Twenty Pounds GillB355Shakespeare Reverse a scarce first run consecutive group of 5 notes, the first two notes with a slightly uneven lower edge, 01L 429480 to 01L 429484 inclusive (March 1988) AU to UNC
Five Pounds Lowther (98) Replacement notes with cut halo area below left serial number B396 (96) includes many consecutives LL48 853857, LL48 853862, a consecutive trio LL54 865838 to LL54 865840, LL54 865843, LL54 865845, LL54 865848, LL54 865850, a consecutive pair LL56 865861 and LL56 865862, a consecutive trio LL56 865864 to LL56 865866, a consecutive pair LL56 865868 and LL56 865869, LL56 961068 (this NEF with some folds), LL62 840981, LL63 866024 (this GEF), LL67 842091, a consecutive quartet LL68 879042 to LL68 879045 inclusive, LL70 842105, a matching serial number pair LL70 842099 and LL85 842099, LL74 842113, LL74 842125, LL78 863478 (this EF), LL78 863559, a consecutive pair LL79 871175 and LL79 871176, radar number LL79 871178, a consecutive trio LL87 845731, LL87 845732 and LL87 845733, a consecutive run of 15 notes LL87 845738 to LL87 845752 inclusive, a consecutive run of 17 notes LL87 845756 to LL87 845772 inclusive, a consecutive run of 5 notes LL87 845775 to LL87 845779, a consecutive run of 7 notes LL87 845871 to 845787, LL87 845804, a consecutive run of 5 notes LL87 845850 to LL87854, a consecutive run of 9 notes LL87 845860 to LL87 845868 A/UNC to UNC includes many pristine examples, Five Pounds Lowther column sort, with full halo B393cs DL31 895698 EF with central fold, Five Pounds Lowther cut halo B395 HC23 990099 Binary repeater number UNC
Five Pounds CatternsWhite notes B228London 17th March 1932 (2) a consecutively numbered pair serial numbers 179/J 68714 & 179/J 68715. GVF, have been folded and the 68714 with a hint of brown discolouration at the bottom edge
Five Pounds Lowther (28) Replacement notes with cut halo area below the left serial number B396 (28) includes many consecutives LL78 925364, LL85 842104, LL87 845773 and LL87 845774 consecutive pair, LL87 845753 LL87 845754 and LL87 845755 consecutive trio, and a consecutive run of 21 notes LL87 845788 to LL87 845809 inclusive, all UNC
Five Pounds CatternsWhite notes B228London 31st August 1931 (2) a consecutively numbered pair serial numbers 131/J 32134 & 131/J 32135. GVF, have been folded and with some minor brown discolouration at the edges
Five Pounds Page (4) B332 (3) B14 025588 Fine, C64 248222 NVF, H84 844579 NVF and B334 (1) 89N 818020 NEF, One Pound (47) BealeB268 (1) NVF, O'Brien B273 (1) Fine or better with some folds, O'Brien BB282 (1) NVF, HollomB288 (6) GVF to EF includes J76S 413972 and J76S 413973 consecutives EF with folds, FfordeB305 (1) EF, Page (16) B320 (15) prefixes W32E to Z83H includes Z37B 600000 Good Fine with some folds, and Y84E 819400 (highest prefix number) NEF, this group mostly VF to EF, Page B321 W22M GEF with heavy counting flick, SomersetB341 (20) Prefixes ranging from AT28 to CY79 includes radar number CW22 449944 About EF, this group mostly EF to UNC includes some consecutives
Twenty Pounds Somerset (2) B350Shakespeare H49 042866 GEF with counting flicks, B351 Shakespeare 55J 822863 GEF with counting flicks, Ten Pounds Somerset B346 (2) X55 522216 and X55 522217 GEF and A/UNC the first with a tiny tear on the top edge, Five Pounds Somerset B343 (4) JT43 884302 and JT43 884303 consecutives GEF, LT28 880330 GEF, LT36 367884 GEF
Ten Pounds (8) BaileyB398 (2) KB31 758636 NEF, KB74 960349 GVF, SalmonB408 (4) LB61 968080 GVF with some folds, KJ39 581317 and KJ39 581319 and KJ39 581320 consecutives all GEF with one central fold, ClelandB411 (2) LH12 530829 first series A/UNC and MD04 475559 UNC, Bailey Five Pounds (10) JH79 674478, LC22 115831 and LC22 115382 consecutives, LC22 115834 to LC22115840 a run of 7 consecutives all GEF with a central fold, One PoundHollomB288 (5) includes D12W 588060 to D12W 588063 a run of 4 consecutives About UNC with a slight crease to the right of the Queen on each note, and D95W 011993 A/UNC, One Pound PageB322 About UNC with a counting flick, One Pound SomersetB341 (6) DY08 654324 Fine, CW14 908064 to CW14908068 a run of 5 consecutives UNC, Ten Shillings (9) Hollom B294 (2) Y53 591715 Fine and Y83 641905 Fine, Fforde (7) B309, 80Z 517196 Fine, B310, B05N 118413 Fine, B84N 942171 GEF, B84N 942183 Fine, C17N 459738 NF, C32N 722636 Fine, and C76N 587351 Good Fine
One Pound O'Brien Series A Britannia B273 (17) comprising K05L 974020 (last series) EF, K65K 969687 to K65K 969695 inclusive consecutives (9) UNC or very near so with counting flicks, and a group (7) of consecutives and near consecutives H59L 747605, H59L 747606, H59L 747607, H59L 747610, H59L 747612, H59L 747613 and H59L 747615 A/UNC to UNC with counting flicks, in a Midland Bank paper band
One pounds PageB337 (47) AU - Unc including consecutive numbers these often X73 prefix, One Pounds Page B339 last series (6) 13Y 311564 to 311569 AU-Unc, One Pounds SomersetB341 (189) including consecutives prefixes BU42, CU26, CY48, CY49 and DN10 AU-Unc, One Pounds small issues Somerset and Page in circulated grades (11). Five Pounds Somerset B343 (8) including consecutives AU-Unc, Five Pounds GillB353 (4) including consecutives AU-Unc
One Pounds (378) Hollom 1963 B288 (128), Fforde 1967 B305 (6), Page 1970 B320 (1), B322 first series AN (5), last series HZ (16) mid series (14) Page 1978 B337 (26), Somerset 1981 B341 (125) these generally Unc and near so with many in consecutive runs, One Pounds O'Brien, Hollom, Fforde, Page and Somerset from circulation (67)
One poundHollomB288 (3) issued 1963, a consecutively numbered last series B09Y 798364 to B09Y 798366 (very last run for this series traced to B10Y), small flicks only, about UNC to UNC (Ex LCA 154 Lot 63 realised £120)
Bank of England (4) a mixed grade group VF-GVF to about UNC comprising an O'Brien Britannia medallion 1 Pound B274Replacement issue 1955 serial number S85S 130651. A pair of Fforde QE2 portrait 10 Shillings B310 (2) a near consecutive duo A99N 553104 & A99N 553106. Together with a Page QE2 portrait 1 Pound B323 Replacement issue 1970 serial number MW16 848742.
