Canada100 Dollars, Bank of Canada Ottawa 2.1.1937 Gordon and Towers Pick 64b S/N B/J 4055118 VF light surface dirt, two pinholes and a line of purple ink front
French Indochina500 PiastresPick 83a ND 1951 variety with bank title in red panel signatures Emile Minost and Jean Laurent serial number D.83 481 2053481, about Fine - Fine
Germany Reicshbanknote 1922-23 issues (7) all various grades Fine/VF and about UNC - UNC, all different without duplication and includes some large sized issues. 500 Marks (2) including Pick 73 dated 27th March 1922 series D 2226835 and Pick 78 dated 19th November 1922 series A . 1 Million Marks Pick 86a dated 20th February 1923 series L-GD 145442 and variety with block and serial at centre left and right respectively. 5 Millard Marks Pick 115b dated 10th September 1923 series 12k , 10 Millard Marks Pick 116a dated 15th September 1923 series 10a 060216 and variety with yellow tint at left and watermarked oak leaves. 20 Millard Marks Pick 118a dated 1st October 1923 series DV-37 16211 and variety with 6 digit serial and watermarked G/D in stars. 100 Millard Marks Pick 126 dated 26th October 1923 blue tint at right and watermarked Oak leaves
Germany various issues 1920-40's (6) in mixed grades VF-GVF to about UNC - UNC including Reichsbanknote (4) consisting of 5 ReichsmarkPick 186a dated 1st August 1942 series C 19432515. 20 Reichsmark Pick 181a dated 22nd January 1929 series G45337204 with underprint letter M embossed stamp. 50 Reichsmark Pick 182a dated 30th March 1933 series Q3868743 with underprint letter Z embossed stamp. Together with a 500 Millard Marks Pick 127b dated 26th October 1923 series 24k 232787 blue tint at right and watermarked "500 M" in spirals. Rentenbank 2 Rentenmark Pick 174a dated 30th January 1937 series J 6403792 variety with serial number in red and 7 digits, embossed stamp and an Allied Occupation 50 Pfennig (1/2 Mark) Pick 191a series 1944 and variety with 9 digit serial and Printer's code "F".
India1 Rupee 1917 signed MMS Gubay George V portrait, watermark star in square Pick 1g interesting serial number G/15 773322 VF for wear pinholes and two small holes top left
India100 Rupees ND(1917-30) CALCUTTA signed J.W Kelly, S/N T/21 959339 Pick 10h Choice Very Fine PMG 35 "staple holes at issue", "pinholes" these being 6 in number
Jersey St. Mary's Parochial Bank 1 PoundPick S326 (BY unlisted) undated Remainder circa 1850's, plain blue colour and uniface featuring St. Mary's Church at centre and Coat of Arms at left and right. About UNC
Libya Bank of Libya First issue 10 Libyan Pounds Pick 27 AH 1382 - Law No. 4 of the 5th February 1963 series 4 A/5 142304, VF Marginal Edge Tears and Inked Annotation with Minor Erasure attempt
Thailand 60 Baht 1987 King's 60th Birthday large square issue Pick 93 (100) Unc as issued still within the original bank holding strip the end one with a bankers stamp
USA10 Dollars First National Bank of the City of New York series of 1902 blue seal (29) S/N A292969 New York Feb 25 1903 green on white design reverse about VF light dirt reverse and three pinholes
USA100 DollarsFederal Reserve series of 1914 signed Burke and McAdoo Pick 363a the much rarer red seal variety S/N C5297A pleasing and fresh GVF-EF rare in this high grade
USA2 DollarsSilver Certificate dated 1899 S/N N52702177, Pick339, VF and a World War II item the reverse with hand writing SHORT SNORTER 4th ATLANTIC CROSSING EAST-WEST CROSSING C87 LIBERATOR LUCKY SEVEN 6-12-43, with 9 crew member signatures ACCRA-ASCENSION-NATAL JACK REIO 6-12-43
USA20 Dollars Chatham Phenix National Bank and Trust Company New York series of 1902 blue seal (10778) S/N B393110K New York Sept 18 1915 green on white design reverse, pleasant Fine
USA5 Dollars series of 1907 Andrew Jackson at left pioneer family at centre Pick 186 GVF and pleasing with a staple hole left edge, some faint dirt and a small pencilled number right edge S/N M13234187
USA50 Dollars in Gold Coin series of 1913 Ulysses Grant at centre signed Teehee and Burke Pick 273 S/N1302587 about EF for wear and rare thus and with a thin strip of light brown staining bottom edge
USA50 Dollars July 12 1882 Gold Certificate Napier and McLung S/N 833394 firm for a note so old probably F-VF for wear with a few pinholes and stains and some minor edge faults
USA50 Dollars series of 1914 Ulysses Grant at centre blue seal Pick 362b S/N B4346202A Good VF faint inked annotation reverse right border and 3 pinholes
World - Five PoundsClelandWinston Churchill (2) both in Date Stamp presentation packs 13 SEP 2016 Unc as issued. Gold Leaf imitation bank notes (4) £5, £10, £20 and £50 by Kensington Mint. London Mint Office Platinum Banknotes Set an imitation FfordeOne Pound in copper and a platinum bar 1/10 Gram, Fantasy 20 Pounds note DAIMOND JUBILEE along with World (750 grams will be 850-900 notes) from circulation (some in high grade these mostly the smaller denomination China) a wide variety with duplication
World ( 12 ) Middle East & Turkey circa 1970's to modern (8) all different and interesting notes in various grades VF to UNC including Iran Bank Markazi (2) consisting of a 1000 Rials Pick 138b ND 1982-2002 series 68/6 198944 without text on reverse and 5000 Rials Pick 130 ND 1981 series 25/A 360777 with security thread. Syria 500 Syrian Pounds Pick 105b 1979-1399 serial number TH/3 337027. Qatar 10 Riyals Pick 22a ND 2003 series D/3 572982 and without mark for the sight impaired. Kuwait Contraband stolen by the Iraqi Forces during the Invasion in 1990 (2) including 10 Dinars Pick 15x (prefix denominators 70-87) signatures as for Pick 15c and serial number HJ/71 109675 together with 20 DinarsPick 16x (prefix denominators 9-13) signatures as for Pick 16b and serial number WJ/9 799426. Also Turkey Law of 14th January 1970 (3) including 10000 Turk Lirasi Pick 199b series E08 909435. 250000 Turk Lirasi Pick 211 series H42 793361 . And 1000000 Turk Lirasi Pick 209 series C38 890270 with optically variable grape shaped device right on front. Portugal (2) comprising 500 Escudos Pick 177 dated 4th October 1979 serial number OF 12193 signatures Jose da Silva Lopes & Abel Antonio Pinto dos Reis, about UNC. Together with 1000 EscudosPick 172a dated 19th May 1967 serial number MGJ 18941 ,French Equatorial Africa Caisse Centralle de La France Libre 10 FrancsPick 11a dated 2nd December 1941 serial number FC 701064, VF Pinholes
World in an album (270) a wide variety in mixed grades to AU including better types and higher denominations such as ECCB $20, Germany 50 Marks, Greece 10,000 Drachma, Republic of Ireland £20
World War II emergency issues (2) Fiji 2 Shillings 1 January 1942 black on red words 3 signatures Pick 42r remainder without serial number Unc. Ceylon The Government of Ceylon 5c 1 June 1942 Commission of Currency with 2c and 3c stamps S/N on plain reverse C 056521 without roulettes Pick 42a a VF
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