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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 8 | |||
| 2150 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 2 January 1918, red serial number 21/A 746/238, 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 44-5, Banknote Yearbook SC402b), fine, and a scarcer date/serial number combination £150-200 |
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| 2151 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 2 January 1918, black serial number 21/B 228/338, 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 44-5, Banknote Yearbook SC402b), original very fine £120-160 |
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| 2152 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 2 January 1920, serial number 21/D 216/377, blue and yellow, bank offices top centre and at left and right, Mackay and Riddell signatures, reverse blue, arms at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC402b), very fine £120-180 |
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| 2153 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 2 January 1920, black serial number 21/D 602/451, 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 44-5, Banknote Yearbook SC402b), an attractive very fine £100-150 |
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| 2154 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 2 January 1920, black serial number 21/E 652/474, 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 44-5, Banknote Yearbook SC402b), about very fine £100-150 |
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| 2155 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 3 January 1911, serial number 13/B 53/141, 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, two manuscript signatures (Douglas 45-1, Banknote Yearbook SC412a), fine and scarce £200-300 |
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| 2156 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 2 January 1914, prefix 13/C, blue and yellow-orange, bank offices top centre and at left and right, manuscript signature low right, printed signature of Mackay low left, also £5, 1 August 1931, prefix 14/S, blue, red and yellow, Sir John Pitcairn low centre, classical frieze top centre, printed signatures of Thomson and Robb below (Douglas 45-1, 49-1), fine (2) £100-150 |
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| 2157 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 2 January 1914, serial number 13/C 69/171, blue and yellow, bank offices top centre and at left and right, classical pediment low centre, printed signature of Mackay low left, manuscript signature low right, reverse blue, arms at centre (Douglas 45-1), about very fine, rare £250-350 |
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| 2158 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 2 January 1915, serial number 13/C 115/156, blue on yellow underprint, views of Head Office building at upper centre, left and right, frieze of allegorical figures from pediment of Head Office building at lower centre, one printed signature and one manuscript signature, reverse blue, bank seal at centre in ornate engraved pattern (Douglas 45-1), about fine, scarce £150-200 |
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| 2159 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 2 January 1920, serial number 13/I 99/51, 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, manuscript signature at right (Douglas 45-1, Banknote Yearbook SC412b), some small stains at low right, otherwise a clean and presentable good fine £220-260 |
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| 2160 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, printers archival specimen £20, 2 January 1913, serial number range 11/A 61/1 to 11/A 70/200, 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, perforated SPECIMEN (Douglas 46-1, Banknote Yearbook SC422as), ink date 'August 1913' in top margin, good extremely fine, rare £800-1,200 |
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| 2161 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £20, 2 January 1920, serial number 11/A 183/30, 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 46-1, Banknote Yearbook SC422a), fine and very scarce £500-700 |
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| 2162 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 31 October 1925, serial number 22/X 187390, blue, yellow and red, classical pediment top centre, Sir John Pitcairn low centre, Thomson and Roberts signatures below, reverse blue, bank head office at centre (Douglas 48-1), good extremely fine £140-180 |
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| 2163 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1 (3), 31 October 1925, 1 November 1926 and 1 December 1927, blue on orange and yellow underprint, frieze at top centre, Lord Pitcairn at low centre, value at centre and each corner, reverse blue, bank building at centre (Douglas 48-1, 52a-1, Banknote Yearbook SC403, 404a), first with 3mm tear in left margin, thus good very fine to about extremely fine, second very fine, third good very fine (3) £200-300 |
