One PoundBradbury Third Issue T16 Waterlow Bros & Layton photogravure printing in Brown, Purple and Green and Dot in No. issue 1917 FIRST series prefix A/24 431942, VF or about with a set of pinholes to upper left and 3 small pinholes to centre right
One PoundFisherT31, F1/79 388089 VG with two pinholes, Ten Shillings (4) BealeB266, T31Z 042232 About Fine with some folds, O'Brien (3) B286, A15 074453 (first series) NVF, B286, B24 810496 NVF, B286, B97 884152 About Fine with some light surface dirt
One PoundWarren FisherT32 J1/95 066133 VF with some minor stains and once mounted with the bottom corners having a thin strip of card attached, Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key A66 615903 VF, Ten Pounds Gill 1988 issue HS51 559017 EF
Five Pounds CatternsWhite notes B228London 17th March 1932 (2) a consecutively numbered pair serial numbers 179/J 68714 & 179/J 68715. GVF, have been folded and the 68714 with a hint of brown discolouration at the bottom edge
Five Pounds CatternsWhite notes B228London 31st August 1931 (2) a consecutively numbered pair serial numbers 131/J 32134 & 131/J 32135. GVF, have been folded and with some minor brown discolouration at the edges
One Pound (8) PeppiattWartime Blue B249 10E 569085 VF pressed with tape residue on the reverse, O'Brien B273 Y88K 867625 Near Fine, HollomB288 B39X 946497 VG, SomersetB341 (5) BS59 159903, DW17563247, DT24 976184, DX16 823026, DY14 973373 Fine to NVF, Ten Shillings (6) Peppiatt Wartime mauve B251 Y55E 200597 VG with much of the top of the note torn and missing, O'Brien B271 T20Y 509897 VG with some staining, O'Brien B286 D11 109921 VG, Hollom B295 07C 257424Good Fine, FfordeB310 (2) A53N 261866 and B58N 279378 VG, Royal Bank of Scotland One Pound (3) 1986 Issue VG, 1989 Issue NEF (2), Jersey One Pound Battle of Jersey VG, Guernsey One Pound Daniel de Lisle Brock VG
One PoundPeppiatt Blue, Wartime issue (6) B249 E23H 800930 VF, E80H 219181 VF, K II D752000 Near Fine with pinholes, K56E 518142 VG with inked annotation, M25D 980490 Near Fine, M93E 634536 GVF, Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve, Wartime issue B251 (4) D04D 399759 VG, E91D 540666 Good Fine, K73D 945334 Near Fine, Z20D 837745 VG
Bank of England 1 Pounds various designs and cashiers circa 1940's to 1980's (14) mixed grades average VF or about to GEF-about UNC comprising Peppiatt (2) including a Second Period B249 Blue/Pink World War II Emergency issue 1940 prefix B32E along with Third Period B258 Green Britannia Medallion Post-War Unthreaded issue continued 1948 prefix S21A, and a scarcer type. BealeB268 Green Britannia medallion threaded issue 1950 prefix T65C, possible original ink-transfer in printing small smudge, from what appears to be a part of some from the flourishes, near lower left serial number. O'Brien (5) consisting of Green Britannia medallion 1955 issues (2) including B273 prefix A78L and 274 Replacement issue serial number S77S 749116, this with minor repair & erasure and 2 pinholes. Together with QE2 portrait & Seated Britannia issues 1960 (3) consisting of B281 prefix L21, B282 prefix 66C and a B285 Replacement issue serial number M45 583595, this about UNC and pleasing. Hollom QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B288 issue 1963 prefix J45S. Fforde QE2 portrait & seated Britannia 1967 issues (2) consisting of B305 prefix S60J and B307 G Reverse prefix R71L. Page QE2 portrait & seated Britannia issues 1970 (2) including B320 prefix W69E and B322 prefix HU74. Also a Somerset QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac NewtonB341 Green W Reverse issue 1981 first series prefix AN15. A pleasing and collectable group
Bank of England (53) One Pound (35) BealeB268 (7) includes first prefix sub-series A61C 881381, Beale B269Replacement S16S 279977, O'Brien Britannia series A B273 (21) includes first prefix sub-series A08K 837710, O'Brien Series C Portrait B281 (2), HollomB292 (1), PageB320 (1), Page B322 (2) mostly Fine to VF many have multiple folds, a few with inked numbers, Ten Shillings (18) Hollom B295 (2), FfordeB310 (16) a few Fine, mostly NVF to EF
