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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| World Banknotes (Day 2 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: | 11th April 2013 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| 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 18 | |||
| 1423 | |||
| Banque de l'Indochine, Papeete, specimen 100 francs, ND (c1940), serial number Z.145 874, multicoloured, woman with globe and small figure of Athena at centre, value at low right, reverse Angkor statue, red overprint PAPEETE on Noumea issue (Pick 16As), red overprint SPECIMEN, staple holes at top left and rust mark in top margin but PMG 64, choice uncirculated, scarce £400-500 |
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| 1424 | |||
| Banque de l'Indochine, Papeete, specimen 20 francs (3), ND (1951), all serial number O.0 000, multicoloured, youth at left, shepherd at centre left, flute player at right, value at top right, reverse woman at centre right, fruit at left (Pick 21as), perforated SPECIMEN, about uncirculated or better (3) £250-350 |
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| 1425 | |||
| Banque de l'Indochine, Papeete, specimen 20 francs (3), ND (1951), all serial number O.0 000, multicoloured, youth at left, shepherd at centre left, flute player at right, value at top right, reverse woman at centre right, fruit at left (Pick 21as), perforated SPECIMEN, about uncirculated or better (3) £250-350 |
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| 1426 | |||
Banque de l'Indochine, Papeete, specimen 20 francs (2), ND (1951), both serial number O.0 000, multicoloured, youth at left, shepherd at centre left, flute player at right, value at top right, reverse woman at centre right, fruit at left (Pick 21as), perforated SPECIMEN, about uncirculated or better (2) £170-220THAILANDAn Extremely Rare Hong Kong Bank Issue for a 1 Tical of 1890 |
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| 1427 | |||
| Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Thailand, 1 tical, Bangkok, 1 July 1890, handstamped serial number 8682, orange-brown and pale green, arms top centre, value at centre and at each corner, manuscript date and signature low left, printed signature of E.R.M.Smith low right, reverse brown, Siamese text at centre (Pick S121, see note in Pick with reference to Chinese variety), a presentable very good with a tear in left, additional Chinese text at left and right and in top margin, this the much rarer variety £7,000-9,000 |
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| 1428 | |||
Government of Siam, colour trial 1 baht, 1 April 1925, serial number A/93 01225 purple and pale yellow, Garuda bird top left, three headed elephant low right, reverse purple and pale brown, ceremonial procession in oval frame at centre (Pick 16ct), mounting traces, perforated, black De la Rue oval seal low left, good extremely fine and rare £1,000-1,500A Colour Trial 1000 Baht |
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| 1429 | |||
| Government of Siam, colour trial 1000 baht, 1 April 1925, serial number P/4 01225, Garuda bird top left, three headed elephant low right, reverse lilac and brown, ceremonial procession in oval frame at centre (Pick 21ct), mounting traces, red SPECIMEN overprint, good extremely fine and rare £3,000-5,000 |
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| 1430 | |||
| Government of Thailand, specimen 1 baht (3), ND (1955), blue and pale green, King Rama VIII at left, floating palace at centre, signature 34, 36, 38, (Pick 74as, ds), De la Rue seal, mounting traces, thus about uncirculated and rare (3) £300-400 |
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| 1431 | |||
| Government of Thailand, specimen 5 baht (3), ND (1956), purple and multicoloured, King Rama VIII at left, temple at centre, signatures 34, 35, 38, (Pick 75as, cs, ds), De la Rue seal, mounting traces, thus about uncirculated and rare (3) £400-500 |
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| 1432 | |||
| Government of Thailand, specimen 10 baht (2), ND (1953), brown and multicoloured, King Rama VIII at left, fortress at centre, signatures 34, 35, (Pick 76bs, cs), De la Rue seal, mounting traces, thus about uncirculated and rare (2) £350-450 |
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| 1433 | |||
| Government of Thailand, specimen 20 baht (2), ND (1953), green and multicoloured, King Rama VIII at left, temple at centre, signatures 34, 35 (Pick 77bs, cs), De la Rue seal, mounting traces, thus about uncirculated and rare (2) £400-500 |
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| 1434 | |||
| Government of Thailand, specimen 100 baht (2), ND (1955), prefixes B/69, B/94, red and multicoloured, King Rama VIII at left, temple at centre, no signatures (Pick 78s), black De la Rue seal, mounting traces, thus about uncirculated and rare (2) £400-600 |
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| 1435 | |||
Government of Thailand, specimen 10 baht, ND (1955), brown, specimen 20 baht, green and specimen 100 baht, red, all zero serial numbers and King Rama VIII at left (Pick 76s, 77s, 78s), De la Rue seal, mounting traces, thus about uncirculated and rare (3) £450-650A 1000 Baht of 1948 |
