| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| World Banknotes (Day 1 of 3) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 10th April 2013 | Time: | 1:00PM |
| Details: | Viewing Details Monday 8 April 2013, 10am - 5pm Tuesday 9 April 2013, 10am - 5pm Wednesday 10 April 2013, 10am - 5pm Any other viewing by appointment only |
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| Auction Lots - Page 9 | |||
| 401 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £10, 30 April 1920, serial number X/41 066502, brown and multicoloured, Mosque and street scene at right, value at left, Rowatt signature, (Pick 14, Hanafy M3b), last prefix for type, a presentable fine and rare £300-400 |
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| 402 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £50, 7 December 1944, serial number N/6 055457, purple and multicoloured, camel train and Mameluke tombs at centre, Nixon signature (Pick 15b, Hanafy M2d), almost very fine and scarce £500-600 |
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| 403 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £50 (2), 1 March 1945, serial number N/7 064532, 073022, purple and multicoloured, camel train and Mameluke tombs at centre, Nixon signature, one with unusual style of printing and one with normal printing (Pick 15b, Hanafy M2d), fine and almost very fine, an unusual pair of notes (2) £1,500-2,000 |
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| 404 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, specimen £100, 1 November 1918, serial number Z/8 100000, purple and multicoloured, the Mosque of Muhammad Ali at centre, value at left and right, reverse violet, green and orange, value at left and right (Pick 16s, Hanafy M2s), perforated CANCELLED, good extremely fine, very rare £3,000-4,000 |
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| 405 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £100, 4 June 1936, serial number K/3 073833, purple, green and multicoloured, Mosque at right, the Citadel of Cairo and camel at left, Cook signature, reverse green and multicoloured, felucca and the ruins at Philae at centre, value top left and right (Pick 17c, Hanafy M3b), a pleasing very fine and scarce in this grade £700-900 |
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| 406 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £100, 4 June 1936, serial number K/4 039559, purple, green and multicoloured, Mosque at right, the Citadel of Cairo and camel at left, handstamped Nixon signature, reverse green and multicoloured, felucca and the ruins at Philae at centre, value top left and right (Pick 17c, Hanafy M3b), a pleasing very fine and scarce in this grade £600-700 |
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| 407 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £1, 13 July 1924, serial number H/43 056022, red, blue, green and lilac, camel at centre, Hornsby signature, reverse blue and red, value and bank initials (Pick 18, Hanafy M3e), good fine, scarce £300-400 |
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| 408 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £5, 12 September 1930, prefix M/21, green and violet, bank building at centre, Hornsby signature, reverse red and blue and green, well and palm trees at centre (Pick 19a, Hanafy M3b), good fine and scarce £150-200 |
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| 409 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £5 (3) September 1936, 1943, 1945, prefixes M/34, M/74, M/124, green and violet, bank building at centre, Cook, Nixon and handstamp Nixon signatures, green, well and palm trees at centre (Pick 19b, c, e, Hanafy M3c, d), good very fine and scarce (3) £200-250 |
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| 410 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £5 (2), 5/7 December 1945, M/112 and M/113, green and violet, bank building at centre, Nixon, reverse red and blue and green, well and palm trees at centre (Pick 19d, Hanafy M3e), about fine and scarce, the first and last prefix for type (2) £150-200 |
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| 411 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, 5 pounds (2), 24 May 1943 and 1 February 1944, prefixes M/69 and M/81, purple and green on multicolour underprint, bank building at centre, value at each corner, reverse palm trees and building at centre, value at left and right (Pick 19c, Hanafy M3d), about extremely fine (2) £150-250 |
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| 412 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £1, 10 January 1930, serial number J/10 817437, green and multicoloured, 'Fellah' at right, value at centre and at each corner, Hornsby signature, reverse violet, minaret at centre, value at left (Pick 20, Hanafy M4), very fine and scarce £500-600 |
