Error - One PoundFforde QE II Portrait 1966 B305 S/N S34D 821088 very large extra paper flap extending straight up at the right which has a second QE II portrait and second serial number (S34D 801088) AU
Five Pounds Fforde 1967 Child Britannia B313Replacement series M11 prefix about VF with 4 small holes and PageDuke of WellingtonB333 issued 1971 replacement series M04 prefix Fine along with One PoundPeppiatt blue B249 D13H prefix EF-AU, B250 issued 1940, scarce replacement series S04E 796561 VF an inked number in the front white circle, O'Brien Britannia B273 N88K AU
One PoundFfordeB305 and PageB320, rare prefix overlap pair W54B 160491 & W54B 160492 respectively, UNC. The first example we have seen since 2007 see LCA 117 Lot 64 where a similar consecutive Fforde and Page pair with prefix W56B graded AU realised £380
One Pounds Fforde (40) B301 (8) including a last series L71Z, B302 (2) prefix M22R and M31R, B303 E93Z, B304 M32N, B305 (14) includes a last X32C, B306replacements (3) R42M, S61M and a scarce T29M this VF, B307 (6) including U01E this EF and B307 another (4) being 2 pairs of consecutives, B308 (1) generally VF or better with many AU-Unc
A collection in an album, O'Brien Ten Shillings Britannia B271 prefix C21Y VF, B272replacement 53A 094929 GVF, QE II portrait B286 VF. One Pound Britannia B273 Fine, B274 replacement S19T 019750 VF, QEII portrait B281 first and last series prefix A79 AU and Z77 VF, B282 Fine, B284 First Run B01N 604736 VG, B285 replacement M17 931788 AU. Hollom Ten Shillings B294 first series K87 908149 Unc, B295 Fine. One Pound B288 Fine, B290 replacement 17M 896350 AU, B292 first series A78N prefix Unc, B293 replacement M08N EF. Fforde Ten Shillings B309 (2) these in low grade, B310 Fine, B311 M57 prefix AU. One Pound B301 Fine, B303 E59Y prefix AU, B304 replacement M30N Fine, B305 AU, B306 replacement R09M prefix EF, B307 replacement R09L Fine, B308 replacement N12M EF-AU. Page One Pound B320 (2) Z01C and Z67K AU-Unc, B321 replacement X03M EF, B322 last series HZ20 119644 Unc, B323 replacement MU04 AU, Isaac Newton (3) B337, B339 and B340 these in high grades
One PoundFfordeB307 issued 1967 "G" reverse (5) R99B 451010 GVF, R99L 244686 EF, R99L 573355 VF, U01E 022199 NVF with a pinhole, U01E 030430 VF so all first or last sub series prefix which book £40-£50 in VF in the Duggleby/Pam West catalogue
page=Pastresults&searchterm=!Ten+Shilling&category=1&searchtype=1" rel="tag">Ten Shillings Britannia O'Brien prefix J45Y Unc, Beale prefix M70Z AU, QE II portrait Fforde D27N Unc and Hollom 17J VF. One Pounds Green Britannia Beale R95B prefix AU, O'Brien A69K 822206 Unc, QE II portrait O'Brien 75J prefix EF, Fforde T85H EF and page HZ50 Unc
One Pounds Peppiatt Blue (2) prefix B64H EF and W35D VF, Beale green Britannia B02C prefix AU, O'Brien QE II portrait H29 prefix GVF and Somerset Issac Newton Unc. Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve N88D prefix Fine, O'Brian Britannia A92Z Fine, Fforde QE II portrait C43N Unc
Fforde and Page (15) Five Pounds Fforde Child Britannia 1967 B312 (3) prefix T31 EF, X90 VF, Z61 VF along with Page (12) Ten Pounds Lion and Key 1971 B326 (2) prefixes B74 Unc and C73 EF, Five Pounds Child Britannia 1971 B324 (3) VF-AU, One Pound Seated Britannia (2) BS62 999995 and BS44 999995 both Unc, Isaac Newton 1978 B337 First Run A01 prefix (5) generally VF-EF
Five Pounds (2) O'Brien Lion and Key series A53 800168 AU, Fforde Child Britannia X85 462482 EF along with Twenty Pounds Salmon Adam Smith reverse 2012 B409 Unc
Hollom, Fforde and Page issues Ten Pounds Lion and Key Hollom first run A01 935464 GVF, Fforde (3 consecutives) A80 912901-903 EF-AU and A43 430413 Unc, Page B326 (5) these AU-Unc. Five Pounds Child Britannia (6) Hollom (4) 2 being consecutives these prefix C47 and AU then K15 and J75 these GVF-EF, Fforde prefix 53B AU and R37 VF
