Five Pounds HarveywhiteB209a dated 12 July 1921 series U/71 48457, Manchester branch, Pick312d, better than Fine some faint staining or discolouration and tiny hole top middle, a collectable example of a type seldom offered, the first one we have seen since 2012
Corporation of Liverpool, £100 bill of exchange, 8 September 1794, serial number 0864, black and white, arms at top left, value at low left, 'promise to pay George sterling', manuscript signature of John Wilson low right (as per Outing 3036, this denomination not recorded in Outing), an attractive and original VF or near so, very rare with this high denomination £100 in 1794 equates to £17,000 today
Five Pounds BealeWhite Note B270 dated 26th April 1950 serial number R35 083143,Good VF with an original most likely a Bank teller's annotation for accounting purposes at upper right corner on face
Five Pounds O'Brien White Notes B276 Thin paper Metal thread London branch issues (2) the first dated 17th June 1955 serial number A10A 086260, the second dated 23rd September 1955 serial number A86A 039351. VG and Fine
Ten Pounds PeppiattWhite Note World War II German Operation BERNHARD forgeryB242 dated 18th March 1936 serial number K/164 31945, a presentable GVF with the usual multiple pinholes at upper left body near Britannia medallion
Five Pounds PeppiattWhite note World War II German Operation BERNHARD forgery B241OB dated 29th October 1935 serial number A/247 58160, VF or better with the usual Pinholes
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 MahonwhiteB215c dated 3rd August 1927 series 345/U 77113, scarce HULL branch issue, collectable Very Good - Fine a seldom offered Branch and the first we have seen
Five Pounds whiteNairne, B208b dated March 9 1915, LEEDS branch, series 86/P 21198 approaching VF with some light and faint discolouration, interesting SCUNTHORPE oval purple bank stamp JUN 8 1918 reverse a collectable and pleasant low to mid grade example
Five Pounds BealewhiteB270London 19th April 1951 serial number U43 082016 Pick344 VF penned number lower left corner, pencilled number at the top and bank stamp reverse
Cheques (90) includes 19th Century types (38) Aberdeen Town & Country Banking Company (1), Messrs. Samuel Addison & Son (1), Alcocks, Birkbeck, Robinson, Birkbeck & Stansfield (1), Alexanders, Maw & Co, Ipswich (1), Alexanders, Birkbeck, Barclay & Buxton (1), The Alliance Bank Limited (1), The Alnwick & County Bank (1), Messrs. Richard Arkwright & Company Bankers, Wicksworth (1), Army & Navy Stores Limited (1), The Ashton-Under-Lyne and District Tristees Savins Bank (1), Messrs, Attwood, Spooner, Marshalls & Co. (1), Bank of British West Africa Ltd. (2), Jonathan Backhouse & Company (3), Messrs. Bacon, Cobbold, Rodwell, Duningham & Cobbold (1), Messrs. Bacon, Cobbold & Tollemache (1), Bassett, Son, & Harris Bankers, Leighton Buzzard (1), Messrs. Henry & Robert & Henry Jr & Daniel Baldock - Taunton Bank (1), Bank of America (1), Bank of Credit and Commerce International (1) Bank of England (1), Bank of Liverpool and related (7), The Carlisle & Cumberland Banking Company (1), Mona, Peel, Isle of Man (2), Bank of Montreal (1), Bank of Nova Scotia (1), Bank of Scotland (5), Bank of Westmorland (1), Aberdeen Banking Company (1), Bank of Whitehaven Limited (2), Messrs. Barber and Marshall bankers, Walsall (1), Barclays and related (33), Baring Brothers & Co. (2), Barnard, Barnard & Dinsdale (1), Barnett, Hoare & Co. and related (3), The Barnsley Banking Company Limited (2), Messrs. Bartlett, Parrott & Hearn Bankers, Buckingham (1), Messrs. Bartlett, Parrott, Hearn & Parrott Bankers, Buckingham (1), Messrs. Beck, Downward, Scarth, Bowen, Downward & Beck Bankers, Shrewsbury & Welshpool (1), all unwritten, in mixed high grades most with counterfoils
Cheques (98) includes 19th Century types (64) The County of Gloucester Bank (4), Messrs. Coutts & Company (5), Coventry Union Banking Company (1), Messrs. Cox & Co. and related (4), The Craven Bank Limited (1), Messrs. Crickett, Bacon & Wood (1), Crompton & Evans Union Bank Ltd (2), Messrs. Cunliffes, Brooks & Co (2), The Cumberland Union Banking Co. Limited (2), Messrs. Roger Cunliffe, Sons & Co. (1), Messrts. Currie & Co. (1), Messrs. Curteis, Pomfret & Co. Bankers, Rye (1), Kington & Radnorshire Bank (2), Messrs. Davison, Noel, Templer, Middleton & Wedgwood, London (1), Derby & Derbyshire Banking Company (2), Devon & Cornwall Banking Company and related (2), Mesrs. Dimsdale, Fowler, Barnard & Dimsdale (1), Messrs. Dingley, Pethybridge, White & Dingley (1), District Bank Limited and related (7), Messrs. Dixon, Langdale, Dixon & Brooks (1), Messrs. Dixon, Son, & Brooks (1), Messrs, Drake, Gribble, Marshall & Co. (1), Messrs. Drummond (5), Dudley & West Bromwich Banking Company (1), Douglas and Isle of Man Bank - Dumbells Banking Company Limited (2), East of England Bank (1), Messrs. Willm & Saml Evans & Co. (1), Messrs. Farley, Wakeman, Lavender & Owen (1), Farrow's Bank Limited (2), Mr. Thomas Ferguson (1), Messrs. Fincham, French & Simpson (1), First Direct (1), Fox, Fowler & Co. (3), Leek Bank - Messrs. Fowler, Gaunt & Co. (2), Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, Nix & Mathieson (1), Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, Nix & Co. (1), Messrs. Gillett & Co. (2), The Glamorganshire Banking Company, Swansea (1), The County of Gloucester Bank (1), The Gloucestershire Banking Company (3), Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills & Co and related (16, with almost all different), Messrs. Goslings & Sharpe (3), Messrs. Grant, Gillman & Long (1), Grant & Maddison's Union Banking Company (1), Messrs. Greaves, Greenway & Smith (1) and Messrs. Greenway, Smith & Greenways (1) some a little faded, a couple damaged, the vast majority unwritten and in high grades most with counterfoils
Cheques (83) includes 19th Century types (46) George Tubb & Henry Tubb, Bicester (1), Messrs. Tugwell, Brymer, Clutterbuck & Co. (1), Ulster Bank Limited (3), Union Bank of London (2), Union Bank of Manchester (4), The Union of London & Smith's Bank (5), The Union Bank of Scotland (4), United Counties Bank Limited (2), Messrs. Vere, Sapte, Banbury, Muspratt & Co. (1), The Wakefield & Bansley Union Bank (1), Messrs. Wakefield Crewdson & Co. (2), Messrs. John & William Walters (1), Messrs. Wells, Hogge & Lindsell Bankers, Baldock (1), The West of England & South Wales District Bank (1), The Western Bank of Scotland (2), Westminster Bank Limited (6), Whitchurch & Ellesmere Banking Company (1), Whitehaven Joint Stock Banking Company (3), Wigan Trustee Savings Bank (1), Mr. Robert Bird Wilkins (1), messrs. Wilkins & Company (2), Williams, Deacon & Manchester & Salford Bank Limited and related (9), Williams & Glyns Bank Limited (2), Messrs. R. & R. Williams, Thornton, Sykes & Co. (2), The Wilts. & Dorset Banking Company Limited (3), Messrs. Woodhead & Co. (1), Messrs. Woodhouse, Smythies & Woodhouse (1), Messrs. Woods & Company (1), The Worcester City and County Banking Company Limited (1), Worcester Old Bank (1), Yorkshire Banking Company and related (3), The Cumberland Union Banking Co. Ltd (1), York City and County Banking Company Limited (3), Yorkshire District Bank (1), The Yorkshire Penny Bank and related (3), The York Union Banking Company (4), Barclay and Company Limited (2), many different branches represented, all but one unwritten, in mixed high grades with counterfoils, along with associated banking ephemera (18) in mixed condition
Cheques (84) includes 19th Century types (61) Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company (2), Parr's Banking Company Limited and related (18), Messrs. Parsons, Thomson, Parsons, Old Bank Oxford (1), Messrs. Pease & Sons, Bankers, Beverley (1), Preston Old Bank (2), Messrs. Praed, Fane, Praed & Johnson and related (3), Prescott, Dinsdale, Cave, Tugwell & Co. (3), Prescott, Grote, Cave & Cave (1), The Preston Banking Company (2), The Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited (1), Messrs. Paget, Bainbridges & Co. (1), Messrs. Pybus, Call, Marten & Hale (1), Messrs, Ransom, Bouverie & Co (1), Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock & Company (3), The Royal Bank of Canada (1), The Royal Bank of Liverpool (2), The Royal bank of Scotland (5), Messrs. Rufford, Biggs & Rufford (1), Messrs. Ruffords & Wragge (1), Messrs. Sanders & Co. Exeter Bank (2), Sir Samuel Scott, Bart & Company (1), Sharples, Tuke, Lucas & Seebohm, Hitchin (2), The Sheffield Hallamshire Bank Limited (1), The Sheffield Union Banking Company Limited (1), Sheffield Banking Company and related (3), Sheffield and Rotherham Bank (1), Messrs. Simpson & White, Peterborough (1), Messrs. Simpson, Chapman & Co. (2), Messrs. Samuels Smith Bros & Co.(1), Messrs. Samuel Smith & Co. (2), Messrs. Smith, Payne & Smiths (2), Stamford and Spalding Banking Company and related (3), Messrs. Stephensons, Batsom, Remington & Smith (1), Messrs. Stephensons, Remington, Smith & Co. (1), The Standard Bank (1), Messrs. Stilwell & Sons. (1), Stockport & District Trustees Savings Bank (1), Town & Country Building Society (1), Stuckey's Banking Company and related (7), also includes photocopies of the winding up order of Prescott's Bank 1903 and takeover of the Sheffield Union Banking company by the Midland Bank 1901 (now HSBC), many different branches represented, the vast majority in high grade and unused with counterfoils
