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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Banknotes of the World (Sale 27) | |||
| Auctioneer: | St. James’s Auctions Ltd (Knightsbridge Coins) | Location: | Cavendish Hotel, 81 Jermyn Street, St Jamess, London SW1 |
| Contact: | Tel: 020 7930 7597 | ||
| Date: | 6th March 2014 | Time: | 10:30AM |
| Details: | Monday 3rd March 10.30am to 4.30pm Tuesday 4th March 10.30am to 4.30pm Viewing at other times by appointment |
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| Page: | 1 2 3 4 5 | ||
| Auction Lots - Page 1 | |||
Banknotes of the WorldThe majority of the lots in this sale are specimen or unissued notes printed by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. Conventional grading has not been included on these as most are in crisp original condition with fresh vibrant colours. Some have traces of handling but any other imperfections have been recorded in the descriptions.Argentina | |||
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El Banco Nacional, five hundred pesos, 5 November 1881, Ser. B 001, 001 β 003,000, black and multicolour, two women seated lower left representing the Arts, General San Martin at right (Pick S703), perforated SPECIMEN, BW & CO, LONDON £400-500Australia |
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| Australian Joint Stock Bank, one pound, 1 January 1884, Brisbane, B50001 β B100000, black and green, maidens and arms top centre (Vort-Ronald type 2a), perforated SPECIMEN, BW & CO, LONDON £2000-2500 |
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| Australian Joint Stock Bank, five pounds, 1 January 1884, Brisbane, B10001 β B20000, black and orange-brown, maidens and arms top centre (Vort-Ronald type 2), perforated SPECIMEN, BW & CO, LONDON £2500-3000 |
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| Australian Joint Stock Bank, ten pounds, 1 January 1884, Brisbane, B00001 β B05000, black, lilac and pale orange, maidens and arms top centre (Vort-Ronald type 2b), good extremely fine £3000-4000 |
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| Bank of Adelaide, one pound, 1 June 1893, nos. 1060001 β 1160000, black and gold, Ceres top centre (Vort-Ronald type 3), small date top left margin, perforated SPECIMEN, BW & CO, LONDON £2000-2500 |
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| City of Melbourne Bank Limited, one pound, 1 April 1877, A30001, black and white, value in blue and pale orange underprint at centre, arms top centre, maiden at left (Vort-Ronald page 125), perforated SPECIMEN, BW & CO, LONDON £2500-3500 |
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| City of Melbourne Bank Limited, fifty pounds, 19 June 1893, B02001 β B02500, black and white, value in red and pale blue underprint at centre, arms top centre, maiden at left (Vort-Ronald page 125), perforated SPECIMEN, BW & CO, LONDON, irregular left margin £4000-6000 |
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| City of Melbourne Bank Limited, one hundred pounds, 1 April 1877, A00501 β A01500, black and white with value in orange-brown underprint at centre, maiden at left (Vort-Ronald page 125), perforated SPECIMEN, BW & CO, LONDON, irregular left margin £4000-6000 |
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| City Bank of Sydney, one pound, 1 January 1896, C140001 β C160000, black and white on watermarked paper, value in brown underprint at centre, maiden at left with emu and kangaroo in panels above and below (Vort-Ronald type 2d), perforated SPECIMEN £1500-2000 |
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| Commercial Bank of Australia Limited, one pound, 18β, Melbourne, A150001 β A150001, black, white and brown on watermarked paper, maiden representing commerce with caduceus and globe top centre, ornate tendril design around Chinese text at left and right (Vort-Ronald type 1), two small punch-holes £2500-3000 |
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| Commercial Bank of Australia Limited, five pounds, 18β, Melbourne, A40001 β A50000, black and blue, maiden representing commerce with caduceus and globe top centre, ornate tendril design around, Chinese text at left and right (Vort-Ronald type 1), perforated SPECIMEN, BW & CO, LONDON £3000-4000 |
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| Commercial Bank of South Australia, one pound, 1 January 1885, Adelaide, B150001 β B170000, black and white, value at left and right in green, Ceres at centre, EIN PFUND at left and right (Vort-Ronald type 2), pencilled date top left, perforated SPECIMEN, BW & CO, LONDON £2000-2500 |
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| Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited, one pound, 19β, H200001 β H300000, green and mauve, maiden at left, Captain Cook at right (Vort-Ronald type 5b), perforated SPECIMEN £1200-1800 |
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| Commonwealth of Australia, one pound, undated (1927), J/32 460151, dark green, arms at left, King George V at right, Riddle-Heathershaw signatures (Renn.R26; Pick 16c), good very fine £400-500 |
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| Commonwealth of Australia, one pound, undated (1932), K/75 756609, dark green, arms at left, King George V at right, Riddle-Sheehan, thin signatures (Renn.R27bf; Pick 16d), scarce first prefix, very fine to good very fine £1500-2000 |