ERROR - Five Pounds Fforde Child Britannia issued 1967 without proper serial numbers (very faint serial numbers hardly discernible) EF faint stain top edge
ERROR - One PoundFforde seated Britannia bizarre error with no serial number front but N47J 8 only printed vertically across the design on the back Unc
Fforde (31) Ten Shillings 1967 B307 (8) including consecutives, B310 (9) with two last series D13N and D15N, B311replacements (3) prefix M75, M79 and M80 (last run) these generally AU-Unc mostly Unc. One Pound 1967 B301 (2), B302 replacement M46R 888668 these Unc, B303 AU, B304 replacement M37N 819413 Unc, B305 (1), B306 replacement (2) S43M and S57M, B307 G notes (2) R41B and R79L, B308 G replacement N13M 177282 these Unc, a useful group
TreasuryOne PoundBradburyT16 E/98 143444 Good Fine, Ten Shillings Warren Fisher red serial number T30 O/28 386044 Fine or better. B of E One Pound Peppiatt blue (2) F-VF, BealeB268 D46J 306915 VF, QE II portrait replacements (4) O'Brien B285 M17 346705 EF, HollomB290 10M 650165 Fine or better, FfordeB307 R71L 945107 Unc, PageB323 MS78 570565 Unc, QE II portrait AU-UNC Page (2) Fforde (1), from circulation generally VF-EF O'Brien (3), Hollom (2), Isaac NewtonSomerset DU39 prefix Unc, Ten Shillings Fforde B23N prefix GEF-AU
ERROR - miss printing errors (2) Twenty Pounds Bailey Edward Elgar prefix BL24 missing necklace on Queen's neck AU along with Ten Shillings Fforde seated Britannia blank white square bottom left corner so some of the denomination symbol missing Unc
ERROROne PoundFforde seated Britannia miscut and misaligned errors (2) prefix TI7J no bottom margin and the note longer than usual, prefix S85L miscut left side AU-UNC
Five Pounds (2) O'Brien Lion and Key H68 314924 GVF, Hollom Child Britannia A50 573931 Unc, One PoundCatterns U60 430344 GVF, Peppiatt blue prefix D81E Good Fine and N32E EF, Beale E77C 151680 AU, O'Brien seated Britannia L63K 217922 GVF Britannia in Medallion (3) O'Brien, Fforde and Hollom AU-Unc. Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve M88D 623220 EF, Beale Seated Britannia B266 last series D66Z 703934 Fine and Fforde Britannia in Medallion (2) AU-Unc
Seated Britannia issues One PoundPage (5 consecutives) prefix HW52 Unc, FfordeB301 AU, Page prefix DX36 AU and T31L Unc. Ten Shillings Fforde (9 consecutives) prefix C36N Unc along with Hollom 1963 B294 (3) these EF-Unc with two being consecutive
Fforde (11) Ten Shillings 1967 B309 first series (2) prefixes 61R and 66R VF or better, One PoundB301 (3) two being consecutives HZ prefix letters UNC, B301 first series B12Y 072274 Fine, B304 G reverse replacement M37N 543379 Fine, B305 prefix T49E AU, B320 with matching numbers 975499 prefixes Z66H and Z75H UNC and another X25K prefix UNC
Fforde higher denominations Twenty Pounds William ShakespeareB318 (3) prefixes A02 AU and A03 (2) these AU with light centre fold, Ten Pounds Lion and Key A95 prefix Unc
Five Pounds Fforde QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B313Replacement issue 1967 serial number M13 868968 AU-UNC and seldom offered in this high grade
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 PoundFfordeB304 G reverse issued 1967 replacements first and last (3) very first run replacement (2) M29N 115619 VF and M29N 330758 GVF a seldom offered prefix very last run M42N 012493 VG
Ten Shillings FfordeB311, LAST RUN REPLACEMENT series M80, (4) including a consecutively numbered pair M80 336756 - 757, issued 1967, (Pick373c), Uncirculated (3) VF (1)
