Banco Americano de Guatemala, specimen 100 pesos, ND (c. 1913), red zero serial numbers, black and brown, maidens at left (PS 114s), uncirculated £300-400
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El Banco Colombiano, specimen 1 peso, 19- (1900), black serial number 59999-184998, green and black, Liberty at left, ox cart top centre, also a specimen $5, 19- (1900), black serial number 24001-49000, pink and black, Liberty at left, cacti top centre (PS 121bs, 122bs var.), perforated, good extremely fine, attractive and rare (2) £300-500
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El Banco Colombiano, specimen 100 pesos, 18- (1889), no serial numbers, pink and black, Liberty at left, cattle top centre (PS 126s), perforated, good extremely fine and rare, a lovely note £400-600
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Banco de Guatemala, a selection of specimens comprising 20 and 50 and 100 quetzales, ND (c.1978) and specimen 20 and 50 and 100 quetzales, ND (c.1983) (Pick 62s, 63s, 64s, 69s, 70s, 71s), mounting traces, good extremely fine and scarce (6) £100-150
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Banco de Guatemala, specimen 1/2 quetzal, 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 quetzales, all ND (c.1964) (Pick 51s-557s), red oval De La Rue seal, mounting traces on reverse otherwise good extremely fine and rare (7) £350-450
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Banco de Guatemala, specimen 100 quetzales, 29 June 1994, serial no HC0000000 and 100 quetzales, 16 June 1995 (2), serial no G00000000A, all brown on multicoloured underprint, Marroquin at right, reverse University of San Carlos de Borromeo, red specimen overprints, red De La Rue specimen ovals and three punch holes (Pick 95as, 95bs), minor glue stains at left, ink figures in top margins, otherwise uncirculated (3) £40-60
GUINEA |
Banque de la Republique du Guinee, 50 francs, 2 October 1958, brown, President Sekou Toure at left, also 100 francs, 2 October 1958, lilac, President Sekou Toure at right (Pick 6, 7), almost uncirculated, extremely fine (2) £200-220
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Banque de la Republique du Guinee, specimen 1000 francs, 2 October 1958, blue, President Sekou Toure at left (Pick 9s), uncirculated, rare £800-900
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Banque de la Republique du Guinee, specimen 5000 francs, 2 October 1958, green and multicoloured, President Sekou Toure at right (Pick 10s), extremely fine, handsome and rare £800-900
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Banque de la Republique du Guinee, specimen 10000 francs, 2 October 1958, dark brown, President Sekou Toure at left (Pick 11s), extremely fine, handsome and rare £900-1,000
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Banca Nacional da Guinea-Bissau, specimen set of the 1990-93 issue comprising 1000 Pesos, 5000 Pesos, 10,000 (2) (Pick 13bs, 14bs, 15as, 15bs), specimen 500 Pesos, 1983, 1000 Pesos, 1978, 5000 Pesos (5), 1984 (Pick 7s, 8s, 9s), specimen 100 Pesos, 1983, specimen 500 Pesos, 1983, 1000 Pesos, 1978, 5000 Pesos, 1984 (Pick 6s, 7s, 8s, 9s), also another specimen set of the 1990-93 issue comprising 50 Pesos, 100 Pesos, 500 Pesos, 1000 Pesos, 5000 Pesos (2) and 10000 Pesos (2) (Pick 10s, 11s, 12s, 13as, 14as, 14bs, 15as, 15bs), average about uncirculated (23) £200-300
GUYANA |
Banque de la Guyane, WWII Emergency Issue, 1 franc, 1942 (ND), red, small 40mm bank name, border with design element, reverse black oval stamp "Banque de la Guyane, Cayenne" with number 001035 at centre (Pick 11), good extremely fine to about uncirculated, scarce £150-200
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Banque de la Guyane, WWII Emergency Issue, 2 francs, 1945 (ND), blue, large 51mm bank name, border without design element, stamped signature, reverse black oval stamp "Banque de la Guyane, Cayenne" with no 077431 at centre (Pick 11Cb), extremely fine to good extremely, scarce £150-200
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Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, a set of specimens of the ND (1947) issue comprising 5 francs, multicoloured, Bougainville at right, 10 francs, multicoloured, Colbert at left, 20 francs, multicoloured, Gentil at right, and 50 francs, multicoloured, d'Esnambuc at left, all 000000000 serial numbers (Pick 19s, 20s, 21s, 22s), perforated specimen, two pinholes upper left, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated (4) £200-300
HAITI |
Republic Issue, specimen 1000 gourdes, 1999, zero serial numbers, purple and multicoloured, Hyppolite at left (Pick 278s), uncirculated £100-150
HONDURAS |
Aguan Navigation and Improvement Company, 5 pesos, Trujillo, Honduras, 25 June 1886, blue serial number A4990, black and pale orange, President Bogran at left, ship at right, two printed signatures below, reverse green, value and text (PS 104a), a solid and original very fine, scarce £150-250
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El Banco Central, specimen 10 lempiras, ND (1955), serial number E000000, brown and multicoloured, Cabanas at left, arms at right, reverse brown (Pick 52s), typed date '6/7/55' in top margin, perforated, mounting traces, extremely fine, scarce £100-150
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El Banco Central, specimen 1 lempira (2), 1961, 1965, red and lilac, Lempira at left (Pick 54As), mounting traces, perforated, good extremely fine and rare (2) £150-200
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El Banco Central, specimen 10 lempiras, 19 November 1954, purple-brown, Cabanas at left, specimen 20 lempiras, ND (1954), green, Herrera at left, also specimen 50 lempiras, 20 January 1956, blue, Reyes at left (Pick 52as, 53s, 54s), the 20 creased otherwise good extremely fine and scarce (3) £200-300
