Middle EastIran (12) & Kuwait (1) a small group in mixed grades mostly about UNC comprising Bank Melli Iran (7) - 10 Rials Pick 33Aa SH1317 Reza Shah Pahlavi and Alborz mountains, 50 Rials Pick 66 SH1333 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Koohrang dam, 100 Rials (2) a consecutively numbered pair Pick 67 SH1333 series 74/6 85188 & 74/6 85188 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi & Oil refinery Abadan, 200 Rials (3) Pick 70 SH1337 series 16/319434, 16/319467 & 16/319699 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi & Lockheed Constellation C-69 at Mehrabad Airport, Teheran; Bank Markazi Iran - 100 Rials (2) Pick 86a Dark Panel - series 113/140490 & Pick 91a Light Panel - series 188/276632, both signed Mehdi Samil & Dr. Jamshid Amouzegar & featuring Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi & Oil refinery Abadan, 100 Rials Pick 98 2500th Anniversary of the Persian Empire SH1350 series 1/209699, 500 Rials Pick 104a ND (1974-1979) signed Mohammad Yeganeh & Hushang Ansari series 8/497817 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi & Relief of the Marlik goblet (winged bulls flanking a tree), 1.000 Rials Pick105a ND (1974-1979) signed Mohammad Yeganeh & Hushang Ansari Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi & Tomb of Hafez, Shiraz; Central Bank of Kuwait 1 DinarPick 8a L.1968 Sheikh Sabah Ibn Salim al-Sabah & Oil refinery
Scotland Bank of Scotland One Pound 4th FEBy 1935 signed Elphinstone and Beveridge Pick 91a Fine or better and 15.10. 1979 AU, Five Pounds 28.9.1979 VF, British Linen Bank One Pound 15.4.1960 Fine, Clydesdale Bank One Pound 5.1.1983 and 8.4.1985 both Fine, National Commercial Bank One Pound 16.9.1959 VF, North of Scotland Bank One Pound Aberdeen 1st July 1949 Fine, The Royal Bank of Scotland One Pound 3.5.1982 VG and 4.1.1984 VF, Five Pounds 24.1.1996 EF, Ten Pounds 3.5.1982 nVF
Italy (12) 500 Lire 1947 Pick 80a About Fine, 100 Lire (2) 1951 issue Pick 92a and Pick 92b About Fine to Fine, 50 Lire 1951 issue (4) Pick 91a (3) and Pick 91b (1) Near Fine to Good Fine, Ten Lire 1944 issue, Blue with Jupiter at left Pick 32c VF with central fold, Five Lire (4) 1944 issue Pick 28 (2) both NEF, 1944 issue, Violet-brown, Pick 31c (2) both NEF
Europe (21) an interesting group all in mixed grades VF - GVF to EF - UNC. Consisting of Italy (10) an interesting accumulation circa World War II period including Allied Military issues to modern 1980's. Consisting of the Allied Military issues of 1943 (2) including the 10 Lire Pick M13b series of 1943 and variety without the printer's Code letter series A 04788845 A. Along with the 100 LirePick M21b series 1943 A and variety with serial number prefix - suffix "A-B" in serial number A 57895275 B. Also a group of the Biglietto Di Statto (4) including 5 LirePick 28 dated 1940-XVIII block 0287 number 839724. 50 Lire Pick 91a 31st December 1951 signatures Bolaffi, Cavallaro and Giovinco, block 2009 number 044654. 100 Lire Pick 92a 31st December 1951 signatures Bolaffi, Cavallaro and Giovinco, block 2727 number 027616. The Aretusa 500 Lire Pick 93a 20th October 1967 block K18 number 818006. Along with a Banca d'Italia group (4) including 1000 Lires (2) Pick 96e 1968 block U42 number 161539 and Pick 109a 1982 signatures Ciampi & Stevani serial number RD 854632 O. 5000 Lire Pick 111b 1985 signatures Ciampi & Speziali serial number PC 517069 Y. And finally, the 10000 Lire Pick 112b 1984 signatures Ciampi & Speziali serial number VE 109657 M. Along with Portugal (11) a varied selection of different denominations circa 1960's to 2000. Consisting of 20 EscudosPick 167b 26th May 1964 serial number prefix variety with 3 letters - BNB 09536, Santo Antonio. 50 Escudos Pick 168 28th February 1964 serial number AFM 81003, Queen Isabella. 100 Escudos Pick 169b 20th September 1978 Camilo Castelo Branco (2) serial number HTM 41346 and HJN 37545. 50 Escudos Pick 174b 1st February 1980 serial number AHG 67097, Infante Dona Maria. 20 Escudos Pick 176b 4th October 1978 serial number AXM 083677, Admiral Gago Coutinho. 500 Escudos Pick 177 4th October 1979 serial number VJ 87535, Francisco Sanches. 100 Escudos Manuel Maria Barbosa Du Bocage (2) Pick 178b dated 24th February 1981 serial number ANS 45046 and Pick 178c 31st January 1984 serial number DML 88532. 100 Escudos Pick 169b , Camilo Castelo Branco. Together with examples from the last pre-euro issues 500 Escudos Joao de Barros (2) Pick 187b 11th September 1997 serial number 79A 200971 along with Pick 178c 7th November 2000 serial number 82A 642383.