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| 413 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, specimen 50 piastres, 11 May 1940, serial number A/10 000001-A/10 1000000, green, King Cephren at left and specimen £1, 3 May 1940, serial number J/35 000001 - J/35 1000000, blue, Tutankhamen at right (Pick 21as, 22cs, Hanafy M3s, M5s), ink date in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, good extremely fine, rare (2) £600-800 |
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| 414 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, 50 piastres, 11 January 1944, serial number A/27 738321, green and multicoloured, Tutankhamen at left, Nixon signature (Pick 21b, Hanafy M3c), a very unusual handstamp Nixon signature thus quite rare. Crease at centre otherwise almost extremely fine £160-220 |
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| 415 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, 50 piastres (4), 1935, 1945, 1950, 1951, prefixes A/4, A/31, A/51, A/58, green and multicoloured, Tutankhamen at left, Cook, Nixon, Leith-Ross and Fikry signatures respectively (Pick 21a, b, c, d, Hanafy M3a, c, d, e), good fine, next two very fine, last extremely fine (4) £150-200 |
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| 416 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £1, 3 June 1948, prefix J/114, blue and multicoloured, vignette of Tutankhamen in brown circular frame at right, Leith-Ross signature (Pick 22d, Hanafy M5f), uncirculated and a lovely fresh note £100-150 |
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| 417 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £1 (3), 1930, 1940, 1943, blue and multicoloured, Tutankhamen at right, Hornsby, Cook and Nixon signatures respectively, the Hornsby the last prefix for type (Pick 22a, 22b, 22e, Hanafy M5a, b, e), pressed almost very fine, balance fresh good very fine (3) £180-240 |
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| 418 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, colour trial/specimen £10, Cairo, 10 January 1930, zero serial numbers, brown and multicoloured, Al Nahhaseen street with the Madrasa and the Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun, reverse purple, palm trees and waterwheel (Pick 23 for similar, Hanafy M4 for type), first date recorded for type 3 March 1931, printers annotations, scuffed, very fine and very rare £2,000-3,000 |
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| 419 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, specimen £10, 11 October 1935, serial X/47 000001-X/47 100000, brown and multicoloured, Al Nahhasseen street and the Mosque of Sultan al-Mansour Qala'un at right, reverse violet and green, well and palm trees, value at left and right (Pick 23as, Hanafy M4a), ink date '12.10.35' in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, good extremely fine, rare £700-1,100 |
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| 420 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £1 (4), 1950, 1951, 1952 (2), blue and red and multicoloured, King Farouk at right, Leith-Ross, Saad, also Fikry with first and last prefixes (Pick 24a, 24b, 24c, Hanafy M6a, b, c), very good to fine (2), good fine (2) £140-180 |
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| 421 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, £5 (7) 1946-, green and orange, King Farouk top right, the Citadel of Cairo at left, Saad, El Amary, Elrefai, Zendo signatures (Pick 25b, 31b, 31c, 31d, 39a, 40, Hanafy M4aff), first almost very fine, balance about extremely fine or better (7) £140-180 |
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| 422 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, 100 pounds, 1951, prefix CD/4, purple and multicoloured, King Farouk at right, minaret at left, Saad signature (Pick 27b, Hanafy M4b), annotation removed at left thus very fine £150-200 |
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| 423 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, 25 piastres (3), 1952-, prefixes 12, 36, 52, green and multicoloured, Tutankhamen at right, Fikry, Saad and El Amary signatures respectively (Pick 28), uncirculated (3) £40-60 |
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| 424 | |||
| National Bank of Egypt, colour trial 1 livre, 1965 zero serial numbers, violet and blue, Tutankhamen at right, Zendo signature, reverse violet and white, value (Pick 30 ct, Hanafy M8bct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint top left and right, uncirculated and rare £500-600 |
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| 425 | |||
