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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| World Banknotes (Day 3 of 3) Lots 1800-2306 | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 17th April 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing Friday 11 April 10am to 5pm Monday 14 April 10am to 5pm Private Viewing by appointment |
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| Auction Lots - Page 7 | |||
| 2100 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank Limited, £5, Glasgow, 3 March 1948, serial number AL 0001570, blue and red on white, arms of city of Glasgow at upper centre, TCBL in ornate scrollwork at left, printed signatures of Campbell and Pairman, reverse blue, city arms at centre, value either side (Douglas 16-6), pressed, otherwise about very fine £180-240 |
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| 2101 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank Limited, £5 (2), Glasgow, both dated 12 January 1949, serial numbers ¿ 0002697, and BG 0002278, both blue and red on white, arms of city of Glasgow at upper centre, TCBL in ornate scrollwork at left, printed signatures of Campbell and Houston, reverse blue, city arms at centre, value either side (Douglas 16-6 (2)), the first pressed, brown stains at lower left, otherwise fine, the second pressed, small chip out of right margin, otherwise very good to fine (2) £140-180 |
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| 2102 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank Limited, obverse and reverse composite essays on board for a £5, 20 September 1961, serial number B/A 000000, signature R. D. Fairbairn, dark blue on multicoloured underprint, arms at right, Celtic pattern in square at left, value at lower left and right, reverse King's College, Aberdeen, overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Douglas 26 for similar, Pick 196 for type), glue stains in lower margins of reverse, otherwise about uncirculated, unique (2) £150-250 |
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| 2103 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank Limited, specimen £5 (2), 18 April 1966 and 1 September 1969, serial numbers C/F 000000 and C/L 000000 respectively, both signature R. D. Fairbairn, dark blue on multicoloured underprint, arms at right, Celtic pattern in square at left, value at lower left and right, reverse King's College, Aberdeen, the first overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole, the second perforated SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE (Douglas 28-1, 28-2, Pick 196s (2)), ink dates '25-11-65' and '14-5<\_>70' and annotations in top margins, the first black ink marks in margin on reverse, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, the second about uncirculated (2) £100-150 |
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| 2104 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank Limited, obverse and reverse composite essays on board for a £10, 1 June 1962, serial number A/U 000000, signature R. D. Fairbairn, brown on multicoloured underprint, arms at right, Celtic pattern in square at left, value in three corners, reverse Glasgow University (Douglas 29-1 for similar, Pick 199 for type), most attractive, about uncirculated, unique (2) £400-600 |
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| 2105 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank Limited, specimen colour trial £10, 20 April 1964, serial number C/A 000000, signature R. D. Fairbairn, olive-green on multicoloured underprint, arms at right, Celtic pattern in square at left, value in three corners, reverse brown, Glasgow University, overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Douglas 29-1ct, Pick 199s-variety), about uncirculated to uncirculated and an extremely rare colour variety £400-600 |
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| 2106 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank Limited, specimen £10 (2), 20 April 1964 and 11 December 1967, serial numbers C/A 000000 and C/C 000000, both signature R. D. Fairbairn, brown on multicoloured underprint, arms at right, Celtic pattern in square at left, value in three corners, reverse brown, Glasgow University, both overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Douglas 29-1, Pick 199s (2)), about uncirculated (2) £350-450 |
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| 2107 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank Limited, £10, 20 April 1964 and £20, 19 November 1964, both prefix C/A, brown and red respectively, arms at right, value at centre and each corner, Fairbairn signature (Douglas 29-1, 30-1, Banknote Yearbook SC321, 323), original, good very fine to almost extremely fine (2) £200-300 |
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| 2108 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank Limited, £10, 6 January 1975, serial number D/J 050963, brown on multicolour underprint, David Livingstone at left, value at centre and top right (Douglas 34-2, Banknote Yearbook SC322b), almost extremely fine £80-120 |