Great Britain (22) in mixed grades comprising Bank of England issues (17) consisting of O'Brien (5) including 10 Shillings B271 Red-Brown Britannia medallion issue 1955 prefix C56Y and 10 Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B286 issue 1961 (4) prefixes D93, D59, E66 & first series A05. Fforde (9) 10 Shillings QE2 & seated Britannia 1967 issues (5) including B309 (2) prefixes 79Z & 68Y and B310 prefixes A11N, A30N and B90N along with 5 Pounds QE2 & seated child Britannia B312 issue 1967 (4) including prefixes T66 and a consecutive trio Z06 these about UNC - UNC. Page 1 Pound QE2 & seated Britannia B320 issue 1970 prefix Y39E. Somerset 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac NewtonB341 issues 1981 (2) prefixes DW05 & DY12. Along with Scotland 1 Pounds Commemorative issues celebrating 100th Anniversary of Death of Robert Louis Stevenson Pick 358a (Calloway-Murphy RB94, BY SC835) dated 3rd December 1994 and signed G.R.Mathewson (5) in 2 consecutively numbered runs - a trio RLS0546101 through RLS0546103 and a pair RLS0546049 & RLS0546050, these also UNC.
One Pounds Peppiatt (6) comprising different period examples in VF-GVF to about UNC - UNC including B239 Pre-war First Period Unthreaded issue 1934 serial number H85A 212334. B249 World War II Blue/Pink Emergency issues 1940 (4) including a consecutive pair serial numbers W89H 242357 & W89H 242358 along with E91E 739285 and U50H 870549. And B258 Post-war Third Period Unthreaded issue 1948 serial number S11A 724761. An attractive and collectible 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 5 Pounds (14) all about UNC - UNC comprising Gill (2) B357 issue 1990 serial number J49 563367 and B353 issue 1988 serial number RH64 338668. SomersetB343 issue 1980 serial number EX47 620751. KentfieldB364 issue 1993 serial number DB81 427195. BaileyB398 issues 2004 (4) including a consecutive pair serial numbers JD01 755363 & JD01 755364, along with JE18 776671 and KK63 341774. ClelandPolymerB414 issue 2016 (2) consecutive pair serial numbers AK55 362146 & AK55 362147. SalmonB407 issue 2012 (3) a consecutively numbered trio serial numbers LK80 438379 - LK80 438381. The lot also comes with a 10 Shillings Fforde QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B311Replacement issue 1967 serial number M75 742042
Bank of England 1 Pounds QE2 portrait & Pictorial issues 1967-81 (13) in various very high grades GEF - UNC comprising Fforde (4) including B307 gaps/links issues 1967 (4) two of which with G (German Goebel printing) on Reverse serial numbers R41B 195378, U10E 315339 along with a consecutive pair S60H 386903 & S60H 386904. Page (6) including QE2 portrait B320 issues 1970 (2) consecutive pair X70H 820387 & X70H 820388 along with QE2 pictorial B337 issues 1978 (4) serial numbers A29 102277, Y57 493985 and a consecutive pair Y57 493991 & Y57 493992. Along with Somerset QE2 pictorial B341 W (Web-press) reverse issues 1981 (3) a consecutive trio DX57 186945 - DX57 186947.
One Pounds O'Brien B273 Green Britannia medallion issues 1955 (3) a consecutively numbered trio serial numbers R09J 345635 - R09J 345637. All about UNC or near so
Bank of England (11) a mostly high grade group about UNC - UNC includes a few GVF and all 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton. Consisting of PageB337 (7) including a consecutively numbered set K15 983756 - K15 983761, and a serial number H30 278249. Also, SomersetB341 W Reverse issues (4) serial numbers BN55 015752, BR50 347281 and a near consecutive duo BS30 060894 & BS30 060896.
GB & World a very pleasing and wide collection in an album (60) in various grades Good/VG to UNC. Ranging from early Treasury & Bank of England issues to modern and including a group of ERROR notes. Comprising a Fisher Second issue Treasury 1 Pound T31 issued 1923 prefix L1/37. A Peppiatt Britannia medallion 1 Pounds (5) including the Emergency World War II B249 Blue/Pink issues (2) along with the regular Green Post-war B260 Threaded issues (3) prefixes U55A, W95A and X33A. An O'Brien Lion & Key 5 Pounds B277 Shaded Symbol 1957 prefix D33. Hollom 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B297 1963 prefix C26. Fforde issues (4) including the Lion & Key 10 Pounds B316 prefix A58 and a selection of 10 Shillings QE2 portrait (3) including B309 first series prefix 81R and B310 prefixes B38N and last series D12N. A group of Page (10) including the 2 designs 1 Pounds QE2 portrait B320 1970 issues (5) a consecutive set Y45D 648139 - Y45D 648143 along with a consecutive set of the QE2 pictorial (5) series L34 259440 - L34 259444. Somerset (4) including a selection of 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial B341 W Reverse issues 1981 (3) close numbers prefix CY82 along with a 5 Pounds the Duke of WellingtonB343 L reverse issue 1980 prefix JY66. Gill (2) including a 20 Pounds Michael Faraday B358 issue 1991 with a FIRST RUN and fairly low serial number A01 006715 along with a 5 Pounds. A Kentfield 20 Pounds Michael Faraday B374 issue 1993 with a LOW FIRST RUN serial number X01 001439 given the first 1000 were not issued making this note number 439. A group of the new Polymer issues (6) including 5 Pounds Churchill B414 (4) with various prefixes and a consecutive pair of the 10 Pounds Jane Austen (2) prefix CD49. The group of ERROR notes include a Page 5 Pounds the Duke of Wellington B334 L Reverse issue 1973 with a partial offset mirror image of the obverse design on the reverse. A Page 1 Pound QE2 portrait B322 issue 1970 with a different serial numbers - BT06 788815 at top left and BT06 788825 at lower right. A Somerset 10 Pounds B348 L Reverse 1984 series AU46 984809 with a paper crease during printing in an acute angle across the Queen's picture, this note with 2 sets of small pinholes in the body of the note. And a 20 Pounds Kentfield B371 issue 1991 series T06 676486 with the obverse design with a Misaligned Printing causing signature and Bank's title to appear in incorrect position with a part of the bottom note's bank title to appear at bottom margin, also a part of the Queen's face misprinted with the arrow design at left. The world notes include issues from Brazil, China, Italy, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Germany and France along with a few British Armed Forces, World War 2 period Allied military notes and a set of Fantasy 'Hell Bank Notes' with matching serials E64865 and illustrations of Marilyn Monroe, John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy. An interesting and desirable selection certain to attract the attention of collectors and dealers alike
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.
