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 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
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
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
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
Five Pounds Gill RJ29 prefix AU. One Pounds Peppiatt 1934 B239 K90A prefix VF and Blue A12D prefix EF both with pencilled annotations reverse. Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve Z01D EF with pencilled annotations reverse, Peppiatt B236 last series 38O 500281 VF, Hollom Britannia in Medallion (2) VF
Ten Pounds (3) Hollom, Page and Somerset EF-Unc, Five Pounds (7) O'Brien Lion and Key (1), Hollom (3), Page Wellington (1) VF-AU, One Pounds Peppiatt Blue VF, O'Brien W34K 845005 VF, Britannia in Circle (20) Hollom & O'Brien generally EF or better, Isaac Newton (21) these generally AU-Unc some consecutive, Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve (2) F-VF, Britannia front left (4) F-VF, Britannia in circle on the back (11) VF-AU
Ten Shillings O'Brien B286 (6) five being AU-Unc the other VG, HollomB295 Unc, FfordeB309 (2) AU-Unc, Fforde B310 (20) these mostly in Unc, includes consecutives. One Pounds O'Brien B281 VF and B282 Unc, Fforde B305 (10) a consecutive run Unc, PageB322 (20) two consecutive number runs Unc, Page Isaac NewtonB337 (21) one VF others generally AU-Unc many consecutive, B339 (13) AU-Unc, SomersetB341 (40) one VF the others AU-Unc along with Page One Pounds (9) various types F-AU. Five Pounds Fforde B314 GVF and KentfieldB364 HK97 191004 AU
Ten Pounds Page 1975 Florence Nightingale A01 000013 from The Sir J.Q. Hollom Archive of Banknotes collection Bohnams Lot 436 AU-Unc desirable thus as first run numbers as low as this very seldom offered
Ten Pounds Hollom 1964 B299 (49) all A prefix and including an A01 but this the only note in the group damaged the rest VF-Unc for wear with some consecutives but most with discoloration presumable from damp or wet storage in the past
One Pounds Peppiatt Blue shades 1940 B249 (3) prefix A06D VF, D49E GVF, J84D Unc, Green B239 prefix D48A Unc, Beale 1950 B268 prefix X13B EF along with Series C portrait O'Brien (3), Fforde (3) and Page (2) these EF- Unc mostly Unc, and last issue small size Isaac Newton Page (2) consecutives Unc, Somerset (1) EF. Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve 1940 B251 prefix W93D Fine, O'Brien 1955 B271 (2) prefixes B50Z and M80Y both Unc, Hollom 1963 B295 (2), Fforde 1967 B309 (1) and B310 COIN 109233 and three consecutives D27N 844479-81 these all Unc
One Pound O'Brien 1955 B273 (3) consecutive numbers D07K 0000169, 170 and 171 Unc or near so along with B284 (2) consecutives B55N 308195 and 196 AU-Unc, One Pounds HollomB290replacement (2) consecutives 62M 318329 and 330 AU-Unc, FfordeB303 (2) consecutives K85Z 953123 and 124 AU. Ten Shillings Hollom B293 (3) consecutives Z91 147853 - 855 Unc, Hollom B295 (3) consecutives 90A 293955 - 957 AU
One Pounds Britannia in Circle Hollomreplacements B290 prefix 86M EF and B293 M13N VF, Page replacements B321 S57M EF and S69M AU, Page Isaac Newton 1978 B337 A01 prefix VF, Last Series (3) Z29 Unc with stains, Z59 Unc and Z65 Unc, Page B340 prefix COIN (4) Unc, Somerset 1981 First Run AN01 380546 EF, AZ68 prefix Unc and DX01 840000 Unc. Ten Shillings 1963 Hollom B294 Z44 prefix Unc