HONG KONGGovernment Issue |
Government Issue, specimen 1 cent, violet, Elizabeth II at right, also specimen 10 cents, ND (c.1948), red, George VI at right first mounting traces at top, second in date '27-2-48' in top margin, good very fine and rare (2) £300-400
Chartered Bank |
Chartered Bank, $500, ND (1962-), serial number Z/Q 141756, green and brown, male head at left, arms at centre, reverse brown, boats at centre (Ma S 42a), no signatures or date thus unusual, uncirculated and rare £800-1,200
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, $1, 1 July 1913, serial number 2293743, blue and orange, head of Minerva at left, arms low right, two printed signatures low centre, reverse red, maiden with lyre at centre (Ma H 3), central crease otherwise good very fine £300-400
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Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, $5, 1 January 1923, serial number B231014, orange and green, water carrier at left, junk at right, arms top centre, manuscript signature low left, printed signature of Stephen low right, reverse green and brown, bank building at centre (Ma H 8), good fine and scarce £800-1,200
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Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, specimen $5 (2), 1 April 1941, serial number K100001-L100000, L100001-Q100000, brown and orange, green and lilac, maiden at right, arms at centre, Greyburn signature (Ma H 9a), ink date '15.9.41' on first, extremely fine, rare (2) £400-600
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Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, $10, 1 January 1909, serial number A105824, pink and blue, boats at left, people on shore line at right, arms top centre, manuscript signature low left, printed signature of Smith low right, reverse red, bank head office at cenntre (Ma H 13), first date of issue for type, the paper still retaining some strength, almost very fine and scarce £800-1,200
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Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, $10, 1 April 1941, serial number T122420, dark green and multicoloured, maiden (Ceres) top left, arms top right, printed signature of Grayburn at right, reverse green and orange, bank building at centre, angel above (Ma H 14a), extremely fine £150-200
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Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, $50, 1 October 1927, serial number B201422, green, orange and lilac, maiden on winged wheel at left (Communication), arms top centre, manuscript signature low left, printed signature of Hynes at right, reverse green and multicoloured, bank building at centre, winged angel above (Ma H 24), fine, the first date for type, scarce £500-600
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Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, $50, 1 October 1930, serial number B274951, green and multicoloured, winged maiden atop winged wheel at left, arms top centre, manuscript signature of Desmond Pike low left, printed signature of Sir Vandeleur Grayburn low right, reverse green, bank building at centre, angel above (Ma H 24), almost fine and rare £600-800
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Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, $50, 1 October 1930, serial number B334179, green, orange and lilac, maiden on winged wheel at left (Communication), arms top centre, manuscript signature low left, printed signature of Grayburn at right, reverse green and multicoloured, bank building at centre, winged angel above (Ma H 24), central crease otherwise extremely fine and a lovely example, rare in this grade £1,200-1,600
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Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, $50, 1 January 1934, serial number B418664, green, orange and lilac, maiden on winged wheel at left (Communication), arms top centre, manuscript signature low left, printed signature of Grayburn at right, reverse green and multicoloured, bank building at centre, winged angel above (Ma H 24), faint remnants of chops on reverse at left otherwise a pleasing example, almost extremely fine thus scarce £600-800
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Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, $500, 1 July 1930, serial numbers B238826, purple and multicoloured, maiden seated at right with tablet and corn sheaf, arms at top centre, value at centre and at each corner, two manuscript signatures below, reverse purple, bank head office at centre, angel above, value at left and right (Ma H 41, Cribb 2.53), neat grafitti low right, an original and attractive good very fine, rare in this condition £1,500-2,500
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Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Limited, $500, 1 June 1935, serial number C011345, purple-brown and multicoloured, Sir Thomas Jackson at right, arms top centre, two manuscript signatures below, reverse blue, bank building at centre, head of Ceres at left (Ma H 42), the first date of issue for type, grafitti on reverse otherwise almost very fine and rare £800-1,200
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Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, specimen $500, 1 January 1936, serial number C000000, purple and multicoloured, Sir Thomas Jackson at right, arms top centre, reverse blue, medallic female head at left, bank building at centre (MaH 42), ink date '20.1.36' in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, creased otherwise almost extremely fine, fresh and rare £600-800
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Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, $500, 1 July 1937, serial number C272264, purple-brown and nulticoloured, Sir Thomas Jackson at right, arms top centre, two manuscript signatures below, reverse blue, bank building at centre, head of Ceres at left (Ma H 42), a Duress issue, quite fresh, almost extremely fine and rare in this condition, a handsome note £1,500-2,000