Five Pounds BealewhiteB270 U13 068165 dated 14 March 1951 Good Fine with a small pencil annotation on the reverse, and a small crease on the lower right corner
One Pound O'Brien Series A Britannia B273 (17) comprising K05L 974020 (last series) EF, K65K 969687 to K65K 969695 inclusive consecutives (9) UNC or very near so with counting flicks, and a group (7) of consecutives and near consecutives H59L 747605, H59L 747606, H59L 747607, H59L 747610, H59L 747612, H59L 747613 and H59L 747615 A/UNC to UNC with counting flicks, in a Midland Bank paper band
Five Pounds O`Brien whiteB276London 19 September 1955, serial number A82A 012496, Pick 345, nVF small nick at top edge and penned number 110 in the obverse field
Five Pounds O'Brien Lion & Key (4) average VF to about EF comprising B277 Shaded Symbol variety LAST series prefix serial number E13 240808. Along with the later 1961 B280White Symbol variety (3) all FIRST series prefixes serial numbers H29 504070, H94 324243 and H94 860892.
Ten Shillings Fforde (135) B309 (68) prefixes ranging from 67S to 87Z, B310 (59) prefixes ranging from A08N to D37N (last series), B311Replacements (8) with prefixes ranging from M62 to M77 largely GVF to UNC
Bank of England in an album (23) Ten Pounds FfordeB316 A51 788316 VF with inked annotation, Five Pounds (2) O'Brien Helmeted Britannia B277 A67 829117 VG, O'Brien Helmeted Britannia B280 H36 61063.7 Fine with number written on the reverse, One Pound (17), CatternsB225 M43 070183 Fine with typewritten number 7 at the top and an edge tear, Peppiatt One Pound Fourth period 1948-1949 B260 (4) A62B 772393 Fine with a small pinhole at top left, B59B 431524 Fine with edge nick and foxing at the top, D78B 804129 Fine, T02A Near VF, Pappiatt Wartime Blue B249 (5) B06D 454724 VG repaired, B95H 909895 About Fine, J86E 479818 VG, M22H 853838 Fine with written annotations on both sides, M84E 498129 VG, BealeB268 (4) J95C 113479 About Fine, J99C 094360 Near Fine with pencil annotation, E55C 771938 Fine with an edge nick and a tiny hole by 'of', inked annotations on both sides, N79C 107077 Fine with a staple hole, O'Brien Britannia B273 (2) S46K 879954 Fine with inked annotation, K63K 304996 Fine with small edge nicks and pencil annotation. O'Brien Series C Portrait B281 First series A91 915631 Fine with some foxing, Ten Shillings (3) Peppiatt Wartime Mauve B251 X08E 958782 VG, O'Brien B271 L66Y 969393 Good Fine with some foxing, Fforde B310 B17N 258467 NVF with some folds and a hint of foxing
Five Pounds Page (4) B332 (3) B14 025588 Fine, C64 248222 NVF, H84 844579 NVF and B334 (1) 89N 818020 NEF, One Pound (47) BealeB268 (1) NVF, O'Brien B273 (1) Fine or better with some folds, O'Brien BB282 (1) NVF, HollomB288 (6) GVF to EF includes J76S 413972 and J76S 413973 consecutives EF with folds, FfordeB305 (1) EF, Page (16) B320 (15) prefixes W32E to Z83H includes Z37B 600000 Good Fine with some folds, and Y84E 819400 (highest prefix number) NEF, this group mostly VF to EF, Page B321 W22M GEF with heavy counting flick, SomersetB341 (20) Prefixes ranging from AT28 to CY79 includes radar number CW22 449944 About EF, this group mostly EF to UNC includes some consecutives
Twenty Pounds Somerset (2) B350Shakespeare H49 042866 GEF with counting flicks, B351 Shakespeare 55J 822863 GEF with counting flicks, Ten Pounds Somerset B346 (2) X55 522216 and X55 522217 GEF and A/UNC the first with a tiny tear on the top edge, Five Pounds Somerset B343 (4) JT43 884302 and JT43 884303 consecutives GEF, LT28 880330 GEF, LT36 367884 GEF
Twenty Pounds GillB355Shakespeare Reverse a scarce first run consecutive group of 5 notes, the first two notes with a slightly uneven lower edge, 01L 429480 to 01L 429484 inclusive (March 1988) AU to UNC
