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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| World Banknotes (Day 2 of 3) Lots 956-1727 | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 16th 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 5 | |||
| 1156 | |||
| Banque d'Etat du Maroc, 5 francs, ND (1924), serial number W.4122 079, blue and green 100 francs, 22 December 1952, serial number Q.52 32605, multicolour (Pick 9, 45), first, centre fold, pencil annotations and slight staining, second, pinholes at right, some slight creasing, both fine to very fine £150-200 |
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| 1157 | |||
| Banque d'Etat du Maroc, 500 francs (2), 10 November 1948, serial number P.479-674/677, multicoloured, view of the city of Fez at centre, value in red top centre and at left, reverse ornate geometrical design (Pick 15b), uncirculated thus quite scarce and handsome notes (2) £300-350 |
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| 1158 | |||
| Banque d'Etat du Maroc, specimen 1000 francs, 1 March 1944, red serial number A.1 000000, brown and white, value and bank title, Arabic text, reverse brown, pale green and white, English text (Pick 28s), red SPECIMEN overprint, an ABNC engraving, good extremely fine and rare £400-600 |
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| 1159 | |||
Banque d'Etat du Maroc, specimen 5000 francs, 1 August 1943, red serial number A.1 000000, green and white, value and bank title, Arabic text, reverse green and white, English text (Pick 32s), an E.A. Wright engraving, red SPECIMEN overprint, low margin lightly creased otherwise original with good fabric, about extremely fine and rare £1,400-1,800MOZAMBIQUE |
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| 1160 | |||
| Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, a collection of notes consisting of 5 escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number A716, 091, Companhia de Mocambique, Beira, specimen 1/2 libra, 15 March 1934, specimen 1 escudo, 1 September 1941, no serial number, specimen 20 escudos, 1 November 1941, 50 escudos, 1 November 1941, serial number 437, 606, 1000 escudos, 16 May 1972, serial number 089815 (Pick 68, SR30, 81, 85, 86, 112), first, good to very good, second, about extremely fine, third and fourth, ink annotation top right, about uncirculated, fifth, good, sixth, very fine £200-250 |
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| 1161 | |||
| Banco de Mocambique, an obverse composite essay on card for a 100 escudos, 27 October 1970 (issued 1972), serial number A0000000, blue on multicoloured underprint, conjoined busts of Cago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral at centre left, arms at upper centre right, value in three corners, acanthus leaf scrolls at upper left (Pick 113 for type), pencil annotations, otherwise about uncirculated and an earlier date and signatures than the issued note, unique £200-300 |
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| 1162 | |||
| Banco Nacional Ultramarino Mocambique, an obverse and reverse composite essay on large format grey board, 295 x 214mm, for a 50 escudos, 24 July 1958, serial number 0000000, black on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Eduardo Costa at right, value in each corner, misspelt 'CINCOENTA ESCUDOS' at centre, reverse green on pale orange underprint, ornate church doorway at centre, incorrect size steamship seal and value at left, misspelt 'CINCOENTA ESCUDOS' and incorrect 'NA PROVINCIA' at lower centre, ink annotations on both cards (Pick 106 for type), ageing on boards, otherwise about uncirculated and a fascinating example of an incorrect essay, unique (2) £300-400 |
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| 1163 | |||
| Banco Nacional Ultramarino Mocambique, an obverse and reverse composite essay on large format grey board, 295 x 214mm, for a 100 escudos, 24 July 1958, serial number 0000000, orange-red on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Aires Ornelas at right, value in each corner, reverse, ornate church doorway at centre, incorrect size steamship seal and value at left, incorrect 'NA PROVINCIA' at lower centre, ink annotations on both cards (Pick 107 for type), ageing on boards, otherwise about uncirculated and a fascinating example of an incorrect essay, unique (2) £300-400 |
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| 1164 | |||
| Banco de Mocambique, an obverse and reverse composite essay on large format card, 266 x 197mm, for a 5 meticas, 25 June 1975, two signature overlays, brown and multicoloured, President Samora Moises Machel at left, value in guilloche at upper left and in lower corners, reverse kudu, lineal decoration with leaves at left and right, annotations and hand drawn colour bars on both cards (Pick 120 for type), about uncirculated and important essays relating to an unadopted design, unique (2) £300-400 |
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| 1165 | |||