Five Pounds PeppiattWhite note B264 Post-war Thin paper Metal thread LONDON branch issue dated 12th June 1947 serial number M42 075861, a pleasing very high grade example in about UNC - UNC still retaining original embossing and showing very minor signs of handling. For a consecutively numbered note to this please see next lot
One Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac NewtonB341 W Reverse issues 1981 (100) an original bundle in a consecutively numbered set BU42 709225 - BU42 709324, most in about UNC - UNC with only the utmost outer notes and the corners showing the expected for a bundle signs of wear/handling
Five Pounds PeppiattWhite note B264 Post-war Thin paper Metal thread LONDON branch issue dated 12th June 1947 serial number M42 075862, a pleasing very high grade example in about UNC - UNC still retaining original embossing and showing very minor signs of handling. For a consecutively numbered note to this please see previous lot
One Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac NewtonB341 W Reverse issues 1981 (80) an original bundle in a consecutively numbered set DU63 317284 - DU63 317363, most in about UNC - UNC with only the utmost outer notes and the corners showing very minimal signs of handling/wear
Bank of England & Treasury (33) a selection of notes in a small album and in mixed grades from Good/Fine to UNC. Comprising Treasury 1 Pounds (2) including a Bradbury Third issue T16 Dot in No. 1917 serial number C/58 334995, inked number on reverse along with a Fisher First issue T24 Dot in No. 1919 serial number M/3 028710, 4 pinholes at upper left. Also comprises a selection of Polymer Churchill 5 Pounds B414 2016 (25) including a range of AA prefixes and a FIRST RUN AA01 prefix along with other later prefixes, some in consecutively numbered sets. Together with a Fforde QE2 portrait 10 Shillings and 1 Pounds (2), a Page QE2 portrait 1 Pound and a Somerset QE2 pictorial 1 Pound. The lot also comes with a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe 50 Billion Dollars Pick 87 dated 2008.
One Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac NewtonB341 W Reverse issues 1981 (100) an original bundle in 2 consecutively numbered sets serial numbers AW82 971974 - AW82 972000 (27) and AW83 971501 - AW83 971573 (73), most in about UNC - UNC with only the utmost outer notes and the corners showing the expected for a bundle signs of wear/handling
One Pounds Page QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac NewtonB339 issues 1978 (100) a near consecutive original bundle in a red plastic wrapper serial numbers 75J 380151 - 75J 380252 only missing the 75J 380199, most in about UNC - UNC with only the utmost outer notes and the corners showing the expected for a bundle signs of wear/handling
One Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac NewtonB341 W Reverse issues 1981 (110) in 4 bundles some of which consecutively numbered made up as follows - DW58 504040 to DW58 504097 (57), DW58 504002 to DW58 504015 (14), CW15 197961 - CW15 197980 (20) and the last bundle consisting of prefixes DW49 (2) consecutive, DX37 (2) consecutive, DU16, CT01, DW49, CW15 (8) consecutive and CW16 (4) consecutive. Most in about UNC - UNC with only the last mixed bundle including a few lower grade examples and the other bundles showing very minimal signs of handling/wear
Great Britain (92) a mixed circulated group mostly average Fine/VF some better with examples from England, Scotland and Jersey circa 1950's to modern. Comprising Bank of England (72) including O'Brien 10 Shillings (2) B271 Britannia medallion prefix C60Y originally hidden in jewellery or similar along with the QE2 portrait B286 prefix E20. Hollom QE2 portrait examples (10) including 10 Shillings (6) consisting of B294 prefix X97 and B295 (5) prefixes 47A, 31D, 80D, 46H and 75H. Also 1 Pounds (4) B292 G reverse (2) FIRST prefix A48N and A74N. Along with B288 (2) prefixes A90Y along with a BINARY number C99R 777744. Fforde QE2 portrait (20) including 10 Shillings (13) consisting of B309 (6) prefixes 57S, 20W, 85X, 22Y, 30Y and 68Z. B310 (6) prefixes B93N, C25N, C40N, C67N, C68N and D02N. And ReplacementB311 prefix M67. Also, 1 Pounds (7) including 305 (2) prefixes R33D and R86E and the scarcer B307 G reverse gaps (5) prefixes R15L, R64L, R71L, R74L and R90L. Page 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & portrait issues (10) consisting of B320 prefix Y55B and B322 (6) prefixes BW21, BZ49, BU68, DX16, EX63 and HS07. Along with the pictorial B337 prefix K32 and B339 (2) prefixes 07R and 26X. Somerset QE2 pictorial (28) including 1 Pounds B341 W Reverse (27) prefixes AY04, AY60, Z53 (5) 4 consecutive + 1 closely numbered to them, BU27, BZ72, CN05, CN15, CS33 (2) consecutive, CU77, CZ26, CX11, CX44, DT34, DT51, DU48, DX11, DX13, DX51, DY08 and DY13 (3) consecutive. Along with a 5 Pounds B343 L Reverse prefix HY73. And a pair of Gill 5 Pounds QE pictorial B353 L Reverse (2) prefix SE09 and SE38. Together with Scotland (16) various issuers including Bank of Scotland 1 Pounds (3) Pick 111d 15th October 1979 signatures Clydesmuir & Pattulo (2) prefixes D/ and D/7, along with Pick 111f 9th November 1984 signatures Risk & Pattulo prefix D/66. Royal Bank of Scotland Limited 1 Pounds (5) consisting of Pick 329a 19th March 1969 signatures Robertson & Burke prefix A/10. Pick 341a 3rd May 1982 prefix C/65 signature Winter. And, Pick 341b 4th January 1984 signature Winter (3) prefixes C/98 and D/1 (2). The Royal Bank of Scotland plc 1 Pounds Pick 351a (6) 5 dated 13th December 1988 prefixes A/50, A/55, A/58, A/64 and A68 along with a 19th December 1990 prefix B/16. Clydesdale Bank plc (2) including 1 Pound Pick 211c signature Hamilton 25th November 1985 prefix D/CZ and 5 pounds Pick 218c signature Goodwin 1st December 1997 prefix E/DX. Along with the Jersey 1 Pounds group (4) including Pick 11b signature Leslie May prefix MB, first prefix for signature type. Pick 15 signature Leslie May value at upper left outlined prefix BC. And the Pick 20 signature George Baird value at upper left filled (2) prefixes MC and GC. An interesting and varied group
Five Pounds BealeWhite note B270 Thin paper Metal thread LONDON branch issue dated 7th March 1952 serial number X22 011451, GVF and pleasing. For a consecutively numbered note to this see next lot
Twenty Pounds Bailey QE2 & Sir Edward Elgar B402 Purple/Black issues 2004 (3) a consecutively numbered trio serial numbers EA37 045539 - EA37 045541, about UNC or better
Five Pounds BealeWhite note B270 Thin paper Metal thread LONDON branch issue dated 7th March 1952 serial number X22 011450, GVF and pleasing. For a consecutively numbered note to this see previous lot
Bank of England (10) a good selection of 1 Pounds in mostly higher grades in EF to about UNC comprising a Fforde QE2 portrait B301 issue 1967 a LAST series prefix in the serial number L47Z 512765. Amongst a group of Page QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac NewtonB337 issues 1978 (9) including the following serial numbers - a consecutive pair A44 184570 & A44 184571, close numbers to this pair A44 184567 and A44 184593, along with a fully consecutive set of 5 notes B31 984097 - B31 984101.
Bank of England (17) a selection of 10 Shillings and 1 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated Britannia issues from various cashiers in mixed circulated grades to about UNC - UNC. Comprising Hollom 10 Shillings B295 LAST series serial number 06R 125696. Fforde (8) consisting of 10 Shillings B310 (4) serial numbers A46N 371924, A47N 241210, A90N 560420 and C03N 371117. Along with 1 Pounds (4) including the B308Replacement G Reverse serial number N11M 839557 along with B305 (3) consecutively numbered set serial numbers S10K 422901 - S10K 422903. And finally, Page 1 Pounds (7) including examples of the B321 Replacement issue serial number W06M 165023. A consecutively numbered set B320 (4) serial numbers X68L 455353 - X68L 455356. And LAST series prefixes trio of the B322 (3) serial numbers HZ14 688199, HZ26 243269 and HZ33 418356.
