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 19
1473
State notes of the Ministry of Finance, uniface obverse and reverse colour trial 50 livres, law of 1341 (1926), lilac and green, President Kemal Ataturk at right, reverse mountains and town (Pick 122ct), mounting traces, blue De la Rue seal low right, good extremely fine and rare £2,000-2,500
1474
State notes of the Ministry of Finance, uniface obverse and reverse colour trial 100 livres, law of 1341 (1926), brown and pale orange, President Kemal Ataturk at right, reverse brown and pale orange, Ankara new town (Pick 123ct), mounting traces, blue De la Rue seal low right, good extremely fine and rare £2,500-3,000

A Colour Trial of 500 Livres of 1926

1475
State notes of the Ministry of Finance, uniface obverse and reverse colour trial 500 livres, law of 1341 (1926), blue and green, President Kemal Ataturk at right, Mosque at left, reverse blue and green, town view (Pick 124ct), mounting traces, red De la Rue seal low right, good extremely fine and rare £2,500-3,500

A Colour Trial 1000 Livres of 1926

1476
State notes of the Ministry of Finance, uniface obverse and reverse colour trial 1000 livres, law of 1341 (1926), green and pale orange, President Kemal Ataturk at right, reverse green and pale orange, railroad in mountain pass (Pick 125ct, Tezcakim p.162), mounting traces, red De la Rue seal low right, good extremely fine and rare £3,000-4,000
1477
Central Bank of Turkey, specimen 100 lira, ND (1940), red serial number 00-00000, brown and multicoloured, President Inonu with tie at right, reverse brown, fortress and the Bosporus in background, Inonu as watermark (Pick unrecorded, 137s?), red SPECIMEN overprint, red De la Rue seal at right, mounting traces, otherwise about uncirculated and a lovely note, rare £600-800
1478
Central Bank of Turkey, specimen 500 lira, ND (1940), red serial number 00-00000, green and multicoloured, President Inonu with tie at right, reverse green, fortress and walls on a hillside, Inonu as watermark (Pick 138s), red SPECIMEN overprint, red De la Rue seal at right, mounting traces, thus about uncirculated and a lovely note, very rare £800-1,200
1479
Central Bank of Turkey, specimen 2 1/2 lira (2), ND (1952/1955), purple and pale orange, one red reverse, one brown reverse, specimen 5 lira ND (1959), blue and multicoloured, reverse green, also specimen 10 lira, ND (1958), green, reverse brown, all President Ataturk at right (Pick 150s, 151s, 155s, 158s), De la Rue seal, mounting traces, thus about uncirculated and rare, one 2 1/2 lira foxing along top edge (4) £350-450
1480
Central Bank of Turkey, specimen 50 lira, ND (ca 1951), red serial number 00-00000, purple and multicoloured, President Ataturk at right, reverse purple, goats at centre (Pick unrecorded reverse), mounting traces, thus about uncirculated and rare £400-500
1481
Central Bank of Turkey, specimen 1000 lira, ND (1951), black serial number 00-0000, blue and multicoloured, President Ataturk with white bow- tie at right, reverse blue, Monument of Security at centre (Pick unrecorded), black SPECIMEN overprint, black De la Rue seal at right, mounting traces otherwise almost uncirculated and a lovely note, rare £800-1,200
1482
Central Bank of Turkey, colour trial 500 lira (2), law of 1930 (c.1959), green and pale orange and lilac, President Kemal Ataturk at right, reverse green, hippodrome and Mosque, (Pick 171ct), two different signature combinations and different shades of green, red overprint, uncirculated and rare (2) £500-700
1483-1484
No lots

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

1485
United Arab Emirates Currency Board, 50 dirhams, ND (1973), serial number 246824, red on multicolour underprint, dhow, palm tree, camel caravan and oil derrick at left, value at each corner, reverse Palace of Ajman (Pick 4a), uncirculated £400-500
1486-1487
No lots
1488
United Arab Emirates Currency Board, specimen 1000 dirhams, ND (1976), serial number 1 000000, dark blue on multicolour underprint, dhow, palm, oil derrick and camel caravan at left, value at each corner, reverse Al-Jahilie Fort and values (Pick 6s), red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and scarce £3,200-4,200