| Banco de Mocambique, an obverse and reverse composite essay on large format card, 266 x 197mm, for a 10 meticas, 25 June 1975, blue and multicoloured, President Samora Moises Machel at left, value in guilloche at upper left and at lower right and in lower corners, reverse lions, geometric patterns with leaves at left and right, annotations and hand drawn colour bars on both cards (Pick 121 for type), about uncirculated and important essays relating to an unadopted design, unique (2) £400-600 |
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| 1166 | |||
| Banco de Mocambique, an obverse and reverse composite essay on large format card, 266 x 197mm, for a 20 meticas, 25 June 1975, two signature overlays, scarlet and multicoloured, President Samora Moises Machel at centre left, value in three corners, geometric patterns at lower left and lower right, reverse giraffes, geometric patterns with leaves at left and right, annotations and hand drawn colour bars on both cards (Pick 122 for type), about uncirculated and important essays relating to an unadopted design, unique (2) £500-700 |
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| 1167 | |||
| Banco de Mocambique, an obverse and reverse composite essay on large format card, 266 x 197mm, for a 50 meticas, 25 June 1975, purple and multicoloured, Eduardo Mondlane at centre left, value in three corners, geometric patterns at lower left and lower right, reverse Cape buffalo, geometric patterns at left and lower right, annotations and hand drawn colour bars on both cards (Pick 123 for type but portrait of Mondlane not Machel), about uncirculated and important essays relating to an unadopted design, unique (2) £500-700 |
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| 1168 | |||
Banco de Mocambique, an obverse composite essay on large format card, 266 x 197mm, for a 100 meticas, 25 June 1975, green and multicoloured, Eduardo Mondlane at centre left, value in three corners, geometric patterns at lower left and lower right, annotations and hand drawn colour bars on the card (Pick 124 for type), about uncirculated and an important essay relating to an unadopted design, unique £250-350NEPAL |
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| 1169 | |||
| Central Bank of Nepal, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 1 mohru, ND (ca 1960), serial number A/1 000000, signature 4, blue-green and brown, coin with date VS2013 (1956) resting on an elephant at right, temple at centre, reverse coin at left, arms of bank at lower centre, Himalaya mountains at centre (Pick unrecorded - variety of Pick 8), slight ageing and glue traces, otherwise about uncirculated, unique £200-300 |
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| 1170 | |||
| Central Bank of Nepal, obverse and reverse composite essay on card, 5 rupees, ND (c1972), dark green, pale green and lilac on yellow underprint, King Mahendra Vira Vikrama wearing military uniform at left, temple carving at centre, reverse green and blue-grey, terraced hillside with Himalayas in background (Pick 17 for type), about uncirculated, attractive, unique (2) £300-400 |
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| 1171 | |||
| Central Bank of Nepal, obverse and reverse composite essay on card, 10 rupees, ND (c1972), brown and sage green on pale blue underprint, King Mahendra Vira Vikrama wearing military uniform at left, temple carving at centre, reverse green and brown, Singha Durbar, The Lion Palace, Kathmandu (Pick 18 for type), about uncirculated, unique (2) £300-400 |
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| 1172 | |||
| Central Bank of Nepal, obverse composite essay on card for a 100 rupees, ND (c1972), brown, pink and multicoloured, King Mahendra Vira Vikrama wearing military uniform at left, temple staircase at centre, value at upper left and lower right (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated, unique £200-300 |
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| 1173 | |||
| Central Bank of Nepal, a reverse composite essay on card for a 20 rupees, ND (1979), red, blue-green and multicoloured, two Himalayan Monals (known as Danphe in Nepal and their national bird) at centre, acanthus scrolls with bird motif on each side, bank arms at top centre, national arms at right (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated and a lovely design, unique £250-350 |
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| 1174 | |||
Central Bank of Nepal, specimen 20 rupees, 1993, zero serial numbers, orange and multicoloured, King Birendra Bir Bikram at left (Pick 38s), uncirculated £100-150NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES |
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| 1175 | |||
| De Javasche Bank, Netherlands East Indies, specimen 20 gulden, 1 April 1920, red zero serial numbers, orange and white, bank building at centre, value at left and right and low centre, two printed signatures, reverse orange, green and blue, value in field (Pick 66as), an ABNC engraving, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and scarce £300-400 |