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| 2164 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1 (3), 1927, 1928, 1931, blue, red and pale yellow, classical portico top centre, Sir John Pitcairn low centre, first Thomson and Roberts signature, last two Irving and Thomson signatures (Douglas 52a-2), good extremely fine (3) £100-150 |
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| 2165 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1 (2), 1 June 1928 and 12 February 1936, blue on yellow and orange underprint, stone frieze from bank portico at upper centre, John Pitcairn at lower centre, reverse bank building with value in guilloches at left and right; also £1 (2), 3 January 1949, both prefix 26H, purple, Lord Cockburn at top right, reverse coat of arms [Douglas 52a-3, 52b-1, 53-1 (2); Pick S331a (2), S332 (2)], the first pressed, otherwise good fine, the second very fine, the remainder good extremely fine (4) £90-120 |
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| 2166 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1 (3), 1938, 1941(2), blue, red and pale yellow, classical portico top centre, Sir John Pitcairn low centre, Irving and Thomson signatures, also £1, 1947, purple and £1, 1955, blue, also £5, 1952, purple, Sir John Pitcairn top centre (Douglas 52d-1ff), good extremely fine (6) £100-150 |
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| 2167 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £5 (2), 31 October 1924, prefix 14/Z and 1 November 1926 prefix 14/X, blue on orange and yellow underprint, frieze at top centre, Lord Pitcairn at low centre, value at centre and each corner, reverse blue, bank building at centre (Douglas 49a-1, Banknote Yearbook SC413a), first with small piece missing from top margin, otherwise very fine, second good fine (2) £120-160 |
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| 2168 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £5 (3), 1931, 1942 and 1942, prefixes 14/R, 14/E and 14/F, blue on orange and yellow underprint, frieze at top centre, Lord Pitcairn at low centre, value at centre and each corner, reverse blue, bank building at centre (Douglas 49b-1, 49b-3, Banknote Yearbook SC413b, 413d), about very fine, very fine, very fine (3) £120-160 |
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| 2169 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 3 March 1942, serial number 14/E 08624, blue, yellow and red, classical pediment top centre, Sir John Pitcairn low centre, Thomson and Erskine signatures below, reverse blue, bank head office at centre (Douglas 50-5), uncirculated thus quite rare £180-240 |
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| 2170 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £5 (3), 1942, 1943 and 1943, prefixes 14/F, 15/Y and 15/Z, blue on orange and yellow underprint, frieze at top centre, Lord Pitcairn at low centre, value at centre and each corner, reverse blue, bank building at centre (Douglas 49b-3, b-4, Banknote Yearbook SC413d), about extremely fine, very fine and very fine (3) £120-160 |
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| 2171 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £20, 25 October 1937, serial number 12/W 04147, blue, yellow and red, classical pediment top centre, Sir John Pitcairn low centre, printed signatures of Thomson and Erskine, reverse blue, bank head office at centre (Douglas 50-4, Banknote Yearbook SC423c), about extremely fine, a handsome example, scarce £180-240 |
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| 2172 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £20, 2 August 1940, serial number 12/V 05860, blue on orange and yellow underprint, frieze at top centre, Lord Pitcairn at low centre, value at centre and each corner, reverse blue, bank building at centre (Douglas 50-5, Banknote Yearbook SC423d), an original and fresh almost extremely fine, a lovely example £200-300 |
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| 2173 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen £1 and £20, ND (1947), first purple, second blue, both on multicolour underprint, Lord Cockburn at top right, both with red SPECIMEN overprints and once small cancellation hole (Douglas 53-1, 56-1, Banknote Yearbook SC405s, 424as), the £1 has a circular piece missing at low left, and has glue stains in the same area, the missing piece is also included in the lot and appears to have been subjected to colourfastness tests or similar. The £5 is otherwise extremely fine, the £20 about uncirculated (2) £250-350 |
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| 2174 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1 (3), 1953, 1954 and 1958, and £5 (3), 1955, 1958 and 1958, one £1 purple, the others blue, all £5s purple, Lord Cockburn at top right (Douglas 53-1, 54-1, Banknote Yearbook SC405, 406, 414b), last note has a tiny tip missing from top left corner, thus very fine, otherwise about extremely fine to good extremely fine (6) £100-150 |
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| 2175 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £5 (4), 1947, 1949, 1953 and 1954, purple on multicolour underprint, Lord Cockburn at top right (Douglas 55-1, 55-3, Banknote Yearbook SC 414a, 414b), good very fine to about extremely fine (4) £100-150 |
