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 17
801
National Bank of Iraq, 1 dinar, law of 1947 (1950), serial number L 454135, dark blue on multicolour underprint, value at each corner, portrait of King Faisal II as a young man at right (Pick 29) PMG CU64, choice uncirculated, EPQ thus one of the finest known, rare £500-600
802
National Bank of Iraq, 5 dinars, law of 1947 (1950), serial number A 807460, red and multicoloured, young King Faisal II at right, reverse red, statues of Hammurabi at centre, (Pick 30), lightly pressed, but a very attractive good extremely fine £220-280
803
National Bank of Iraq, 1/4 dinar, law of 1947 (1950), serial number L 950595, green on multicolour underprint, value at each corner except low left corner, portrait of King Faisal II as a young man at right (Pick 32), PMG CU65, gem uncirculated, EPQ, possibly one of the finest examples extant, rare £350-450
804
National Bank of Iraq, 1/4 dinar, law of 1947 (1950-), serial number R 746815, green and multicoloured, young King Faisal II at right, reverse green, palm trees at centre (Pick 32), pressed, but a very attractive good very fine to extremely fine £100-150
805
National Bank of Iraq, 1 dinar, law of 1947, serial number B/1 359449, blue and multicoloured, King Faisal II as a young man at right (Pick 34), fresh, good extremely fine and scarce £150-250
806
National Bank of Iraq, 1/4 dinar, law of 1947 (1950), serial number V 506177, green on multicolour underprint, value at each corner except low left corner, portrait of King Faisal II as a young man at right (Pick 37), PMG CU65, gem uncirculated, EPQ, rare in this grade and possibly one of the finest examples extant £350-450
807
National Bank of Iraq, 1 dinar, law of 1947 (1950), serial number K/1 937905, blue on multicolour underprint, value at each corner, portrait of King Faisal II as a young man at right (Pick 39a), PMG CU64, choice uncirculated, one of the finest known £350-450
808
National Bank of Iraq, 1 dinar, law of 1947 (1950), serial number T/1 493347, blue on multicolour underprint, value at each corner, portrait of King Faisal II as a young man at right (Pick 39b), PMG CU64, choice uncirculated, EPQ, possibly one of the finest known £350-450
809
National Bank of Iraq, a reverse composite essay on board for a 1 dinar, ND (c.1953), blue, Mosque at centre (Pick unrecorded), unique and early for an essay of this type £400-500
810
National Bank of Iraq, 5 dinars, law of 1947 (1950-), serial number H 962532, red and multicoloured, King Faisal II as an adolescent at right, reverse red, statues of Hammurabi at centre (Pick 40b), pressed, good very fine £150-200
811
National Bank of Iraq, 10 dinars, law of 1947 (1950 -), serial number E 130941, purple and multicoloured, King Faisal II as an adolescent at right, reverse purple, winged Assyrian ox and priest (Pick 41a), large watermarked head, about extremely fine £200-250
812
National Bank of Iraq, 10 dinar, law of 1947 (1950), serial number E 518442, purple on multicolour underprint, value at each corner, portrait of King Faisal II at right (Pick 41a), PMG CU64, choice uncirculated, rare in this condition £500-700
813
National Bank of Iraq, 10 dinars, law of 1947 (1950 -), serial number E 518482, purple and multicoloured, King Faisal II as an adolescent at right, reverse purple, winged Assyrian ox and priest (Pick 41a), original and fresh, good extremely fine £300-400

Central Bank

814
Central Bank of Iraq, 1/4 dinar, law of 1947 (1950), serial number 1/B 222994, green on multicolour underprint, value at each corner except low left corner, portrait of King Faisal II as a young man at right (Pick 42), PCGS 66, gem new, PPQ, rare in this grade and probably one of the finest examples extant £450-550
815