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| 1176 | |||
| De Javasche Bank, Netherlands East Indies, specimen 20 gulden, 1 April 1920, orange and white, bank building at centre, value at left and right and low centre, reverse orange, green and blue, value in field (Pick 66s), an ABNC engraving, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and scarce £200-300 |
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| 1177 | |||
| De Javasche Bank, Netherlands East Indies, specimen 30 gulden, ND (ca 1919), blue and white, bank building at centre, value at left and right and low centre, reverse blue and multicoloured, value in field (Pick 67s), an ABNC engraving, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and scarce £500-700 |
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| 1178 | |||
| De Javasche Bank, Netherlands East Indies, specimen 40 gulden, ND (ca 1919), green and white, bank building at centre, value at left and right and low centre, reverse blue and multicoloured, value in field and red number F 6106 top centre (Pick 68s), an ABNC engraving, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and scarce £500-700 |
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| 1179 | |||
Netherlands Indies, Muntbiljet issue, a specimen set of the 1943 series comprising 50 cent, 1, 2 1/2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 and 500 gulden, all zero serial numbers, all Queen Wilhelmina at right, arms at left (Pick 110s-118s), all good extremely fine to uncirculated, scarce (9) £800-1,200NEW CALEDONIA |
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| 1180 | |||
| Banque de l'Indo-Chine, New Caledonia, specimen 5 francs, serial number 0.00-000, pale orange-brown and pale blue-green, helmeted female head at left, Borduge and Baudouin signatures, reverse orange-brown, value at right (Pick 36bs), perforated SPECIMEN, uncirculated £200-220 |
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| 1181 | |||
| Banque de l'Indo-Chine, New Caledonia, specimen 100 francs, serial number 0.00-000, green and multicoloured, maiden (France) at centre, value in dark blue low right, NOUMEA low right, Minost and Flers signatures, reverse pale green and pale blue, ruins at centre (Pick 42ds), perforated SPECIMEN, uncirculated and scarce £275-325 |
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| 1182 | |||
| Banque de l'Indo-Chine, New Caledonia, specimen 100 francs, ND (1963), zero serial numbers, green, brown and pale cream, Victory at centre, value in blue at right, NOUMEA in black, Flers and Robert signatures, reverse the ruins at Angkhor Wat (Pick 42s), in PMG holder 66, EPQ £150-200 |
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| 1183 | |||
| Banque de l'Indo-Chine, New Caledonia, 100 francs, ND (1963), prefix W.194, multicoloured, woman with wreath and statue of Athena at centre, signatures of Flers and Robert (Pick 42e), uncirculated thus scarce £400-450 |
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| 1184 | |||
Banque de l'Indo-Chine, New Caledonia, 100 francs, 1943, serial number A0 156205, brown on cream underprint, woman wearing floral headdress holding small figure of Athena at centre, overprint EMISSION 1943 top centre, reverse statue of Angkor (Pick 46a), central folds and some creasing, fine to very fine £100-150NEW ZEALAND |
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| 1185 | |||
| Bank of New Zealand, specimen £1, Nelson, 18-, serial number A 087001, green and white, Maoris and countryside view with volcano and kiwi birds at left, counterfoil at left, reverse green and white, value at centre (Pick S191s), perforated SPECIMEN B.W.& Co LONDON, uncirculated and rare £450-550 |
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| 1186 | |||
| Bank of New Zealand, specimen £5, Napier, 18-, serial number 288901, brown and white, Maoris and countryside view with volcano and kiwi birds at left, counterfoil at left, reverse brown and white, value at centre (Pick S192s), perforated SPECIMEN B.W.& Co LONDON, uncirculated and rare £450-550 |
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| 1187 | |||
| Bank of New Zealand, specimen £10, Christchurch, 18-, serial number 442263, brown and white, Maoris and countryside view with volcano and kiwi birds at left, counterfoil at left, reverse brown and white, value at centre (Pick S193s), perforated, ink date on counterfoil '1/2/72', uncirculated and rare £500-700 |
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| 1188 | |||
| Bank of New Zealand, specimen £20, Auckland, 18-, serial number 288901, blue and white, Maoris and countryside view with volcano and kiwi birds at left, counterfoil at left, reverse blue and white, value at centre (Pick S194s), perforated, ink date '3 July 72' on left counterfoil, uncirculated and very rare £600-800 |
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| 1189 | |||
