AustraliaCommonwealth Bank of Australia 10 Pounds Pick 32a 1960-1965 signature title Governor, Commonwealth Bank of Australia signatures Coombs & Wilson serial number WA/07 785594. The note in red and black on multicolour underprint featuring Portrait of Governor Phillip at left and Coat of Arms at upper centre on obverse and reverse in red featuring Symbols of Science, Industry and Law at centre and seated Allegorical woman holding pair of compasses. . About EF - EF and Scarcer earlier issue
Belgium (37) from a retired dealers retail stock many pre war with issues dating back to 1917, some duplication, circulated grades, retail price ticket over £300
Canada20 Dollars signed Beatty and Rasminsky (2) 1954 series Pick 80 F-VF and 1969 Pick 89 EF, along with 1954 Beatty and Rasminsky signatures $10 GVF inked number obverse, $2 aVF, Dollar Fine
Egypt - Central Bank of Egypt (7) a group of Royal issues all with serial number 0000004 as follows: Two Hundred Pounds 2009 issue Pick 69a (Signature 22) dated 2009/7/27 a small crease on the left of the top edge, otherwise UNC, One Hundred Pounds 2009 issue (Signature 22) dated 2009/11/30 Pick 67 counting flicks on the top edge otherwise UNC, Fifty Pounds 2009 issue (Signature 22) Pick 66 dated 2009/9/14 UNC, Twenty Pounds 2009 issue (Signature 22) Pick 65 dated 2009/8/13 UNC, Ten Pounds 2009 issue (Signature 22) Pick 64 dated 2009/4/29 Five Pounds 2008 issue (Signature 22) Pick 63 dated 2008/9/4 a small crease on the top edge otherwise UNC, One Pound 2017 issue Pick 71 (signature 24) dated 2017/11/28 UNC
Egypt Five Piastres Colour Trial (undated, 1940) an uncut 2x2 sheet of four notes Obverse and Reverse, with no serial numbers or signature, orange and yellow on white background, UNC
EgyptFive Pounds Proof Pick 63 undated, with no serial numbers, cut from a sheet, showing a central section from one complete note with around one third of an additional note above and around two-thirds of an additional note below, uncut as one piece, UNC and unusual
Germany in an album (71) One Mark to 500 Million Marks 1908-1923 includes mostly hyperinflation issues, comprising One Mark (4), Two Marks (5), Five Marks (2), 10 Marks (1), 20 Marks (3), 50 Marks (4), 100 Marks (2), 500 Marks (2), 1000 Marks (5), 5000 Marks (3), 10000 Marks (4), 20000 Marks (3), 50000 Marks (2), 100000 Marks (2), 200000 Marks (1), 500000 Marks (2), One Million Marks (6), Two Million Marks (5), Five Million Marks (3), 10 Million Marks (3), 20 Million Marks (2), 50 Million Marks (3), 100 Million Marks (2), 500 Million Marks (2), and German Reichs Treasury Bonds (2) 1923 for 100000 Marks, and 1922 for 1000 Marks (these VF to EF), most of the notes in mixed grades with many in VF to EF, the notes stuck into the album with what look to be stamp hinges or similar, and appear easily removable with care. The Album titled 'German Cultural History in Official German Imperial Banknotes'. Pages of written text in the album show the tabulated progress of hyperinflation on a daily basis from 1919 to 1923 the album and notes together making an interesting piece of German monetary history
India500 RupeesReserve Bank of India 2016 Gandhi obverse Watermark M Gandhi and 500, Without Letter (10) Pick 114B prefix 6DV with serial numbers 000001 - 000010 all PMG graded as follows by serial number 1 58EPQ, 2 58EPQ, 3 65EPQ, and then serial numbers 4 through to 10 all 65EPQ
India, Government of India One Rupee 1950 first issue after independence black serial number (3) consecutives K/79 099512-514 signed Ambegaonkar Unc with central staple holes
India, Reserve Bank of India 1,000 Rupees current issue (2) ERRORS missing print obverse so Gandhi and surrounding design very faint or missing completely, consecutive numbers 4GQ 683703 and 704 Unc
India, Reserve Bank of India 20 Rupees red on completely white background (in error) Gandhi at right coconut trees reverse 75E 665110 ERROR with the obverse without the underprint EF
India, Reserve Bank of India 500 Rs 2018 issue (2) both sheet cut errors on watermarked paper so both have two Gandhis and are cut too thin so the bottom half of the note missing both EF and both with a faint stain