Netherlands 1960's & 1970's issues (5) comprising 5 GuldenPick 90 dated 26th April 1966 (2) serial numbers 2TD 096970 & 5BY 063749 both white paper. 5 Gulden Pick 95 dated 28th March 1973 (2) serial numbers 2486106072 & 2487332844. Along with 10 Gulden Pick 91a dated 25th April 1968 serial number 0259289082 and a scarce variety with "O" in bullseye at upper left on reverse. All fresh and crisp about UNC - UNC
Czechoslovakia, Bohemia & Moravia and Slovakia (63) in mixed grades mostly early World War 2 issues and includes a number of SPECIMEN perforated notes. Some scarcer notes include 100 KorunPick 91a 1961 wet print issue with an adhesive stamp, 1000 Korun Pick 65a ND (1945), 5000 Korun Pick 75a dated 1st November 1945 serial number 089763, 5000 Korun Pick 771s perforated SPECIMEN series B number 403742 and 10 Korun Pick 8a dated 15th April 1919
GermanyReichsbanknote (86) in mixed grades comprising Fourth Issue all dated 25th July 1923 including 100,000 Mark Pick 91a (3), black on green underprint uniface. 500,000 Mark Pick 92 single letter serial number prefix "Reichsdruck" (4), Carmine with violet tint at right uniface. 1 Million Mark Pick 94 (2), Black on white with yellow tint at right uniface. 20 Million Mark Pick 97a (2) and Pick 97b (6), black and light blue with lilac tint at right uniface. 50 Million Mark Pick 98a (6) includes 2 varieties the single letter prefix 7 digiit serial and the number and letter prefix 6 digit serial "Firmenzeichen". August 1923 Fifth Issues including 200,000 Mark Pick 100 (6), black on gray underprint uniface. 1 Million Mark Pick 101 (3), black on white with green tint at right watermarked Oak leaves. 1 Million Mark Pick 102a (4), green underprint panel at right no serial number uniface watermark G/D in stars. 2 Million Mark Pick 103 (5), black on white paper with lilac tint at right uniface wartermarked Oak leaves includes different serial number varieties with 3 notes including a star at the end of the serial. 2 Million Mark Pick 104a (4), black with lilac guiloche at right uniface watermarked G/D in stars. 5 Million Mark Pick 105 (7), black on gray-green underprint uniface pink paper. 10 Million Mark Pick 106a (18) watermark G/D in stars and some of the notes with star in the serial and 1 note stamped "La Luxembourgeoise ..." at upper left and Pick 106b watermark small circles. 100 Million Mark Pick 107a (8) watermark oak leaves and grey tint at right and includes different serial number varieties along with Pick 107d (7) watermark G/D in stars including different serial number varieties and 2 notes with star at end of serial numbers.
Brazil (2) comprising 500 Mil ReisPick 87aEstampa 10a Serie 12A black on multicolour underprint woman with wreath portrait at centre flanked by Cupids. 500 Mil Reis Pick 91a Estampa 14A Serie 6A portrait of J. Bonifacio is seen at centre and is a much more scarce variety then those which depict M. Piexoto at centre. Both Fine to VF and likely missing from even comprehensive collections in this pleasing mid-grade and both printed by the American Banknote Company
Scotland (4) 1 Pounds Bank of Scotland (2) comprising Calloway & Murphy BA 94 ( Pick 86 ) dated 14th November 1929 series D 0836199 and Calloway & Murphy BA 95a ( Pick 91a ) dated 8th March 1937 series P 0816360 slight wear to design at upper centre. Both EF - about UNC (about ). Along with 5 Pounds Bank of Scotland (2) comprising Calloway & Murphy BA 106b ( Pick 106a ) solid £5 symbol 14th August 1962 series 11/N 4239 VF and BA106c Six digit serial ( Pick 106a ) 11th January 1965 series C 375683 GEF - about UNC
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