A collection in an album TreasuryTen Shillings 1922 T30 K/79 45792 Fine, One PoundBradbury 1917 T16 A/76 798706 about Fine, Warren Fisher 1919 T24 U/88 701061 aVF one or two pinholes. Bank of England Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve K51D 706121 about Fine, Hollom (2) Prefix N40 and R48 both VF, Fforde 47U 583969 GVF, One Pound Peppiatt Blue U28D 545801 Fine, Peppiatt Green 1948 B260 Z99A Fine, Beale 1950 B260 B26C Fine, O'Brien 1955 B273 C75L Fine, Somerset DX11 014009 Fine, Five Pounds George Stephenson reverse Kentfield (3) EF-Unc, Gill (2) consecutive numbers D24 002006 and 002007 Unc, Elizabeth Fry Lowther (2) consecutive numbers HD41 751091 and 751092 Unc, Winston Churchill Cleland (9) Unc including consecutive number runs, Ten Pounds Hollom A14 482465 VF, Charles DarwinBailey (5) AU-Unc including two consecutive pairs, Jane Austen Cleland (5) Unc consecutive runs a three and a two, Twenty Pounds Bailey AD27 835409 AU, Turner reverse Cleland (3) Unc two being a consecutive pair
One Pounds Peppiatt Blue shades 1940 B249 (3) prefix A06D VF, D49E GVF, J84D Unc, Green B239 prefix D48A Unc, Beale 1950 B268 prefix X13B EF along with Series C portrait O'Brien (3), Fforde (3) and Page (2) these EF- Unc mostly Unc, and last issue small size Isaac Newton Page (2) consecutives Unc, Somerset (1) EF. Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve 1940 B251 prefix W93D Fine, O'Brien 1955 B271 (2) prefixes B50Z and M80Y both Unc, Hollom 1963 B295 (2), Fforde 1967 B309 (1) and B310 COIN 109233 and three consecutives D27N 844479-81 these all Unc
Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key B277 last series E33 680991 EF, Five Pounds Somerset 1980 B343 LW69 prefix VF, One Pounds Peppiatt Blues 1940 B249 (6) F-VF including some consecutives, Ten Shillings O'Brien and Hollom (5) from circulation along with a modern group from circulation (18). Italy 1000 Lire Pick 101 AU, British Isles One Pounds (13), B of E £10 Bailey, US Dollars (2)
One Pound O'Brien 1955 B273 (3) consecutive numbers D07K 0000169, 170 and 171 Unc or near so along with B284 (2) consecutives B55N 308195 and 196 AU-Unc, One Pounds HollomB290replacement (2) consecutives 62M 318329 and 330 AU-Unc, FfordeB303 (2) consecutives K85Z 953123 and 124 AU. Ten Shillings Hollom B293 (3) consecutives Z91 147853 - 855 Unc, Hollom B295 (3) consecutives 90A 293955 - 957 AU
Bank of England (18) whiteFive Pounds Beale 22 May 1952 X86 080468 About Fine with some ink marks and inked annotations, Ten Pounds BaileyB400 (1) JE66 996049, Five Pounds Salmon (3) B407 LK28 223091, LH53 528180 and LH65 464039 , One PoundSomerset (6) DT34 781938, DU79 673755, DU79 673756, DX09 895305, DX16 895241 and DY06 726174, Ten Shillings (7) O'Brien B271 Last Series Z72X 085602 GVF, Ten Shillings O'Brien B286 D11 538331 Fine, HollomB294 X55 316895, FfordeB309 (4) 41Z 304609, 02Y 689652, 02Y 689656, and 43Z 927743 in mixed grades some EF
Ten Pounds Somerset BR45 prefix B348 Unc and with a fish tail error bottom right corner but now with the body of the fish tail torn off but clear evidence of additional paper protruding at an angle remain, Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key (6) one being B277 prefix D04 the others B280 these F-VF, Ten Shillings (6) O'Brien 1955 B271 about Fine and 1961 B286 1st series A48 prefix AU, Hollom 1963 B294 W39 prefix VF and B296replacement M33 641202, Fforde 1967 B310 (2) one VF the other Unc
Ten Pounds Gill 1988 B354 prefix HS39 Unc, Five Pounds (4) Hollom 1963 B297 last series R12 586693 Fine, Page 1971 B324 first series 65C 102150 VF, Kentfield 1993 B364 BC52 prefix Unc , Lowther 2002 B393 A76 EF, Bailey 2004 B398 LC31 prefix Unc, One Pound Page 1970 B320 Y08L prefix VF. Travellers Cheques (6) five being Specimens Thomas Cook $US500 and $10 Australia $50 Pounds Sterling £100 and £20 Unc along with Zimbabwe $5000 Unc and cheques (2) Pina County Bank Tombstone Arizona 1880 and Barclays bank Dominion and Overseas 1927