Bank of England (11) a high grade selection, mostly about UNC - UNC, of 1 Pounds QE2 portrait issues from various cashiers including HollomB288 issue serial number K43W 037063. FfordeB305 issues (3) a consecutively numbered set serial numbers S10K 422901 - S10K 422903. Along with Page examples (7) in a near consecutively numbered set X68L 455361 - X68L 455368.
Five Pounds Fforde QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B312 issue 1967 (2) a consecutively numbered pair serial numbers Y82 185650 & Y82 185651. Both EF - GEF and pleasing in these higher grades
Twenty Pounds Kentfield QE2 pictorial & Michael Faraday B375 Purple/Black denomination added to upper right on both obverse and reverse double lettered prefix issues 1994 (21) all circulated and a pleasing mid-grade group Fine to VF-GVF consisting of the following prefixes including few examples of the first series - AA39 (2) a consecutively numbered pair, AA57, AA67, AB17, AD27, AD70, AE31, AE44, AE61, AJ49, AJ68, BB16, CB51, CC56, CD21, CD30, CD60, CE37, CE72 and CH21.
Ten Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Florence NightingaleB349 L (Lithography) issues 1984 (34) all circulated and a nice mid-grade group in Fine to VF amongst which 1 note with inked accounting numerals, 1 note missing a small marginal corner piece and 1 note with a partial bank handstamp and the group includes a BINARY serial number CX64 554545 amongst the prefixes - AT25, AU02, AU79, AW86, AX45, AX67, AY76, AZ22, AZ27, AZ31, AZ72, BT74, BU18, BU47, BW05, BW58, BY56, BZ12, BZ65 (2) a consecutive pair, CN43, CR35, CR58, CU26, CU40, CU71, CX37, CX49, CX57, CX61, CX64, CX85, CY27 and CY28
Ten Pounds Lowther QE2 & Charles DickensB382 Orange-brown issue 1999 (5) a consecutively very FIRST RUN LOW numbered set KL01 000740 - KL01 000744, all UNC and very sought after low numbered circulation notes given that Debden Security Printing used serial numbers 1000 to 2000 in the special limited edition presentation sets
Five Pounds Lowther QE2 & Elizabeth Fry B393 Turquoise Foil hologram windowed thread issues 2002 (20) all about UNC - UNC and in 4 consecutively numbered sets with examples of each recorded prefix for this type as follows - HA55 101484 & HA55 101485, HB32 116847 - HB32 116856, HB42 102861 - HB42 102865 and JA03 200343 - JA03 200345.
Bank of England & Treasury (33) a selection of notes in a small album and in mixed grades from Good/Fine to UNC. Comprising Treasury 1 Pounds (2) including a Bradbury Third issue T16 Dot in No. 1917 serial number C/58 334995, inked number on reverse along with a Fisher First issue T24 Dot in No. 1919 serial number M/3 028710, 4 pinholes at upper left. Also comprises a selection of Polymer Churchill 5 Pounds B414 2016 (25) including a range of AA prefixes and a FIRST RUN AA01 prefix along with other later prefixes, some in consecutively numbered sets. Together with a Fforde QE2 portrait 10 Shillings and 1 Pounds (2), a Page QE2 portrait 1 Pound and a Somerset QE2 pictorial 1 Pound. The lot also comes with a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe 50 Billion Dollars Pick 87 dated 2008.
One PoundPage QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B322 Green issue 1970 very LAST RUN serial number HZ63 832749, fresh and crisp choice UNC and very Rare and keenly sought after in this superb grade by both collectors and dealers alike. For a consecutively numbered note to this see previous lot
One PoundPage QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B322 Green issue 1970 very LAST RUN serial number HZ63 832748, fresh and crisp choice UNC and very Rare and keenly sought after in this superb grade by both collectors and dealers alike. For a consecutively numbered note to this see next lot
Bank of England 10 Shillings to 20 Pounds mid 1900's to present, varied examples of designs and cashiers Beale to Cleland (24) all in mixed mostly high grades ranging from VF-GVF to about UNC - UNC. Comprising Beale Green 1 Pounds Britannia medallion issues B268 (2) prefixes A40J & B55C. O'Brien Green 1 Pound Britannia medallion B273 prefix J43K. Hollom QE2 portrait (3) including 10 Shillings B295 prefix 64B, 1 Pound B288 prefix C06R and 5 Pounds B297 prefix H07. Fforde QE2 Portrait (2) consisting of 10 Shillings B310 prefix C41N and 1 Pound B305 prefix S32D. Page (4) 1 Pound QE2 Portrait B322 prefix HU06, 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial B336 L Reverse (2) prefixes including a FIRST series AN08 along with CR78 and a 10 Pounds Lion & Key B326 prefix C45. Somerset QE2 pictorial (3) including 1 Pound B341 W Reverse prefix AR73 along with a pair of 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial B343 L Reverse (2) prefixes EX06 and DZ25. Kentfield (2) 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial B364 prefix AD48 and a 20 Pounds B375 prefix CH21. Lowther (4) including a pair 5 Pounds B393 (2) prefixes HB23 and JA62, a 10 Pounds B390 "AND COMPANY" prefix AJ07 and 20 Pounds B386 prefix AA29. Bailey 20 Pounds B402 prefix DH79. Together with a consecutive pair of the Cleland 5 Pounds PolymerB414 (2) prefix AJ54.
Fifty Pounds Kentfield QE2 & Sir John Houblon B377 Windowed thread Silver Foil Tudor Rose issues 1994 (2) a consecutively numbered pair serial numbers E08 506431 & E08 506432, both about UNC - UNC and pleasing
Fifty Pounds Kentfield QE2 & Sir John Houblon B377 Windowed thread Silver Foil Tudor Rose issues 1994 (2) a consecutively numbered pair serial numbers E08 506449 & E08 506450, both about UNC - UNC and pleasing
Bank of England (12) comprising Hollom (1) Ten Pounds Lion & Key B299 issued 1964, series A32 449570, Fine with pinholes and inked numerals, Page (2) Five Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke Of Wellington, B336 "L" Reverse issue 1973, series AU73 328042, GEF and Ten Pounds Lion & Key, B326 issued 1971, series C36 986665, GVF, Page (4) One Pound QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton, B341 "W" Reverse issue 1981, series DX06 022799, GVF, Five Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington, B343 "L" Reverse issue 1980, series DU26 579706, about UNC and Ten Pounds (2) QE2 Pictorial & Florence Nightingale, B346 issued 1980, a near consecutive number pair W61 583409 & W61 583411 both GEF, Gill (2) Five Pounds QE2 & George Stephenson, B352 Crown at top right issue 1990, series H35 730757 & B82 919588 both about UNC, and last Kentfield (3) Ten Pounds (2) QE2 & Charles Dickens, a consecutively numbered pair, B366 Crown at top right issue 1992, series A39 263721 & A39 263722 both about UNC, along with Twenty Pounds QE2 & Michael Faraday , B371 Crown top right issue 1991, series H40 826569, GVF with inked numerals
Ten Shillings BealeB266 Red-brown Britannia medallion issues 1950 (4) a consecutively numbered set serial numbers R55Z 417279 - R55Z 417282, all about UNC
Ten Pounds Fforde Lion & Key B316 Brown issued 1967 (4) a consecutively numbered single prefix type for this cashier set serial numbers A88 382184 - A88 382187, EF and always collectable notes
Bank of England 1 and 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & pictorial designs 1960-80's (16) in various mostly higher grades GVF to about UNC comprising Hollom 1 Pounds B288 (2) consecutive pair prefix B98R. Fforde 1 Pound B305 prefix N79H. Page (8) including 1 Pounds (5) B320 prefix BT72K and B322 (4) prefixes CY55, CY76, CY80 and DT80. Along with 5 Pounds The Duke of Wellington (3) including B332 prefix C32 together with B334 L Reverse (2) prefixes 22Y and 46X. Somerset 1 Pounds B341 W reverse (5) prefixes CX67, CY20, DN47, DT42 and DY08.