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1489
A group of US obselete currency sheets, comprising Connecticut, City Bank of New Haven, a sheet with two $20, one $50 and one $100, Pennsylvania, Bank of Montgomery County, a sheet of four $1 notes, Louisiana, New Orleans Canal Bank, sheets of four $5, $20, $50 and $100 (2), Citizens' Bank of Lousiana, sheets of four $1, $5 and $20, Kentucky, Frankfort Bank, a sheet with three $5 and one $10, also a sheet of four cheques for the Banking House of Battles and Webster and an issued $10 for The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company, 1810, generally extremely fine or better, a interesting group (13) £150-200
1490
Province of New Hampshire, pull from the original plate of four notes, 6 pence, 1/-, 2/- and 6 pence, 6/-, 3 April 1743, black and white, on watermarked paper dated 1879, arms at low left, ornate border with plants and flowers (Newman page 208), extremely fine £150-250
1491
United States note, $2, series of 1917, red serial number D34168528A, black and white, red seal low right, Jefferson at left, Speelman and White signatures, reverse green, value at centre and at each corner (Pick 188), central crease otherwise an original and fresh almost extremely fine £150-200
1492
United States of America, a trial piece with portraits of three presidents and red inverted serial number A00096908A, reverse brown and white with partial design corner fold at top right, good extremely fine, unusual and rare £250-300
1493
Prisoner of War Camps, 3 pence, serial number A 618772, blue, PIONEER CORPS circular purple handstamp at right, also POW camps in the USA, for 1 cent at Pine Camp and Ruston (Schwan-Boling 464, 1051 for type) good very fine, last two extremely fine (3) £80-100

URUGUAY

1494
El Banco Commercial, Uruguay, specimen 2 doblones de oro, Montevideo, 2 January 1863, black on pink paper, Liberty at centre in oval frame, value at centre and at each corner, counterfoil at left, reverse pink and grey, value and bank title at centre (Pick S125A), good extremely fine and very rare, attractive £500-800
1495
Republica Oriental del Uruguay, specimen 20 pesos, Montevideo, 1 May 1870, serial number 049956, blue and brown, maiden (Ceres) at left, arms and value at centre, counterfoil at left (Pick A113s), good extremely fine and very rare £400-600
1496
Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata, specimen 20 pesos, Montevideo, 1 January 1872, grey and green, maiden (Liberty), at left centre, counterfoil at left, arms at top and bottom right, reverse grey and white, inverted value (Pick S237), cancellation holes, good extremely fine and rare £150-200
1497
Republica Oriental del Uruguay, specimen 1 peso (2), 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 (2) pesos, all law of 1939 (Pick 35as, bs-41as, 41bs), mounting traces, thus about uncirculated (9) £100-200

VENEZUELA

1498
Banco Central de Venezuela, specimen 10 bolivares, violet, 20, green, 50, black, 100, brown, all ND (1952), all zero serial numbers, all Bolivar in field (Pick 38s-41s), De la Rue seal, mounting traces, thus about uncirculated and rare (4) £300-400

VIETNAM

1499
National Bank of Vietnam, specimen 1000 dong, ND (1955-6), serial number O.00 000, multicolour, old man at left, temple at right, value at top left and right, reverse woman at right, sailing boat at left, value at top left and right (Pick 4As), a very attractive note, PMG 55, about uncirculated, EPQ £1,500-2,000
1500
National Bank of Vietnam, specimen 5 dong, green, bird at centre, specimen 10 dong, red, fish at centre, both ND (1955), both zero serial numbers, also a specimen 100 dong, ND (1966), serial number A1 000000, purple, bank building at centre (Pick 2s, 3s, 6As2), all De la Rue oval seals, mounting traces, thus about uncirculated and rare (3) £400-600
1501
Governement du Vietnam, an obverse composite essay on board for a 5 piastres, ND (ca 1956), green and multicoloured, dragon at left, man at right (Truong Cong Dinh?) (Pick unlisted type), unique and very attractive £700-900
1502
National Bank of Vietnam, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 200 dong, ND (ca 1960), zero serial numbers, blue and pink and green, tendril design in field, bat at centre, reverse blue and white and yellow-orange, bat at centre (Pick unrecorded type, see Pick 50 for similar idea), unique (2) £500-700
1503
National Bank of Vietnam, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a 5000 dong, ND (ca 1975), serial number A/1 000000, red, purple and multicoloured, bank building at right, value at left and right, reverse red and multicoloured, leopard at centre, value at left and right (Pick unrecorded), unique and a splendid leopard! £1,000-1,200
1504
National Bank of Vietnam, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a 10000 dong, ND (1975), serial number A/1 000000, pink, blue and orange, bank building at right, reverse blue and multicoloured, buffalo at left (Pick 36pr), unique and striking (2) £500-700

