Bahamas Young QE II portrait (1953) (3) 10 Shillings Sweeting and Bethel Pick 14c AU but with two areas of adhesive staining reverse 4 Shillings (2) both about Fine
Bermuda QE II Young Portrait (4) 10 Shillings and 5 Shillings both 1.5.1957 both Unc but both with evidence of adhesive reverse, along with 10 Shillings 20.10.1952 Fine and 1.5.1957 VG
British Caribbean TerritoriesOne Dollar red QEII young portrait at right Pick 7 (5) 5.1.1953 VG, 2.1.1959 (2) VF and Fine and both with stains reverse, 1.7.1960 EF-AU some staining reverse, 2.1.1962 VF but 4 mount marks reverse
Ceylon5 Rupees 1 November 1948 black on whiteGeorge VI facing portrait at left Government of Ceylon a set of two PMG graded items as front and back archival photographs S/N 000000 uniface, both graded by PMG as Choice Uncirculated 64 and attributed by PMG as "Front Archival Photograph" and "Back Archival Photograph"
Fiji Young QEII at right (3) 5 Pounds 1.9.1959 Fine with some inked annotations, 1 Pound 1.12.1961 VF, 10 Shillings 1.12.1961 aVF all with evidence of having been mounted on the 4 corners reverse
France 50 Nouveaux Francs on 5,000 Francs 30-10-1958 Pick 139a VF multiple pinholes, top right corner missing along with 50 Francs 7-6-1962 VF with a small tear top edge and 10 Nouveaux Francs 6-4-1961 Fine with pinholes
GermanyReichsbanknote (2 )100 Mark Pick 22 (Rosenberg 20) dated 17th April 1903 serial number 5036701 A, VG. Along with Germany Reichsbanknote 2 Billion Mark Pick 135a (Rosenberg 132a) dated 5th November 1923 watermark variety G/D in stars and serial number with star at the end, prefix MM-49 034555 *, Fine
Isle of Man Bank of Mona One Pound (Branch of the City of Glasgow Bank) a hoard (88) of issued notes many dated 1859, all Poor and damaged with the bottom half of the note missing with the tear normally through the ONE POUND denomination
Malaya and British Borneo5 Dollars green young QE II 21 March 1953 (2) prefix A/14 Fine and A/10 VF light dirt reverse along with Dollar 1 March 1959 about Fine
Saudi Arabia (6) AH1379 50 Rials Pick 14 Fine small inked number reverse, 10 Rials Pick 13 nEF, 1 Rial Pick 11 signature 2 and signature 3 both Fine and 1 Rial Pick 8 Fine
ScotlandBank of Scotland Dennis Stevenson & Colin Mathews 100 Pounds SPECIMEN dated 17th September 2007 serial number AA000000 and featuring Sir Walter Scott on obverse (5) No. 076 in small script at lower left corner Pick 128s violet-red featuring Kessock Bridge on reverse spanning the Moray and Beauly Firths near Inverness. PMG 66 EPQ Gem Uncirculated
Southern RhodesiaGeorge VI portrait (2),10 shillings dated 1st March 1944, Pick9b and 5 shillings dated 1st February 1945 series D/21 004629. VG - Fine
USADollar 1917 Christopher Columbas sighting land at upper left, George Washington left facing portrait Pick 187 about Fine light dirt and some tiny nicks in the paper top edge
Wales - Black Sheep Company (8) 10 Swilt No 002395, 5 Swilt (5) with 4 being consecutives, £1 (2) No 003888 and 004309 Llandudno all with the blue Two Pence circular emblem and all Unc and without cancellation stamps and come with the book MONEY FOR ALL THE STORY OF THE WELSH POUND by Ivor Wynne Jones this in good second hand condition with some penned annotations on the inside front cover
World (circa 120) dating from French 18th century Assignat to modern including pre Revolutionary Russia 500 Rubles, Hungary 1000 Korona 1920 and more, mixed grades a few Unc
World in 2 albums (93) with strength in Europe such as B of E £10 and Swiss 10 and 20 Francs, and German some of these dating back to 1900, mixed grades
Anglo - Palestine Bank Series, The Bank of Israel First legal currency of the state of Israel put into circulation August 18th 1948 sterling silver replicas authorised by the Bank of Israel a cased set of 5 silver replicas 55 grams 17cm x 5 cm 50, 10, 5 and 1 Palestinian Pounds along with 500 Mils, cased as issued
France (5) 500 Francs 27.5.1937 VG, 100 Francs 17.6.1914 VG and 22.9.1932 Fine with pinholes, 50 Francs (2) 10.7.1930 VG and 12.3.1931 Fine with some pinholes
France5 Francs 19.10.1918 Laferriere and Picard Pick 72a VF with two ink smudges reverse and Chamber of Commerce Paris 1 Franc 1 July 1922 Purple and Blue on White Fine
GB and World mixed grades some in album pages dating back to PeppiattTen Shillings Mauves including higher denominations such as Channel Islands £5 (circa 80 notes)
Germany - Federal Republic (3) 10 Marks blue on multicolour SERIE 1948 red serial number Pick 5a VF some light dirt reverse, Bank Deutscher Lander 10 Marks 1949 B in circle left front Pick 16b (2) one VG-Fine the other Fine
Gibraltar (3) a high grade group about UNC - UNC comprising 1 PoundPick 20e dated 4th August 1988 serial number L 603181. Along with a consecutively numbered pair 5 PoundsPick 21b dated 4th August 1988 (2) serial numbers E 845382 & E 845383
India, Government of India 10 Rupees 9 December 1916 signed Gubbay Pick A10f S/N ZB/9 43375 firm and collectable F-VF staples holes at issue and small central hole
Isle of Man 1 PoundPick 25b (BY IM31b; IOMPM M505) ND 1970 signature Stallard serial number C 677320, about EF. Mainly in violet on multicolour featuring a partial Annigoni's portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and an illustration of Tynwald Hill
Isle of Man 50 Pounds ND (1983) Pick 39 (IOMPM M528, BY IM71) Dawson signature titled Treasurer of the Isle of Man and an early serial number 000464 About UNC - UNC
Northern Ireland (2) Northern Bank Limited 10 Pounds Pick 189e (BY NI.624e; PMI NR99) signature John Roberts last date for signature type 2nd March 1987 serial number E 5709645, GVF-about EF with 2 minor sets of Pinholes to centre and centre left. 20 poundsPick 195b (BY NI.633a; PMI NR115) dated 24th August 1993 signature S. H. Torrens 8 digit serial number C 14548878, VF with a very minor marginal ink spill to upper right.