Twenty Pounds Kentfield - Faraday (2) B371 with crown at top right corner E44 863832 EF, Faraday B375 with £20 at top right corner AJ42 259578 EF, Ten Pounds Kentfield - Dickens (2) B369 JD17 030701GEF and JB60 758519 GEF with a small mark in the lower margin
Five Pounds Lowther (28) Replacement notes with cut halo area below the left serial number B396 (28) includes many consecutives LL78 925364, LL85 842104, LL87 845773 and LL87 845774 consecutive pair, LL87 845753 LL87 845754 and LL87 845755 consecutive trio, and a consecutive run of 21 notes LL87 845788 to LL87 845809 inclusive, all UNC
Five Pounds Lowther (98) Replacement notes with cut halo area below left serial number B396 (96) includes many consecutives LL48 853857, LL48 853862, a consecutive trio LL54 865838 to LL54 865840, LL54 865843, LL54 865845, LL54 865848, LL54 865850, a consecutive pair LL56 865861 and LL56 865862, a consecutive trio LL56 865864 to LL56 865866, a consecutive pair LL56 865868 and LL56 865869, LL56 961068 (this NEF with some folds), LL62 840981, LL63 866024 (this GEF), LL67 842091, a consecutive quartet LL68 879042 to LL68 879045 inclusive, LL70 842105, a matching serial number pair LL70 842099 and LL85 842099, LL74 842113, LL74 842125, LL78 863478 (this EF), LL78 863559, a consecutive pair LL79 871175 and LL79 871176, radar number LL79 871178, a consecutive trio LL87 845731, LL87 845732 and LL87 845733, a consecutive run of 15 notes LL87 845738 to LL87 845752 inclusive, a consecutive run of 17 notes LL87 845756 to LL87 845772 inclusive, a consecutive run of 5 notes LL87 845775 to LL87 845779, a consecutive run of 7 notes LL87 845871 to 845787, LL87 845804, a consecutive run of 5 notes LL87 845850 to LL87854, a consecutive run of 9 notes LL87 845860 to LL87 845868 A/UNC to UNC includes many pristine examples, Five Pounds Lowther column sort, with full halo B393cs DL31 895698 EF with central fold, Five Pounds Lowther cut halo B395 HC23 990099 Binary repeater number UNC
Ten Pounds (8) BaileyB398 (2) KB31 758636 NEF, KB74 960349 GVF, SalmonB408 (4) LB61 968080 GVF with some folds, KJ39 581317 and KJ39 581319 and KJ39 581320 consecutives all GEF with one central fold, ClelandB411 (2) LH12 530829 first series A/UNC and MD04 475559 UNC, Bailey Five Pounds (10) JH79 674478, LC22 115831 and LC22 115382 consecutives, LC22 115834 to LC22115840 a run of 7 consecutives all GEF with a central fold, One PoundHollomB288 (5) includes D12W 588060 to D12W 588063 a run of 4 consecutives About UNC with a slight crease to the right of the Queen on each note, and D95W 011993 A/UNC, One Pound PageB322 About UNC with a counting flick, One Pound SomersetB341 (6) DY08 654324 Fine, CW14 908064 to CW14908068 a run of 5 consecutives UNC, Ten Shillings (9) Hollom B294 (2) Y53 591715 Fine and Y83 641905 Fine, Fforde (7) B309, 80Z 517196 Fine, B310, B05N 118413 Fine, B84N 942171 GEF, B84N 942183 Fine, C17N 459738 NF, C32N 722636 Fine, and C76N 587351 Good Fine
Cheque/Bill of Exchange Bristol City Bank (James Ireland, Philip Protheroe, Henry Bengrough, Joseph Haythorne & Matthew Wright) (2) 17 Feb 1794 (2) one for £177 and the staggering amount at the time of £2,600 VG-Fine
ProvincialOne PoundHuddersfield Commercial Bank , Benjamin & Joshua Ingham 12th October 1813, Grant 1431, VG with and inked annotation on the reverse and some unevenness around the edges, nevertheless an interesting early provincial note, comes with old envelope from the vendor in which the note was discovered
Bank of England (4) a mixed grade group VF-GVF to about UNC comprising an O'Brien Britannia medallion 1 Pound B274Replacement issue 1955 serial number S85S 130651. A pair of Fforde QE2 portrait 10 Shillings B310 (2) a near consecutive duo A99N 553104 & A99N 553106. Together with a Page QE2 portrait 1 Pound B323 Replacement issue 1970 serial number MW16 848742.