GB (11), British Armed Forces (5), World (16), comprising GB Bank of England (11) Five Pounds SalmonB407 LH01 782120 EF, One Pound (8) BealeB268 K19J 428234 Fine, HollomB288 A71Y 555285 Good Fine, FfordeReplacementB306 S46M 732818 Fine, Page Britannia B322 (2) ER42 475777 NVF and ES60 162512 Good Fine, Page B339 34H 134177 Fine, SomersetB341 (2) BR82 172168 Good Fine, and DR21 307858 EF, Ten Shillings (2) O'Brien B271 J22Y 682337 Fine, Hollom B295 62L 429243, British Armed Forces (5) One Shilling 1946 First issue NVF, Sixpence 1946 First Issue (4) VF to GVF, World (16) Scotland - Royal Bank of ScotlandTen Pounds 1989 issue 22.2.1989 Pick 348a NVF, Austria (5) 100 Kronen 1912 with Deutchosterreich overprintPick 56 VG, 20 Kronen 2.Jan.1922 Pick 76 Fine, Ten Kronen 2.Jan 1922 Pick 75 Fine, Two Kronen 2.Jan 1922 Pick 74 Fine, 50 Schilling 1944 issue Pick 102b VG, Netherlands Gulden 1938 issue Pick 61 VG, Russia Three Chervotsa Pick 203a VG, Burma One Rupee (undated 1942) Pick 14 Fine, Zimbabwe (2) Five Dollars 1983 Pick 2cVF, Two Dollars 1994 issue Pick 1d Near Fine, Germany (5) 20 Marks 1914 with 7-digit serial number Pick 46b, VG, 500 Marks 2.12.1922 watermark Lattice Pick 81b Near Fine, 100000 Marks 1923 issue green paper Pick 91a Fine, One Mark 1944 issue, 9-digit serial number without F, Pick 192b Fine, Half Mark 1944 issue Pick 191 Fine, some of the GB issues with ink marks
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
GB and World in an album (23) GB (10) Ten Shillings (5) BealeB266, H43Z 297505 Good Fine, HollomB294 (3) Z32 177491 VF, Z63 376508 and Z63376514 both A/UNC, FfordeB310, C95N 039129 NEF. One Pound (5) PeppiattWartime blue B249, R75H 179976 Fine, some folds, Beale B268 (2), W09B 543236 NVF with an inked number on the reverse, A55J 683904 Fine with inked text on the reverse, PageB337 Last run Z27 971372 UNC, SomersetB341 DW44 860550 A/UNC. Isle of Man (4) One Pound (3) undated 1983 issue Pick 38a VG, undated 1961 issue signature Garvey, prefix B, Pick 25a, Fine with some light foxing to the edges, undated 1961 issue signature Stallard Pick 25b About VF with some folds, Fifty Pence undated 1969 issue Pick 27a GVF, Northern Ireland - Northern BankFive Pounds 1999 Pick 203a UNC or very near so, France - Calais 50 Centimes undated 1918 issue Red on green underprint, Fine, Germany One Mark 1944 issue 9-digit serial number Pick 192b VF, Israel 5 Sheqalim 1978 issue Pick 44 UNC, Malaya - Japanese Occupation 1942 Ten Dollars Good Fine, China Five Yuan 1936 issue Pick 217a Near Fine with some edge damage at the right, Bulgaria 100 Leva 1951 Pick 86a Good Fine, Bohemia and Moravia 1000 Korun 1942 issue Pick 14a NEF, Croatia 5000 Kuna 1943 issue, single letter prefix Pick 14a, UNC
Bank of England O'Brien & Hollom 1955-63 issues (11) in various high grades about EF - GEF to about UNC - UNC comprising O'Brien 10 Shillings B271 Red-Brown Britannia medallion (3) serial numbers C80Z 234013, C90Z 761866 and N56Y 196872. Together with 1 Pounds B273 Green Britannia medallion (2) serial numbers S72K 023844 & S11J 771625. Along with Hollom Ten Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B294 issues 1963 (6) serial numbers R36 275057, S38 256914, T22 039318, U27 057103, W77 029256 and X32 216813
Ten Pounds Peppiatt Pre-war First Period Unthreaded White Note B242a BIRMINGHAM branch issue dated 28th February 1938 serial number 174/V 78281, an excellent and Scarce branch issue and well preserved example approaching EF with very minor signs of wear and an original Bank's stamp on reverse at upper right corner with an inked/pencilled numeral possibly for accounting purposes. These branch issues are always Rare and very sought after and this example is very desirable bearing a date just a year before the issue of notes by the Bank's Branches was discontinued in 1939. Branches other than the main London branch started issuing in 1826 and as mentioned discontinued in 1939, after which they served as just distribution centres. These white 10 Pound notes were the last of the white examples for the denomination but the last of the 10 pounds until 1964 when the denomination was re-introduced again in the form of the Series C Brown Lion & Key issues of Hollom.