| Bank of New Zealand, specimen £100, Wellington, 19-, serial number 0001-5000, brown and white, Maoris and countryside view with volcano and kiwi birds at left, value in pink central panel, counterfoil at left, reverse pink and multicoloured, arms top centre, value at left and right (Pick S196s), this date not listed in Pick, perforated CANCELLED, ink date '22.2.16' in top margin, uncirculated and extremely rare, attractive £1,200-1,800 |
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| 1190 | |||
| Bank of New Zealand, specimen £1, Wellington, 190-, serial number 400001-450000, brown and white, allegorical maiden, ram, kiwi bird and cherub at left, arms top centre, value in brown underprint left centre, counterfoil at left, reverse brown and white, arms at centre, countryside scene with volcano and kiwi birds at left, Maoris at right (Pick S206s), perforated SPECIMEN, pencil date '6th June 1900' top left, uncirculated, attractive and rare £800-1,200 |
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| 1191 | |||
| Bank of New Zealand, specimen £10, Wellington, 1 April 1918, serial number 070001-090000, blue and multicoloured, Maoris at left, countryside view with volcano and kiwi birds at right, counterfoil at left, reverse violet and multicoloured, arms top centre, value at left and right (Pick S229s), this date not listed in Pick, perforated CANCELLED, ink date '19.3.18' in top margin, uncirculated and rare, attractive £800-1,200 |
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| 1192 | |||
| Bank of New Zealand, specimen £10, Wellington, 1 October 1924, serial number 020001-070000, brown, pink and blue-green, the Maori King Tawhiao at centre, value low centre and at each corner, reverse purple, red and pale orange-brown, arms at centre, Maoris at left, countryside view with volcano and kiwi birds at right (Pick S237s), perforated CANCELLED, ink date '29.4.25' in top margin, uncirculated and very rare, attractive £1,000-1,500 |
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| 1193 | |||
| Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Fiji, £1, (1942, old date 1 August 1934), serial number F1/O 039664, overprint Government of Fiji, kiwi bird at left, arms at centre and Maori man at right, reverse mountain scene (Pick 45) vertical and horizontal folds, some staining, fine to very fine £250-350 |
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| 1194 | |||
| Reserve Bank of New Zealand, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 5 shillings, ND (ca 1955), serial number A 000000, signature G. Wilson, blue and red on pink underprint, portrait of Captain James Cook at lower right, arms at upper centre, value in each corner, reverse dark blue on pale blue underprint, vignette of rain forest, ferns and waterfall (Pick unrecorded), damage to obverse, with print missing, caused by adhesion to a plastic wallet, reverse about uncirculated and a lovely design for a denomination that was never used, important and unique £600-800 |
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| 1195 | |||
| Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen 10 shillings (2), ND (1960-67), serial numbers 7A 000000 and 7J 000000, both signature Fleming, with security thread, brown on multicoloured underprint, Captain James Cook at right, arms at upper centre, reverse signing of the Treaty of Waitangi at centre, kiwi at left, both overprinted SPECIMEN in red, with two De La Rue Specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole [Pick 158ds(2)], slight mounting traces, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and scarce (2) £150-200 |
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| 1196 | |||
| Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen 10 shillings, ND (1960-67), serial number 4L 000000, signature Fleming, with security thread, brown on multicoloured underprint, Captain James Cook at right, arms at upper centre, reverse signing of the Treaty of Waitangi at centre, kiwi at left; also specimen £1, ND (1960-67), serial number 227 000000, signature Fleming, purple on multicoloured underprint, Cook at right, arms at upper centre, reverse Cook's ship "Endeavour", both overprinted SPECIMEN in red, with two De La Rue Specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 158ds, 159ds), slight mounting traces, the first otherwise uncirculated, the second about uncirculated, scarce (2) £120-160 |
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| 1197 | |||
| Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen £1, ND (1953-56), serial number O19 000000, signature Wilson; also specimen £1 (2), ND (1960-67), serial numbers 227 000000 and 133 000000, both signature Fleming, yellow security thread, all purple on multicoloured underprint, Captain James Cook at right, arms at upper centre, reverse Cook's ship "Endeavour", all overprinted with two red De La Rue Specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, the last two also overprinted SPECIMEN horizontally, one punch hole [Pick 159bs, 159ds (2)], ink dates '4-7-55', '22-7-63' and '22-8-67' respectively and annotations in top margins, glue residue on first note, mounting paper in margin of second, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated (3) £200-300 |