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| 1436 | |||
Government of Thailand, specimen 1000 baht, ND (ca 1948), red serial number A/5 000000, vilet and lilac, King Rama VIII at top left, temple on an island right centre, no signatures, reverse purple and lilac, building at centre, value top left and right (Pick unlisted denomination), red De la Rue seal low left, faint mounting traces other uncirculated, attractive and extremely rare £2,500-3,500TIMOR |
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| 1437 | |||
| Banco National Ultramarino, Timor, $1, 1 January 1910, serial number 415484, purple and light green, value at centre and each corner, reverse arms at centre (Pick 1), fine and scarce £100-150 |
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| 1438 | |||
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Timor, specimen 1 pataca, 8 March 1945, pink and brown, ship seal at left, reverse brown and pale grey-green, arms at centre, value at left and right and at each corner (Pick 15s), perforated, good extremely fine and a rare type £250-450TOGO |
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| 1439 | |||
Banque Centrale de la Republique du Togo, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a 100 francs, ND, zero serial numbers, dark blue and multicoloured, reverse blue and green, parliament house at centre, value at left and right (Pick unrecorded), unique and attractive (2) £300-400TRINIDAD |
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| 1440 | |||
Trinidad, a design on tracing paper for the obverse of a 5/- banknote, dated May 17th 1888 in the margin, this was only one year before the islands of Trinidad and Tobago were combined into one colony, green, blue and white ink, Victoria at left, TRINIDAD at right, value at centre, with several ornate borders, only the left side of which are completed (unlisted), mounted on card, corners bent and torn at low left and right, far earlier than the first issue of notes from the island, thus important and unique £200-300TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOSee text prior to lot 156 for an explanation of these items |
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| 1441 | |||
| Government of Trinidad and Tobago, uniface colour trial $1, 1905 issue, used as an experiment into colourfastness, blue on green underprint, The Landing of Columbus at left, arms at top left. Note cut into three sections, left half untouched, top right treated with carbolic, bottom right treated with creosole, along with a rubbing on tracing paper taken from each of the treated sections. All mounted on gridded and watermarked paper titled "Appendix A" and dated "18th April 1913" (Pick 1 for type), unique and an interesting insight into the techniques used to ensure notes were fit for purpose £400-600 |
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| 1442 | |||
| Government of Trinidad and Tobago, uniface colour trial $2, 1905 issue, used as an experiment into colourfastness, red, ships, harbour and mountains in vignettes at left and right, value at centre and each corner. Note cut into three sections, left half untouched, top right treated with carbolic, bottom right treated with creosole, along with a rubbing on tracing paper taken from each of the treated sections. All mounted on gridded and watermarked paper titled "Appendix B" and dated "18th April 1913" (Pick 2a for type), unique and an interesting insight into the techniques used to ensure notes were fit for purpose £400-600 |
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| 1443 | |||
| Government of Trinidad and Tobago, uniface proofs for $1, blue and green, and $2, red, 1905 issue, mounted on gridded and watermarked paper titled "Appendix C" and dated "18th April 1913", the $1 is subtitled "Our proposal for the 1 dollar duty" and the $2 is similarly subtitled "Our proposal for the 2 dollars duty" (Pick 1c and 2a for type), mounted, but about extremely fine and rare (2) £400-600 |
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| 1444 | |||
| Government of Trinidad and Tobago, uniface proofs for $1, blue, black and green, and $2, red and green, 1905 issue, mounted on gridded and watermarked paper titled "Appendix" and dated "8th April 1907", both are marked as "approved 24.4.07" (Pick 1 and 2a for type), slightly larger paper format than issued notes, mounted, but about extremely fine, and the $2 very rare (2) £500-700 |
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| 1445 | |||
| Government of Trinidad and Tobago, uniface proofs for $1, blue, black and green, and $2, red and green, 1905 issue, mounted on gridded and watermarked paper titled "Appendix" and dated "6th April 1908", both are marked as "approved 11/4" (Pick 1 and 2a for type), mounted, about extremely fine, and the $2 very rare (2) £500-700 |
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| 1446 | |||