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| 2176 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £5 (3), 3 January 1949 (2), prefixes 16H and 16J, 2 January 1954, prefix 17B, all purple, Lord Cockburn at top centre, allegorical females representing commerce and agriculture on either side, reverse bank building at centre, people at left and right; also £20, 3 January 1956, prefix 13M, blue and multicoloured, obverse and reverse similar to £5 above [Douglas 55-1 (2), 55-3, 56-3; Pick S333 (3), S334], the first three fine, the fourth crisp, original very fine (4) £150-200 |
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| 2177 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £20 (3), 2 January 1947, prefixes 13A, 13B and 13E, blue on multicolour underprint, Lord Cockburn at top centre right, flanked by female allegories (Douglas 56-1, Banknote Yearbook SC424a), 13E a very limited printing, 2,000 printed. About very fine (3) £150-200 |
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| 2178 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £20 (3), 1952, 1954 and 1956, blue on multicolour underprint, Lord Cockburn at top centre right, flanked by female allegories (Douglas 56-1, 56-3, Banknote Yearbook SC424a, 424b), 13K a limited printing, 13,000 printed. Very fine (3) £150-200 |
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| 2179 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £20 (2), 1953 and 1958, blue on multicolour underprint, Lord Cockburn at top centre right, flanked by female allegories (Douglas 56-1, 56-3, Banknote Yearbook SC424b), very fine and almost extremely fine respectively (2) £120-160 |
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| 2180 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £100, 2 January 1919, serial number 10/A 30/74, 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 blue, bank emblem at centre (Douglas 47-1, Banknote Yearbook SC432b), the Douglas plate note, Volume 2, p.63. A 8mm tear in top margin, and one small spilt at centre right, otherwise a strong and original good fine, extremely rare £1,000-1,500 |
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| 2181 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, obverse and reverse die proofs for £100, ND (1947-53), purple, obverse partially printed, showing Lord Cockburn and female allegories at top centre, medallic female head at low left, reverse complete, bank building and street scene, also a proposed reverse proof for a c.1933 issue, green, with bank bulding at centre (Banknote Yearbook SC434 for type, this colour different), pencil and ink annotations, very fine to extremely fine, rare (3) £150-200 |
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| 2182 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £100, 2 January 1953, serial number 12B 0798, green on multicolour underprint, Lord Cockburn at top centre right, flanked by female allegories, medallic female head at low left (Douglas 57-1, Banknote Yearbook SC434), a clean and original good very fine, an attrative example of rare note £600-800 |
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| 2183 | |||
Commercial Bank of Scotland, group of notes including £1, 4 May 1939, serial number O/24 119400, Union Bank of Scotland, £5, 31 August 1944, serial number G 86/084, Commercial Bank of Scotland, £5, 3 January 1951, serial number 16N028642, purple, also Royal Bank of Scotland £1, 1973, £5, 1974, Bank of England £5 (2), 1957 and Bank of England £10 (2), 1967 (Banknote Yearbook, SC404d, SC912e, SC414a), first, some creasing otherwise very fine, second, horizontal and vertical folds, creasing, ink marks on reverse, very fine, third central fold and creasing, almost extremely fine, remainder good to very good £350-400National Bank of Scotland |
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| 2184 | |||
| National Bank of Scotland, £1, 11 November 1856, serial number O 41/449, black and white, arms at top centre, value at centre, and top left and right, two manuscript signatures (Douglas 7), very good, very rare £1,000-1,500 |
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| 2185 | |||
| National Bank of Scotland, group of £1 proofs, dated 1871, 1885, and 1891 (2), first two on paper, others on card, black and white, arms at top centre flanked by values, three with cancellation holes (Douglas 12), some with mounting traces, second with foxing, generally extremely fine (4) £700-900 |
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| 2186 | |||
| National Bank of Scotland Limited, uniface proof on paper for £5, ND (c.1831-82), black and white, arms at top centre, flanked by values (Douglas 8 for similar design), mounting traces, damaged where removed from mounting otherwise very fine £300-350 |
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| 2187 | |||
| National Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen £1, 15 May 1913, dark blue on orange and yellow underprint, Marquess of Lothian at left, arms at centre, Edinburgh Castle at right, Samuel signature, reverse dark blue, view of Edinburgh at centre, several cancellation holes, red SPECIMEN overprint, dark blue Waterlow stamp (Douglas 24-1, Banknote Yearbook SC501bs), about fine, rare £100-150 |
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| 2188 | |||
| National Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 1 August 1914, serial number H103-354, dark blue on orange and yellow underprint, Marquess of Lothian at left, arms at centre, Edinburgh Castle at right, reverse dark blue, view of Edinburgh at centre (Douglas 24-1, Banknote Yearbook SC501b), about very fine £120-160 |