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| Commonwealth of Australia, ten shillings, undated (1949), A/47 170872, orange-red, King George VI at right, Coombs-Watt signatures (Renn. R.14; Pick 25c), indent from paper clip right side, otherwise crisp good extremely fine £120-150 |
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| Federal Bank of Australia, one pound, 1 June 18-, Melbourne, nos. 50001 β 100000, green and black, maidens at left and right, arms at centre (Vort-Ronald page 163, type 174), perforated SPECIMEN, BW & CO, LONDON £3000-4000 Printers imprint: Sands & McDougall, Melbourne |
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| London Chartered Bank of Australia, one pound, 1 December 1887, Brisbane, A25001 β A50000, black, pale blue, green and orange, arms at left and right (Vort-Ronald type 2d), perforated SPECIMEN, BW & CO, LONDON £2000-2500 |
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| London Chartered Bank of Australia, ten pounds, 1 June 1890, Melbourne, A60001 β 65000, orange-red and pale blue, arms at left and right (Vort-Ronald type 2), perforated SPECIMEN, BW & CO, LONDON £2500-3500 |
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| Mercantile Bank of Sydney, one pound, 1 January 1877, A110001 β A160000, black and white, value in pink underprint at centre (Vort-Ronald type 2), perforated SPECIMEN, BW & CO, LONDON £2500-3000 |
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| National Bank of Australasia, one pound, 1 July 1881, Perth, nos. 010001 β 020000, orange-brown and black, value in green at centre, maiden at left, value at right (Vort-Ronald type 3), perforated SPECIMEN, BW & CO, LONDON £1200-1600 |
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| National Bank of Australasia Limited, fifty pounds, undated (1911), Melbourne, V0001 β V1500, black, pale blue and green, Ceres at left, value at right (Vort-Ronald type 4M), numbers and date top margin, perforated SPECIMEN, three light creases £4000-5000 |
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| National Bank of Australasia Limited, one hundred pounds, 1 May 1909, Melbourne, nos. 002001 β 003000, black, lilac and pale blue, Ceres at left, value at right (Vort-Ronald type 3bM), perforated SPECIMEN, handling left edge £4000-6000 |
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| National Bank of Australasia Limited, one hundred pounds, undated (1911), Melbourne, T0501-T5500, black, lilac and pale blue, Ceres at left, value at right (Vort-Ronald type 3bM), perforated SPECIMEN £4000-6000 |
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Western Australia Bank, five pounds, 1 January 1909, Perth, A165001 β A170000, black and white, value in pale orange-brown underprint at centre, black swan at top centre (Vort-Ronald page 238, type 3c), perforated SPECIMEN, central crease £2500-3500Barbados |
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Government of Barbados, five dollars, undated (1940), C/A 000,001 β C/B 200,000, blue and violet, George VI at right, King in sea chariot at left (Pick 4S), numbers and date top margin, perforated CANCELLED £400-600Belize |
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| Government of Belize, twenty dollars, 1 June 1975, E/1 214928, brown and pale green, Queen Elizabeth II at right, signatures of H. E. Cain, R. A. Fonseca and A. E. Cattouse (Pick 37b), uncirculated £350-400 |
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| Central Bank of Belize, twenty dollars, 1 July 1983, T/3 001694, orange-brown, pale blue and green, Queen Elizabeth II at right, signatures of H. E. Cain, E. A. Marshalleck and E. Gegg (Pick 45), about uncirculated to uncirculated £150-200 |
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Central Bank of Belize, one hundred dollars, 1 November 1983, X/1 829507, blue, pink and pale green, Queen Elizabeth II at right, signatures of R. Swift, E. A. Marshalleck and E. Gegg (Pick 50a), about uncirculated to uncirculated £350-400Bermuda |
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| Bermuda Government, five pounds, 1 May 1957, N/1 272197, orange, Queen Elizabeth at right (Pick 21c), good extremely fine £200-250 |
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| Bermuda Government, ten pounds, 28 July 1964, C/1 205682, purple and multicolour, Queen Elizabeth at right (Pick 22), good extremely fine to about uncirculated, scarce £800-1000 |
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| 32 | |||
Bermuda Monetary Authority, one hundred dollars, 20 February 1989, B/1 000340, orange, brown and violet, Queen Elizabeth at right (Pick 39), uncirculated £100-120British Guiana |
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| 33 | |||
| Government of British Guiana, one dollar, undated, A/3 35430, red-brown, sailing ship seal at left, signatures of C. C. Smith, R. C. Grannum and J. M. Reid all crossed through (Pick 1), perforated CANCELLED, few pinholes left side, very fine, scarce £300-400 |
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| 34 | |||