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 (78) a collection in an album in various grades mostly in average VF-GVF but also includes several higher grades to About UNC - UNC. Comprising the now little over a century old Treasury George V period 1 Pounds Bradbury Third issue T16 (2) serial numbers including a FIRST series A/12 529939 along with D/44 205890. Along with Bank of England various cashiers and designs issues from the various periods (47) including Catterns 1 Pound B225 prefix Y75. Peppiatt (4) consisting of 10 Shillings First Period B236 Unthreaded prefix 82W. Along with Second Period World War II Emergency issues (3) 10 Shillings B251 prefix Z17E and 1 Pounds B249 (2) prefixes B62H and U62D. Beale 1 Pound B268 prefix X55C. O'Brien 1 Pound B273 prefix H25K. Hollom 10 Shillings QE2 portrait B295 prefix 66C. Fforde 10 Shillings B309 (2) prefixes 78X and 93W. Page 1 Pounds (4) including a QE2 portrait B322 prefix DR10 along with QE2 pictorial (3) B337 (2) prefixes T71 and W71 and B339 prefix 75K. Somerset (3) including 1 Pounds QE2 pictorial B341 W reverse (5) prefixes CU80, AR11, BY64, BZ84 and DW39. Along with a 5 Pounds QE2 pictorial B343 L reverse prefix DY05. Together with a selection of Lowther 5 Pounds (27) consisting of B393 (26) prefixes HA89, HB02, HB06, HB08 (2), HB10 (2), HB11, HB14 (2), HB15 (2), HB17, HB19, HB22, HB28, HB29 (2), HB31 (2), HB36, HB37, JA63, JA67, JA69 and JA70. Along with B395 prefix HD38. The lot also comes with a small selection of world notes from various countries including China (14) Foreign Exchange Certificates - 10 Fen Pick FX1b (2), 50 Fen Pick FX2, 1 Yuans Pick FX3 (6) and 5 Yuan Pick FX4. Together with 1 Fen Pick 865, 1 Jiaos Pick 881a (2) and 5 Yuan Pick 886. Belgium (2) 20 Francs Pick 138 and 100 Francs Pick 140. India 10 Rupees Pick 81. South Africa 20 Rand Pick 121c (2). Indonesia (3) 100 Rupiah 1977 Pick 116, 500 Rupiah 1977 Pick 117 and 1000 Rupiah 1980 Pick 119. Spain 100 Pesetas Pick 152. Turkey 100 Turk Lirasi Pick 194a. Hong Kong 10 Dollars Pick 191a. Russia Soviet Union 1 Ruble Pick 222a. Zimbabwe 2 Dollars Pick 1b. And USA (2) 1 Dollar Pick 468a and 2 Dollars Pick 382a. An interesting amalgamation certain to attract some attention
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
Bank of England a collection of 10 Shillings, 1 and 5 Pounds circa 1930's and World War II period to modern (69) including various cashiers as Peppiatt, Beale, O'Brien, Hollom, Fforde, Somerset, Page and Lowther most in an album, including few framed examples all in various grades on average VF - GVF to EF - GEF. Some scarcer examples consist of the rarely seen 5 Pounds Lowther B397Experimental issues 2004 with examples of the 2 types (3) consisting of the Unvarnished type (2) serial numbers XC10 998415 and XC10 998415 along with the Varnished type serial number XJ36 997708. These notes Rare in any grade, very seldom seen in UNC in fact the current Duggleby prices these notes only to the EF grade with a price of £300, they were used to test durability and issued in tranches. 5 Pounds Beale White note B270 dated 3rd August 1950 serial number S21 081953. Peppiatt Fourth Period B262 Red-brown Britannia medallion Threaded issued 1948 a LAST series prefix 81E 133185 and a Second Period WW2 Emergency issue B249 Blue/Pink Britannia medallion Threaded issued 1940 serial number D02H 068980. 5 Pounds O'Brien Lion & Key (2) examples of the 2 varieties and both FIRST series prefixes consisting of the B277 Shaded symbol issued 1957 serial number A92 412879 and B280 White symbol issued 1961 serial number H38 000698. A very pleasing collection, certain to attract significant attention. Also comes with a novelty Bank of England 1,000,000 (the million-pound note) dated 1903 known from the 1954 J. Arthur rank studios film "The Million Pound Note" starring Gregory Peck. A Persil promotional 1 Pound Somerset packet. Also comes with an empty album