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| 2109 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank, error £10, 25 January 2009, serial number W/JM 551425, brown on multicolour underprint, portrait of Robert Burns at right, reverse old and new towns of Edinburgh, additional flap of paper at top left corner indicating colour bars (Banknote Yearbook SC348a), very fine to about extremely fine, scarce £100-120 |
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| 2110 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank Limited, £20, 25 September 1940, serial number S/D 0000971, blue and white, value and bank title in pale pink, red background, arms top centre, bank initials at left, Mitchell and Young signatures, (Douglas 17-3), good extremely fine and quite scarce, only 1000 printed, especially in this grade £400-500 |
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| 2111 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank Limited, £20, 15 November 1944, serial number T/Y 0000549, blue and orange, bank emblem at top centre, flanked by values (Douglas 17-3, Banknote Yearbook SC308c), some water stains in top right quarter, but a fresh and original very fine, scarce in such a presentable state £200-300 |
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| 2112 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank Limited, an obverse composite essay on card for a £20, 1 June 1964, serial number A/U 000000, signature R. D. Fairbairn, brownish red on multicoloured underprint, arms at right, Celtic pattern in square at left, value in each corner (Douglas 30-1 for similar, Pick 200 for type-variety), attractive, about uncirculated and different guilloches from issued note, unique £180-260 |
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| 2113 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank Limited, specimen £20 (2), 19 November 1964 and 1 December 1967, serial numbers C/A 000000 and C/E 000000, both signature R. D. Fairbairn, carmine on multicoloured underprint, arms at right, value in ornate guilloche at left and in three corners, reverse George Square, Glasgow, both overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Douglas 30-1s, Pick 200s (2)), the first glue stains and small thin on reverse, ink date '17-8-64' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine, the second about uncirculated (2) £220-280 |
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| 2114 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank Limited, specimen £20, 1 March 1972, lilac, and specimen £100, 1 March 1972, red, both serial number D/A 000000, signature A. R. MacMillan as General Manager, both Lord Kelvin at left, reverse Kelvin's lecture room at Glasgow University, both overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Douglas 35-1s, 36-1s, Pick 208as, 210as), mounting traces, otherwise good extremely fine to about uncirculated, the £100 rare (2) £300-400 |
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| 2115 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank PLC, £50, 6 January 2001, serial number GU001002, brown and green on multicolour underprint, Adam Smith at left, value at centre and top right (Douglas 41, Banknote Yearbook SC363), uncirculated £100-150 |
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| 2116 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank Limited, an obverse composite essay on card for a £100, 1 June 1964, serial number A/U 000000, signature R. D. Fairbairn, violet on multicoloured underprint, arms at right, Celtic pattern in square at left, value in each corner (Douglas 31-1 for similar, Pick 201 for type-variety), attractive, about uncirculated and different guilloches from issued note, unique £400-600 |
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| 2117 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank Limited, specimen £20, 19 November 1964, serial number C/A 000000, signature Fairbairn, carmine on multicoloured underprint, arms at right, value in ornate guilloche at left, reverse George Square, Glasgow; also specimen £100, 29 April 1965, serial number C/A 000000, signature Fairbairn, violet on multicoloured underprint, arms at right, value in ornate guilloche at left, reverse river bridge, both overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Douglas 30-1s, 31-1s, Pick 200s, 201s), mounting traces, otherwise uncirculated, the £100 rare (2) £550-750 |
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| 2118 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank Limited, specimen £100, 29 April 1965, serial number C/A 000000, signature Fairbairn, violet on multicoloured underprint, arms at right, value in ornate guilloche at left, reverse river bridge and river scene, overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Douglas 31-1s, Pick 201s), ink date '28-1-65' and annotations in top margins, otherwise good extremely fine, rare £400-500 |
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| 2119 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank Limited, specimen £100, 1 February 1968, serial number C/B 000000, signature Fairbairn, violet on multicoloured underprint, arms at right, value in ornate guilloche at left, reverse river bridge and river scene, overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Douglas 31-1s, Pick 201s), choice about uncirculated, rare £450-550 |