Bank of England 10 Shillings to 5 Pounds O'Brien, Hollom & Page 1950-80's (13) all in GEF to about UNC comprising 1 Pounds O'Brien B273 Green Britannia medallion issued 1955 (4) a consecutively numbered set Z35K 948096 to Z35K 948099. 10 Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B295 Red-brown issued 1963 (4) a consecutively numbered set 65A 175996 to 65A 175999. Together with Page issues (5) including 1 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated Britannia (3) a consecutive trio serial numbers AN19 217588 to AN19 217590. Along with a near consecutively numbered pair 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of WellingtonB336 L (Lithography) Reverse (2) serial numbers BY07 991881 & BY07 991883.
Bank of England along with a Wales Black Bull 5 Swllt-Shillings (12) in various grades VG to GVF comprising a Five Pounds O'Brien White note B276 dated 5th August 1955 serial number A44A 007471. A pair of the Peppiatt Second issue World War II Emergency 1940 issues (2) including a 10 Shillings B251 Mauve series Z71D 814200 and the 1 Pound B249 Blue/Pink series H34H 753086. A pair of 10 Shillings QE2 portrait FfordeB310 issues (2) last series prefixes D16N and D27N. A consecutively numbered trio of 1 Pounds QE2 portrait PageB322 (3) last series HZ 32 041070 - HZ32 041072. Together with another consecutive trio 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial SomersetB341 W Reverse (3) series AY54 357391 - AY54 357393.
One Pounds Fforde QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B308 Green G (Goebel) Reverse Replacement issue 1967 (2) a consecutively numbered pair serial numbers N08M 917162 & N08M 917163, both about UNC - UNC and Seldom seen as a high grade consecutive pair
One Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac NewtonERROR notes with a mostly solid green 10mm wide streak of extra colour at centre right on obverse B341 W Reverse (web-press) issues 1981 (2) and a consecutively numbered pair serial numbers AR13 493693 & AR13 493694. Both about UNC and very interesting
Ten Shillings Peppiatt Second Period World War II Emergency issue B251 Mauve Metal threaded Britannia design issued 1940 (26) most in original GEF - about UNC along few EF examples including the utmost outer notes of an original small bundle of 25 consecutively numbered notes serial numbers B66D 924752 through B66D 924776, an astonishing and exceptionally well kept find with notes still sticking as if were in the originally issued bundle. Also includes a serial number Z43E 981492. This lot certain to attract significant attention from both collectors and dealers alike, as these now almost 80 year old notes rarely appear in such high grades and in consecutively numbered bundles
Ten Pounds Lion & Key with examples from each cashier for this short-lived design 1964-71 including Hollom, Fforde and Page (24) in average VF comprising Hollom B299 issued 1964 single letter A prefix for this type (2) prefixes A21 & A38. Fforde B316&category=1&prm=sr&searchtype=1">B316 again single letter A prefix type continued from Hollom (15) prefixes including the very RARE FIRST RUN serial A41 159394 amongst others as A47, A49, A51, A52, A53, A54, A55, A58 (5) including a consecutive trio A58 562408 - A58 562410 and A61 (2). Together with the last of this design Page issues B326 issued 1971 (7) prefixes B12, B31, B38, B76, B79 and B84 (2). An interesting find certain to attract attention
GB Bank of England & Treasury issues (52) in mixed grades average VF-GVF and above comprising 10 Shillings to 5 Pounds various issues and cashiers, including a few scarcer notes as HollomB296Replacement issue 1963. FfordeB309 & B310 issues including a pair of consecutively numbered REPLACEMENT notes series M64 428337 & M64 428338, a further replacement note series M78 151683, plus a note with a FUN serial number 22X 222228. One Pounds QE2 portraited & seated Britannia most of which in consecutively numbered sets/pairs. Treasury 10 Shillings FisherT30 issue 1922 serial number R34 349492. One Pounds Green Britannia medallion issues
Ten Shillings a collection in a small album of the transition between designs 1950-60's period Red-Brown Britannia medallion and the QE2 portrait issues (51) with various cashier signatures and averaging VF-GVF to about UNC - UNC. Consisting of a BealeB266 Red-brown Britannia medallion issued 1950 prefix Y23Z. O'Brien (12) including the Red-Brown Britannia medallion B271 issued 1955 (3) prefixes R25Y, E85Y and Z80X. Together with QE2 portrait B286 issued 1961 (9) consisting of examples of the FIRST series prefixes A18, A27, A73, A78 and A83 along with B03, B68, D30 and E69. Hollom QE2 portrait issues 1963 (19) consisting of B295 (13) prefixes 40A, 11B, 92C, 93H, 76K, 03N and a consecutively numbered set of 7 notes prefix 14L. Also, B294 (6) including prefixes L53, L73, a consecutive pair R57 and a consecutive pair Z16. Along with Fforde QE2 portrait issues 1967 (18) including a Replacement issue B311 prefix M59. Together with B309 (5) prefixes including 77Z along with a consecutive pair 38Z and a consecutive pair of the LAST series 96Z. And B310 (12) including some numeronym prefixes amongst A05N, B01N, C01N spelling 'COIN' (4) along with LAST series D01N, a near consecutive set D02N (3) and a D15N.
Bank of England 1, 5 and 10 Pounds Page, Gill and Kentfield (9) all in very high grades about UNC - UNC comprising Page (3) including 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial B340 (2) consecutive pair with a numeronym prefix spelling 'COIN' series C01N 233258 & C01N 233259 along with 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial B334 1971 series E32 384710. Gill 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & George StephensonB357 issue 1990 (4) including FIRST RUN (2) serial numbers A01 176820 & A01 693022 along with A34 540324 and B08 742962. Kentfield 10 Pounds B369 issue 1993 serial number EH74 61897. And a Special Commemorative Prefix Lowther 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial from Limited Edition pack C153 serial number QM10 007233. A desirable group
One Pounds Fforde QE2 portrait & Somerset QE2 pictorial issues (89) mostly about UNC - UNC comprising Fforde B347 G (German Goebel printing) Reverse 1967 (3) and includes a consecutively numbered pair U17E 005478 & U17E 005479 along with R72L 790684. Also Somerset B341 W (Web-press) Reverse issues 1981 (86) and most in consecutively numbered sets in the later prefixes DW02 (4) this including the RADAR serial number DW02 107701, DW10 (4), DW12 (5), DW15 (5), DW33 (5), DW34 (4), DX54 (5), DX71 (9), DX72 (9), DY05 (4), DY07 (10), DY08 (4), DY09 (4), DY13 (4), DY16 (5), DY17 (4) along with a prefix CW33. An attractive group
One Pounds Peppatt Fourth period B260 Green Britannia medallion Threaded issues 1948 (10) a consecutively numbered set serial numbers U05A 821610 - U05A 821619, all fresh and crisp about UNC - UNC and still retaining some original embossing. A desirable set in this high grade
Five Pounds Lowther & Bailey (8) all in about UNC - UNC consisting of Lowther issues (5) including B380 Crown at upper right prefix EA56, B393 issues 2002 (3) prefixes HA25, HB36 & JA53 along with B395 prefix JB15. And Bailey 398 issues 2004 (3) a consecutively numbered trio JD01 755360 - JD01 755362.