Central Bank of Iraq, 1/2 dinar (3), serial number 1/A 566855/856/857, brown and multicoloured, King Faisal II at right (Pick 43), a rare consecutive trio of notes, almost uncirculated (3) £500-600
816
Central Bank of Iraq, 1/2 dinar, law of 1947 (1950), serial number 1/A 557935, brown on multicolour underprint, value at top left corner, portrait of King Faisal II at right (Pick 43), PMG CU66, gem uncirculated, EPQ, rare in this grade £200-250
817
Central Bank of Iraq, complete specimen set for the 1959 issue, comprising 1/4 dinar, green, 1/2 dinar, brown, 1 dinar, blue, 5 dinars, pink, and 10 dinars, purple, all on multicolour underprint, Republic Arms at right, reverse national scenes and symbols (Pick 51s-55s), perforated with three digit numbers, cancellation holes, red overprint SPECIMEN, in Arabic and English, first extremely fine, others about uncirculated (5) £600-700
818
Central Bank of Iraq, complete specimen set for the 1971 issue, comprising 1/4 dinar, green, 1/2 dinar, brown, 1 dinar, blue, 5 dinars, pink and brown, and 10 dinars, purple-black, no serial numbers, all on multicolour underprint, industrial scenes at centre, value at each corner, reverse national symbols (Pick 56s-60s), perforated with three digit numbers, cancellation holes, red overprint SPECIMEN, in Arabic and English, some showing some scuffing, but overall fresh and original good very fine or better, scarce (5) £800-1,000
819
Central Bank of Iraq, complete specimen set for the 1973-78 issue, comprising 1/4 dinar, green, 1/2 dinar, brown, 1 dinar, blue and green, 5 dinars, pink and blue, 10 dinars, purple and red-brown, 25 dinars, green and brown, zero serial numbers, all on multicolour underprint, industrial scenes, 25 dinar three Arabian horses at centre, all value at each corner, reverse national scenes and symbols (Pick 61s-66s), first five perforated with four digit numbers, red overprint SPECIMEN in English, last overprinted with a four digit number and SPECIMEN in Arabic and English, pressed but good extremely fine and very scarce (6) £800-1,200
820
Central Bank of Iraq, complete specimen set for the 1979-86 issue, comprising 1/4 dinar, green, 1/2 dinar, brown, 1 dinar, blue and green, 5 dinars, pink and blue, 10 dinars, purple, 25 dinars, green and brown, Arabian horses, and 25 dinars, black, green and brown, Saddam Hussein at right, zero serial numbers, national scenes and symbols on obverse and reverse (Pick 67s-73s), red overprint SPECIMEN in English and/or Arabic, and scarce (7) £800-1,200
821
Central Bank of Iraq, 25, 50 and 100 dinars, 1990 emergency issue, and 10,000 dinars, 2002, issued serial numbers, block colours, 25 dinars, horses at centre, others Saddam Hussein at right, all showing washed out SPECIMEN overprint in Arabic and/or English (Pick 74, 75, 76, 89 for type), washed and pressed, accounting for faint nature of overprint, in the absence of specimens it is common practice to use issued notes to create specimens, which seems to have occurred here, good very fine to about extremely fine (4) £100-150

ISRAEL

822
Anglo-Palestine Bank Limited, Provisional Issue, 500 Mils, 16 May 1948, serial number 218460, purple on faint brown underprint, values at left and right, (Pick 1a), about uncirculated £800-1,000
823
Anglo-Palestine Bank Limited, Provisional Issue, 1 Palestine Pound, 16 May 1948, serial number 894518, green on faint brown underprint, values at left and right, (Pick 2a), about uncirculated £800-1,000
824
Anglo-Palestine Bank Limited, Provisional Issue, 5 Palestine Pounds, 16 May 1948, serial number 401341, red-brown on faint brown underprint, values at left and right, (Pick 3a), faint smudge at top left corner, otherwise a very fresh good extremely fine £800-1,000
825
Anglo-Palestine Bank Limited, Provisional Issue, 10 Palestine Pounds, 16 May 1948, serial number 000449, blue on faint brown underprint, values at left and right (Pick 4a), good extremely fine, crisp and original with early serial number, scarce £800-1,000