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Government of Hong Kong, $1, ND (1936), prefix T, purple on multicoloured underprint, George VI at right, and Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, $500, 11.2.1968, prefix K, Sir Thomas Jackson at right, reverse allegorical female head at left, bank building at centre (MA G 11, H42), the $1 good very fine, the $500 about uncirculated (2) £300-320
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Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Limited, $10, 31 October 1972, serial number GA 000010, green and multicoloured, Ceres and arms at left, reverse green, bank building and angel at centre, value at left and right (Ma H 15), uncirculated and a very low number £250-350
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Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, $10 (3), 31 March 1978, serial numbers RF 979995/6/7, green and multicoloured, Ceres and arms at left (Ma H 15), uncirculated, the second to last digit missing on all three notes, unusual and rare (3) £400-600
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Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, specimen $100, ND (1972), no serial numbers, red, arms at left (Ma H 33 for type), red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, rare £400-600
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Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, specimen $1000, ND (1977), no serial numbers, gold and multicoloured, arms at right (Ma H 47), red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare £600-800
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Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, $1000, no date (type of 1977), numbers or signatures, gold and green and lilac, arms at right, reverse gold and grey-green, bank head office at right, lion at left (Ma H 47 for type), uncirculated and a spectacular error, very rare £1,000-1,500
Mercantile Bank of India Limited |
Mercantile Bank of India Limited, $5, 29 November 1941, serial number 216136, green, yellow and pale red, pagodas on island top centre, two printed signatures below, reverse red, head of Mercury at centre (Ma M 3), pressed with central crease but a solid good very fine, scarce and quite attractive £600-800
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Mercantile Bank of India Limited, $100, 28 March 1950, serial number 72932, red, pale orange and pale blue, coastline and pagodas at centre, column at left and right, two printed signatures below, reverse red, head of Mercury at centre, value at left and right (Ma M 16), about very fine and rare £1,000-1,400
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Mercantile Bank Limited, specimen $100, 28 July 1964, serial number A000000, red and multicoloured, view of Hong Kong at centre, value at centre and at each corner, reverse red, maiden at centre (Ma M 17), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and scarce £400-600
HUNGARY |
Magyar Nemzeti Bank (National Bank), a uniface obverse and reverse essay/colour trial for a 100 pengo, Budapest, 1926, no serial number, violet, green and multicoloured, arms at left, laureled head at right, value at centre, reverse Buda Castle overlooking the Danube, arms at left (Pick 93 for type), small perforations, unusually this example perforated SPECIMEN and not MINTA, mounting traces, repaired split on left side of reverse proof otherwise about extremely fine, obverse proof extremely fine, rare (2) £500-700
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National Bank, a specimen 1000 pengo, 1 July 1927, serial number F-173-716591, blue and multicoloured, 'Hungaria' at right, arms low centre, reverse blue, arms at left (Pick 94s), perforated MINTA uncirculated and a handsome note, rare £500-700
INDIA |
Calcutta Bank, a proof on thin card for a 5 sicca rupees, Calcutta, 18-(c.1824), black and white, allegorical maiden top centre with rudder and cornucopia (Commerce), value above in Bengali and Kaithi script, bank title in vertical panel at left, reverse black and white, Bank title at centre, also a separate reverse for a 50 rupees in black and white (PS 155, Jhunjhunwalla 5.1.1), a lovely Perkins and Heath engraving, bright and bold, attractive and extremely rare (3) £2,000-3,000
HYDERABAD |
Hyderabad Government Issue, 1000 rupees FE 1341 (1930), serial number AA95868, red and black on light green underprint, arms upper left and right, value left and right, reverse value in oval at centre and in four corners (Pick S267), a magnificent example of Waterlow engraving, usual pinholes at left, crisp, original, slight ripples in the paper caused by the superb impression of the intaglio printing, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and very rare in this grade £1,200-1,600
INDIAGovernment Issue including the Jeffrey Wong Collection |
Government Issue, 100 rupees, Lahore, 8 July 1919, serial number FD/37 04439, black and white, value in pale green underprint at centre, McWatters signature low right (Pick A17l, Jhunjhunwalla 5.2G.s), numeral top right, good very fine and rare £5,000-5,500
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Government Issue, specimen 1 rupee, ND (1917-), serial number B/24 000018, black and white, value in pale pink guilloche at centre, George V on 1 rupee coin top left, Gubbay signature (Pick 1g, Jhunjhunwalla 1.1A), rayed star within rectangle, small purple SPECIMEN handstamp low right, uncirculated and taken for use as a specimen in the absence of regular specimen notes, very rare £2,000-2,500
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