Salisbury & Shaftesbury Bank One Pound dated 1809 series C340 for Bowles, Ogden & Wyndham, Shaston issue (Outing 1885a), VG with taped repair to the lower left corner, the reverse stamped 'At The White Hart Inn, in the City of New Sarum, December 5, 1810. Exhibited to us, under a commission of Bankrupt against WILLIAM BOWLES, THOMAS OGDEN, GEORGE WYNDHAM, and JAMES BARROW
Ten Pounds CatternswhiteB229 dated 10th March 1931 series 131/V 87220, scarce LIVERPOOL branch issue, GVF or better rare (ten years since we offered once)
One Hundred Pounds HarveywhiteB209eLondon dated 16th June 1919 18/O 57033, probably VF or near so tiny paper split centre hardly detracts, a rare seldom offered type
One Hundred Pounds Peppiatt First Period White Note B245 Unthreaded issue dated Feb 20th 1936 serial number 50/O 78541 LONDON branch issue, about EF with some small stains front
Five Pounds MahonwhiteB215 dated 5th Oct. 1926 serial 336/E 40076, Choice Uncirculated and graded 64 by PMG who show 27 graded on their population report for B215 with only 3 graded higher than this note
Ten Pounds NairneWhite note B208c World War I dated 16th June 1915 serial number 33/K 69074 LONDON branch issue. EF or near so, rare in this high grade
Ten Pounds NairneWhite note B208c World War I dated 16th April 1915 serial number 30/K 42328 LONDON branch issue. EF one small faint stain reverse, rare in this high grade
Five Pounds PeppiattWhite note B241f dated 5th January 1935 serial number T/191 20331 MANCHESTER branch issue. Black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left. About Uncirculated and graded 50 by PMG and this being the highest grade on the PMG population report from only 3 they have seen
Five Pounds Peppiattwhite, thin paper, M22 056474, dated 20 May 1947, B264 in a PMG holder and graded Gem Uncirculated PMG 65 EPQ (Exceptional Paper Quality)
ERROROne PoundPage Britannia reverse B322 series CX69 355276, diagonal white wavy vertical line of missing print on both front & back due to slight fold during print run, AU
A collection in an album Five Pounds WhiteBealeLondon 1 June 1949 N51 078308 EF, Five Pounds O'Brien Lion and Key C33 027570 GVF, FfordeB314 03D prefix Unc, One Pounds Peppiatt Blue O64D prefix VF some faint brown stains, Beale K34C prefix about EF, O'Brien 1955 prefix O53J B273 Unc and B282 prefix 21A Unc, Ten Shillings Peppiatt Mauve X27D 670057 AU, O'Brien B271 1955 Unc, Fforde B310 prefix C43N Unc along with USA Dollar SERIES 1981 AU
Five Pounds White (2) Pappiatt London 11 June 1945 and Beale London 13 February 1952 F-VF the Beale with some stains at each edge in the centre, the Peppiatt with a bankers stamp reverse
Five Pounds BealewhiteB270, issued May 17 1952, X82 084161 NVF with some foxing and a pencil annotation on the reverse, comes in a Westminster folder with certificate
Five Pounds PeppiattWhite Note B255 Thick Paper Metal Thread dated 22 Sept 1944 serial number E18 035091 LONDON branch about UNC - UNC and rarely seen in this high grade
Five Pounds Catternswhite BIRMINGHAM branch May 2 1931 B228a, 463U 44433 perhaps closer to VF than Fine with some unevenness to the edges and a stamp and penned number reverse, a rare and desirable branch note
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
Ten Pounds Somerset CX03 690953 ERROR with a blank white strip about a millimetre in width running down both sides of the note at an angle to the security strip VF
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
Vintage Enamelled Brooch circa early 1900's displaying a Bank of EnglandWhiteTen Pounds May B206b dated 3rd July 1878 bearing the serial number 17/G 42064. Rare and interesting piece, very well kept
Five Pounds Catternswhite BIRMINGHAM branch May 5 1931 B228a, 478U 65177 Fine with a pinhole at the centre and a small holes above and below the word Five at left
Five Pounds O'Brien Lion & Key (8) Shaded £5 symbol reverse - 1957 to 61 - Helmeted Britannia front B277 (6 ) first series A31 552172 , A39 545187, A52 491130, & B33 041165, B71 002173 , C46 588573 VF to Good EF and WHITE £5 symbol reverse - 1961 to 63 B280 (2 ) first series H86 155439 VF , H81 829861 EF
Five Pounds BealewhiteB270London 19th April 1951 serial number U43 082016 Pick344 VF penned number lower left corner, pencilled number at the top and bank stamp reverse
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 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
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