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
Ten Shillings & Five Pounds Hollom (7) comprising Ten Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B295 issues 1963 (6) prefixes 26C, 55D, 24H, 19K, 60L and 48N. Along with Five pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B297 issue 1963 a first series prefix A34 130309 and this the first design of this type for the 5 Pounds denomination. All about UNC - UNC
Bank of England & Treasury (25) collection in an album in mixed grades comprising Treasury issues (6) including Bradbury (2) Ten Shillings T13.2 Type 2 Six Digit Serial issue 1915 serial number P1/18 059624 and 1 Pound T16 Dot in No. issue 1917 serial number F/52 316685 along with Fisher (4) consisting of 10 Shillings (2) T25 Dot in No. issue 1919 LAST series H/6 579715 Scarce and T30 No. omitted issue 1922 serial number L/9 098585 and 1 Pounds (2) T24 Dot in No. issue 1919 serial number R70 673931 and T31 Dot in No. issue 1923 CONTROL note serial number Z1/38 591956 Scarce. Bank of England issues (17) consisting of PeppiattWhite notes (2) a 5 Pounds B255 Thick Paper Metal thread Scarcer earlier issue dated 30th November 1944 serial number E77 003795 London branch and an Operation BernhardForgery 10 Pounds B242 dated 18th December 1936 serial number K/179 89453. Beale White 5 Pounds B270 Scarcer later dated issue 19th August 1952 serial number Y63 002774. O'Brien 5 Pounds Lion & Key (3) including B277 Shaded Symbol issue 1957 serial number C48 904966 and B280 White Symbol issues 1961 (2) serial numbers K22 542106 & First series H70 687181. Hollom (3) including 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B297 issues 1963 (2) serial numbers A09 201764 & A13 717477 along with 10 Pounds Lion & Key B299 issue 1964 FIRST RUN serial number A01 261771. Fforde (4) comprising 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B312 issue 1967 serial number Y81 342627 along with 10 Pounds Lion & Key B316 issues 1967 (3) a consecutive trio serial numbers A48 369328 through A48 369330. Page (4) consisting of 5 Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B324 issues 1971 (2) serial numbers 75E 771785 & FIRST series 39C 149102 along with 10 pounds Lion & Key 1971 issues (2) consisting of a B327Replacement issue serial number M07 822804 along with B326 serial number B17 851613. The group accompanied by a Barclays Bank Limited Hereford. cheque for 18 Pounds and 5 Shillings dated 11th July 1923 number 30/C 04380 and a Postal Order for 3 Shillings to pay R. Haylett and signed Richard Haylett number D7/71 483638
Bank of EnglandHollom, Fforde and Page (9) including Ten Pounds Lion & Key B326 issues 1971 a consecutive trio C14 161031 - C14 161033 along with Five Pounds QE2 & seated child Britannia issues (6) including B297 issues 1963 a consecutive trio L32 311836 - L32 311838, B312 issues 1967 a consecutive trio series T31 362861 - T31 362863. Mixed high grades including about UNC
