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Russo-Chinese Bank, $5, Tientsin, 1/14 September 1903, serial number A001623, red on green and multicolour underprint, English text on one side, Russian on the other, with a different manuscript signature on each side, a very scarce Nissen & Arnold printing, beautifully embossed serial numbers, original paper, although a little toned and with a few edge splits, mainly along the central fold, overall extremely fine and an incredibly rare note, particularly in this beautiful condition Pick S5...
Hammer Price: £32,000
The National Bank Limited, £3, 3 October 1913, serial number 82528, Evans signature, a couple of pinholes, lovely original paper and free of any ink or tears, one minor pencil annotation on reverse, overall an attractive fine example of an exceptionally rare note PMI NA 49, Pick 210a £15,000-£20,000
Hammer Price: £16,000
Currency Commission, Bank of Ireland, colour trial £100, 5 September 1978 (fictitious date), serial number 00ZK 000000, Brennan and Gargan signatures, red SPECIMEN overprint and De La Rue oval, specimen number 206, extremely faint mounting traces in margins, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and very rare, a superb piece PMI CBI 6, Pick 13ct £8,000-£10,000
Hammer Price: £10,000
Banque de l’Indochine, French Indochina, 100 Piastres/$100, Saigon, 16 February 1899, serial number L.8 511, Denormandie and Simon signatures, top left corner missing, original paper with no repairs or pressing anywhere, in PMG holder 12 NET, fine, and an extraordinary rarity, this being the first fully issued and un-cancelled example to come to auction for at least several decades. Very probably a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. TBB B107a, Pick 31a £6,000-£8,000
Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, 5 Riyals, AH1379 (1961), serial number 64/321925, Ali and Rahman signatures, in PMG holder 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated, the joint highest note graded with PMG, very rare in uncirculated condition TBB B106b, Pick 7b £2,800-£3,400
Hammer Price: £8,500
Bank of Ireland, £1, Dublin, 3 March 1840, serial number B/A 62319, manuscript signature, lovely clean paper, a few pinholes and tiny internal splits at folds, minor graffiti on reverse, overall an attractive fine and an extremely rare early note PMI BA 31, Pick 35 £8,000-£10,000
Hammer Price: £8,000
United Arab Emirates Currency Board, 1000 Dirhams, 1973, serial number 4R448515, without the usual graffiti, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, very scarce in this grade and a lovely and clean example of this key note for the series TBB B106a, Pick 6a £5,000-£7,000
Hammer Price: £7,500
Ch’ing Dynasty, Board of Revenue, 3 Taels, 1854 (Yr.4), serial number 24546, previously mounted (very minor and reverse top margin only), and annotations, in PMG holder 20, very fine, scarce in any grade TBB B410a, Pick A10b £2,000-£2,600
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, obverse and reverse archival photographs showing the original design for 5 Rupias, 19- (1905), serial number 00000, in most cases identical to the note issued but with several differences in the printers imprint, signature strips and date, laid down on card and annotated with the intended colours for the note, and the date 28.11.05, in PMG holder, unique and attractive (2 photographs) TBB B301 for type, Pick 15 for type £300-£400
Hammer Price: £4,600
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 5 Rupias, 1 January 1906, serial number range 183334 to 200000, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature, Ship seal Type II, perforated CANCELLED, mounting traces in counterfoil, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very scarce TBB B301ds, Pick 15s £2,000-£2,600
Bank of England, Matthew Marshall, £10, London, 8 January 1862, serial number P/B 77740, repair at left, toned paper but still a pleasing enough very fine and a very rare note EPM B203e £4,400-£5,000
Hammer Price: £4,400
Central Bank of Oman, specimen 50 Rials, 2010, serial number D/4 1234567, five red SPECIMEN overprints on each side in Arabic and English, uncirculated and extremely rare, we cannot find any records of sale for this note as a specimen, let alone with a 1234567 serial number TBB B235as, Pick 47s £500-£700
Bank of England, Cyril P. Mahon, £20, Manchester, 28 July 1928, serial number 40/W 18506, ink annotations erased otherwise a pleasing good very fine and quite rare EPM B217f £2,600-£3,200
Hammer Price: £4,200
Nissan Estate, British North Borneo, remainder $5, ND (1942), serial number 07020, without the signature and red stamp found on the fully issued examples, lovely original paper, very fine and very rare, with only a handful of other examples believed extant Boon KNB3b, Pick and TBB not listed £600-£800
Lietuvos Bankas, obverse (4) and reverse (4) stage proofs for 100 Litu, 1928, consisting of obverse and reverse false colour die proofs along with three underprint proofs for the obverse and three for the reverse, ink annotations on all sheets, minor mounting traces on reverse, generally about uncirculated and extremely rare, probably unique in this colour (8 notes) TBB B127p, Pick 25p £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £4,000
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 4 Tangas, 1 October 1917, serial number range 120,001 to 180,000, Ship seal Type II, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 62, uncirculated, very rare TBB B305as, Pick 19s £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £3,800
Bank of England, Kenneth O. Peppiatt, £50, Birmingham, 13 October 1937, serial number 91/X 13630, faint annotation in top left corner, extremely fine, an attractive example and one of only six recorded to date EPM B244a £3,600-£4,200
The National Bank Limited, £10, 10 August 1914, serial number A72809, manuscript signature, no holes, tears or graffiti, completely original paper, fine and rare, particularly in this condition PMI NA 51, Pick 211a £2,600-£3,200
Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, 5 Shillings, 23 November 1868, serial number 3033, fresh and original paper, good fine and rare Pick 36 £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £3,400
Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, 10 Riyals, AH1372 (1953), serial number H/436278, with wonderful original paper clearly visible even through the holder, the only thing preventing EPQ designation appears to be some extremely minor foxing on the reverse, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, rare in this grade TBB B101a, Pick 1 £3,600-£4,200
Bank of Khalistan, $10, ND (c.1980), serial number 121843, with image of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur on reverse, uncirculated and scarce Pick unlisted £300-£400
Hammer Price: £3,200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 500 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 001,501 to 002,500, Jose Gabriel Pinto Coelho signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, a few minor mounting traces, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated and rare TBB B329ds, Pick 40s £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £3,000
Government of Ceylon, 100 Rupees, 24 June 1945, serial number L/15 76375, usual staple holes, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, a superb example and scarce in this grade TBB B231d, Pick 38 £2,400-£3,000
Bank of England, Kenneth O. Peppiatt, £10, Newcastle, 10 April 1937, serial number 172/V 02517, slight foxing, about very fine and scarce EPM B242g £1,800-£2,200
Hammer Price: £2,800
Currency Commission, National Bank Ltd, £10, 2 October 1931, serial number 01NT 041109, Brennan and Russell signatures, a lovely original good fine, free of graffiti and pinholes, very scarce PMI CNA 3, Pick 28 £1,200-£1,600
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, colour trial 500 Patacas, ND (1958), serial number 000000, red SPECIMEN overprint, two cancellation holes, specimen number 29, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated and very rare, with no others listed on the PMG population report TBB B049t, Pick 48cts £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £2,600
Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, 50 Riyals, ND (1961), serial number 14/028500, Anwar Ali and Tallal bin Abdul Aziz signatures, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, rare with this signature in this grade TBB B108a, Pick 9a £3,000-£4,000
Jordon, three beautifully engraved vignettes mounted and framed in card, first portrait: King Abdullah featured on the Hashemite Kingdom of the Jordan 1949 Issue, second portrait: King Hussein bin Talal, featured on the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 1952 Issue, third portrait: King Hussein bin Talal featured on the Central Bank of Jordan Issues 1975-1992, reverse with annotations, about uncirculated and extremely rare £500-£700
Montrose Banking Co., £1, 2 May 1814 (printed), serial number 1/209, two manuscript signatures, arms at top left, embossed revenue stamp, several ‘paid’ handstamps, handstamps and annotations on reverse, lovely paper quality, very fine, a superb example of the very rare note PMS MO 1a £1,500-£2,000
Ming Dynasty, Da Ming Bao Chao, 1 Kuan, 1368-99, a few holes but strong printing and decent paper, good fine and scarce TBB B331ar, Pick AA10 £1,500-£2,000
Government of India, 10 Rupees, Calcutta, 13 February 1901, serial number OA/21 18452, Cox signature, spindle holes as issued, fairly minor ink annotation on reverse, in PMG holder 25, very fine, and a superb example of a rare note TBB B111c7, Pick A7p £2,000-£2,600
Central Bank of Oman, specimen 10 Rials, 2010, serial number D/3 1234567, five red SPECIMEN overprints on each side in Arabic and English, uncirculated and extremely rare, we cannot find any records of sale for this note as a specimen, let alone with a 1234567 serial number TBB B233as, Pick 45s £500-£700
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 5 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 000,001 to 100,000, Joao Baptista de Araujo signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated and very scarce, the first print run for this issue TBB B324cs, Pick 35s £500-£700
Hammer Price: £2,400
Siege of Mafeking, £1, March 1900, serial number 609, ‘Bassendean Vellum Loft Dried’ watermark, superb original paper and bright printing, one indistinct corner fold, thus about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare in this wonderful grade Pick S655, Ineson 144 £2,000-£2,600
The National Bank Limited, £5, 5th November 1924, serial number 254959, Brown signature, several small internal splits, very good to fine and rare PMI NA 68, Pick 226b £1,200-£1,600
United Arab Emirates Central Bank, 500 Dirhams, AH1420/2000, serial number 092659416, in PMG holder 67 EPQ, superb gem uncirculated, one of the finest graded by PMG TBB B219b, Pick 24b £1,200-£1,600
Currency Commission, National Bank Ltd, £10, 6 May 1929, serial number 01NT 004034, Brennan and Russell signatures, multiple pinholes, edge splits and small tears, some minor graffiti, very good and very scarce, first date of issue PMI CNA 3, Pick 28 £800-£1,200
Banco de Portugal, obverse and reverse photographs showing an unused Bradbury Wilkinson design for 500 Escudos, c.1935, obverse with Albuquerque at right, as with the Portuguese India notes issued ten years later, reverse with image of the Conquest of Malacca and a head in profile showing the Hindu merchant, Nina Chatu, nothing like this note was ever produced, although the design shares some elements with the other Bradbury notes printed in the same era, mounted on card, photos excellent con...
Central Bank of Oman, specimen 20 Rials, 2010, serial number D/5 1234567, five red SPECIMEN overprints on each side in Arabic and English, uncirculated and extremely rare, we cannot find any records of sale for this note as a specimen, let alone with a 1234567 serial number TBB B234as, Pick 46s £500-£700
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