| Government of Trinidad and Tobago, specimen $1 converted from an issued note, 1 April 1905, serial number A/20 97736, blue on green underprint, The Landing of Columbus at left, arms at top centre, reverse ships and harbour at centre, value at left and right (Pick 1bs), perforated CANCELLED, annoted "approved" in top margin, two pinholes and mounting traces on reverse, thus about extremely fine and rare £800-1,000 |
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| 1447 | |||
| Government of Trinidad and Tobago, uniface colour trial $1, 1 April 1905, no serial number, turquoise-blue on green underprint, The Landing of Columbus at left, arms at top centre (Pick 1bct), glue traces on reverse, colour slightly different from that eventually issued, good extremely fine and rare £500-700 |
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| 1448 | |||
| Government of Trinidad and Tobago, colour trial $1, 1 April 1905, serial number A/1 00000, black and blue on pale olive underprint, The Landing of Columbus at left, arms at top centre, reverse ships and harbour at centre, value at left and right (Pick 1act), significantly more intense blue than that issued, mounting traces at left on obverse and reverse, extremely fine and rare £600-800 |
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| 1449 | |||
| Government of Trinidad and Tobago, specimen $1, 1 April 1905, serial number A/1 00000, black and blue on pale olive underprint, The Landing of Columbus at left, arms at top centre, reverse ships and harbour at centre, value at left and right (Pick 1as), mounting traces at left on obverse and reverse, small tear in top margin, overall about extremely fine and rare £550-750 |
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| 1450 | |||
| Government of Trinidad and Tobago, uniface specimen $2, 1 April 1905, no serial number, red and black, ships, port and mountains in vignettes at left and right, value at centre and each corner, also a piece of watermarked paper intended for this note, and a bromide showing the reverse of the same note, with the intended colour, and the date "Sept 6th 04" in the margins (Pick 2as), mounting traces on reverse, good extremely fine and rare (3) £500-700 |
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| 1451 | |||
| Government of Trinidad and Tobago, colour trial $2, 1 April 1905, serial number A/1 00000, red and green, ships, port and mountains in vignettes at left and right, value at centre and each corner, reverse red, agricultural vignettes, arms and values (Pick 2bct), slightly larger paper format than issued, and colours slightly different to those eventually issued, mounting traces at left on obverse and reverse, overall a fresh good very fine and this colour variety very rare £800-1,000 |
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| 1452 | |||
| Government of Trinidad and Tobago, specimen $2, 1 April 1905, serial number A/1 00000, red and green, ships, port and mountains in vignettes at left and right, value at centre and each corner, reverse red, agricultural vignettes, arms and values (Pick 2bct), slightly larger paper format than issued, mounting traces at left on obverse and reverse, overall about extremely fine and this colour variety very rare £800-1,000 |
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| 1453 | |||
| Government of Trinidad and Tobago, a set of beautifully engraved die proofs for the 1934 issue comprising a uniface $1, $2 and $5, all three showing printers marks/security features hand drawn in red circles and enlarged in the margins (Pick 5, 6 and 7 for types), the $5 annoted with the date "15.10.40", some tears and folds but overall good very fine or better, possibly unique £500-700 |
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| 1454 | |||
Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a $5, law of 1964, serial number A 000000, purple and pink, Elizabeth II at centre, arms at left, Bruce signature, reverse purple, bank building at centre, satellite dish top right (Pick 27 for similar), unique £250-350TUNISIA |
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| 1455 | |||
| Banque Centrale de Tunisie, an obverse composite essay on board for a |
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| 1456 | |||
| Banque Centrale de Tunisie, specimen |
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| 1457 | |||
Banque Centrale de Tunisie, die proof 5 dinars, 1 November 1960, black and white and heavily engraved, also an 'approved' die proof 5 dinars, ND (1958), brown, also a proof 5 dinars, 20 March 1962, blue, all Bourguiba at right, bridge at left (Pick 59pr, 60pr, 61pr), all with Bank annotations in margin, unusual and very rare, good extremely fine (3) £400-500TURKEYOttoman Empire |
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| 1458 | |||
| Ottoman Empire, 20 kurush, ND (1852), grey and white, toughra of Abdul Mejid at top centre, seal of Nafiz (Pick 22), very fine, scarce £350-400 |
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| 1459 | |||
| Ottoman Empire, 200 piastres, Smyrna, law of 1279 (1863), serial number 008981, black, green and pink, toughra of Abdul Aziz, value at left and right, reverse green and pink-lilac, signatures of Fisher and Alleon (Pick 55, Gaciroglu OB-1-1-3), handstamped ANNULE, thinned at centre, fine, scarce £800-1,000 |
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| 1460 | |||