Ten Pounds Lion & Key (10) Hollom (2) 1964 issue B299 series A05 365738 GEF and A33 692875 GVF both with light staining, Fforde (3) 1967 issue B316 - series A65 559135 GVF along with a consecutively numbered set of 2 - series A51 038184 and A51 038185 both about UNC - UNC, Page (5) 1971 issue B326 - series C13 800242 GEF or better, B07 098173 about UNC, B07 046444 VF with some staining at right, C73 016930 GVF or better, C40 279628 about UNC - UNC
Collection in an album (56) mostly Bank of England in mixed circulated grades comprises Five Pounds BealeWhite Note B270 dated 25th November 1949 series P05 090648. Ten Shillings BradburyT12.2 De La Rue Red issue 1915 series D1/3 01409. Ten Shillings Fisher (2) T26 Red Dash in No. First issue 1919 last series H38 112465 and T30 Second Issue Red No. omitted prefix P77. Ten Pounds Page Lion & Key B327 Brown Replacement issue 1971 first series M01 693529. Peppiatt (7) Ten Shillings to One Pounds includes Emergency Issues and One Pound Green B239 First Period issued 1934 first series prefix A52A. Beale (12) Ten Shillings to One Pounds. O'Brien (12) Ten Shillings to Five Pounds includes Lion & Key 1957 issues (2) B277 Shaded Symbols prefix D41 and B280 White Symbols first series prefix H22. Hollom (4) Ten Shillings and a Five Pounds. Fforde (7) 10 Shillings and One Pounds. One Pounds Page (4). LowtherTwenty Pounds prefix AA08. Along with Scotland (2) and Jersey (2).
Ten Pounds Hollom Lion & Key FIRST & LAST B299 Brown issue 1964 (3) comprising FIRST RUN series A01 689571 and the second only a few numbers away A01 689580 along with LAST RUN series A40 720766 about UNC - UNC and scarce
Ten Pounds HollomB299 issued 1964 (4) first run series A01 711617 about UNC to UNC, mid series consecutive numbers A20 497735 and 497736 and last run A40 720765 Unc
Bank of EnglandHollomTen Shillings to Five Pounds (21) a mixed grade high grade group includes about UNC - UNC comprising Ten Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia issues 1963 (10) including a Replacement issue B296 series M20 415822, B294 (4) FIRST series K65 292958 along with Y33 138543 and a consecutive pair Z54 020436 & Z54 020437 and B295 (5) series 35A 070745, 65A 140325, 02K 083290, 89K 111536 & LAST series 20R 682653. One Pounds QE2 portrait & seated Britannia issues 1963 (9) including a Replacement B291 series M05R 592344, B292 (2) FIRST and LAST series A17N 240990 & L04X 614778 and B288 (6) series D28N 168651, D84X 625062, L70T 109021 and a consecutive trio K99X 194748 to K99X 194750. Five Pounds QE2 portrait & seated child Britannia B297 issues 1963 (2) series A92 620603 & B54 906890
Bank of England (27) a rich group Peppiatt (7) Ten Shillings B262 Red/Brown Threaded issue 1948 Fourth Period, last series 09E 383453, about UNC, Ten Shillings Emergency Issue (2) B251 Mauve Metal Thread issue 1940, series O73D 260948 about UNC & A58D 057059 UNC, One Pounds Emergency Issue (3) B249 Blue/Pink Metal Thread issue 1940, series K43D 902092 GEF - about UNC, D22H 224767 GVF & M38H 559024 VF light stains, and One Pound Green B238 First Period issue 1934, series 86U 519578, GVF, Beale (3) Ten Shillings (2) B266 Red/Brown Issue 1950, series T50Z 798118 Fine & E10Z 733491 about UNC, One Pound Green B268, series T75C 988661 about VF, O'Brien (5) One Pound Green B273 issue 1955 VF, Five Pounds Lion & Key (2) B277 issued 1957, series C55 518957 & C63 099191 both VF, One Pound QE2 portrait and seated Britannia B282 issued 1960, series 97J 898820 about UNC, Ten Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B286 issue 1961, first series A16 708574 VF, Hollom (3) One