826
Anglo-Palestine Bank Limited, 1948-51 Issue, 500 Mils, grey, 1 Pound, blue on green underprint, 5 Pounds, brown, 10 Pounds, red on orange underprint (Pick 14a, 15a, 16a, 17a), orginal and fresh, good very fine (4) £100-150
827
Israel Government, 1952-53 Fractional Note Issues, 50 Mils, red and orange, 100 Mils, green, 50 Pruta, various signatures, blue on light blue underprint, red on red underprint and red on orange underprint (4), 100 Pruta, various signatures, blue and green underprint, green and light green underprint (4), 250 Pruta, brown on green underprint with number Bet prefix (1), also a 25 Agurot Kibbutz internal currency scrip note c.1950 (1) (Pick 6, 7, 9, 10a, 10b, 10c, 11, 12a, 12b, 12c, 13c), from good extremely fine to about uncirculated (11) £100-200
828
Bank Leumi Le-Israel, 1952, 500 Prutah, green on blue underprint, 1 Pound, olive green on pink underprint, 5 Pounds, brown on yellow underprint, 10 Pounds, black on red underprint (Pick 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a), from very fine to good extremely fine (4) £100-150
829
Bank of Israel, 1955/5715 Issue, 500 Pruta, red on green underprint, 1 Lira, blue on multicolour underprint, 5 Lirot, brown on blue underprint, 10 Lirot, green on multicolour underprint with red serial number (1) and black serial number (1), 50 Lirot, blue on multicolour underprint with red serial number (1) and black serial number (2) (Pick 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 27b, 28a, 28b), all crispt and original, extremely fine (7) £100-150
830
Bank of Israel, 1 pruta, 1955, serial number 867857, blue and multicolour, landscape across bottom centre, flowers at top right, value at top left (Pick 25a), uncirculated £50-60
831
Bank of Israel, complete 1958-60 Issue; 1/2 Lira green on green and peach underprint, 1 Lira blue on blue and peach underprint, 5 Lirot brown on multicolour underprint, 10 Lirot lilac and purple on multicolour underprint, 50 Lirot brown and multicolour (Pick 29a, 30a, 30b, 30c, 31a, 32a, 32b, 32c, 32d, 33a, 33b, 33c, 33d & 33e), about uncirculated or better (14) £100-150
832
Bank of Israel, complete 1968 Issue, 5 Lirot Albert Einstein at right, 10 Lirot Chaim Nahman Biaklik at right, 50 Lirot Chaim Weizmann at right, 100 Lirot Dr.Theodor Herzl at right (Pick 34a, 34b, 35a, 35b, 35c, 36a, 36b, 37a, 37b, 37c & 37d), about uncirculated and above (11) £100-150
833
Bank of Israel, complete 1973-75 Issue, 5 Lirot light and dark brown, 10 Lirot purple on lica underprint, 50 Lirot green on olive green underprint, 100 Lirot blue on blue and brown underprint, 500 Lirot black and tan on brown underprint (Pick 38, 39a, 40, 41, & 42), uncirculated (5) £40-60
834
Bank of Israel, complete 1978-84 Issue, 1 Sheqel purple on lilac underprint, 5 Sheqalim green on olive green underprint, 10 Sheqalim blue on brown underprint, 50 Sheqalim black and tan on brown underprint, 100 Sheqalim red on multicolour underprint, 500 Sheqalim red on multicolour, 1000 Sheqalim green on multicolour underprint, 5000 Sheqalim blue on multicolour underprint (Pick 43a, 44, 45, 46a, 47a, 48, 49b, 50a & 51a), uncirculated (9) £100-150
835
Bank of Israel, 1985-92 Issue, 1 New Sheqel, Pick 51Aa (1), 5 New Sheqalim, Pick 52a (1) & 52b (1), 10 New Sheqalim, Pick 53a (1), 53b (1) & 53c (1), 20 New Sheqalim, Pick 54a (1) & 54b (2), 50 New Sheqalim, Pick 55a (1), 55b (1) & 55c (1), 50 New Sheqalim 1998 Commemorative Issue, Pick 58a (1), 100 New Sheqalim, Pick 56a (1), unlisted signature (1) & 56c (1), 200 New Sheqalim, Pick 57a (1) & 57b (1), uncirculated (18) £250-300
836
Bank of Israel, 1998-2008, polymer plastic, 20 New Sheqalim, Pick 59a (1), 59b (1) & 64 (2), Pick, 50 New Sheqalim, Pick 61a (1) & 61b (1), 100 New Sheqalim, Pick 61a (1), 61b (1) & 61c (1), 200 New Sheqalim, Pick 62a (1) & 62c (1), uncirculated (11) £150-200