India, Reserve Bank of India 500 Rs 2018 issue (2) ERRORS, missing print error so Gandhi as a plain white silhouette Unc and consecutive numbers 5LD 638331 and 332
India, Reserve Bank of India 500 Rs 2018 issue ERROR on test paper no watermark, without obverse design, reverse completely off centre with the beginning of a second note showing at the left and bottom, Unc
India, Reserve Bank of India serial number 000008 matching set recent issue 10 Rs 74E 000008, 20 Rs 75G 000008, 50 Rs 6BU 000008, 100 Rs 8CS 000008, 200 Rs 8AA 000008, 500 Rs 2CW 000008 all Unc
Ireland (Republic) Currency Commission Consolidated Banknote 1 Pound The Munster & Leinster Second Issue Pick 20b (PMI CML7, BY E017) dated 19th January 1939 and series 37MA 055301 signatures Joseph Brennan & A E Hosford. The note in green on pale orange and purple underprint with the obverse featuring a ploughman with horses. The reverse displays an illustration of the Customs House in Dublin. GVF few Minor rust spots
JerseySpecimen issues a small group (6) Five Pounds undated 1976-1988 issue, HB000000 signature May, Reverse: Elizabeth castle with ship in foreground Pick 12bs UNC. One Pound (5) undated 1976-1988 blue issue (2) DB000000 and LB000000 signature Clennet Pick 11as both UNC, undated 1993 green issue NC000000 signature Baird Pick 20s UNC and 2004 800th Anniversary of the Special relationship between Jersey and the BritishCrown, J8C000000 signature Black, Pick 31s UNC, along with collector series One Pound with Maltese Cross serial number prefix matching serial numbers 001779, A/UNC with slight wave in the paper (see lot with Twenty Pounds Specimens for the matching £20 note)
JerseyTwenty PoundsSpecimens (2) undated (1976-1988 issue) AC000000, signature May, Reverse: Sailing ship and Gorey Castle, Pick 14bs UNC, Twenty Pounds Specimen with Maltese Cross prefix serial number 001779 UNC (please see One Pound with matching serial number in earlier Jersey lot)
Kuwait 5 Dinars 1968 Pick 14c with clear margins top and bottom signatures S.A Al-Sabah and N.A al-Rodhan, CENTRAL BANK OF KUWAIT reverse top (12) consecutive numbers UNC
Malaya & British Borneo Board of Commissioners of Currency issues (2) comprising young Queen Elizabeth II portrait issue 1 DollarPick 1 dated 21st March 1953 serial number A/92 084066 the reverse featuring Coat of Arms of the Member States, about UNC along with 1 Dollar Pick 8a dated 1st March 1959 serial number A/35 260304 Sailing boat at left on obverse and Fishermen & Arms of the Member States GVF
Notgeld a collection in an album Germany and Austria circa (200) the majority in high grades, little or no duplication, along with a few currency notes from circulation
Portuguese India 1,000 Escudos 2.1.1959 SPECIMEN serial number 000000 SPECIMEN in black across both sides Unc small archival number 36 top corner, rare and desirable
Propagandaairdrop note issued by GermanyWW2 over North Africa, £1 Peppiatt series H86D 729630 on face, Arabic on reverse, (2) both VG with tares, along with GB and World (50) mostly lower grades including several One Pounds GB and Ireland one being a Peppiatt blue
Rhodesia 10/- 10th September 1968 VF with some light stains as part of a group (32) world notes from circulation others including an early Greece and Iraq issue
Russia - South 1,000 Rubles 1919 Pick S418 (3) VF-EF and 10,000 Rubles 1919 (3) these AU-Unc, Siberia and Urals 50 Rubles Treasury Bills 1920 black on white or pale green (7) VG
ScotlandBank of Scotland 1 Pounds (8) most in high grades with examples about UNC - UNC, Pick 91b (BY SC103b, RB95b) (2) both dated 20th April 1939 signatures Elphinstone & Macfarlane series S0491446 & X0689960. Pick 91c (BY SC103c, PMS BA95d) dated 16th October signatures Elphinstone & Crowford series AA347964. Pick 96b (BY SC105a, PMS BA98b) signatures Elphinstone & Crawford (4) including 29th November 1945 series D0181176, 28Th January 1947 series F0534756, 8th March 1949 series J0682830 22nd October 1952 series Q0069662. Pick 96c (BY SC105b, PMS BA98c) dated 9th November 1953 signatures Elphinstone & Watson series T0084497.