Pound QE2 & seated Britannia B288 issued 1963, series K91W 720387 about UNC, Ten Shillings (2) the first B294 issue1963 series Y42 502805 GEF & the second B295 issued 1963, series 36D 516999, Fine, Hollom (4) One Pound QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B305 issued 1967, series U23B 534761 UNC, Ten Shillings(2) QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B310 issued 1967, last series D03N 504903 UNC & C69N 148439 about VF, Five Pounds QE2 & child Britannia B314 issued 1967, series 27B 287191 about VF, Page (3) One Pounds(2) the first QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B321Replacement Issue 1970, series S64M 944900 about UNC and the second B340 QE2 & Sir Isaac Newton issue 1978, series B26N 197348 UNC, Five Pounds QE2 & child Britannia B324 issued 1971, series 16D 210497 Fine, Somerset(2) One Pounds QE2 & Sir Isaac Newton, B341 "W" Reverse issue 1981, series BN62 631000 interesting serial with a little bit of extended security thread coming from the bottom & BN74 575440 both UNC
Ten Pounds Lion & Key Hollom, B299 Brown issued 1964, last run later series A40 832798, about UNC and scarce and desirable in this high grade, designed by Reynolds Stone CBE, RDI and printed by Bank of England Works, Debden, Essex on banknote paper manufactured by Portals Ltd.
Bank of EnglandTen Shillings to Five Pounds (36) a mixed mostly high grades group comprising Ten Shillings B271 Red/Brown issues 1955 (5) a consecutive set of 4 notes series W98Y 629125 to W98Y 629128 and series X24Y 726915. Ten Shillings QE2 portrait & seated Britannia (10) Fforde 1967 issues (4) including B309 (2) series 90S 691882 & first series 89R 494317 and B310 issues (2) consecutive set A81N 259209 & A81N 259210, Hollom 1963 issues (3) including B295 prefix 86N and B294 prefixes U61 &X27 and O'Brien issues 1961 (3) close serial numbers all prefix E20. One Pounds Green O'Brien B273 issues 1955 (13) prefixes T89K, Y19J, Y90J, L73J, J73L, J16L, C46L, H25L, H51L, E05L, E94L, C12L and D35L. One Pounds Green BealeB268 issue 1950 (3) prefixes D63C, K28B and first series H44B. One Pounds O'Brien QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B282 issues 1960 (4) a consecutive set of 4 notes series 46K 252377 to 46K 252380. Along with Five Pounds WhiteB276 dated 16th September 1955 series A80A 061908
Bank of EnglandTen Shillings to Five Pounds (47) a mixed high grade group comprising Ten Shillings HollomB295 issues 1963 (8) a near consecutive set series 31K 355917 to 31K 355925 missing only 31K 355924. One Pounds Hollom B292 issues 1963 (6) includes a consecutive set of 4 first series A27N 217135 to A27N 217138, first series prefix A19N and a prefix D94T. One Pounds Page QE2 pictorial & Sir Isaac Newton 1978 issues (8) consecutive set of 3 notes B337 series T13 377313 to T13 377315 and a consecutive set of 5 notes B339 series 18D 600799 to 18D 600803. One Pounds Page QE2 portrait & seated Britannia B322 issues 1970 (23) a consecutive set of 20 series HN50 136742 to HN50 136761 and a consecutive set of 3 series HT43 150705 to HT43150707. Five Pounds QE2 pictorial & The Duke of Wellington (2) Page B336 issue 1973 series CS21 066032 and GillB353 issue 1988 series RE33 474728
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
