Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
World Banknotes (Sale 12023 Day 1 of 2)
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 2nd October 2012 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Friday 28 September 10 am to 5 pm
Monday 1 October 10 am to 5 pm
Tuesday 2 October 10 am to 5 pm
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Auction Lots - Page 16
751
Reserve Bank of India, 1000 rupees, Bombay, ND (1938), serial number A/3817522, purple and green, George VI at right, Taylor signature, reverse purple, arms at right, mountains at centre (Pick 21a, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 4.9.2), minor pinholes at left, an original good very fine thus rare £1,500-2,000
752
Reserve Bank of India, 5 rupees, ND (1943), black serial number A/89 429442, green on multicolour, George VI at right, value at centre and top corners (Pick 23a, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 4.4.1), some light creases near left and right edges, about uncirculated £300-400
753
Reserve Bank of India, 5 rupees, ND (1943), black serial number B/61 721407, green on multicolour, George VI at right, value at centre and top corners (Pick 23a, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 4.4.1), light corner crease bottom right, about uncirculated £300-400
754
Reserve Bank of India, 5 rupees, ND (1943), black serial number C/52 371586, green on multicolour, George VI at right, value at centre and top corners (Pick 23a, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 4.4.1), some light folds, good extremely fine £300-400
755
Reserve Bank of India, 5 rupees, ND (1944), black prefix D/29, green and lilac, George VI at right, Deshmukh signature (Pick 23a, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 4.4.1) pinholes at left, good extremely fine and scarce £300-400
756
Reserve Bank of India, 5 rupees, ND (1943), black serial number D/43 923375, green on multicolour, George VI at right, value at centre and top corners, Deshmukh signature (Pick 23a, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 4.4.1), a very fresh example, about uncirculated £300-400
757
Reserve Bank of India, 5 rupees, ND (1947), red prefix D/50, green and lilac, George VI at right, Deshmukh signature (Pick 23b, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 4.4.2) pinholes at left, good extremely fine and a rare variety with red serial number £700-900
758
Reserve Bank of India, 5 rupees, ND (1943), red serial number D/88 009624, green on multicolour, George VI at right, value at centre and top corners (Pick 23b, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 4.4.2), central crease but good extremely fine, a scarce serial number colour in red, plate note of Indian Paper Money 2000 Edition £800-1,200
759
Reserve Bank of India, 10 rupees, ND (1944), green prefix K/27, purple, green and lilac, George VI at right, Deshmukh signature low left (Pick 24, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 4.6.1) pinholes at left, good extremely fine and scarce £80-120
760
Reserve Bank of India, 10 rupees, ND (1944), green serial number C/23 018659, pale blue and lilac, George VI at right, Deshmukh signature (Pick 24 var., Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 4.4.1 var.) pinholes at left, good extremely fine and a rare variety in pale blue £400-500
761
Government of India, 1 rupee (3), ND (first issued 1944), black prefix H/78, green prefix B/98 and red prefix D/93 (1947), blue, green and pale orange, George VI 1 rupee coin top right, A in field of second note, all Jones signature (Pick 25a, b, d, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 4.1.1A/1B/1D), good extremely fine, the red number type rare (3) £300-400
762
Government of India, 1 rupee, 1940, red serial number D/93 118371, George VI on a coin at top right, value at centre and top corners (Pick 25b, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 4.1.1D), good very fine, scarce with red serial numbers £600-750
763
Reserve Bank of India, 10 Rupees, ND (1951), prefix F/88, purple on multicolour underprint, Ashoka pillar at right, Dhow on reverse, 100 Rupees, ND (1957-62), blue on multicolour underprint, Ashoka pillar at right, elephants on reverse (Pick 37b, 43b, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 6.4.2.1, 6.7.3.2), very fine and uncirculated respectively (2) £100-150
764
Reserve Bank of India, 10 Rupees, 1958, serial number C/51 000125, pale blue-grey on multicolour underprint, Asoka column at right, Lengar signature (Pick 39c, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 6.4.3.2A), uncirculated and a low number £200-300
765
Reserve Bank of India, 1000 rupees (3), ND (1975), consecutive serial numbers 038597-99, purple on multicolour underprint, Asoka Column at right, value on right top corner, reverse temple at centre (Pick 65a), tri-folded, signs of handling, very fine to extremely fine, an interesting consecutive run (3) £500-700
766
Reserve Bank of India, Arabian Gulf Issue, 10 rupees, ND, serial number Z/14 686266, red on multicolour underprint, Asoka Column at right, value at centre and top corners, Lengar signature, reverse sailing ship at centre (PS R3, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 6.12.3.1), very fine £300-400
767
Prisoner of War currency, Clement Town, 8 annas, brown, also a Bhopal 2 annas, green and pale brown, (Schwan-Boling 5165, 5102, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 11.2.12A, 11.2.7A), very fine and a presssed fine, scarce (2) £150-200

