top left, pressed EF, scarce
One Hundred Pounds Nairne B208ff dated 28th May 1914 series 7/Y 16382, MANCHESTER branch issue, (Pick308b), faint stains and ink marks top left, pressed EF, scarce
One Hundred Pounds Nairne B208ff dated 28th May 1914 series 7/Y 16400, MANCHESTER branch issue, (Pick308b), small ink number top left, pressed EF, scarce
Mahon & Catterns (4), 10 Shillings signed Mahon B210 issued 1928 first series Z42 050633, (Pick362a), some dirt good Fine, 1 Pound (2) signed Mahon B212 issued 1928 both first series A13 & A18, (Pick363a), first pressed VF, second some dirt Fine, 10 Shillings signed Catterns B223 issued 1930 series T84 926238, (Pick362b), pressed good VF
Bank of England (7), 1 Pound CatternsB225 issued 1930 series S07 403141, (Pick363b) EF, 1 Pound PeppiattB239 issued 1934 series L32A 702331, (Pick363c) Fine, 1 Pound Peppiatt B258 issued 1948 series R12A 524289, (Pick363d) good Fine, 1 Pound (3) Peppiatt B249 war issue 1940, (Pick367a) two notes about UNC the other good VF, 10 Shillings Peppiatt B251 war issue 1940 series A28D 475119, (Pick366) good EF
Five Pounds Catternswhite note B228 (3) dated 8th August 1932, a consecutively numbered run series 243/J 10192 - 243/J 10194, London issue, (Pick328a), one has a tiny edge nick top right, about VF
Five Pounds Catternswhite note B228 dated 8th July 1932, series 229/J 71601, London issue, (Pick328a), two tiny pinholes and one edge nick, pressed Fine
Ten Shillings (2) & One Pounds (4) Peppiatt, 10 Shillings last series A58 issued 1934 and 53H issued 1948, 1 Pounds first series A31A issued 1934 and S05A, S21A, S76A issued 1948, a good selection of high grade notes
Five Pounds Peppiattwhite note B241e dated 4th February 1937 series T/243 05438, LIVERPOOL branch note, (Pick335b), small stain on reverse, scarce branch issue, Fine to good Fine
Ten Pounds Peppiattwhite note B242 dated 19th May 1934, series K/136 91989, London issue, (Pick336a), pinhole, taped repair to bottom of centre fold, Fine
Five Pounds Peppiattwhite note B255 dated 29th November 1944, series E76 050541, London issue, thicker paper issue, (Pick342), stain to left side and discolouration, edges lighter than rest of the note possibly been in a frame, generally about Uncirculated
Five Pounds Peppiattwhite note B255 dated 30th August 1945, series K12 045762, London issue, thicker paper issue, (Pick342), some very light dirt on reverse, EF
Five Pounds Peppiattwhite note B255 dated 4th December 1945, series K94 019690, London issue, thicker paper issue, (Pick342), light signs of handling, about Uncirculated to Uncirculated
One PoundPeppiatt (10) B260 issued 1948, 4 consecutively numbered sets, 2 sets of 3 notes and 2 sets of pairs, with security thread, (Pick369a), EF to almost Uncirculated
One PoundPeppiatt (10) B260 issued 1948, 3 consecutively numbered runs, 2 sets of 3 notes prefixes D57B and U11A, about UNC and good EF, 1 set of 4 notes prefix T26A, good EF, with security thread, (Pick369a)
Ten Shillings (10) BealeB266 (5) issued 1950 2 x consecutively numbered pairs series T21Z and O77Z, good EF, one other note series L10Z 235962, Uncirculated, O'Brien (5) B271 issued 1955, includes a consecutive pair series H68Y, EF & UNC, 3 others series E42Y, H21Y & Z18Y, EF or better
One PoundBeale (7) B268 issued 1950, two consecutively numbered runs, series Y16B 653161 - Y16B 653163, about Uncirculated, series Y31B 560944 - Y31B 560947, (Pick369b), EF
Bank of England (3), 5 Pounds Bealewhite note B270 dated 29th September 1949 series O55 055150, (Pick344) VF, 10 Shillings Beale B266 issued 1950 series N82Z 128720, (Pick368b) good Fine, 5 Pounds O'Brien B277 issued 1957 series D79 243046, (Pick371a) about VF
One Pound & 10 Shillings O'Brien B274, B272 issued 1955, both Replacement notes, series S84S 910175 and 56A 053439, the 10/- cleaned and pressed good VF, the £1 pressed EF
Five Pounds O'Brien (2) white notes B276 dated 4th August 1955, series A43A 046438, and 8th July 1955, series A20A 084386, (Pick345), good Fine and good VF
Five Pounds O'Brien (2) white notes B276 dated 4th October 1955, series A95A 020068, and 9th July 1955, series A21A 032491, (Pick345), tiny annotations and light spots to the first note, both good Fine
Five Pounds O'Brien white note (2) B276 dated 25th October 1955, a consecutively numbered pair series B14A 093681 & B14A 093682, (Pick345), Uncirculated and scarce as a consecutive pair
Five Pounds O'Brien white note (2) B276 dated 25th October 1955, a consecutively numbered pair series B14A 093683 & B14A 093684, these 2 notes being consecutive to the previous pair, (Pick345), Uncirculated and scarce as a consecutive pair