Bank of England (15) a mixed group in various circulated grades VF to about UNC comprising Ten Shillings Fforde (6) prefixes C25N, C97N, C97N, C25N and a last run series D38N 549306. Five Pounds Fforde issues 1967 (2) B312 first series R99 408255 and B314 series 59D 086211. Five Pounds HollomB297 issues 1963 (2) series H88 860212 and J84 125650. Five Pounds Page (3) B324 issued 1971 (2) first series 78C 889523 & 97C 689651 along with B332 The Duke of Wellington issue 1971 first series A24 049720. Ten Pounds GillB354Florence Nightingale issue 1988 last series JR22 803967. Ten Pounds KentfieldB366 Charles Dickens issue 1992 series A05 561901
Ten Pounds (16), Hollom (7) B299 issued 1964, including a pair of consecutively numbered notes, Fforde (3) B316 issued 1967, including a FIRST RUN note A41 927867, Page (6) B326 & B327 issued 1971, including two REPLACEMENT notes M10 & M11, a very high grade collection good EF to Uncirculated
Ten Pounds (3), Hollom issued 1964 series A21 136190, Page issued 1971 series C21 635470 and Replacement note series M03 803270, all about Uncirculated to Uncirculated
Ten Pounds Page (4) B326 UNC consecutives, Ten Pounds HollomB299 (3) VF to EF one with an inked number on the obverse, Five Pounds Hollom B297 (3) VF to EF, Five Pounds Fforde (15) B312 and B314 EF to UNC, Five Pounds O'Brien B277 Fine, Ten Shillings Hollom B295 (66) EF to UNC, Fforde (52) B309 and B310 mostly UNC , many groups of consecutives, one note with an inked figure on the obverse, plus Scotland (12) Five Pounds (2), One Pound (10) various banks, in mixed grades, Isle of Man Fifty Pence 1969 issue Fine
Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve (11) Hollom (1), One Pounds Peppiatt Blue (7), Green (2), Fforde (1) from circulation along with a small group ofcirculated coinage which includes pre 47 and pre 20 silver issues (lot)
A collection of Great Britain in an album (19) including PeppiattWhite £5 1938, HollomTen Pounds, Central Bank of Ireland £10 and others generally high grade some in UNC
Ten pounds (13) issued 1964 to 1971, Lion on reverse, HollomB299 A22, £10 FfordeB316 (2) A46 & A85, £10 PageB326 (6) and replacement series B327 (4) prefixes M01, M04, M05 and M13, some inked numbers & small edge tears on a few, grades range from Fine to GEF
One poundHollomB290 QE2 portrait issued 1963 replacement prefix 38M, GEF, One pound Hollom B292 (3) QE2 portrait issued 1963 prefixes A13N first series GVF, D99T UNC and L22X last series about UNC, Five pounds LowtherB362 issued 2000 serial QM10 000092 (from C152 presentation set), Queen Mother commemorative, UNC, One pound FfordeB301 (6) QE2 portrait issued 1967 prefixes D45Y, H85Y, A11Z, D01Z, J96Z and last series L23Z, mostly EF to about UNC, One pound PageB340 (5) issued 1978, Newton on reverse, different letter prefixes, first series A13N UNC, B78N UNC, C02N aU-UNC, D34N UNC and last series E79N in UNC Ten shillings Fforde B310 (4) issued 1967, prefixes A44N UNC, C42N GEF, D01N UNC and D02N UNC
Ten pounds FfordeB316 issued 1967 prefix A51, Pick376b, tiny spot at left, almost UNC, Ten pounds HollomB299 issued 1964 prefix A02, Pick376a, EF+, Ten pounds LowtherB390 issued 2000 first run serial AA01 999497-from collectors pack- UNC, Ten pounds PageB30 issued 1975 prefix S06, Pick379a, almost UNC, Ten pounds Page B326 issued 1971 prefix B03, Pick376c, about UNC
Banknotes in Frames (5) Five Pounds HollomDugglebyB297 A33 prefix, O'BrienOne Pound Duggleby B273 prefix A71L, One Pound O'Brien Duggleby B281 prefix A72, Ten Shillings O'Brien Duggleby B271 prefix C14Y, Ten Shillings Fforde Duggleby B309 prefix 98Z all appear in high grade BUYER MUST COLLECT, NO POSTAL SERVICE
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