| Central Bank of Egypt, colour trial £1, violet and pale blue, also a colour trial £5, blue and green, both ND (ca 1961-1964), both Tutankhamen at right (Pick 37ct, 40ct, Hanafy M8bct, 7ct), perforated, good extremely fine and rare (2) £400-600 |
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| 426 | |||
| Central Bank of Egypt, 5 pounds (2), 1961, consecutive serial numbers 067757-58, green and brown on multicolour underprint, Tutankhamen's Mask at right, 'spiders web' guilloche at left, value at each corner (Pick 38, Hanafy M6ct), uncirculated (2) £120-160 |
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| 427 | |||
Egyptian Government Currency Note, specimen 10 piastres, 27 May 1917, green & orange, reverse blue, the Colossi of Memnon at centre (Pick 160b) perforated CANCELLED, good extremely fine, rare £350-450An Exceptional 5 Piastres, Type of 1920 |
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| 428 | |||
| Egyptian Government Currency Note, specimen 5 piastres, 22 May 1920, black, pink, blue and orange, value at centre and at each corner, very ornate detail in field, signature of the Minister of Finance, Mahmoud Fakhry Pasha, reverse blue and red, felucca and palms at centre, value at left and right (Pick 162As, Hanafy page 118 for type), uncirculated and extremely rare £1,500-2,500 |
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| 429 | |||
| Egyptian Government Currency Note, 5 piastres, ND (L.1940), serial number 616582, green on brown underprint, value at low left and right and each corner, reverse lilac, Aswan Dam (Pick 163), very fine £200-250 |
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| 432 | |||
| Egyptian Government Currency Note, 10 piastres (4), ND (L.1940), serial numbers 347870, 155958, 008876 and 697996, blue on green underprint, King Farouk at top right, value at each corner, reverse green on pink underprint (Pick 168a), very fine (4) £120-160 |
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| 433 | |||
United Nations Emergency Force booklet, chits in a tan booklet in the denominations of 1 piastre (6 of 15), ND (ca. 1956), red serial number on booklet 210651, 2 piastres (5) and 5 piastres (3 of 5) and 10 piastres (2 of 5) to a total of 1 Egyptian pound, all with title U.N.E.F and MIDDLE EAST in text, printed by the Globe ticket company, Philadelphia. Good extremely fine and a most unusual item, presumably for use in the NAAFI or similar by French and British forces during the Suez crisis. £300-500EL SALVADOR |
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| 434 | |||
El Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a 25 colones, 20 July 1963, red serial number AC 000000, black and multicoloured, hydro-electric dam at centre, reverse grey and blue, Columbus at left centre, value at left and right (Pick 104 for similar), unique (2) £200-300ESTONIA |
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| 435 | |||
| Estonia Republic Treasury, 5, 10, 20 and 50 penni, and 1 mark, 1919, also 3 marka (2), 1919, first three block colours and crude designs (Pick 39-44a), mixed grades, very fine to about uncirculated (7) £100-150 |
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| 436 | |||
| Estonia Republic Treasury, 3 Marka (2), 1919, green on grey underprint, 5 marka (2), 1919, both blue, one on light blue and one on grey underprint, 10 marka (3), dark blue and tan, 1919, 25 marka, 1919grey and tan (Pick 44, 45, 46b, 46c, 46d, 47a), generally very fine to extremely fine, one 10 marka with tear at fold (8) £300-350 |
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| 437 | |||
| Estonia Republic Treasury, specimen 500 marka (2), 1920-21, issued serial numbers, mauve on pale blue, value at left and right (Pick 39ds, 94es), overprinted PROOV, one with thinning and damage at top right, thus good fine, other with tear at top centre, thus very fine (2) £100-150 |
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| 438 | |||
| Estonia Republic Treasury, specimen 100 marka, 1923, uniface, serial numbers 0123456/7890000, also a 100 marka, 1928, overprinted on 1923 issue, two sided, serial number A11607503, both blue-green on multicolour underprint, bank building at centre, value at left and right (Pick 51s, 61), first overprinted PROOV, second overprinted UKS KROON, first good extremely fine, second good very fine (2) £150-200 |
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| 439 | |||
| Estonia Republic Treasury, 25 marka (3), 1922, red/dark red serial numbers, first grey and green, others purple, grey and green, value at centre and each corner, reverse text and values (Pick 54a, 54ax), all different variations, good very fine or better (3) £200-250 |
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| 440 | |||