GB and World in an album (23) GB (10) Ten Shillings (5) BealeB266, H43Z 297505 Good Fine, HollomB294 (3) Z32 177491 VF, Z63 376508 and Z63376514 both A/UNC, FfordeB310, C95N 039129 NEF. One Pound (5) PeppiattWartime blue B249, R75H 179976 Fine, some folds, Beale B268 (2), W09B 543236 NVF with an inked number on the reverse, A55J 683904 Fine with inked text on the reverse, PageB337 Last run Z27 971372 UNC, SomersetB341 DW44 860550 A/UNC. Isle of Man (4) One Pound (3) undated 1983 issue Pick 38a VG, undated 1961 issue signature Garvey, prefix B, Pick 25a, Fine with some light foxing to the edges, undated 1961 issue signature Stallard Pick 25b About VF with some folds, Fifty Pence undated 1969 issue Pick 27a GVF, Northern Ireland - Northern BankFive Pounds 1999 Pick 203a UNC or very near so, France - Calais 50 Centimes undated 1918 issue Red on green underprint, Fine, Germany One Mark 1944 issue 9-digit serial number Pick 192b VF, Israel 5 Sheqalim 1978 issue Pick 44 UNC, Malaya - Japanese Occupation 1942 Ten Dollars Good Fine, China Five Yuan 1936 issue Pick 217a Near Fine with some edge damage at the right, Bulgaria 100 Leva 1951 Pick 86a Good Fine, Bohemia and Moravia 1000 Korun 1942 issue Pick 14a NEF, Croatia 5000 Kuna 1943 issue, single letter prefix Pick 14a, UNC
One Pound (79) Peppiatt Green (2), Peppiatt Blue wartime issues (26), Beale (17), O'Brien Replacements B274 (2), O'Brien (29), PageB340 E54N last series, SomersetB341 (2), Ten Shillings HollomB294 (2), Jersey One Pound (4) Padgham, Clennett, and Baird signatures, and 1995 Baird, 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of Jersey issue, Austria 100 Kronen 1922 along with USA $59 face back to 1935 issues in mixed circulated grades some with pencil or inked annotations
One Pounds (378) Hollom 1963 B288 (128), Fforde 1967 B305 (6), Page 1970 B320 (1), B322 first series AN (5), last series HZ (16) mid series (14) Page 1978 B337 (26), Somerset 1981 B341 (125) these generally Unc and near so with many in consecutive runs, One Pounds O'Brien, Hollom, Fforde, Page and Somerset from circulation (67)
Ten shillings BradburyT9 issued 1914 serial A/13 765041, mount marks on reverse corners, a few edge creases & lightly faded from being framed otherwise GEF to about UNC
One Pounds PeppiattB238 41S VF, B239 H38A AU, blues (3) B249 generally EF-Unc, B258 R37A Fine B260 F-VF (5), VF (3) including S44A first series, AU (2) Y16A and last series H09B, BealeB269replacement S22S 272530 VF, O'Brien B273 (2) GVF and Unc, B282 VF (3) and last series 67Z Unc, B292 AU along with Scotland Royal Bank One Pound 30.3.1999 VF
Five Pounds PeppiattLondon 13th June 1945 J44 000456 B255 original and pleasant VF very low serial number for this prefix, unusual to see three zeros in a white five pounds serial number. Westminster Bank Mansfield Road Nottingham stamp on reverse
Five Pounds Bealewhite note B270 dated October 3rd 1949, series O58 035872, (Pick344), EF with some faint brown discolouration and a small section of the top left corner missing
One poundHollomB288 (3) issued 1963, a consecutively numbered last series B09Y 798364 to B09Y 798366 (very last run for this series traced to B10Y), small flicks only, about UNC to UNC (Ex LCA 154 Lot 63 realised £120)