WESTERN SAMOA

1505
Territory of Western Samoa, colour trial £1, ND (1948-61), no serial number, blue on multicolour underprint, hut and trees at centre, value at centre and each corner (Pick 4Aact), cancellation holes, overprinted SPECIMEN, mounting traces, about uncirculated and rare £450-550
1506
Bank of Western Samoa, colour trial 10/-, dark brown, colour trial £1, red, both ND (1963), zero serial numbers (Pick 13ct, 14ct), paperclip marks at top left, cancellation holes, good extremely fine, rare (2) £150-250
1507
Bank of Western Samoa, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a 10/-, ND (ca 1960's), serial number A1000000, blue and multicoloured, palm trees at left, reverse blue-green, local man and dugout canoe (Pick unrecorded), unique (2) £500-700

YEMEN

1508
South Arabian Currency Board, 250 fils, ND (1965), serial number Q170944, brown on multicolour underprint, dhow at centre, value at each corner (Pick 1a), PMG 65, gem uncirculated, EPQ, scarce in this grade £250-350
1509
Arab Republic of Yemen, 1 rial, green, 5 rials, red and 10 rials, blue-green, all ND (1969), also South Arabian Currency Authority, 5 dinars, ND (1965), red (Pick 6, 7, 8 and 4), about uncirculated (4) £180-220
1510
Central Bank of Yemen, an obverse composite essay on board for a 50 rials, ND (ca 1976), serial number 123456, multicoloured, cherub and griffin at left, value at each corner (Pick 16 for design), this design usually on the 100 rials, unique £300-400
1511
Arab Republic of Yemen, 20 rials, ND (1971), purple and blue-green on multicolour underprint, Palace on the Rock at left, value at each corner, reverse purple and yellow, city view, Central Bank of Yemen, 100 riyals, ND (1976), red-violet on multicolour underprint, stone sculpture at left, value at each corner, reverse red-violet and multicolour, city view (Pick 9a, 16a), first about uncirculated, second uncirculated (2) £80-120

YUGOSLAVIA

1512
National Bank of Yugoslavia, specimen 100 dinara, September 1943, serial number in green IC-000001-36C-1000000, green and pale orange, King Peter II at centre, arms at right, value at left and at each corner, reverse green, factory (Pick 35Ds), ink date '20.4.43' in top margin, perforated, uncirculated and rare £600-800
1513
National Bank of Yugoslavia, specimen 500 dinara, September 1943, serial number in green ID-000001-2D-1000000, brown and pale green and orange, King Peter II at centre, arms at right, value at left and at each corner, reverse brown, factory (Pick 35Es), ink date '20.4.43' in top margin, perforated, good extremely fine and rare £800-1,000

ZAMBIA

1514
Bank of Zambia, specimen 2, 5, 20 and 50 kwacha, ND (1989-91), and specimen 100 and 500 kwacha, ND (1991), all zero serial numbers, all with President Kaunda at right, fish eagle at left, arms at low centre (Pick 29s, 30s, 32s, 33s, 34s, 35s), about uncirculated or better (6) £100-150

ZAIRE

1515
Banque Nationale du Zaire, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a 10 makuta, 1972, serial number A 000000, pale blue and lilac, Mobutu at left, rhino at centre, arms at right, reverse pale blue, mask at left, okapi at right (Pick unrecorded), unique and charming £300-500
1516
Banque du Zaire, specimen 5 zaires, 21 November 1972, serial number B0000000A, black and dark green on multicolour underprint, Mobutu at left, leopard at low right, large value in underprint at centre, reverse grey-green, Wertlos and Giesecke & Devrient repeated across note (Pick 20s), staple holes at left and right, red SPECIMEN overprint, extremely fine £120-160