Ten Shillings PeppiattB236 Pre-war First Period Red-Brown Unthreaded issues 1934 (2) a consecutively numbered pair serial numbers 37R 118134 & 37R 118135. Both about UNC and very collectible
One Pounds Peppiatt Second Period WW2 Emergency issues B249 Blue/Pink Metal thread Britannia medallion issued 1940 (11) all GEF - about UNC and in a consecutively numbered set U43E 792178 - U43E 792188
Bank of England 10 Shillings and 1 Pounds 1940's onwards including different cashiers and examples of the Britannia medallion and QE2 portrait/pictorial designs (23) in various grades averaging VF-GVF some a little better and comprising Peppiatt 10 Shillings WW2 Emergency issue B251 prefix B84D. Beale 10 Shillings B266 prefix T16Z. O'Brien 1 Pound B285Replacement issue prefix M33. Fforde 10 Shillings (17) including B309 (4) prefixes 14R, 65R, 71R & 19U. B310 (12) including some closely numbered and 1 consecutive set prefixes B26N amongst prefixes B44N, C09N, C28N, C73N and C89N. Also, a B311 Replacement issue LAST RUN serial number M80 493192 and a Scarcer note. Page 1 Pounds (2) consisting of B320 prefix Y42K and B339 prefix 79W. Also, a Somerset 1 Pound B341 prefix CS54.
10 Pounds Gill QE2 pictorial & Florence NightingaleB354 L (Lithography) Reverse issue 1988 (5) a consecutively numbered set serial numbers ET43 213987 - ET43 213991, all about UNC - UNC
Great Britain & Channel Islands circa World War II onwards (23) in various grades ranging from Fine/VF to GEF - about UNC and an interesting amalgamation of notes. Comprising Isle of Man Garvey & Stallard signature issues (3) consisting of 10 Shillings Annigoni's portrait of QE2 Pick 24a (IOMPM M500, BY IM21a) ND 1968 serial number A 157078. 50 New Pence Annigoni's portrait of QE2 Pick 27a (IOMPM M507, BY IM22) ND 1969 serial number 091518. And 1 Pound Pick 29 (IOMPM M509, BY IM32a) ND 1972 serial number C894203. Also, Scotland (4) consisting of Bank of Scotland 1 Pound Pick 111f (BY SC109e) signatures Risk & Pattulo series D/99 0585738. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc 1 Pounds signature Maiden (2) in 2 different types including Pick 346 (BY SC832) series A/19 660591 and Pick 351a (BY SC833a) series A/41 486001 first prefix for this type. Also, a Clydesdale Bank plc 1 Pound Pick 211d (BY SC328d) signatures Hamilton series D/DW 920380 last prefix for type. Bank of England issues (15) consisting of a Peppiatt World War II Emergency issue 1 Pound B249 Blue/Pink Metal Thread issue 1940 prefix K34H. Fforde 10 Shillings QE2 portrait B310 prefix B54N. Page 1 Pounds QE2 portrait & pictorial examples (10) including examples of the last QE2 portrait design issues B322 (7) including LAST series consecutively numbered trio serial numbers HZ53 826434 - HZ53 826436, a consecutive pair LAST series HZ54 826010 - HZ54 826011 together with prefixes EU51 & EU56. Along with QE2 pictorial (3) consisting of B337 prefix X37 together with B339 (2) prefixes 35A and 71B. Somerset 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial B341 W Reverse (3) prefixes AS84, BY58 and DX46 Pound. The lot includes a Netherland Indies - World War II Japanese Occupation Dai Nippon Teikoku Seihu (Japanese Imperial Government) 1 Roepiah Pick 129 ND 1944 block SN.
One Pounds Page QE2 portrait & seated Britannia 1970 issues (34) in various grades from VF-GVF to about UNC - UNC. Comprising the scarcer Replacement issues B323 (5) prefixes MT08, MT22, MU04 and MU18. Together with B322 (24) consisting of a consecutively numbered set of 10 notes prefix HS44, a near consecutive pair prefix HY34, a pair FIRST series prefixes AN10 and AN40 amongst others as CN14, BT44, CZ02, DR06, ER47, HS07, HS60 and HY13. Also the B320 (7) prefixes W30E, W64E, X15E, X39D, Y53D, Y67H and Z41H.
One Pounds Peppiatt Fourth Period B260 Green Britannia medallion Post-war Threaded issues 1948 (40) a consecutively numbered set serial numbers Y84A 222701 - Y84A 222740. All original and fresh GEF or slightly better and desirable
Five Pounds Lowther QE2 & Elizabeth Fry B395 issued 2002 (100) a consecutively numbered bundle in a bank wrapper serial numbers HD19 766901 through HD19 767000. All UNC with only the top and bottom notes showing slight handling mentioned for accuracy
Five Pounds CatternsWhite notes B228 dated 8th August 1932 (2) a consecutively numbered pair serial numbers 243/J 10192 & 243/J 10193, London issues. Both original and relatively crisp GVF or near so and 1 with Minor marginal nick at top left but this not affecting the note's general appearance
Twenty Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & William ShakespeareB351 Purple/Green issues 1984 (10) a consecutively numbered set serial numbers 35A 035633 through 35A 035642. All About UNC - UNC
Twenty Pounds Somerset QE2 pictorial & William ShakespeareB351 Purple/Green issues 1984 (9) a consecutively numbered set serial numbers 35A 035620 through 35A 035628. Most About UNC - UNC, the last GEF
Ten Pounds Kentfield QE2 pictorial & Charles DickensB369 denomination at upper right issues 1993 (30) a consecutively numbered set serial numbers KE12 922506 through KE12 922535. All About UNC - UNC
Twenty Pounds Bailey QE2 & Sir Edward Elgar B402 issued 2004 (19) in a consecutively numbered set serial numbers EA35 076503 through EA35 076521. All about UNC - UNC
Twenty Pounds Kentfield QE2 & Michael Faraday 1991 & 1993 design issues (12) in consecutively numbered sets all about UNC - UNC comprising the B371 Crown at upper right issues 1991 (3) serial numbers N47 000280 - N47 000282. Along with B374 value at upper right issues 1993 (9) serial numbers AJ66 475526 - AJ66 475529 and AK10 958169 - AK10 958173.