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| 2120 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank Limited, an obverse composite essay on card for a £100, ND (1970), serial number C/V 000000, signature R. D. Fairbairn, brownish purple on orange and multicoloured underprint, Lord Kelvin at left, value in guilloche at lower centre and at upper right (Douglas 36-1 for similar, Pick 210 for type - colour variety), about uncirculated, unique £350-450 |
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| 2121 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank PLC, £100, 6 January 2001, serial number GU027440, red and purple on multicolour underprint, Lord Kelvin at left, value at centre and top right (Douglas 42, Banknote Yearbook SC373), uncirculated £180-220 |
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| 2122 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank Limited, £1, 1 July 1942, blue and orange, allegorical figures at lower left and right, arms at top, reverse bank seal and value in guilloches; £1, 30 March 1966, green, arms at right, reverse ships; £5, 18 April 1966, blue, arms at right, reverse King's College Aberdeen; £20 (3), 19 December 1964, 1 December 1967 (2), red and multicoloured, arms at right, reverse George Square, Glasgow (Douglas 19-2, 27-1, 28-1, 30-1, Pick 189c, 197, 198, 200 (3)), the copies of Pick 200, about very fine, very fine and extremely fine, the remainder generally fine to very fine or better (6) £250-350 |
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| 2123 | |||
| Clydesdale Bank Limited, £5, 1967, blue, Fairbairn signature, £5 (2), 1987, 1990, Robert Burns at left, £10 (3), 1987, 1997, 2009, brown and £20, 2009, purple (Douglas 28-1ff), generally uncirculated (11) £140-180 |
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| 2124 | |||
Clydesdale Bank Plc, £5, 19 June 2002, serial number E/EC04461 £10, 16 April 2007, serial number A/FH929304, £20, 26 January 2003, serial number A/BQ033659, £50, 25 April 2003, serial number A/cc139946, £100, 2 October 1996, serial number A/AZ001960 (Banknote Yearbook SC330d, SC344f, SC355d, SC362b, SC372), all about uncirculated to uncirculated (5) £900-950Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Limited |
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| 2125 | |||
| Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Limited, £5, 1951, red prefix A, purple and pale green and £20, 1960, red prefix C, green and pale yellow, both King's College at left, Glasgow Cathedral at right, Campbell and Fairbairn signatures respectively (Douglas 22-1, 23-2, Banknote Yearbook SC313a, SC315b), first, about uncirculated, second, central folds, about extremely fine £100-150 |
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| 2126 | |||
| Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Limited, £5 (2), 2 September 1953, consecutive serial numbers J199119-120, purple on multicolour underprint, King's College, Aberdeen, at left, Glasgow Cathedral at right, value at centre and each corner, Campbell signature (Douglas 22-1, Banknote Yearbook SC313a), both with a central fold, good extremely fine, a wonderfully fresh consecutive pair (2) £150-200 |
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| 2127 | |||
| Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Limited, specimen £20 (2), 1 June 1955 and 1 July 1961, serial numbers A 000000 and D 000000, signatures Campbell and Fairburn respectively, green on multicoloured underprint, King's College, Aberdeen at lower left, Glasgow Cathedral at lower right, reverse arms, the first overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole, the second perforated CANCELLED (Douglas 23-1s, 23-2s, Pick 193as, 193bs), the first glue stains, ink date '14-4-55' and annotations in top margin, the second ink date '15-6-61' and annotations in top margin, both otherwise good extremely fine (2) £300-400 |
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| 2128 | |||
| Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Limited, specimen £20, 1 February 1958, serial number B 000000, signature Campbell, green on multicoloured underprint, King's College, Aberdeen at lower left, Glasgow Cathedral at lower right, reverse arms, overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Douglas 23-1s, Pick 193as), mounting traces, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated £180-240 |
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| 2129 | |||
| Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank, £20 (3), 1 June 1955, 1 February 1958, both signature Campbell, 1 December 1960, signature Fairbairn, green on multicoloured underprint, King's College Aberdeen at lower left, Glasgow Cathedral at lower right, reverse coat of arms, value at left and right (Douglas 23-1, Pick 193a (2), 193b), the first pencil figures on obverse, stains on reverse, otherwise very fine, the second biro marks on reverse, otherwise very fine, the third pencil figure on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine (3) £100-140 |