| Estonia Republic Treasury, 25 marka (2), 1922, serial numbers A3765357 and 3317796, purple on brown and green underprint, signature varieties (Pick 54a, 54b), first extremely fine, second about uncirculated (2) £150-200 |
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| 441 | |||
| Bank of Estonia, 50 and 100 marka, 1919/1921, serial numbers 00220984/1346171, green, blue and brown and orange, brown and tan respectively, value at left and right, second with blacksmiths at centre (Pick 55a, 56a), presentable very fine (2) £150-200 |
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| 442 | |||
| Bank of Estonia, 50 marka, 1919, serial number 00359370, blue, brown and green, also 5 marka, 1919, serial number 00001333, dark blue, light blue and tan (Pick 45a, 55a), first good very fine, second good extremely fine, a nice low number, scarce (2) £150-200 |
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| 443 | |||
| Bank of Estonia, 100 krooni, 1935, serial number 0094426, dark blue on multicolour underprint, blacksmith at left, also a 10 krooni, 1940 serial number B-1712595, dark blue on multicolour underprint, and a proof of the same note with only underprint on obverse (Pick 66, 68a, 68pr), 100 krooni good very fine, 10 krooni small hole at top left, otherwise extremely fine, proof about uncirculated (3) £350-450 |
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| 444 | |||
| Bank of Estonia, sheet of six 10 krooni, 1940, all series B with issued serial numbers, dark blue on light blue and tan underprint, woman with corn and sickle at left, value at top right (Pick 68a), two clip holes in margins, otherwise about uncirculated £400-500 |
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| 445 | |||
Estonian Republic Treasury/Bank of Estonia, 3 marka, 1919, 25 marka, 1919, and 25 marka, 1925, (Pick 44, 47a, 84a), first very good, second fine, last very fine (3) £80-120ETHIOPIA |
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| 446 | |||
Ethiopian State Bank, colour trial $500, ND (1961), serial number G/1 000000, red and green and pink, Fasilides castle at left, Emperor Haile Selassie at right, value at left and right (Pick 24 for type), black SPECIMEN overprint, perforated, glue stains but about uncirculated and rare £150-200FAEROE ISLANDS |
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| 447 | |||
| Faeroe Islands, Danish Administration, 10 kroner, 1 October 1940, first emergency issue, serial number 25537, brown on light brown underprint, value at each corner (Pick 7a), PMG 35, choice very fine, EPQ, very scarce £1,200-1,800 |
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| 448 | |||
Faeroe Islands, specimen 1, 5, 10 and 100 kroner, November 1940, no serial numbers, value and text within wreath, red BRADBURY seal low centre, reverse value (Pick 9s-12s), perforated, uncirculated and rare (4) £1,400-1,800FALKLAND ISLANDS |
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| 449 | |||
| Government of the Falkland Islands, colour trial £1, ND (1899-1905 issue), with tracing paper overlay showing the value 5/-, green on a peach underprint (like the issued 5/- of 1901), note hand dated "8/8/00" and the overlay is signed "approved" and dated "9/8/1900" (Pick A1 and A3 for types), note is good very fine, some damage to edges of tracing paper overlay, a fascinating item, and very rare £1,000-1,500 See text prior to lot 156 for an explanation of these items |
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| 450 | |||
| Government of the Falkland Islands, a colour test for the 5/- of 1916, brown, ornate border, value in tablet at centre and at low centre and left and right, mounted on gridded and watermarked paper and titled "Appendix A" and dated "5th May 1913", (Pick A1A for type), annotated in red "approved 20th August 1913", unique and interesting £600-800 |
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| 451 | |||
| Government of the Falkland Islands, a colour test for the £1 of 1915 on a 5/- of 1916, blue on pink underprint, ornate border, value in tablet at centre and at low centre and left and right, mounted on gridded and watermarked paper and titled "Appendix B" and dated "5th May 1913", also part of a letter exchange between the Falkland Government and De la Rue regarding the cost and printing of the 5/- of 1901 (Pick A3 for type), unique and interesting (2) £600-800 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| World Banknotes (Day 1 of 3) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 10th April 2013 | Time: | 1:00PM |
| Details: | Viewing Details Monday 8 April 2013, 10am - 5pm Tuesday 9 April 2013, 10am - 5pm Wednesday 10 April 2013, 10am - 5pm Any other viewing by appointment only |
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