IRAN

Imperial Bank of Persia

768
Imperial Bank of Persia, specimen 1 toman, ND (1909), pink, green and black, additional black text in left field, arms at left, Shah Nasr-ed-Din at right, reverse green, arms at centre, 'PAYABLE AT TEHERAN ONLY' in text at top centre (Pick 1s), ink date '15.11.09' at left, perforated SPECIMEN, good extremely fine and rare £400-500
769
Imperial Bank of Persia, specimen 2 tomans, ND (1909), pink, green and black, additional black text in left field, arms at left, Shah Nasr-ed-Din at right, reverse green, arms at centre, 'PAYABLE AT TEHERAN ONLY' in text at top centre (Pick 2s), ink date '18.11.09' in top margin, perforated SPECIMEN, good extremely fine and rare £400-500
770
Imperial Bank of Persia, specimen 50 tomans, ND (c.1890), serial number W/A 01001-W/A 02000, pink, green and black, Shah Nasr-ed-Din at right, arms at left, value at centre and at each corner, reverse brown, arms and value (Pick 7s), perforated SPECIMEN, good extremely fine, attractive and rare £1,500-2,500
771
Imperial Bank of Persia, specimen 500 tomans, ND (c.1919), pink, green and black, Shah Nasr-ed-Din at right, arms at left,, value at centre and at each corner, reverse green, arms at centre, 'PAYABLE AT TEHERAN ONLY' in text top centre, serial number K/A 01001-K/A 01400, value at centre and at each corner (Pick 9s), perforated CANCELLED, ink date '23.4.19' in top margin, good extremely fine and a lovely note, very rare £3,000-5,000

Bank Melli Iran

772
Bank Melli Iran, two proof vignette portraits of Shah Reza on paper for 1933-34 Issue, by the American Banknote Company (see Pick 24-30 for type), attractive and unique engravings, about uncirculated (2) £300-400
773
Bank Melli Iran, 20 rials (2), AH1317 (1938), consecutive serial numbers A/V 499304-05 orange on multicolour underprint, Shah Reza at right, arms at top centre, ruins at low centre, value at top left and right, reverse orange, valley with railway bridges (Pick 34Aa), first PMG58, choice about uncirculated, second PMG64, choice uncirculated, scarce as a pair (2) £200-300
774
Bank Melli Iran, 50 Rials, 1938, serial number 842475, green on pink underprint, Shah Reza at right, serial numbers in Persian numerals in red, ruins on reverse with 1321 red date stamp (Pick 35Af), PMG 30, rust, very fine £350-450
775
Bank Melli Iran, an obverse uniface stage proof for a 100 rials, ND (1944), violet and white, Shah Pahlavi at right, value at each corner, also a 50 rials, ND (1944), green and white, Shah Pahlavi at right (Pick 42, 43), mounting traces, about extremely fine, rare (2) £250-350
776
Bank Melli Iran, 100 rials, ND (1944), red serial numbers, violet and multicoloured, Shah Pahlavi at right, reverse violet, bridge (Pick 44), very fine £250-300
777
Bank Melli Iran, 100 Rials, ND (1944), serial number 336422, purple on orange underprint, bridge and dam at Dezful on reverse (Pick 44), PMG 30, very fine £150-200
778
Bank Melli Iran, an obverse and reverse partial die proof for a 1000 rials, ND (1944), olive-green and white, Shah Pahlavi at right, value at each corner, reverse olive-green and white, Mount Damavand at centre (Pick 46 pr), printers typed annotations in margin, about extremely fine, very rare, (2) £400-600
779
Bank Melli Iran, 500 Rials, ND (1951), serial number 2/090422, blue on multicolour underprint, Shah Pahlavi at right, oriental scene on reverse (Pick 52), PMG 30, very fine £150-200
780
Bank Melli Iran, 1000 Rials, ND (1951), serial number 1/454396, dark purple on multicolour underprint, Shah Pahlavi at right, Mount Damavand on reverse (Pick 53), PMG 30, very fine £200-250