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| 2130 | |||
| Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Limited, £20, 1 December 1960, serial number C019558, green on multicolour underprint, King's College, Aberdeen, at left, Glasgow Cathedral at right, value at centre and each corner, Fairbairn signature (Douglas 23-2, Banknote Yearbook SC315b), central fold, but lovely and fresh, good extremely fine to about uncirculated with fantastic paper quality £150-200 |
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| 2131 | |||
| Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Limited, specimen £100, 23 May 1951, serial number A 000000, signature Campbell, blue on multicoloured underprint, King's College, Aberdeen at lower left, Glasgow Cathedral at lower right, reverse arms, overprinted SPECIMEN in red with one black De La Rue specimen oval on obverse, one punch hole (Douglas 24-1s, Pick 194s), mounting traces, otherwise good extremely fine, rare £400-600 |
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| 2132 | |||
| Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Limited, specimen £1, 1 June 1955, serial number M000000, blue on yellow and orange underprint, ships at left, sheaves at right, reverse river scene; also specimen £1 (2), 1 March 1961 and 2 May 1962, serial numbers B/A 000000 and B/D 000000 respectively, both signature R. D. Fairbairn, green on multicoloured underprint, arms at right, value in rectangular guilloche at left, reverse ship and tug, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Douglas 21-1, 25-1, Pick 191s, 195s (2)), the first several glue stains, otherwise about uncirculated, the remainder ink dates '19-12-60' and '8-2-62' and annotations in top margins, otherwise about uncirculated (3) £120-180 |
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| 2133 | |||
| Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Limited, specimen £5 (2), 20 September 1961 and 1 June 1962, serial numbers B/A 000000 and B/E 000000 respectively, both signature R. D. Fairbairn, dark blue on multicoloured underprint, arms at right, Celtic pattern in square at left, value at lower left and right, reverse King's College, Aberdeen, both overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Douglas 26-1s, Pick 196s (2)), ink dates '20-7-61'and '8-2<\_>62' and annotations in top margins, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £300-350 |
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| 2134 | |||
Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Limited, £1, 1 March 1952, blue, ships and landscape, reverse river scene; £5 (4), 2 May 1951, 2 September 1953 (2), 1 November 1956, all signature Campbell, purple, King's College Aberdeen at left, Glasgow Cathedral at right; also £5, 17 February 1963, blue, arms at right, reverse King's College, Aberdeen (Douglas 21-1, 22-1, 26-1, Pick 191a, 192a (4), 196), generally fine to very fine or better, one copy of Pick 191a very good (6) £50-80Commercial Bank of Scotland |
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| 2135 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland, an entirely hand drawn and coloured fake/fantasy £1, probably produced in the late 1800s to the early 1930s, blue and yellow on waxy paper, scene with horsemen, cannons and flags at centre, arms at top centre, value at centre and each corner, ornate designs surrounding, a very curious item, bearing little resemblance to any notes ever produced by the Commercial Bank of Scotland. A letter from the British Museum relating to the note is included in the lot. Folded into a very small square, sections missing from right and top edges but mostly intact, very good and completely unique, a very interesting item worthy of further study £100-150 |
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| 2136 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland, forgery of a £1, 12 November 1810, serial number 40/125, black and white, Edinburgh Castle at top centre, also a later pull of a £1, 1826, black and white, Edinburgh Castle at top left (Douglas 1 and 6 for types), first with large hole at centre, thus very good, second extremely fine (2) £100-150 |
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| 2137 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland, proof on card for £1, ND (1848-50), Victoria at left, Albert at right, bank building at low centre, female allegories in front of Edinburgh Castle (Douglas 15), about uncirculated, rare £300-400 |
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| 2138 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland, uniface proof on paper for a £1, 1863, black and white, frieze at top centre, flanked by values, first square format with counterfoil at left (Douglas 26), almost extremely fine, scarce £200-250 |