Consecutive number runs Five Pounds GillDuke of Wellington (3) RD08 214869-871 (these AU), Kentfield George Stephenson (19) U38 237566-67, U81 243999-244000, AC09 229431-432, AE42 007040-7041, BB36 516859-60, BB49635162-63, CC90 576506-512 LowtherGeorge Stephenson (7) EH37 708782-88, Lowther Elizabeth Fry (6) EL35 905328-329, HA62 844248-249, HA68 846773-774, Bailey Elizabeth Fry (10) JC55 278359-360, JC64 732493-494, JC78 3466110-611, KA85 020753-756, Salmon Elizabeth Fry (9) LH90 650203-205, LJ74 156035-036, MA10 119178-181, ClelandPolymer Winston Churchill (9) AM49 601135-142. One Pound page Britannia in Medallion (7) HT64 032400-406, Page Isaac Newton (8) K20 461647-654, Somerset Isaac Newton (38) these in runs of two, threes and fours. Ten Shillings Fforde (9) C61N 426777-782, D25N 597333-335 generally Unc or near so unless marked
Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key (2) VF or better, seated Britannia reverse (3) Fforde, Hollom and Page GVF-AU, Wellington reverse Page and Somerset EF-AU. George StephensonGill 1990 B357 (2) A01 001134 and an A06 prefix both Unc, Elizabeth Fry Lowther (3) including HA01 prefix and Bailey (2) these AU-Unc
Ten Shillings Britannia front top left Beale 1950 B266 (4) GVF-EF, O'Brien A68Y 618537 AU, Britannia in Medallion reverse O'Brien J63 prefix Unc, Ffordeconsecutive (4) C86N 726486 and 487, D25N 497336 and 337 Unc, Replacements B311 (2) prefix M78 and M79 Unc other Fforde issues B309 (6) and B310 (1) these AU - Unc mostly Unc
One Pounds Beale prefix N12B VF inked number front, S11B GVF tear at top, O'Brien Britannia front left prefix D02K VF tear at top, M82K Fine. Britannia in Medallion prefix 88K GVF, Britannia in Medallion Fforde (1), Page (10) from circulation a few damaged a few GVF, Isaac Newton Page and Somerset (9) these in high grade. Ten Shillings Britannia right front Catterns prefix V56 VG, Beale X04Z Fine, Britannia in Medallion reverse Hollom, O'Brien and Fforde (4) one damaged the others VF or better
Ten Shillings Britannia in Medallion (6) O'Brien, Hollom and Fforde mixed grades some Unc includes C01N prefix. One Pounds Britannia in Medallion (8) O'Brien, Hollom, Page and Fforde generally EF-Unc, Isaac Newton Page and Somerset (4) Unc
One Pounds Peppiatt Blue (1) Green Britannia Issue (7) Peppiatt, Beale and O'Brien, Britannia in Medallion Fforde and Page (95), Isaac Newton (38) from circulation Good - EF
Ten Pounds Lion and Key Page and Fforde (4), Nightingale Page (1), Five Pounds Lion and Key O'Brien (1), Child Britannia (3) Hollom, Page and Fforde, Wellington reverse Gill, Page and Somerset (8), George Stephenson Gill (1) Churchill Polymer (1) from circulation some with inked annotations a few EF
From circulation (24 notes £86.50 face value) Bank of England £61.50 including an O'Brien Britannia 10 Shillings, Fforde and Page 1 Pounds and Somerset 5 Pounds Wellington reverse, Scotland various banks £25 face dating back to 1972
One Pounds Peppiatt Blues (2), O'Brien facing Britannia at left (2) these VF, Fforde N25B prefix EF, Isaac Newton (4) VF-EF. Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve Fine, Britannia in Medallion (9) Fforde EF-Unc (4), O'Brien and Fforde F-VF (5)
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 (21) including 1 Pounds QE2 & seated Britannia (2) 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 QE2 & seated Britannia (6) including B320 (3) prefixes X55J, X12M and X27D, B322 (3) HW16, HX17 and CX33 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 Kentfield QE2 pictorial issues including George Stephenson 5 Pounds B364 prefix AK15,
Ten Shillings (36) O'Brien 1961 B286 K24 last series (AU) Hollom 1963 B294 (4) three being consecutives, B295 (3), FfordeB309 1967 (5) including prefix 79R and 85R first series and 28Z last series these AU-Unc along with others (23) Hollom and Fforde from circulation some EF a few with annotations
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