One pounds PageB337 (47) AU - Unc including consecutive numbers these often X73 prefix, One Pounds Page B339 last series (6) 13Y 311564 to 311569 AU-Unc, One Pounds SomersetB341 (189) including consecutives prefixes BU42, CU26, CY48, CY49 and DN10 AU-Unc, One Pounds small issues Somerset and Page in circulated grades (11). Five Pounds Somerset B343 (8) including consecutives AU-Unc, Five Pounds GillB353 (4) including consecutives AU-Unc
Bank of England Prince of Wales 50th Birthday a 3-piece set comprising Fifty Pounds Kentfield, John Houblon B377, Ten Pounds Kentfield, Charles DickensB369, and Five Pounds Kentfield, George StephensonB364 set, the Five Pounds in a set with the accompanying Five Pound Crown coin. All notes with special prefix PW50 and matching serial number 000024. The Five Pounds in the Coin and Banknote original pack, the Ten Pounds and Fifty Pounds UNC in the original plastics. Originally only 95 sets of the coins and notes Debden set C133 (3 coins and 3 notes) were issued
Fifty pounds KentfieldB377 issued 1994 low 1st run serial A01 002558, Houblon on reverse, UNC in the Royal Mint's 1994 Commemorative Set which includes the D-Day 50p Coin Silver Proof FDC
British Armed Forces (2) a pair of 10 Shillings Pick M14a ND 1946 including serial number B/7 241428, Fine marginal tears pressed along with serial number B/1 109422, VF or about.
British Military Authority (5) Five Shillings 1943 undated issue Brown on blue and green underprint Pick M4 Series H NEF, Two Shillings and Sixpence 1943 undated issue Olive green and brown on lilac and olive underprint (3) Series D and Series K (2) Pick M3 VF one of the K series with stains on the left edge, One Shilling 1943 undated issue Black on grey and violet underprint Pick M2 Good Fine with touches of foxing
Darlington Bank £5 1850 VF cut cancelled, Stamford and SpaldingFive Pounds 1903 (2) both VF and with triangular shaped cut through the signature, South Africa £5 Barry & Nephews Swellendam "or at CAPE TOWN" 1850x unsigned remainder EF, USA $100 cheque Columbus Dec 1 1868 VF and a reproduction Bank of Scotland Five Pounds trial
Postal Orders (9) GB (8) Five Shillings 1950 and 1962, Three Shillings and Sixpence (3) 1955, 1956 and 1957, Two Shillings 1965, One Shilling 1960, and India Five Rupees 1991, in mixed grades
Bank of England - Queen Victoria Centenary Commemorative Prefixes (3) a denomination trio comprising Twenty Pounds LowtherB386, VR10 000028 UNC, Ten Pounds Lowther B390, VR10 000028, and Five Pounds Lowther B380, VR10 000028, each UNC in the Coin and Banknote wallets of issue, only the Five Pounds set contains the Five Pound Crown coin (this a cupro-nickel issue UNC), the other two sets have had the coin removed
Bank of EnglandFforde, Hollom & O'Brien QE2 portrait & seated Britannia issues (21) in various high grades GVF-EF to about UNC - UNC comprising O'Brien (4) including 10 Shillings B286 issue 1961 (2) prefixes D14 and B64 along with 1 Pounds issue 1960 (2) B281 prefix W12 and B284 prefix B75N. Hollom 1963 issues (8) including 10 Shillings (2) B294 prefix R35 and B295 prefix 20H along with 1 Pounds (6) including B288 (4) prefixes D16X, a consecutive pair D19U and J09X and the G (Goebel printing) Reverse (2) prefixes D69T and LAST series L18X with obverse design slightly offset. And Fforde issues 1967 (9) including 10 Shillings (7) consisting of B310 (6) prefixes B70N, C25N, C55N (2) and a consecutive pair C93N along with B309 prefix 62Y. Also 1 Pounds B305 (2) consecutive pair prefix S60H. Some of the 10 Shillings Fforde accompanied by a vintage letter from A. Hopkins, Electrical Engineer & Contractor.
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