ITALY

837
Republica Romana, 16 baiocchi, 1849, black text on pale blue watermarked paper, ornate border around, Armellini signature, three handstamps on reverse and printed signature (PS 572, Crapanzano-Giulianini p.517), very fine, scarce £250-350
838
Republica Romana, 2 scudi, 1849, black and white, ornate border around, manuscript signatures below (PS 578, Crapanzano-Giulianini p.521), various handstamps and printed signature on reverse, taped and rejoined otherwise about fine and very rare, no example in the Crapanzano collection £1,500-1,800
839
Banca Toscana di Credito, proof 500 lire, Firenze, 2 January 1880, black and white, turreted female head at left, counterfoil at left (PS 780 for type), some scuffing, good very fine and very rare £400-600
840
Italy, Banca Toscana, 50 Centesimi, 24 April 1870, serial number 04280 black on yellow underpint, value at each corner (unlisted in Pick), PMG 58, choice about uncirculated, EPQ £200-300
841
Banca Romana, proof 100 lire, ND (c.1872), black and white, value in brown tablet at centre, head of Italia at left, arms top centre, Romlus, Remus and she-wolf low centre (PS 799 for similar), damaged at right otherwise fine, rare £200-300
842
Banco di Napoli, proof 1000 lire, 1 June 1879, black and white, Gallileo at left, F. Gioia at right, value at centre and at each coner (PS 854 for type), damage low right and to counterfoil at left, otherwise very fine and very rare £300-400
843
Regno d' Italia/Banco di Sicilia, proof 1000 lire, Palermo, 27 April 1870, mauve, green and orange, the King of Sicily at left, turreted maiden at right (PS 888 for type), margins untidy, very fine and very rare £500-700
844
Monte dei Paschi di Siena, an obverse proof an card for a 50 lire, ND (c.1870), black and white, Abate at left, cherub and sheep at right, arms top centre (PS 914 pr), three corners damaged otherwise good very fine and very rare £300-400
845
Credito Agricolo Industriale Sardo, specimen 30 lira, 1 March 1874, serial number E/Z 1001, black and brown, Roman soldier at left, agricultural scene at right, value at centre and each corner, reverse brown (PS 925), perforated SPECIMEN B.W. & Co LONDON, pencil annotation at top left, mounting traces on reverse, about uncirculated and scarce £250-350
846
Banca Italo-Germanica, proof 50 lire, Roma, 187-, black and white, castle at left, the Ducal Palace in Venice at right, value at centre, counterfoil at left (PS 974pr), purple SPECIMEN handstamp, perforated, good extremely fine and rare £400-500
847
Banca Italo-Germanica, specimen 250 Lire, 187-, specimen 500 Lire, 187-, black and white, allegorical female at left, interest tabulation on reverse on green, red and lilac underprint, surrounded by ornate border (PS 976, 977, Gavello 46, 47), cancellation holes, handstamped SPECIMEN in red, mounting marks, otherwise about uncirculated, rare (2) £500-700
848
Prestito Nazionale Italiano (Mazziano), 1 franco, 9 February 1849, serial number Z 8425, black and white, arms low left, signatures of Mazzini, Saffi and Montecchi (Gavello 7), watermarked paper, extremely fine, scarce £150-200
849
Banca D'Italia, 100 lira, 22 January 1919, serial number S268-0654, purple-brown and pale brown, maiden (Justitia) at left, cherub at right, red Italia seal low centre, Canovai and Sacchi signatures (Pick 39e, Gavello 177), very fine and a rare signature combination £400-500
850
Banca D'Italia, 50 lire (3), serial numbers N1755- 5446/5459/5460, pale blue-green, maiden and children top left, red Italia seal low centre, all are Azzolini and Cima signatures (Pick 47c, Gavello 103), fresh and almost extremely fine, thus scarce (3) £150-200
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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