South Africa Barry & Nephews £5 unissued remainder, Swellendam branch dated 185x, vignette of cattle wagon at centre, Pick not listed, toned top left corner, about UNC to UNC light staining at the bottom
Spain 1,000 Pesetas (7) 29.11.1957 (4) one VG the others EF with two of these being consecutives, 17.9.1971 (3) Pick 1974 serial numbers 2H5869258, 59 and 62 EF - AU
Spain El Banco de Espana (13) in mostly high grades comprising 200 Pesetas Pick 156 dated 16th September 1980 serial number B5068963, 500 Pesetas Pick 157 dated 23rd Octobre 1979 (3) serial numbers 1F5536555, 1G3565313 & L5294118, 1000 Pesetas Pick 158 dated 23rd October 1979 (3) serial numbers 3Q6091952, 4I4626287 & 5T8243241, 2000 Pesetas Pick 159 dated 22 July 1980 (2) serial numbers 1J3294721 & I6868515, 5000 Pesetas Pick 160a dated 23rd October 1979 serial number 3G8884039 & 10000 Pesetas Pick 161a dated 24th September 1985 serial number L2299877 both high grade Scarce notes and highest denominations in their series, 1000 Pesetas Pick 163 dated 12th October 1992 serial number 2J6110625 and 2000 Pesetas Pick 164 dated 24th April 1992 serial number H2906162
SPECIMEN collection (15) Albania 50 Leke 1976 ZB 054380 SPECIMEN in red across obverse Pick 45s2, Bangladesh 100 Taka Pick 752 000000 SPECIMEN in red across right obverse, Congo 1,000 Francs 30.6.2013 Pick 101s Q 0000000 SPECIMEN No. 1544, North Korea set of 10 P 58s - 67s 5,10,50,100,200,500,1000,2000,5000,5000 Wons all with serial number 0000000 and North Korea 5000 Wons (2) P-CS-19 and P-CS-20 all Unc
Straits Settlements 1 DollarPick 9b dated 1st January 1930 and date in black serial number N/95 05596 signed Luis Shelley For the Currency Commissioners and the note in red on grey-violet underprint featuring the Royal Coat of Arms at upper centre, Palm trees and beach at lower left and stilt houses and palm trees at right on obverse and a shoreline scene at centre on reverse. PMG 25 Very Fine
World from circulation (103) AsiaChina pre WW II (6), Japan WW II military (14) various countries (11) these include IndiaRupeeGeorge VI, Americas and Africa including CanadaDollars (10), Europe (62) including pre WW II issues from various countries. Along with modern issues in high grades (circa 80) from a variety of countries some duplicated
World in low grades France50 Francs (2) 1935 and 1936, 10 Francs 1925 and Five Francs 1923, Greece 5 Drachmai 1923 (aVF), Italy100 Lire DECRETO MINISTERIALE 19 MARCH 1926, SwedenKronur 1925, Syria Banque De Syrie Et Du Grand-Liban 1 Livre 1925 (2) with SYRIE above UNE LIVRE another this one with GRAND-LIBAN above UNE LIVRE, Yugoslavia 10 Dinara 1920 Pick 21 along with a Japanese military WWII VIJF CENT generally Good - Fine
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