Northern IrelandUlster Bank Ltd £100 dated 1st January 1941 S/N 1078 hand signed Niblock, Pick320, Very Fine PMG 20 and the first example we have seen since 2011
Portugal 100 Escudos undated (1961) an unissued remainder, punch hole cancelledPick 165r in a PMG Holder at 50 About Uncirculated "Previously Mounted, Edge Piece Missing". Along with fantasy issue The Hyderabad Philatelic & Hobbies Society green on blue and white the castle front right, in the presentation wallet 1962-2022 as issued
Portugal20 Escudos Lisbon 7 July 1920 blue on yellow P118 EF-AU has been folded S/N GX 15689 rare in this high grade and one of a trio of consecutive numbers being offered here
Portugal20 Escudos Lisbon 7 July 1920 blue on yellow P118 EF-AU has been folded S/N GX 15690 rare in this high grade and one of a trio of consecutive numbers being offered here
Portugal20 Escudos Lisbon 7 July 1920 blue on yellow P118 EF-AU has been folded S/N GX 15691 rare in this high grade and one of a trio of consecutive numbers being offered here
Portugal 50 Mil Reis 1917 with old date 30 September 1910 Pick 110 blue on yellow seated oriental king receives Portuguese emissaries VF for wear and with edge tears right hand edge, S/N AC 02077
Portugal 50 Mil Reis 1917 with old date 30 September 1910 Pick 110 blue on yellow seated oriental king receives Portuguese emissaries VF two pinholes, light dirt and small tear top and bottom middle, S/N BP 03159
Russia (3) 100 Rubles 1898 signed Timashev Pick 5b Fine with 2 small central holes, 1,000 Rubles 1917 black on green Duma building reverse Pick 37 Fine with one small central hole, State Treasury Note 1938 1 Ruble Pick 213 Fine. Serbia (4) 500 Dinara 1941 Pick 27 VG, 1 May 1942 (3) 500 Dinara Pick 31 nVF with light stains and 50 Dinara Pick 29 VF (2). Germany (2) 5 Rentenmark 2.1.1926 Pick 169 Fine and 5 Reichsmark 1.8.1942 Pick 186 Fine. Denmark 5 Kroner 1942 blue on white VG-Fine
Scotland The Clydesdale Bank Ltd 5 Pounds Glasgow 13th January 1930, S/N T2/V 0003750, Pick 186, 4 a high grade example for this early type Very Fine PMG 30
Seychelles100 RupeesPick 26b Sea Salvage from the Greek Freighter Aeolian Sky which sank off the Isle of Wight in 1979 PMG 50 SEA SALVAGE, S/N A801241 (at the time or writing another example from the Aeolina Sky was being offered on line for 900 Euros)
Seychelles100 RupeesPick 26b Sea Salvage from the Greek Freighter Aeolian Sky which sank off the Isle of Wight in 1979 PMG 50 SEA SALVAGE, S/N A801242 and comes with copies of articles about the sinking
Spain El Banco de Espana (5) including , 50 pesetas, 17 May 1927 (1931), serial number 2380689 Pick 80 VG , purple on multicolour underprint, El Banco De Espana , 100 Pesetas dated 1st July 1925 (3) Pick 69a , Pick 69c (2) ,100 Pesetas Pick 76 dated 15th August 1928,
USA50 Dollars in Gold Coin series of 1913 Ulysses Grant at centre signed Teehee and Burke Pick 273 S/N A1623827 VF a tiny nick on the edge at the top of the centre fold
USAERROR 1 Dollar series 1988 similar to Pick 480a signatures Ortega & Brady normal sheet fed printing and branch St. Louis MO. Misalignment Error showing parts of 2 notes and cutting margin at middle, serial number still printed in correct position H99910859A. About UNC - UNC
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