O'Brien One Pound 1960 B281 last series Z15 334954 GEF, Ten Shillings 1961 B286 1st series A67 524566 AU. HollomFive Pounds 1963 B297 L03 prefix Unc, One Pound replacementB290 22M 789044 AU-Unc, Ten Shillings replacement B296 M32 prefix Fine. Fforde Five Pounds 1967 B312 X85 prefix AU (light centre fold), One Pound replacement B306 S13M 949494 AU (light centre fold), Ten Shillings 1967 B309 1st series 46R 225020 Unc or near so
One Pound O'Brien 1960 Britannia reverse B281 first series (6) various Axx prefixes including 2 consecutives AU-Unc, along with mid series (2) B281 and B282 these Unc
One Pound O'Brien 1960 Britannia in Medallion reverse B281 First Run A01 934447 VF with some light dirt and small red ink mark reverse a rare seldom offered First Run
Ten Shillings O'Brien B286 (6) five being AU-Unc the other VG, HollomB295 Unc, FfordeB309 (2) AU-Unc, Fforde B310 (20) these mostly in Unc, includes consecutives. One Pounds O'Brien B281 VF and B282 Unc, Fforde B305 (10) a consecutive run Unc, PageB322 (20) two consecutive number runs Unc, Page Isaac NewtonB337 (21) one VF others generally AU-Unc many consecutive, B339 (13) AU-Unc, SomersetB341 (40) one VF the others AU-Unc along with Page One Pounds (9) various types F-AU. Five Pounds Fforde B314 GVF and KentfieldB364 HK97 191004 AU
One Pound (118) O'Brien B281 (2) includes low number E15 000185 NVF, O'Brien B282 (5), HollomReplacements B289 (6) a run of 6 consecutives M88 123977 to M88 123982 EF one with some discolouration on one corner, Hollom Replacement B290 16M 201979 EF, Hollom B288 (104) in mixed grades with many EF includes some consecutive runs of two, three or four notes, along with Ten Shillings (3) Hollom B294 (2) N54 163340 and Z10 950387 both EF, Fforde (1) B310 C89N 039537 EF with a corner crease and some rust marks
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
One Pound O'Brien B281 (6) with some consecutive Unc, B281 last series Z24 AU, HollomB288 (2), FfordeB301 (1) and B305 (1), PageB322 (13) ten being consecutives, Isaac NewtonB337 A01 054069, SomersetB341 (1) these all high grades generally AU-Unc along with O'Brien B281 Unc with penned number and Isaac Newton reverse from circulation (19) but many EF
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
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
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 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.
Bank of England & Treasury (40) a private collection in an album comprising wide range of cashiers and denominations , circulated mostly in average VF-GVF some better. Comprising Treasury George V period 1 Pounds (2) including the Bradbury Second issue T11.1 De La Rue Black Type 1 Letter only prefix issue 1914 serial number B/6 66235 along with the Fisher Second issue T31 Dot in No. Ireland in title issue 1923 serial number G1/82 141090. Accompanied by Bank of England examples (38) consisting of various cashier as Catterns 1930's issues (3) 10 Shillings B223 prefix L55 910575 along with 1 Pounds B225 (2) prefixes T33 & S76. Peppiatt Britannia medallion examples (5) including Second Period World War II Emergency issues as the 1 Pounds B249 Blue/Pink issues 1940 (3) prefixes C70E, O85D and T52D along with a 10 Shilling B251 Mauve example prefix M73D. Also includes a Post-war threaded example 1948 prefix D48B. An interesting fact about this period is that all pre-war Britannia medallion issues were unthreaded but a metal thread was incorporated into the Emergency issues and the ones to follow, so perhaps the war is what sparked the integration of this additional security measure. Beale 1 Pounds B268 issues 1950 (3) prefixes D05J, D99J and M26C. O'Brien examples of the last Britannia medallion issues and the new QE2 portrait (6) comprising 10 Shillings B271 prefix E37Y. 1 Pound B273 prefix R08J. The last of the White notes example 5 Pounds B276 dated 13th December 1955 serial number B56A 092487. 1 Pounds QE2 portrait (11) including the B281 prefix H63 along with B282 (10) prefixes 92K, 93K (2), 95L, 93N, 80N, 47R, 55S and 95S (2). Hollom (5) including 10 Shillings B295 (3) prefixes 01C (2) and 99B. 1 Pound B288 prefix J78S. And a 5 Pounds seated child Britannia B288 prefix J78S. Fforde (3) including 10 Shillings (2) B309 prefix 03Y and B310 prefix C02N. Also, a 1 Pound B305 prefix S98B. Page 1 Pound QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton 339 W Reverse issue 1978 prefix 77A. Somerset 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B341 W Reverse issues 1981 (3) including a consecutive pair prefixes CU10 along with a DU81.