A PORTALS ALBUM

1517
A Portals album in marbled slip case, containing a selection of notes printed using Portals watermarked paper as in use in 1955 and including Australia, Coombs-Wilson £1 (Pick 30), Austria 500 schilling, 1953 (Pick 134), Belgian Congo 20 francs 1953 (Pick 26), British Caribbean Territories $2, 1954 (Pick 8b), Commercial Bank £1, 1955 (PS 336), Fiji, 10/-, 1951 (Pick 38, date unlisted but 1951 illustrated), Greece 10 drachmai, 1954 (Pick 189a), India, Reserve Bank 10 rupees, serial number K/49 000010 (Pick 37), Jamaica, £1, 1955 (Pick 41b), Jordan 1 dinar, 1949 (Pick 6), Malaya and British Borneo $10, 1953 (Pick 3a), New Zealand £1, ND (1955), (Pick 159b), Pakistan 1 rupee, serial number F/15 000022 (Pick 9), Southern Rhodesia £1, 1954 (Pick 13c), Turkey 2 1/2 lirasi (Pick 151), West Africa 20/-, 1954 (Pick 10a), also various minor notes, all are mounted individually in a blue leather album with gold trim, a lovely presentation, the notes slightly crinkled from mounting otherwise crisp uncirculated and many scarce types (25) £1,000-1,500

MISCELLANEOUS WORLD LOTS

1518
A miscellaneous lot, comprising hansatsu, Italy 10 lire Allied Military Currency, World War I POW currency (2), Malaya World War II invasion currency $10 (2), Indian Hindi and court receipts (4) and Government of Cyprus £1, 1943, green and brown, George VI at right and a Kirin Yung Heng 5 tiao, 1917, green and white (Pick S985), mixed grades, the Chinese note very fine (12) £150-250
1519
A sizable group of world notes, including, Commonwealth (23), Military and War issues (22), Central and Southern Africa (32), North Africa and Middle East (41), Asia (59), and Central and South America (37), includes some scarcer items in poorer grade, a very nice range of items and dates, very little duplication, very mixed grades from poor to extremely fine, needs viewing (214) £200-300
1520
A large group of European notes, including, Swiss National Bank, 100 franken, 1926, Banco di S. Spirito di Roma, 12 scudi, 1796, as well as France (18), Russia (14), Austria (18 including notgeld), Germany (49 including notgeld), Portugal (14), Greece (7), Netherlands (6), Italy (13), Poland (7), and assorted others (86), mixed grades, very few modern notes and hardly any duplication, a solid lot (234) £350-450
1521
A sizable group of American notes, including an Ohio 25 cents, 1879, United States Continental Currency, Philadelphia, $7, 1778, and Maryland $ 1/2, 1774, also Confederate States notes (9), including a $500, 1864, Federal Reserve Notes and fractional issues (38), obselete state and town issues (25), and an assortment of cheques (22), mixed grades, a useful and varied lot (86) £250-350
1522
A large group of Central and South American Inflationary issues, comprising Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Chile (276), also some US Military payment certificates and confederate notes (8), little or no duplication with some more interesting items, mixed grades, needs viewing (284) £120-160
1523
A selection of Middle Eastern notes, including South Arabian Currency Authority, 250 fils and 500 fils, ND (1965), Lebanon 25 piastres, 1942, 5 piastres, 1948, 1 livre, 10 livres (2), Jordan 1/2 dinar (2) and 1 dinar, Central Bank of Yemen, 1, 5 and 10 rials, Iran, 5, 1944, and 10 rials, 1951, also 20, 50 and 100 rials, ND (1969), 100 rials, 1976, Central Bank of Iraq 1/4 and 1/2 dinar, Egypt (5), Syria, 1 pound and Libya 10 dinars (Pick 1b, 2b, 36, 40, 13a, 17a,, 18c, 39, 54, 71, 84, 85, 86, 108, 37b), generally uncirculated and a useful lot (30) £150-200
1524
World War II currency, Belgium, 5 francs, 10 francs (3), 1943, Austrian Military currency 50 groschen, 1 schillin (3), 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 schillin, 1944, BAF 3d(2), 6d, 1/-, first series, second series 3d, 6d, 1/- (2), 2/6 (2), 5/-, US MPC $1, series 471, 10 and 25 cents, $1, series 841, Maple leaf services, Canadian army 5 cents and a B.U.T.E 1 unit, Germany, Allied Military Currency, 50 pfg, 1 mark (2), 5, 10, 20 mark series of 1944, 1 mark of 1948 mixed (37) £150-200
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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