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| 2189 | |||
| National Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 11 November 1915, serial number H751-331, blue and yellow with a red sunburst design in background, The Marquess of Lothian and the Clyde at left, Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace at right, arms at centre, manuscript signature and printed signature of Samuel low centre, reverse blue, Princes Street and value (Douglas 24-1), a pleasing very fine, scarce £150-200 |
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| 2190 | |||
| National Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 15 May 1918, serial number K704-539, dark blue on orange and yellow underprint, Marquess of Lothian at left, arms at centre, Edinburgh Castle at right, reverse dark blue, view of Edinburgh at centre (Douglas 24-1, Banknote Yearbook SC501b), original very fine £150-200 |
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| 2191 | |||
| National Bank of Scotland, £1, 15 May 1923, serial number M835-096, and yellow with a red sunburst design in background, The Marquess of Lothian and the Clyde at left, Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace at right, arms at centre, manuscript signature and printed signature of Samuel and Vissock low centre, reverse blue, Princes Street and value (Douglas 24-3), extremely fine £140-180 |
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| 2192 | |||
| National Bank of Scotland Limited, £1 (2), 15 May 1924 and 15 May 1925, both prefix N, dark blue on orange and yellow underprint, Marquess of Lothian at left, arms at centre, Edinburgh Castle at right, Samuel and McKissock/Lethbridge and McKissock signatures, reverse dark blue, view of Edinburgh at centre (Douglas 24-3, 28-1, Banknote Yearbook SC501c, 501d), good very fine and very fine (2) £150-200 |
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| 2193 | |||
| National Bank of Scotland Limited, £1 (2), 1 January 1926 and 1 July 1926, prefixes N and O, dark blue on orange and yellow underprint, Marquess of Lothian at left, arms at centre, Edinburgh Castle at right, Lethbridge and McKissock signatures, reverse dark blue, view of Edinburgh at centre (Douglas 28-1, Banknote Yearbook SC501d), good very fine and very good (2) £120-160 |
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| 2194 | |||
| National Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen colour trial £1, 2 November 1927, brown on yellow and orange underprint, Arms at centre, Glasgow Cathedral at left, Holyrood House at right, value at centre and each corner, reverse red, view of Edinburgh, dark blue SPECIMEN overprint, three large cancellation holes (Douglas 32-1ct, Banknote Yearbook SC502as), about uncirculated, and a lovely note, rare £350-400 |
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| 2195 | |||
| National Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 1927, 1932, 1934, prefixes A/A, A/E, A/G, black, pale red and yellow, arms at centre, first Lethbridge, last two Drever signatures (Douglas 32-1, 33-1, 34-1), extremely fine, last note good very fine £80-100 |
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| 2196 | |||
| National Bank of Scotland Limited, a small group of small format £1 notes, comprising 1927, 1928, 1931 (2), dark brown on yellow and orange underprint, Arms at centre, Glasgow Cathedral at left, Holyrood House at right, value at centre and each corner, reverse brown, view of Edinburgh, the 1931 different printers, Waterlow and Johnstons, Drever signatures (Douglas 45-1, 32-1, 32-3, 38b-3, Banknote Yearbook SC502a, 502b, 503e), good very fine to about extremely fine, the earlier dates very rare, only a few examples believed extant (4) £500-600 |
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| 2197 | |||
| The National Bank of Scotland Limited, £1 (3), 1 May 1942, prefix A/S, 10 May 1956, prefix B/O, 1 March 1958, prefix B/V, all black, yellow and red, arms at upper centre, Glasgow Cathedral at left, Holyrood Palace at right, reverse view of Edinburgh; also £5, 1 November 1957, prefix B, green and multicoloured, arms at lower left, value at lower right, reverse Forth Railway Bridge [Douglas 34-1, 38b-3 (2), 39-1; Pick 258a, 258c (2), 262], the first pressed fine, the second very fine, the third good fine, the fourth about very fine (4) £50-70 |
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| 2198 | |||
| National Bank of Scotland Limited, £1 (12), 1942 (3), 1944 (2), 1947, 1954, 1955, 1956 (2), 1958 (2), black, pale red and yellow, arms at centre, various signatures (Douglas 34-1, 38a-1, b-1, 2, 3), generally extremely fine or better (12) £120-180 |
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| 2199 | |||
| National Bank of Scotland, £1, 1 May 1959, prefix C/A, black, orange-brown and pale yellow, arms top centre, Glasgow Cathedral and the Palace of Holyrood House, Alexander portriat (Douglas 38b-3), ex Keith Austin collection. Last date of issue for type and a very rare prefix, extremely fine and only about 14 examples believed extant. £700-800 |
| 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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