| Ottoman Empire, 2 medjides d'or, law of 1279 (1869), serial number 008815, green, pale pink and orange, toughra of Abdul Aziz, value at centre and at left and right, manuscript signature of Smythe at left, printed signature of Aristidi at right, reverse lilac and pale blue (Pick 57c, Gaciroglu OB-1-2), perforated 'PAYE' and handstamped 'ANNULE', fine, presentable and rare £1,800-2,400 |
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| 1461 | |||
| Imperial Ottoman Bank, Turkey, specimen 1 livre Turque, law of 1290 (1873), serial number 20001-20001, pink brown, an orange and blue central section with value at centre, value at each corner, toughra of Abdul Aziz (1861-1876) top centre, printed signature of Alleon low right, reverse pale brown, green, pink and blue (Pick 59s, Gaciroglu OB-2-1-1, Donmez 98s), perforated, uncirculated and extremely rare, attractive £2,000-3,000 |
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| 1462 | |||
| Ottoman Empire, 5 livres, Constantinople, law of 1299 (1882), serial number 314929, blue, pink and green, toughra of Abdul Hamid II, value at low centre and left and right, seal of Mustafa Muzafar, Beauvais and Vincent signatures (Pick 60a, Gaciroglu OB-3-1-3), a contemporary forgery, almost fine, rare £300-400 |
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| 1463 | |||
| Ottoman Empire, |
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| 1464 | |||
| State notes of the Ministry of Finance, 5 livres, law of 1932, (1916), red serial number G 086009, blue, pale green and lilac, toughra top centre, value at left and right and at each corner, reverse blue (Pick 91, Gaciroglu RS-4-7-1), a fresh and original good very fine £250-350 |
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| 1465 | |||
| State notes of the Ministry of Finance, 5 livres, law of 1933, (1917), black serial number D 086183, blue, pale green and lilac, toughra top centre, value at left and right and at each corner, reverse blue (Pick 104, Gaciroglu Rs-6-1), good very fine £200-300 |
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| 1466 | |||
| State notes of the Ministry of Finance, 25 livres, law of 1333 (1917), black serial number L.007437, brown, pale blue and red, toughra top centre, value low left and right, signature of Cavid, reverse brown, value top left and right, Cahid signature (Pick 105, Gaciroglu Rs-6-2), several extensive repairs at top centre and around edges, about fine and a rare note £500-700 |
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| 1467 | |||
| State notes of the Ministry of Finance, 100 livres, law of 1333 (1917), black serial number N.008120, orange-brown and red and grey, toughra top centre, value at left, signature of Cavid, reverse pale brown, value low left and right, Cahid signature (Pick 106, Gaciroglu RS-6-3), heavily creased, very to fine and a rare note £1,500-2,000 |
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| 1468 | |||
| State notes of the Ministry of Finance, 10 livres, AH 1334 (1918), serial number O.030721, brown, pale blue and pale blue-green, toughra of Muhammad VI top centre, value at left and right, reverse red and pale blue, handstamp 'QUATRIEME EMISSION' at left (Pick 110d, Tezcakim VA-3-T4), paperclip rust mark at top left, a solid and original good very fine, scarce £300-400 |
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| 1469 | |||
| State notes of the Ministry of Finance, 100 livres, law of 1334 (1918), blue serial number C.002993, orange-brown and mauve, toughra top centre, value at left, signature of Cavid, reverse pale brown, value low left and right, Cahid signature (Pick 113, Gaciroglu VA-6), heavily creased, very good to fine and a rare note £1,200-1,800 |
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| 1470 | |||
| State notes of the Ministry of Finance, a uniface obverse colour trial 1 livre, law of 1341 (1926), orange and pale green, farmer and oxen plough team in circular frame at centre, reverse building (Pick 119ct), mounting traces, blue De la Rue seal low right, good extremely fine and rare £500-700 |
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| 1471 | |||
| State notes of the Ministry of Finance, uniface obverse and reverse colour trial 5 livres, law of 1341 (1926), violet and pale green, leaping wolf at centre, building at right, reverse bridge and city view (Pick 120ct), mounting traces, red De la Rue seal low right, good extremely fine and rare £1,500-2,000 |
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| 1472 | |||
| State notes of the Ministry of Finance, uniface obverse and reverse colour trial 10 livres, law of 1341 (1926), brown and pale green, leaping wolf at right, value at left and right, reverse bridge and mountain top village (Pick 121ct), mounting traces, blue De la Rue seal low right, good extremely fine and rare £1,500-2,500 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| World Banknotes (Day 2 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: | 11th April 2013 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| 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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