Five Pounds O'Brien white note (2) B276 dated 25th October 1955, a consecutively numbered pair series B14A 093694 & B14A 093695, (Pick345), Uncirculated and scarce as a consecutive pair
Five Pounds O'Brien white note (2) B276 dated 25th October 1955, a consecutively numbered pair series B14A 093696 & B14A 093697, these 2 notes being consecutive to the previous pair, (Pick345), Uncirculated and scarce as a consecutive pair
Five Pounds O'Brien white note (3) B276 dated 25th October 1955, a consecutively numbered run series B14A 093698 & B14A 093700, these 3 notes being consecutive to the previous pair, (Pick345), first 2 are Uncirculated the last note good EF to aUNC
Bank of England (4), 5 Pounds O'Brien B272 issued 1957 and B280 issued 1961, both good VF, 5 Pounds FfordeB312 issued 1967, VF and 10 Pounds Fforde B316 issued 1967, about Uncirculated, plus 3 test/promotional notes
Five Pounds O'Brien B277 (2) issued 1957, a consecutively numbered pair first series A86 133511 & A86 133512, Helmeted Britannia at left, Lion & Key reverse, (Pick371a), about Uncirculated
Five Pounds O'Brien B277 (3) issued 1957, a consecutively numbered run series B35 435016 to B35 435018, Helmeted Britannia at left, Lion & Key reverse, (Pick371a), EF
Five Pounds O'Brien B277 (5), Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse, issued 1957, C92 803011 Uncirculated, D08 655225 & D08 655227 about Uncirculated, A88 620765 first series note, inked number on reverse good VF, D30 193882 small tear to top, good Fine (Pick371a)
Five Pounds O'Brien B277 (8), Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse, issued 1957, a collection of high grade notes, (Pick371a), about Uncirculated (2), good EF (4) and EF (2)
Five Pounds O'Brien B277 Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse, issued 1957, a pair of consecutively numbered first series notes A55227411 & A55 227412, (Pick371a), good EF
Framed 99.9% pure Gold L.K. O'Brien Ten Shilling and Five Pound notes, a limited edition number 975 of 1000, issued by the Royal Mint, in glass fronted frame so room buyers or collection only, unsuitable for posting, also 2 further gold banknotes, 50 Pounds Salmon and USA 1 dollar
Five Pounds O'Brien B280 (6) Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961, a collection of high grade notes including 4 x first series 'H' prefix, (Pick372a) Uncirculated (1), about Uncirculated (1), good EF (2) and EF (2)
Five Pounds O'Brien B280 Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961, first series with low number H38 000670, (Pick372a), lightly dent in paper, about Uncirculated to Uncirculated
One Pound (47), series C, O'Brien (8) issued 1960 including a consecutively numbered pair of first series notes A82 020534 & A82 020535, about Uncirculated, Hollom (10), including a consecutively numbered run of 4 notes good EF, plus 4 notes 'Goebel printing press' including a first series prefix A80N, Fforde (1) issued 1967 series T02D 933960 Uncirculated, Page (28) issued 1970 including first series prefix AN21 good EF, a pair of consecutively numbered last series notes prefix HZ12 about Uncirculated, plus other consecutively numbered runs seen, many Uncirculated
Five Pounds HollomB297 (7) issued 1963, a consecutively numbered run of 5, series D27 158010 to D27 158014, and a consecutively numbered pair series E19 058704 & E19 058705, (Pick375a), good VF
Ten Shillings (151), FfordeB310 issued 1967 a consecutively numbered bundle of last series notes D27N 844001 to D27N 844151, (Pick373c), the top few have indentations from wrapping otherwise they are all Uncirculated
Ten Pounds (3), Hollom issued 1964 series A21 136190, Page issued 1971 series C21 635470 and Replacement note series M03 803270, all about Uncirculated to Uncirculated
Ten Pounds PageB327 (4) issued 1971, a consecutively numbered run of Replacement notes series M13 670179 - M13 670182, (Pick376c), each with a set of staple holes, good VF
Five Pounds (18), Page (3) including one last series note prefix L92, Somerset (9), Gill (6), 10 notes Uncirculated or about the rest good VF to good EF
5 Pounds (2) SomersetB345 issued 1987, First Run notes series RA01 010485 & RA01 483547, (Pick378e), one with a small spot on the Queens face, Uncirculated
Fifty Pounds SomersetB352 issued 1981 first run series A01 565063, Sir Christopher Wren on reverse, (Pick381a), light dent in paper, about Uncirculated to Uncirculated
Fifty Pounds SomersetB352 issued 1981 first run series A01 715906, Sir Christopher Wren on reverse, (Pick381a), light dent in paper, about Uncirculated to Uncirculated
Fifty Pounds SomersetB352 issued 1981 series A05 238673, Sir Christopher Wren on reverse, (Pick381a), light dent in paper, about Uncirculated to Uncirculated
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