Europe Eastern (97) an attractive mostly high grade about UNC - UNC group including various eye-catching and non duplicated issues from Albania (6), Belarus (14), Bosnia & Herzegovina (5), Bulgaria (5), Croatia (5), Cyprus (2), Estonia (2), Greece (5), Hungary (3), Lithuania, Macedonia (4), Poland (6), Romania (2), Russia (10), Slovenia (4), Ukraine and Yugoslavia (22). A significant portion come in denomination sets/pairs , mostly near complete, as the Albania 1976 issues 1 to 50 Leke Pick 40 to 45. Macedonia 10 to 100 Denari Pick 1 to 4. Bosnia & Herzegovina 10 to 100 Dinara 1992 Pick 10 to 13. Also some Soviet Union period issues from Russia and examples of Biletov (tickets) from one of the biggest Ponzi schemes - MMM Corporation.
World circa mid 1900's to modern (74) a nice collection in various grades VF to UNC with majority to the higher spectrum and from various countries of issue comprising Jersey, Guernsey, Scotland, Spain, Cyprus, Poland, Russia, Egypt, Afghanistan and Indonesia this including a modern counterfeit produced by the son of the printer on original printing machine. Includes complete or near complete denomination sets of the same design issues from Afghanistan, Poland, Russia. And some scarcer issues consist of a 10 Shillings Pick 7a (BY JE10) Padgham signature ND 1963 serial number B883937. Spain 1000 Pesetas Pick 154 dated 17th September 1971 serial number 1U3442041. National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited 1 Pounds Pick 265 dated 16th September 1959 serial number N546072 signature David Alexander. Bank of Scotland 1 Pound Pick 109a dated 17th July 1968 and a very FIRST prefix for this type serial number A/1 0821904. Also includes a few Commemorative issues. An interesting and attractive group
Russia (Empire) Gosudarstveniy Bank 50 Rubley State Credit 1899 (1899-1917) issues (2) including a SPECIMEN note Pick 8s no serial numbers, signatures or signature titles can be observed on this note, "SPECIMEN" overprint in red at upper centre right and "ОБРАЗЕЦЬ" (Specimen) perforated at lower centre, About UNC Foreign Substance and an Exceptionally Scarce note. Accompanied by the regular issue Pick 8d serial number AP 269457 bearing signatures Shipov titled Управляющий (Manager) and Bogatyryov titled Кассиръ (Cashier), About UNC - UNC. The notes in black featuring a Portrait of Emperor Nicholas I, also the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland.
Poland (59) in mixed grades comprising early issues ranging from German World War I Occupation and World War II issues to modern and high denominations. Some interesting and scarcer notes include 1 Grozsy Pick 42a Left Half dated 28th April 1924, 5 GroszyPick 43a left Half dated 28th April 1924, 100 Mark Pick 6b dated 9th December 1916 and 10 Marek Pick 12 1917
GermanyJewish ghetto of Litzmannstadt, 20 marks Pick PO 565a dated 15th May 1940 serial 229005 GEF - about UNC with some spotting on reverse and rare in this high grade. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939; Lodz was renamed Litzmannstadt and annexed to the German Reich. In February, the Germans forcibly relocated the large Jewish population into a sealed ghetto. All currency was confiscated in exchange for Quittungen [receipts] that could be exchanged only in the ghetto. The scrip was designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] and includes traditional Jewish symbols. The Germans closed the ghetto in the summer of 1944 by deporting the residents to concentration camps
GermanyFederal Republic (8) 50 Deutsche Mark dated 2nd January 1960 series L7595434D, Pick21, about EF, 50 Deutsche Mark dated 2nd January 1980 series KL9944451Z, Pick33d, good VF, 100 Deutsche Mark dated 2nd January 1960 series P4528698Y, Pick22, EF, 1 Deutsche Mark (2) dated 1948, 2 Deutsche Mark (2) dated 1948 & 10 Deutsche Mark dated 1949, allied occupation post WW2, printed by order of U.S. Army Command, (Pick2a, Pick3a & Pick16a), cleaned & pressed, generally good Fine, along with Germany (64), Poland (3), Austria (2) early 20th Century to the late 1940's, these in mixed grades
Europe bulk lot (361), large amount of banknotes from various European countries including Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, Malta, Poland and many others, mixed grades, needs viewing
Poland (3), 5 Groszy, 20 Groszy & 50 Groszy, Kobierzyn Hospital Vouchers, a state hospital for the mentally and nervously ill, a scarce Uncirculated set
Poland (15) nice assortment including 500 Zlotych 1940 Pick98, 2 million Zlotych 1992 Pick158, 5 Zlotych 1930 Pick72, Litzmannstadt1 Mark 1940 plus others, about EF to Uncirculated, most are UNC
Poland (2) 2 kroner Nr.6137 EF & 5 kroner Nr.2113 about UNC, Walka o Niepodleglosc (Fight for Independence), Donation for foundation of the Post war Government 1918, (ex-Spink part lot 2013), Pick unlisted.
Poland (2) 1,000,000 Marek dated 1923 series F3755553, Pick37, light rust marks reverse & corner folds, GEF, 10000 marek dated 1922 series H8528748, Pick32, GEF
Poland10 Zlotych dated 11th November (listopada) 1852, a political freedom issue, possibly propaganda, printed signature of Mazzni at left for Komitet Centralny Europejski (this note could be cut from part of a larger document or ephemera), inked script on reverse, edge wear & mount marks, GEF
Poland (7) a group of local issues dated 1917 to 1923 includes two different 10 Zlotych Bon Skarbowy (2) and 10 fen from Burmistrz, these Fine or better and a group from Miasta Siedlec (4) these in UNC
World in an album (320) includes some Pre World War II types, in mixed grades, along with an additional group of Germany, Austria, Poland, Greece and Russia, including some larger type, in mixed grades
An accumulation in an album POW and Military Notes with Austro-Hungarian and German POW notes (93) 1915-1916 including Bautzen i.Sa, Braunau, Csot, Grodig, Minden, Neuhammer, Reichenberg, Soppronyek, Tabor, 1940-1945, Czechoslovakia, Thersienstadt set of 1-100 Kronen, Germany, 10 Reichspfennig, Netherlands, Westerbork 25 and 50 Cents, PolandLitzmannstadt, 50 Pfg, 1(2) and 20 Mark, Yugoslavia Industrijsko Zanatsko 1 (2),2 (2), 5, 10, 50 (2), and 100 kronen (2) plus Austro-Hungary Mauthausen 10, 20, 50 Heller 1918, Germany, Wertmarke for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20 and 40 Reichspfennigs, and South Africa Mafeking 10 Shillings 1900 plus Green Point Track Five Shillings unissued, Mafeking note damaged VG, some of the POW notes stain but generally VF-UNC (138)
World all pre and World War II a small group (55) includes Germany, Greece, China, Hungary, Albania, Poland, Russia and others, includes many larger types in mixed circulated grades
Germanycollection in album (150) all different types, mostly Reichsbank dating from 1898 up to WW2 period includes some Poland, Bohemia & Moravia and WW2 military, many high grade, viewing recommended
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