| Government of British Guiana, one dollar, 1 January 1936, E/1 00001, red and pale green, Kaieteur Falls at centre, toucan at left, sailing ship seal at right, signatures of E. J. Waddington, E. F. McDavid and W. A. d'Andrade (Pick 6), good very fine to about extremely fine £2000-2500 The first note issued for this scarce date. |
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| 35 | |||
Government of British Guiana, one dollar, 1 June 1937, E/7 27324, red and pale green, Kaieteur Falls at centre, toucan at left, sailing ship seal at right, signatures of E. J. Waddington, E. F. McDavid and W. A. d'Andrade (Pick 12a), very fine to good very fine £120-150British West Africa |
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West African Currency Board, ten shillings, 10 December 1943, 1/10 954109, green and yellow, palm tree at centre (Pick 7b), small spot in top serial, about good very fine £150-200Bolivia |
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El Banco Francisco Argandona, five bolivianos, 1907, D00000 β D99999, black, red and multicolour, Francisco Aragonda and his wife, left and right, Mercury and cherub in field (Pick S150s), light date top left, perforated SPECIMEN two creases £250-350Bulgaria |
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| 38 | |||
| National Bank of Bulgaria, ten leva, undated (1902), nos. 1500001 β 2500000, black, pale blue and pale orange, maiden with flowers at left (Pick A5s), perforated SPECIMEN £500-600 |
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National Bank of Bulgaria, ten leva, undated (1902), nos. 1500001 β 2500000, black, pale blue and pale orange, maiden with flowers at left (Pick A5s), perforated SPECIMEN, pencil date top margin, crease bottom right corner £500-600China |
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| Ming Dynasty, one kuan, 1368-1399, black and red on grey mulberry bark, ten strings of cash coins at centre (Pick AA 10), worn edges, some thinning and a few tiny holes, otherwise paper still strong, good fine £2000-2500 |
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| Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, five dollars, 1 January 1900, Shanghai, nos. 205001 β 265000, blue and red-brown, arms top centre, printed signature of Gardner low right (Pick S351s), perforated SPECIMEN £1000-1200 |
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| Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, ten dollars, 1 January 1901, Shanghai, nos. 075001 β 095000, green and pink-red, arms top centre, printed signature of Gardner low right (Pick S355s), perforated SPECIMEN £1000-1200 |
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| 43 | |||
| Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, ten dollars, 1 July 1904, Shanghai, nos. 115001 β 145000, green and yellow, arms top centre, printed signature of Bevis low right (Pick S357s), perforated CANCELLED £1000-1200 |
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| Imperial Bank of China, ten dollars, 16 February 1904, Shanghai, nos. E/K100001 β E/M130000, black, lilac and pale blue-green, the God of Wealth at right, seal and dragons top centre, Marshall signature (Pick A55As), perforated SPECIMEN £1200-1500 |
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| 45 | |||
| Imperial Bank of China, ten dollars, 16 February 1904, Shanghai, nos. E/N 130001 β E/U 210000, black, lilac and pale blue-green, the God of Wealth at right, seal and dragons top centre, Marshall signature (Pick A55As), perforated SPECIMEN £1200-1500 |
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| Netherlands Trading Society, five dollars, undated (1909), black, lilac and green, warrior, dragons and bridge (Pick S458s), annotated 'chosen for front only' and signed top margin, perforated SPECIMEN £1000-1200 |
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| Netherlands Trading Society, ten dollars, 1 January 1909, black, red and orange, warrior, dragons and bridge (Pick S459s), perforated SPECIMEN, numbers and date top margin £1400-1800 |
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| Russo-Chinese Bank, fifty hong ping hua pao taels, undated (1907), Tientsin, A5001 β A9000, black, red and pale blue, dragon at centre, value at left and right (Pick S552s), perforated CANCELLED, one crease £3000-5000 |
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| Russo-Chinese Bank, fifty hong ping hua pao taels, undated (1907), Tientsin, A5001 β A9000, black, red and pale blue, dragon at centre, value at left and right (Pick S552s), perforated CANCELLED, one crease £3000-5000 |
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Russo Chinese Bank, five Mexican dollars, undated (c. 1914), Shanghai, green, black and lilac, dragon at left and right (Pick S491s), light date top margin, perforated SPECIMEN £2000-2500Danish West Indies |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Banknotes of the World (Sale 27) | |||
| Auctioneer: | St. James’s Auctions Ltd (Knightsbridge Coins) | Location: | Cavendish Hotel, 81 Jermyn Street, St Jamess, London SW1 |
| Contact: | Tel: 020 7930 7597 | ||
| Date: | 6th March 2014 | Time: | 10:30AM |
| Details: | Monday 3rd March 10.30am to 4.30pm Tuesday 4th March 10.30am to 4.30pm Viewing at other times by appointment |
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| Page: | 1 2 3 4 5 | ||