Five Pounds Salmon 2012 issues Elizabeth Fry reverse prefix MC48 a mint block of (100) one of the last printed on paper and difficult to find in high grade
A good collection of Banknote and Coin Sets (9) C158 £10 Lowther QV10 001349 with 2001 cupro Crown, C159Five Pounds Lowther VR10 000552 with 2001 cupro Crown, C160 £10 Lowther VR10 000430 with 2001 Silver Proof Crown, C163 Five Pounds Lowther QE50 005581 with 2002 cupro Crown, C165 Five Pounds Lowther ER50 000532 with 2002 cupro Crown, C166 £10 Lowther ER50 000445 with 2002 Silver Proof Crown, C171 Five Pounds Lowther QC03 001826 with 2003 cupro Crown (stamp cover), C172 Five Pounds Lowther QC50 000256 with 2003 cupro Crown, C173 £10 Lowther QC50 000658 with 2003 Silver Proof Crown (this toning) all Unc in the packs of issue all the coins Five Pound Crowns
Five Pounds HarveywhiteB209a dated 12 July 1921 series U/71 48457, Manchester branch, Pick312d, better than Fine some faint staining or discolouration and tiny hole top middle, a collectable example of a type seldom offered, the first one we have seen since 2012
Five Pounds Presentation Sets (6 sets) 2 note set Kentfield DL99 999807 and Lowther EA01 999807, Kentfield YR19 990608 with Five Pounds Coin 1999 cupro, Kentfield HM50 001100 with 1997 Five Pounds cupro coin, Kentfield HM70 000156 with 1996 Five Pounds coin cupro, Kentfield PW50 000822 with 1998 Five Pounds coin cupro these all in B of E / Royal Mint presentation packs of issue some of the coins with a hint of toning, Five Pounds Cleland AA36 177397 in Westminster's box with a 1st class stamp post marked TOWER HILL 13 SEP 2016. Along with Republic of Ireland Central Bank Presentation Pack £1 17.07.89 BAK 526462 with Ireland One Pound coin 1990 Proof.
Bank of England Queen Mother Presentation Sets (2) Lowther £10 QM10 000572 and Five Pounds QM10 010489 both with the Five Pounds cupro coin 2000 Unc as issued
Five Pounds BealeWhite Note B270 dated 26th April 1950 serial number R35 083143,Good VF with an original most likely a Bank teller's annotation for accounting purposes at upper right corner on face
Five Pounds O'Brien White Notes B276 Thin paper Metal thread London branch issues (2) the first dated 17th June 1955 serial number A10A 086260, the second dated 23rd September 1955 serial number A86A 039351. VG and Fine
Five Pounds PeppiattWhite note World War II German Operation BERNHARD forgery B241OB dated 29th October 1935 serial number A/247 58160, VF or better with the usual Pinholes
Five Pounds O'Brien whiteB276 dated 23rd November 1955 VF with inked number front top. Ten Pounds Hollom Lion and Key A28 prefix VF, Five Pounds Hollom E80 876709 Fine. One Pounds (4) Peppiatt Blue, O'Brien X64K prefix, Fforde D30Z prefix B301, and Somerset Isaac Newton these from circulation. Ten Shillings O'Brien Y17X 491078 EF and Hollom 02K prefix AU
Bank of England (8) Five Pounds Lion and Key E24 prefix, 1 Pounds Catterns U01 337039 nEF, Peppiatt Blue, O'Brien Prefix E29L and H03L, Beale C34J, 10 Shillings Peppiatt Mauve and O'Brien U81Y mixed circulated grades some with the odd stain the O'Brien 10/- with a penned number
A set of four first run polymer notes with the low matching serial number 0000036. Fifty Pounds Sarah John June 2021 Alan Turing reverse AA01 000036, Twenty Pounds Sarah John 2020 JMW Turner reverse AA01 000036, Ten Pounds ClelandJane Austen reverse AA01 000036 and Five Pounds Cleland Churchill reverse AA01 000036 Unc. These four notes were never offered as a set the vendor had to attend various auctions to put together a matching set extremely rare thus
Five Pounds MahonwhiteB215c dated 3rd August 1927 series 345/U 77113, scarce HULL branch issue, collectable Very Good - Fine a seldom offered Branch and the first we have seen
