Five Pounds O'Brien B280 Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961 (10 consecutives) J76 450354 to 363 AU-Unc 2 with a small area of light brown discolouration top edge
Five Pounds O'Brien B280 Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion & Key reverse issued 1961 (13) prefix J76 including consecutives generally AU (top right corner lightly folded) and some with faint brown stains towards the edge
One Pound O'Brien Britannia in Medal reverse QE II at front B284 (69) a high grade group generally AU-Unc some consecutives book at £30 each in Duggleby
One Pounds O'Brien QE II portrait (102) B281 (including prefix Z last series), B282 and B285replacements (2 consecutives) prefix M27, mixed grades a proportion in high grades some of these consecutives
Five Pounds O'Brien whiteB276 dated 11 November 1955 prefix B29A, Fine+. One Pound (6) Beale 1950 B268 (3) one with S/N T80B 000772, Page Britannia in Medallion (2) Isaac Newton (1), Ten Shillings (3) seated Britannia front left (2) Beale and O'Brien and Britannia in Medalion O'Brien generally F-VF along with Bulgaria 1951 issues (2) 25 and 50 Leva from circulation
Five Pounds O'Brien White note B276 Thin paper Metal thread LONDON dated 8th September 1955 serial number A73A 031236, EF for wear with a stain reverse and perhaps cleaned leaving a small hole at centre
Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key prefix J19 AU, One PoundPeppiatt Blue prefix W08E cleaned, Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve prefix Z48D EF along with Bradbury Ten Shillings in the style of T15 on larger paper with DO NOT DESTROY stamped in red at the bottom and FORGED stamped in black across the front uniface GVF
One Pound O'Brien medallion of Britannia replacementB274 S75S 745167 GVF along with B273 1955 issue (14) various mid series prefix 10 in high grades AU-Unc 4 in middle grades
One Pound O'Brien 1955 medallion of Britannia B273 (6) being three groups of consecutives B08K 792857 and 792858 Unc, K52K 981809 and 981810 Unc and U85J 300007 and 300008 AU
Error - Ten Shillings O'Brien B271 S/N R68Y 361384 the reverse as normal but the front with a peculiar blue underprint which brings out in white outline the helmeted head watermark GVF and most unusual
Britannia issues BealeTen Shillings B266 (3) EF-Unc, One PoundB268 First Series H48B 996455 AU. O'Brien Ten Shillings (2) B271 (2) EF, One Pound B273 (4) one AU the other 3 VF-GVF
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
Ten Shillings Seated Britannia Beale 1950 B265 prefix 92B EF, B266 last series D54Z 716921 EF, B267replacement prefix 21A EF, O'Brien 1955 B271 First Series D93Z 891628 GVF, B272 replacement prefix 43A EF along with Hollom Britannia in Medallion (2) replacement B296 M21 023982 and B295 mid series prefix 10A these AU-Unc a useful group
One Pound (5 )Seated Britannia Beale 1950 B268 (2 consecutives) E53C 121265 and 66 AU-Unc, B268 H09C 000219 VF, B269replacement LAST RUN S70S 258536 scarce EF penned number front, O'Brien 1955 B273 (2 consecutives) M86J 723181 and 182 Unc
O' Brien, One Pound 1955 Britannia front left B273 (2) prefix W98J and Z70J both Unc, QE II front B281 1960 (8) VF-Unc mostly Unc including A48 and A78 prefix and Y49 prefix (3 consecutives), B282 (5) mostly AU-Unc including 95A prefix and 2 consecutives, B284 B04N AU and B285 replacement M31 665765 AU. Ten Shillings B272 66A 328602 Replacement, Scarce GVF, B271 1955 (4) prefixes J74Y VF, Y87Y VF, Y15X VF and Z52Y VF small stain front, Seated Britannia in Medallion 1961 B286 (3) AU-Unc
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
One Pound green Britannia PeppiattB238 1934 (7) these generally VF or better, Beale prefix E75J AU (light centre fold), O'Brien B273 (6) these mostly AU-Unc
One Pound (3) Britannia in Medallion O'Brien B284 issued 1960 very first run B01N 324397 Fine, B289replacement M92 111333 GVF, B293 replacement with G reverse M22N 554689 EF with some faint staining
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
Five Pounds O'Brien B277 Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion and Key reverse issued 1957 scarce first run (2) A01 prefix A01 248187 VF and A01 889838 nVF penned number front top
Ten Shillings O'Brien B271, 1955 consecutive number runs (9 notes) a run of seven D86Y 522658 to 522664 and a runs of two M31Y 356314 and 315 generally AU
Five Pounds O'Brien Helmeted Britannia at right, Lion and Key reverse B277 1957 and B280 1961 (5) generally VF or better prefixes A45, B68, J43, H51 and K22
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
Ten Shillings O'Brien B271, 1955 (20) various mid prefixes in collectable grades generally VF-EF along with 2 more in low grades one being first series D87Z 807900
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
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
GB and World in an album (35) includes B of E 5 Pounds Helmeted Britannia, Child Britannia and Duke of Wellington, Beale and O'Brien 1 Pounds, 10 Shillings Mauve and more, World includes Scotland, Ireland and Isle of Man 1 Pounds Hong Kong 100 Dollars and more, from circulation
Ten Pounds Page Lion and Key Hollom prefix B85 VF, Five Pounds O'Brien Helmeted Britannia prefix A64 Good VF and Five Pounds Page Child Britannia prefix 39C GVF
Five Pounds O'Brien whiteB275 dated 15th June 1955, series Z99 034604 Last Run 15 June being the last day of issue for B275, Pick345, Fine 8 mm tear (missing section) top right
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
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
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