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
One Pounds mostly QE2 portrait & seated Britannia O'Brien, Fforde, Page including some Somerset pictorial (160) a 'brick' and all in average VF to EF comprising O'Brien (87) including a B285Replacement serial number M15 032452 amongst B281 issues (86). Fforde (67) including Scarce Replacement issues (3) as B306 (2) prefixes R04M and R08M and B308 series N02M 760906 amongst B301 (18), B303 (3), B305 (40) and B307 (3). Page issues B322 (3). Also the pictorial Somerset includes a B341 example prefix CT28 with torn notes - a left and right hand side pieces from different notes.
One Pounds Beale & O'Brien a collection of the transition between designs 1950-60's period Britannia medallion and the QE2 portrait issues (33) in various grades averaging VF - GVF to EF - GEF/about UNC. Comprising Beale B268 Green Britannia medallion issued 1950 (13) including a FIRST series prefix H86B and LAST series prefix L59J amongst R81B, S60B, U64B, M73C, B67C, Z09C, A25J, A47J, B25J, D31J and J84J. Together with O'Brien (20) consisting of the B273 Green Britannia medallion issued 1955 (11) prefix M33J, O59J, R66J, S51J, W47J (2), S51K, S95K, J87L, U85K and W07K. Along with QE2 portrait & seated Britannia issued 1960 (9) including B281 (4) prefixes including a FIRST & LAST series A72 and Z71 together with B19 & B98. Also, B282 (5) prefixes including a FIRST series 35A amongst others as 10B, 81C, 09Y and 41Y.
Bank of England 10 Shillings, 1 and 5 Pounds various design examples from Peppiatt to Gill circa 1940's to modern (38) in mixed grades averaging VF including a few better examples. Comprising Peppiatt 1 Pounds Britannia medallion issues (2) a World War 2 Emergency issue B249 and a Green Fourth Period B260. Beale Britannia medallion (2) including 10 Shillings B266 and 1 Pound B268. O'Brien (20) including a Britannia medallion 10 Shillings B271. 1 Pounds B281 first and last series prefixes (11) including prefixes as A09, A49, A55 and Z02, Z16, Z20, Z25, Z53, Z73, Z91 and Z93. Also, B282 (5) including some first series prefixes as 07A, 72A, 96A and 98A along with 71D and 94D. Together with B285Replacement issues (2) prefixes M26 and M52. Hollom (3) consisting of 1 Pounds B288 (2) prefixes A32X and E44T together with 10 Shillings B294 prefix N33. Fforde (4) including 1 Pounds (2) consisting of B303 G Reverse prefix K64Z and B305 prefix T86C. Along with 10 Shillings B310 (2) prefixes C12N and C39N. Page (4) consisting of 1 Pounds (2) including B3222 prefix HX80 and B339 prefix 78R. And 5 Pounds (2) including B332 prefix D15 together with the later L Reverse (Lithography) issue B334 prefix 10C. Somerset (2) 1 Pound B341 W Reverse (Web-press) prefix DT73. Together with 5 Pounds B343 L Reverse prefix HX33. Also, a 5 Pounds Gill B353 L Reverse prefix RH90. An interesting amalgamation of various designs and issues
Bank of England (30) in mixed grades including some very high ones comprising O'Brien (3) including 1 Pounds QE2 & seated Britannia (2) B281 prefix R15 and B282 prefix 27S along with 10 Shillings QE2 & seated Britannia B286 First series prefix A25. Hollom 1 Pounds QE2 & seated Britannia (3) including B288 prefix B68T & B292 (2) First series prefix A61N along with E86U Fforde QE2 & seated Britannia issues (2) including 1 Pound B305 prefix T34A and 10 Shillings B310 LAST series prefix D03N. Page 1 Pounds (7) including QE2 & seated Britannia (6) including B320 (3) prefixes X55J, X12M and X27D, B322 (3) prefixes HW16, HX17 and CX33 and along with QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac NewtonB337 prefix A05. Somerset 1 Pound QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B341 prefix DX03. Gill QE2 pictorial issues (2) including The Duke of Wellington 5 Pounds B353 prefix SB27 and Florence Nightingale 10 Pounds B354 LAST series prefix JR35. Kentfield QE2 pictorial issues (4) including George Stephenson 5 Pounds B364 prefix AK15, Charles Dickens 10 Pounds B366 prefix B70 and Michael Faraday 20 Pounds B375 (2) prefixes CD55 and AL46. Kentfield 50 Pounds Sir John Houblon Silver Tudor Foil B377 issues (2) prefixes C05 & C18. Lowther QE2 pictorial issues (6) including 5 Pounds (3) George StephensonB380 prefix EB40, Elizabeth Fry (2) including B393 prefix JA03 and B395 prefix HD27. 10 Pounds (2) including Charles Dickens B382 prefix KL07 and Charles DarwinB390 prefix AJ12. 20 Pounds Sir Edward Elgar B386 prefix AB51.