Five Pounds whiteNairne, B208b dated March 9 1915, LEEDS branch, series 86/P 21198 approaching VF with some light and faint discolouration, interesting SCUNTHORPE oval purple bank stamp JUN 8 1918 reverse a collectable and pleasant low to mid grade example
Five Pounds O'Brien B277 Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion and Key reverse issued 1957 (19) generally F-VF each with a number or annotation written on, along with a further (9) low grade examples VG-F
Coin and Banknote Set 2000 Queen Mother 100th Birthday C153, comprising Five Pound Crown 2000 in cupro-nickel UNC, and Five Pounds Lowther QM10 010055 UNC in the wallet of issue, along with a matching serial number pair Twenty Pounds Lowther QM10 000055, from the C155 set, and Ten Pounds Lowther QM10 000055, from the C154 set, these UNC
Five Pounds O'Brien B277 Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion and Key reverse issued 1957 (4) First Series A01 193064 Fine penned number top right front, plus a further 3 prefixes A32, A99 and B40 these generally VF or better
Five Pounds BealewhiteB270London 19th April 1951 serial number U43 082016 Pick344 VF penned number lower left corner, pencilled number at the top and bank stamp reverse
Five Pounds Gill RJ29 prefix AU. One Pounds Peppiatt 1934 B239 K90A prefix VF and Blue A12D prefix EF both with pencilled annotations reverse. Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve Z01D EF with pencilled annotations reverse, Peppiatt B236 last series 38O 500281 VF, Hollom Britannia in Medallion (2) VF
One PoundWarren Fisher 1919 T24 W/61 283333 better than Fine with some small holes around George V portrait. Five Pounds Page 1971 B324 (2) one AU the other VF. One Pounds Catterns N52 547518 Fine, Peppiatt Blue Y77D 503986 VF, Beale B25C 124674 Fine. Ten Shillings seated Britannia at left O'Brien W63Y 694924 VF small brown stain right edge
Five Pounds MahonwhiteB215 dated 5th Oct. 1926 serial 336/E 40076, Choice Uncirculated and graded 64 by PMG who show 27 graded on their population report for B215 with only 3 graded higher than this note
Five Pounds PeppiattWhite note B241f dated 5th January 1935 serial number T/191 20331 MANCHESTER branch issue. Black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left. About Uncirculated and graded 50 by PMG and this being the highest grade on the PMG population report from only 3 they have seen
Five Pounds HollomB297 Britannia (54) prefixes A72 to J53 in mixed grades includes a consecutive run of 5 notes C57 845094 to 845098 inclusive EF, and a consecutive run of 4 notes C57 848183 to 848186 EF, some are Fine, some VF to GVF
Five Pounds Peppiattwhite, thin paper, M22 056474, dated 20 May 1947, B264 in a PMG holder and graded Gem Uncirculated PMG 65 EPQ (Exceptional Paper Quality)
Ten Pounds (3) Hollom, Page and Somerset EF-Unc, Five Pounds (7) O'Brien Lion and Key (1), Hollom (3), Page Wellington (1) VF-AU, One Pounds Peppiatt Blue VF, O'Brien W34K 845005 VF, Britannia in Circle (20) Hollom & O'Brien generally EF or better, Isaac Newton (21) these generally AU-Unc some consecutive, Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve (2) F-VF, Britannia front left (4) F-VF, Britannia in circle on the back (11) VF-AU
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
The Bank of LondonFive Pounds Bradbury Wilkinson 1 Jan 1867 Farringdon Road London uniface without signature or serial number AU some light stains and some adhesive residue reverse right top corner
Bank of England (3) Ten Pounds LowtherQueen ElizabethGolden Jubilee 2002 ER50 000606 UNC in the perspex holder, Five Pound Coin and Banknote Sets (2) comprising Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee 2002, Five Pound Crown 2002 Cupro-Nickel UNC and Five Pounds Lowther ER50 000512 UNC in the wallet of issue, Millennium set comprising Five Pound Crown 1999 Cupro-Nickel UNC and Five Pounds Kentfield YR19 991468 UNC in the wallet of issue
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