Twenty Pounds Lowther QE2 & Sir Edward Elgar B386 issued 1999 (16) in 2 consecutively numbered sets comprising serial numbers AA57 853821 - AA57 853827 along with CD35 614979 - CD35 614987. All about UNC - UNC
Bank of EnglandKentfield 20 and 50 Pounds 1994 issues (9) in consecutively numbered sets and about UNC - UNC comprising 20 Pounds QE2 & Michael Faraday B375 value at upper right issues (7) with last production series prefix serial numbers CJ59 836073 through CJ59 836079. Along with 50 Pounds QE2 & Sir John Houblon B377 Silver foil Tudor rose issues (2) serial numbers E22 317256 & E22 317257.
Twenty Pounds Kentfield QE2 & Michael Faraday 1993 & 1994 value at upper right issues (12) in consecutively numbered sets most in about UNC to UNC comprising B374 issues (3) serial numbers Y06 757274 - Y06 757276. Along with B375 (9) serial numbers BE42 927023 & BE42 927024 along with BK06 011354 - BK06 011360.
Bank of EnglandLowther 5, 10 and 20 Pounds (28) all in very high grades mostly UNC and some in consecutively numbered sets comprising 5 Pounds QE2 & Elizabeth Fry B393 issues 2002 (8) serial numbers HA52 712201 through HA52 712208. 10 Pounds QE2 & Charles DarwinB388 "THE COMPANY" issued 2000 (17) including a consecutive set of 4 serial numbers AC26 313048 through AC26 313051 along with prefixes AA11, AA15, AA23, AA25, AA28, AA29, AA30, AA39, AA54(2), AA66, AA67 and AB33. 20 Pounds QE2 & Sir Edward Elgar B386 issued 1999 (3) a consecutive set serial numbers AJ04 314055 - AJ04 314057.
Twenty Pounds Bailey 2004 & 2007 designs in 2 consecutively numbered sets (15) all in about UNC - UNC comprising the earlier design QE2 & Sir Edward Elgar B402 Purple/Black issues 2004 (11) serial numbers EA37 045531 through EA37 045541. Accompanied by the later design QE2 & Adam Smith B405 serial numbers on reverse issued 2007 (4) serial numbers AD68 369706 through AD68 369709.
Twenty Pounds Bailey QE2 & Sir Edward Elgar B402 issued 2004 (15) in a near consecutively numbered set serial numbers ED56 546530 to REPEATER number ED56 546546 missing only 3 numbers, also includes serial number EC19 480300. All about UNC - UNC
Bank of EnglandKentfield 5 and 10 Pounds 1993 issues (38) mostly about UNC - UNC and in consecutive sets/pairs comprising 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & George StephensonB364 Crown at upper right (20) serial umbers DB52 696441 through DB52 696460. Along with 10 Pounds B369 value at upper right issues (18) including serial numbers JC79 285511 & JC79 285512, JD28 299545 through JD28 299556 and JD58 379847 through JD58 379850.
Fifty Pounds Kentfield QE2 & Sir John Houblon B377 Silver Foil Tudor Rose issues 1994 (5) in 2 consecutively numbered sets and about UNC - UNC comprising a FIRST series prefix pair A28 365599 & A28 365600 along with a trio E16 305972 through E16 305974.
Ten Pounds Kentfield QE2 pictorial & Charles Dickens 1992 and 1993 issues (26) all in consecutive sets/pairs comprising the 2 designs including B366 crown at upper right issues (21) serial numbers C15 292655 & C15 292656, C52 454479 & C52 454480, D49 670750 & D49 670751, D49 670756 through D49 670758, E37 691703 through E37 691707 and H68 942502 through H68 942508. Along with the later design B369 value at upper right issues (5) serial numbers DH32 351196 through DH32 351200 the last with a highlighted top left corner. Most about UNC - UNC includes a few GEF
Fifty Pounds Kentfield QE2 & Sir John Houblon B377 Silver Foil Tudor Rose issues 1994 (5) including 2 consecutively numbered pairs and about UNC - UNC comprising serial numbers E16 305925 & E16 305926 and E22 317252 & E22 317253 along with E16 305987.
Twenty Pounds Lowther QE2 & Sir Edward Elgar B386cs Column Sort issued 1999 (13) in a consecutively numbered set comprising serial numbers AL24 354853 through AL24 354865. All about UNC - UNC
Fifty Pounds Salmon QE2 & Mathew Bolton and James Watt B410 serial numbers on reverse Motion thread issues 2011 (5) in a consecutively numbered set and all about UNC - UNC serial numbers AC24 379650 - AC24 379654
Twenty Pounds Bailey QE2 & Sir Edward Elgar B402 issued 2004 (13) in a consecutively numbered set comprising serial numbers EC19 480188 through EC19 480200. All about UNC - UNC
Ten Pounds Page Lion & Key B326 issues 1971 (2) and VERY LAST RUN consecutively numbered pair serial numbers C90 229622 & C90 229623. Both fresh and crisp GVF and very sought after since this is the very last Lion & Key design used for the 10 Pounds along with fact that they are the last runs
Bank of EnglandGill 5, 10 and 20 Pounds 1988, 1990 & 1991 issues (17) most in about UNC - UNC and all in consecutively numbered sets comprising 5 Pounds QE2 & George StephensonB357 Crown at upper right issues 1990 (4) FIRST series prefix A82 106604 through A82 106607. 10 Pounds QE2 & Florence NightingaleB354 L Reverse issues 1988 (10) in 2 consecutively numbered sets HZ76 011921 through HZ76 011925 and DT61 612633 through DT61 612637. 20 Pounds QE2 & Michael Faraday B358 Crown at upper right issues 1991 (3) serial numbers D64 589528 through D64 589530.
Twenty Pounds Lowther QE2 & Sir Edward Elgar 1999 issues (12) in 2 consecutively numbered sets including a Column Sort B386cs (4) serial numbers AL27 379412 through AL27 379415 along with B386 issues (8) serial numbers AH44 809587 through AH44 809594. All about UNC - UNC
Bank of EnglandLowther 10 and 20 pounds 1999 issues (12) in consecutively numbered sets/pairs and most about UNC - UNC comprising 10 Pounds QE2 & Charles DickensB382 (2) with a last series prefix LA12 752954 & LA12 752955. Along with 20 Pounds QE2 & Sir Edward Elgar B386 issues (10) including a first series prefix AA09 759006 & AA09 759007 along with AD22 900308 - AD22 900310 and AE19 337692 - AE19 337696.
Twenty Pounds Lowther QE2 & Sir Edward Elgar issues 1999 (11) most in consecutive sets and mostly about UNC - UNC including serial numbers BA25 893447 - BA25 893450 and BA28 594967 - BA28 594969. Along with FIRST series prefixes AA36, AA38 (2) and AA39.
One Pounds Peppiatt World War II Emergency B249 Blue/Pink Second period issues 1940 (9) a consecutively numbered set serial numbers R31E 579421 - R31E 579429. All about UNC and 1 with very minor rust
Five Pounds Fforde QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B312 issue 1967 (5) a consecutively numbered set last series prefix and close to last run serial numbers Z98 770808 - Z98 770812. All about UNC - UNC
Bank of EnglandSomerset 1, 5 and 10 Pounds 1980's issues (17) all in about UNC - UNC and in consecutively numbered sets comprising 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac NewtonB341 W Reverse issues 1981 (8) in 2 consecutively numbered sets serial numbers CY24 145482 - CY24 145485 and DU60 475843 - DU60 475846. 5 Pounds QE2 & The Duke of WellingtonB343 L Reverse issues 1980 (4) with a FIRST series prefix DN62 965296 through DN62 965299. 10 Pounds QE2 & Florence NightingaleB348 L Reverse issues 1984 (5) in 2 consecutively numbered sets serial numbers BT31 062566 & BT31 062567 along with BW19 057294 - BW19 057296.