Bank of England (59) in mixed grades average VF to UNC comprising O'Brien (4) including 1 Pound Green Britannia medallion B273 issue 1955 prefix S62J along with 1 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B281 issues 1960 (3) including a FIRST series prefix A73 along with D49 and K73. Hollom (3) including 10 Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B295 issue 1963 prefix 09L along with 1 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated Britannia 1963 issues (2) including B288 prefix B21R along with G Reverse issue B292 prefix D32T. Fforde 1 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated Britannia 1967 issues (6) including B301 prefix K13Y, B305 (3) prefixes N29C, T93A and T60D and B307 (2) prefixes R61L & R62L. Page 1 Pounds (40) including QE2 portrait & seated Britannia issues 1970 (11) including B320 (3) prefixes X43L, Z17E and Z11K, Replacement issue B321 prefix W15M and B322 (7) prefixes BT73, BS12, BX27, CS50 a consecutive pair (2), CT67 and CZ40. Along with QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton (6) including B340 issues 1978 (5) prefixes A64N (2), C46N and C70N (2) along with B337 prefix C43. Somerset 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton B341 W Reverse issues 1981 (29) prefixes AX31, AX58, BR54, BU58, BX46, BX80, BZ03, CN43, CR84, CS35 a consecutive pair (2), CX48, DR80, DT81 a consecutive pair (2), DW22, DW80, DX05, DX24, DX29 a consecutive pair (2), DX34, DX35, DX40, DX51, DX62, DX64 and DX73.
Bank of England O'Brien Ten Shillings and One Pounds QE2 portrait & seated Britannia issues (17) a mixed grade group to about UNC - UNC comprising Ten Shillings B286 issues 1961 (5) include FIRST series A37 013200 & A26 609238 along with series D40 509970, H68 762394 and LAST series K29 025029. One Pounds 1960 include a B285Replacement issue FIRST RUN series M01 301558. B282 (6) a FIRST series 01A 387007, a consecutive trio 85C 384122 to 85 C 384124 and 69D 859612 & 81K 679692. And B281 (5) series B45 344176, S33 886099, H60 509703, Y01 293017 and LAST series Z56 413952
One Pounds QE2 portrait and seated Britannia, O'Brien (3) comprising B281 Green issue 1960 (2) first & last series A08 678195 & Z22 307157. Along with B282 issue 1960 first series 24A 938849. All UNC
Bank of England (70), a very interesting and varied collection with FIRST RUN, LAST RUN, EXPERIMENTAL, REPLACEMENT and consecutively numbered runs seen, O'Brien 1 Pound B283experimental series A01N, B281 first run series A01, and a number of replacement notes, Hollom 10 Shillings, 1 Pound & 5 Pounds a selection of replacement notes, Hollom 10 Shillings B295 first run series 01A, Fforde 1 Pound, a collection of replacement notes and first and last runs, 5 pounds 2 replacement notes, Page 5 Pounds (28) in 2 consecutively numbered runs, Page 1 Pound B339A scarce experimental issue series 81R, first run notes series A01 and A01N, Gill 50 Pounds series C12 348300, signature range O'Brien to Lowther with values from 10 Shilling to 50 Pounds, plus a Stockton on Tees Bank 5 Pounds provincial note, mixed grades veiwing recommended
Bank of England (27), O'Brien 1 Pound (17) B281 & B282, 3 x first series notes with highest prefix A99, including a pair of consecutively numbered notes, a consecutively numbered pair of '01' notes series B01 574516 & B01 574517, a consecutively numbered pair of '99' notes series 99R 929127 & 99R 929128, plus a consecutively numbered run of 10 notes series 11K 903381 to 11K 903390, also Fforde 10 Shillings (10), B310, a consecutively numbered run series C91N 645636 - C91N 645645, all Uncirculated or about
One Pound O'Brien (50), B281B282 & B284 issued 1960, including a consecutively numbered run of 10 notes plus other consecutive sets and pairs, first and last series notes also seen, portrait series C, (Pick374a), high grade collection EF to Uncirculated
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