Bank Markazi Iran

781
Bank Markazi Iran, specimen 10000 rials, ND (1972-), red zero serial numbers, violet and multicoloured, Shah Pahlavi at centre, value at each corner, signature 11, reverse violet, the National Coucil of Ministeries in Tehran at centre (Pick 96as), pencil date low left, fresh, about uncirculated and rare, attractive £600-800
782
Bank Markazi Iran, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a 50 rials, ND (1970), red zero serial numbers, green and multicoloured, Shah Pahlavi at right, signature 11, reverse green, the Shah at an award ceremony (Pick 97a for type), unique (2) £200-300
783
Bank Markazi Iran, specimen 100 rials, purple, signature 15, specimen 200 rials (3), blue, signature 16, 17, all Shah Pahlavi at right (Pick 102as, 105bs, cs), red SPECIMEN overprint, good extremely fine and scarce (4) £150-200
784
Bank Markazi Iran, a sheet of 28 x unissued 500 rials, ND (1974), no serial numbers, pink and multicoloured, Shah Pahlavi at right, signature 15, yellow security thread, reverse multicoloured, winged horses (Pick 104a for type), printers colour bars on sheet, good extremely fine, unusual and very rare in sheet form (28 notes on sheet) £600-800
785
Bank Markazi Iran, specimen 200 rials, ND (1981), red zero serial numbers, blue and multicoloured, Iman Reza Mosque at right, circular black Republic overtamp at left, signature 19, reverse blue and multicoloured, Victory Monument at left (Pick 127As), slight mounting traces, red SPECIMEN overstamp, good extremely fine and a very rare type £1,500-2,000
786
Bank Markazi Iran, an obverse composite essay for a 10000 rials, ND (c.1981), no serial numbers, green and multicoloured, the Imam Reza Mosque at right, signature 19 (Pick unrecorded), unique £300-500
787
Bank Markazi Iran, an obverse composite essay for a 10000 rials, ND (c.1979), red zero serial numbers, green and multicoloured, value at left and right, a crowd at right, signature 15 (Pick unrecorded), unique £400-500

IRAQ

Government Issue

King Faisal I

788
Government of Iraq, 1 dinar, 1 July 1931, serial number A 157554, blue and multicoloured, King Faisal I at right, signature 1, reverse blue and white (Pick 3a), extremely fine £1,500-2,000

King Ghazi

789
Government of Iraq, 1/4 dinar, law of 1931 (1935), Serial number F 992671, green and multicoloured, King Ghazi at right, signature 7, reverse green (Pick 7), very fine £250-350
790
Government of Iraq, 1/4 dinar, law of 1931 (1936), serial number H 013,580 (crossover prefix), green on multicolour underprint, value at each corner, portrait of King Ghazi at right, Kennet and Amin signatures (Pick 7), only 300000 printed, PMG 15, choice fine, rare £200-350
791
Government of Iraq, specimen 1/2 dinar, ND (1940), serial number C 400001 - C 900000, brown, lilac and green, King Ghazi at right, value at each corner, reverse brown (Pick 8s), ink dat '28.3.40' in top margin, perforated SPECIMEN, good extremely fine, rare £700-900
792
Government of Iraq, 1/2 dinar, L 1931 (1936), serial number B 241,123, brown on multicolour underprint, value at each corner, portrait of King Ghazi at right, Amery and Al-Askari signatures (Pick 8) PMG 25, very fine, bright and original and a rare signature combination, only 400,000 printed £500-700
793
Government of Iraq, 1 dinar, law of 1931 (1936), serial number G 408,713, blue on multicolour underprint, value at each corner, portrait of King Ghazi at right, Kennet and Amin signatures (Pick 9), PMG 25, good very fine, scarce £250-300

King Faisal II

794
Government of Iraq, 1/4 dinar, L 1931 (1942), serial number L 063186, green on multicolour underprint, value at each corner, portrait of King Faisal II as a child, Kennet and Amin signatures (Pick 16) PMG 30, a pleasing very fine, scarce £150-200
795
Government of Iraq, 1 dinar, law of 1931 (1942), serial number D/1 830822, blue and multicoloured, King Faisal II as a child at right, signature 9, reverse blue (Pick 18), crisp very fine £300-400
796
Government of Iraq, 1 dinar, L 1931 (1942), serial number S 452480, blue on multicolour underprint, value at each corner, portrait of King Faisal II as a child at right, Kennet and Amin signatures (Pick 18), PMG 25, good very fine £120-180
797
Government of Iraq, colour trial 1/4 dinar, law of 1931 (1945), dark blue and multicoloured, a young King Faisal II at right, reverse dark blue, (Pick 22 for type), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, traces of mounting back of left edge, good extremely fine to about uncirculated, very rare £1,500-2,000
798
Government of Iraq, 1/4 dinar, law of 1931 (1945), serial number V 780357, green and brown, a young King Faisal II at right, reverse green and white (Pick 22), a pleasing very fine, scarce £220-280
799
Government of Iraq, 1/4 dinar, law of 1931 (1945), serial number Y 156,300, green on multicolour underprint, value at each corner, portrait of King Faisal II as a child at right, Kennet and Al-Khudhairy signatures, (Pick 22), PMG 20, very fine, scarce £150-200
800
Government of Iraq, 1/4 dinar, law of 1931 (1945), serial number Y 564665, green and multicoloured, a young King Faisal II at right, signature 11, reverse green (Pick 22), crisp extremely fine £400-500

National Bank

Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
World Banknotes (Sale 12023 Day 1 of 2)
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 2nd October 2012 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Friday 28 September 10 am to 5 pm
Monday 1 October 10 am to 5 pm
Tuesday 2 October 10 am to 5 pm
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