Bank of EnglandPage 1, 5 and 10 Pounds First pictorial series D for these denominations 1970's (41) all in consecutively numbered sets and mostly about UNC - UNC comprising 1 Pounds QE2 & Sir Isaac Newton 1978 issues (36) consisting of B337 issues including a FIRST series prefix pair A50 640447 & A50 640448 and a trio A50 640370 - A50 640372 along with T65 680588 through T65 680603, W48 533934 - W48 533936 and Y15 501914 - Y15 501916 along with a B339 set serial numbers 31C 983897 through 31C 983905. 5 Pounds QE2 & The Duke of WellingtonB336 L Reverse issues 1973 (3) serial numbers BY24 796041 - BY24 796043. 10 Pounds QE2 & Florence NightingaleB330 issues 1975 (2) a pair H45 153665 & H45 153666.
Bank of England modern Hollom, Page, Somerset, Gill, Kentfield & Lowther issues also some B.A.F Military special vouchers (33) mostly in about UNC to UNC includes a few lower grade examples comprising Hollom 10 Shillings QE2 portrait B295 prefix 54L. Page 1 Pound QE2 portrait B322 last series HZ36. Somerset 1 Pounds Sir Isaac NewtonB341 W (Web-press) Reverse issues 1981 (19) includes some consecutively numbered pairs in the prefixes AR50, AS05, BT30, BU07, DX52, DT47, DW09, DX25, DX46, DX68, DX83, DN74, DW08, CY65, CZ75 and CN47. Gill (7) including 5 Pounds (6) consisting of The Duke of WellingtonB353 issues (4) prefxies RE61 and LAST series SE35, SE79 and SE85 along with George StephensonB357 (2) prefixes D31 and E61. 10 Pounds Florence NightingaleB354 L (Lithography) issue prefix DZ80. Kentfield 20 Pounds Michael Faraday B375 prefix AD68. And Lowther 20 Pounds Sir Edward Elgar B386 prefix CC31. Also some British Armed Forces 6th Series Special vouchers 5 New Pence and 10 new Pence (2) prefixes A/5 and DD/10.
Bank of England & Provincial Issue (7) in mixed grades G - about UNC comprising Provincial Issue Dartmouth General Bank £1 dated 20th January 1821 series No.B4266 for John Hine & Henry Joseph Holdsworth (Outing 639a) some tears and top right comer missing. One Pounds Green (4) comprising CatternsB225 issue 1930 (3) a consecutive trio series R74 567827, R74 567828 & R74 567829 along with BealeB268 issue 1950 series S95C 319218. One Pound Peppiatt Second Period Emergency IssueB249 Metal Thread Blue/Pink issue 1940series E42E 008466. Ten Shillings Peppiatt B236 Red/Brown Unthreaded First Period issue 1934 series 65U 337795
Bank of England (12) in mixed grades comprising Peppiatt 1 Pounds B249 Blue-Pink Emergency issues 1940 (2) serial numbers U66H 839188 & T86E 002614. O'Brien (5) including 10 Shillings B271 issue 1955 serial number C39Z 788173. 1 Pound Green B273 issue 1955 serial number H48L 092921. 5 Pounds White Note B275 dated 10th March 1955 serial number Z17 077383 in a glass and cardboard frame but the note fairly easy to remove. 5 Pounds Lion & Key B277 Shaded Symbol issues 1957 (2) serial numbers C89 462860 & FIRST series A38 742061. Hollom (3) comprising 10 Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B295 issue 1963 serial number 80L 948489. 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B297 issue 1963 serial number A47 907785. 10 Pounds Lion & Key B299 issue 1964 serial number A08 224264. Fforde 1 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B301 issues 1967 (2) a consecutive pair serial numbers J74Y 138416 & J74Y 138417
Page various QE2 portrait & pictorial issues 1 to 10 Pounds 1970's onwards (26) in various grades to UNC comprising 1 Pounds QE2 portrait issues (11) including B320 (8) prefixes Y82E, Z28D, Z11J, Z80K and a near consecutive set of 4 prefix Z41C along with B322 (3) prefixes DW18, DX03 and EW71. 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton (8) including B337 (5) prefixes A18, A57, D69, H23 and Y54. B339 (2) prefixes 58L and 76W. And an ERROR misprinted B340 prefix A77N. 5 Pounds The Duke of WellingtonB336 L (Lithography) Reverse issues (2) prefixes BU10 and CW25. 5 Pounds seated child Britannia B324 (2) prefixes 63E and 87D. And 10 Pounds Lion & Key B326 (2) prefixes B54 and C30.
Ten Shillings and One Pounds Beale Britannia medallion 1950 issues (4) comprising 10 Shillings Beale B266 Red-Brown (2) serial numbers S65Z 532354 and L82Z 551528. Along with 1 Pounds B268 Green issues (2) a consecutively numbered pair serial numbers Z17B 695172 - Z17B 695173. All fresh and crisp about UNC - UNC and very attractive in these high grades
Bank of England 10 Shillings to 5 Pounds including a few World War II Emergency issues (7) in various grades about VF/ VF to EF/GEF comprising 1 Pounds Peppiatt World War 2 Emergency issues B249 Blue/Pink issues 1940 (3) serial numbers B04H 780905, R17H 899713 and R17H 773752. Ten Shillings Fforde QE2 portrait & seated Britannia 1967 issues (2) comprising B309 FIRST series 53R 085633 along with B310 serial number B78N 671625. 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of WellingtonB353 L Reverse issues 1988 (2) a consecutively numbered pair RJ74 641813 & RJ74 641814.
Beale & O'Brien issues 1950's (26) in various grades VF-GVF and better comprising Beale Britannia medallion issues 1950 (10) including 10 Shillings B266 Red-brown issues (4) serial numbers U60Z 735226, O87Z 818178, S57Z 056092 and R28Z 371027. Along with 1 Pounds B268 Green issues (6)serial numbers J81B 787174, K33B 637428, B44C 605138, B76C 870812, D02C 549982 and H10C 705226. O'Brien (15) 10 Shillings B271 Red-brown Britannia medallion issues 1955 (4) serial numbers S25Y 800155, S61 502089, M72Y 966261 and K15Y 410880. Also QE2 portrait & seated Britannia issues 1960's (11) including 10 Shillings B286 Red-brown issues (10) made of a near consecutive set of 9 notes C33 336080 - C33 336090 along with D72 80296. Also a 1 Pound B282 Green serial number 34E 482777.
Ten Shillings Fforde QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B310 issues 1967 (22) including examples of each prefix for this type and in consecutively or near consecutively numbered sets/pairs comprising serial numbers - A99N 656226 & A99N 656227. A near consecutive pair numeronym prefix spelling 'BEEN' - B33N 484516 & B33N 484518. A near consecutive pair B55N 632161 & B55N 632163. A consecutive set of 10 notes - C13N 132711 through C13N 132720. A consecutive set of 4 notes - C93N 245390 through C93N 245393. And a consecutive pair LAST series D35N 031401 & D35N 031402. All about UNC - UNC and desirable
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