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| 1198 | |||
| Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen £1, ND (1953-56), serial number O/K 000000, signature Wilson, part blue and part purple on multicoloured underprint, Captain James Cook at right, arms at upper centre, reverse purple, Cook's ship "Endeavour", overprinted in black, with two De La Rue Specimen ovals on obverse and reverse (Pick 159bs-error), ink date '13-4-55' and annotations in top margin, glue residue on obverse and reverse, otherwise about uncirculated and an excessively rare error of colour on obverse £300-400 |
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| 1199 | |||
| Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen £1, ND (1955-56), serial number J/4 000000, signature Wilson, purple on multicoloured underprint, Captain James Cook at right, arms at upper centre, reverse pale blue with a trace of purple at lower left and lower right, Cook's ship "Endeavour", overprinted SPECIMEN in red, with two De La Rue Specimen ovals on obverse and reverse (Pick 159bs-error), good very fine and an excessively rare error of colour on reverse £200-300 |
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| 1200 | |||
| Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen £5, ND (1953-56), serial number 2/Y 000000 (small font), signature Wilson, blue on multicoloured underprint, Captain James Cook at right, arms at upper centre, reverse, Lake Pukaki and Mount Cook, overprinted with two red De La Rue Specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, (Pick 160bs), ink date '29-6-54' and annotations in top margin, glue residue on obverse and reverse, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare small font serials £180-220 |
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| 1201 | |||
| Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen £10, ND (1957), serial number 6F 000000, signature Fleming without security thread, green on multicoloured underprint, Captain James Cook at lower right, Cook's ship "Resolution" and crowned arms at left, reverse flock of sheep, overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue Specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 161cs), glue stains on obverse and reverse, otherwise about uncirculated, rare £250-350 |
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| 1202 | |||
| Reserve Bank of New Zealand, a pair of black and white archival photographs showing the obverse and reverse of a 20 zeals, ND (c.1940-67), Captain Cook at right, map at left, value in centre and corners, reverse snow covered mountains, bird at top left (unlised in Pick, this denomination not issued even in dollars), unique and an important insight into the extent of this planned currency which never materialised (2) £180-220 |
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| 1203 | |||
| Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen £50, ND (1953-56), serial number O/U 000000, signature Wilson, red on multicoloured underprint, Captain James Cook at lower right, Cook's ship "Resolution" and crowned arms at left, reverse Mount Egremont at centre, Tui bird at left, overprinted SPECIMEN in black with two De La Rue Specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 162bs), mounting traces with glue stains in all four corners on obverse and reverse, ink annotation in top right margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £700-900 |
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| 1204 | |||
| Reserve Bank of New Zealand, a reverse composite essay on card for a proposed issue of £5, ND (c1963), blue and lilac, value in ornate guilloche at centre, vignette of Benmore Dam and power plant, Otematata, South Island, at right (Pick unrecorded), uncirculated and appears to be the reverse for the £5 obverse composite essay sold as Lot 1068, Spink October 2012 World Banknote sale, unique £400-600 |
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| 1205 | |||
| Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $10 (3), ND (1967), all first serial number A0 000000, signature Fleming, blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre, the first perforated SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE, the second overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse and reverse, the third overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse and SPECIMEN No 97 in lower left margin, one punch hole [Pick 166as (3)], about uncirculated to uncirculated and a fascinating group of different specimens for the specialist, very scarce (3) £180-220 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| World Banknotes (Day 2 of 3) Lots 956-1727 | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 16th 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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