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| 2139 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, printer's archival specimen £100, Edinburgh, 3 January 1891, serial run 9/A 31/1 to 9/A 35/200, no signatures, blue on buff underprint, frieze of allegorical figures from the pediment of Head Office building in Edinburgh at upper centre, value in each corner, reverse brown, Head Office building set in ornate frame, value in guilloches at left and right, perforated SPECIMEN B.W.&Co. LONDON (Pick S318s; Douglas 39-1s), pencil date 'June 29-91' at top left, good extremely fine to about uncirculated, extremely rare £1,500-2,000 |
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| 2140 | |||
| Commercial Banking Company of Scotland, a uniface proof on thick paper for £100, 18-, black and white, Edinburgh Castle at top centre, female heads (Scotland?) at left and right, value at centre and top left and right (unlisted), several ink annotations, attractive and rare, a handsome proof £800-1,000 |
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| 2141 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, proof/colour trial £1, 1 July 1886, black on yellow underprint, ornate frieze surrounded by thistles at top centre, bank emblem at low centre, reverse brown, bank building at centre, two cancellation holes in counterfoil (Douglas 31 for type), about uncirculated, rare £300-400 |
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| 2142 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 2 January 1892, serial number 14/Q 50/324, blue on yellow underprint, ornate frieze surrounded by thistles at top centre, bank emblem at low centre, reverse green, bank building at centre, two manuscript signatures (Douglas 36a-1), one instance of graffiti on reverse, otherwise a fairly strong about fine, and a very rare early date £400-500 |
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| 2143 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen £1, 2 January 1897, serial number 15/Q 200/500, blue on yellow underprint, ornate frieze surrounded by thistles at top centre, bank emblem at low centre, reverse green, bank building at centre, perforated SPECIMEN (Douglas 36b-1 for type), pencil date 'May 12.97' in top margin, about uncirculated, rare £400-500 |
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| 2144 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen/trial £1, ND (c.1907), black on blue and yellow underprint, frieze at low centre, bank buildings at left and right and top centre, value at centre and each corner, reverse purple, bank emblem at centre, perforated SPECIMEN (Douglas 40-1 for similar, Banknote Yearbook SC401 for type), ink annotation in top margin, mounting traces on reverse, about uncirculated, rare £150-200 |
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| 2145 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, obverse and reverse uniface proofs/colour trials for a £1, ND (c.1907), black on multicolour underprint, frieze at low centre, bank buildings at left and right and top centre, value at centre and each corner, reverse brown, bank emblem at centre, perforated SPECIMEN (Douglas 40-1 for similar, Banknote Yearbook SC401 for type), ink annotation in top margin, mounting traces on reverse, good extremely fine, rare (2) £150-200 |
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| 2146 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 3 January 1911, serial number 18/Q 197/35, blue on mauve and yellow underprint, frieze at low centre, bank buildings at left and right and top centre, value at centre and each corner, reverse mauve, bank emblem at centre (Douglas 44-1, Banknote Yearbook SC402a), a presentable good fine, and a scarce early date £150-200 |
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| 2147 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 2 January 1914, red serial number 19/I 195/267, blue on mauve and yellow underprint, frieze at low centre, bank buildings at left and right and top centre, value at centre and each corner, reverse mauve, bank emblem at centre (Douglas 44-3, Banknote Yearbook SC402a), fresh and original, good very fine and scarce in such an attractive grade £150-200 |
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| 2148 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1 (2), 2 January 1914, red serial number 19/L 5/250 and 2 January 1915, red serial number 19/Q 162/385, blue on mauve and yellow underprint, frieze at low centre, bank buildings at left and right and top centre, value at centre and each corner, reverse mauve, bank emblem at centre (Douglas 44-3, 44-4, Banknote Yearbook SC402b), fine (2) £150-200 |
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| 2149 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1 (3), 1915, 1918 and 1922, prefixes 20/A, 21/B and 21/G, blue on mauve and yellow underprint, frieze at low centre, bank buildings at left and right and top centre, value at centre and each corner, reverse mauve, bank emblem at centre (Douglas 44-4, 44-5, Banknote Yearbook SC402b), fine to very fine (3) £300-400 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| World Banknotes (Day 3 of 3) Lots 1800-2306 | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 17th April 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing Friday 11 April 10am to 5pm Monday 14 April 10am to 5pm Private Viewing by appointment |
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