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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 2 | |||
| 1006 | |||
| Bank of Libya, Constitutional Monarchy, a colour trial 10 pounds, law of 1963, serial number 4A/4 000000, red, pink and pale blue, arms at left, value and palm tree at right, corn ears and thorn bush low centre, reverse red, pale pink and green, value in field (Pick 27ct, BOL B5t, Mehilba 27ct), Mehilba plate note. In ICG folders 55 'almost unc', small repair low left, rare £1,400-1,450 |
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| 1007 | |||
| Bank of Libya, Constitutional Monarchy, specimen 10 pounds, law of 1963, serial number 4A/4 000000, brown, pink and pale blue, arms at left, value at right, palm tree at right, corn ears and thorn bush low centre, Al Bennani signature, reverse brown, pale pink and green, value in field (Pick 27s, BOL B5as, Mehilba 27s), Mehilba plate note. Black SPECIMEN overprint. In ICG folders 60 'AU/UNC', rare £600-700 |
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| 1008 | |||
| Bank of Libya, Constitutional Monarchy, 10 pounds, 5 February 1963, serial number 4 A/4 605923, purple-brown and multicoloured, arms at left, value at right, signature of Al Bennani, reverse purple-brown, value (Pick 27, BOL B5a, Mehilba 27), this is the Mehilba plate note, cleaned and pressed, ICG 30*, very fine, scarce £200-300 |
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| 1009 | |||
| Bank of Libya, Constitutional Monarchy, a colour trial 1/4 pound, law of 1963 (second issue), serial number 4 F/13 000000, grey-green, arms at left, value at right, Al Bennani signature, reverse green, value at centre (Pick 28ct, BOL B6t, Mehilba 28ct), Mehilba plate note. In ICG folder 60 'AU/UNC', printers pencil annotations, rare £300-400 |
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| 1010 | |||
| Bank of Libya, Constitutional Monarchy, a colour trial 1/2 pound, law of 1963 (second issue), serial number 5 D/15 000000, red, pale blue and pink, arms at left, value at right, Al Bennani signature, reverse red, value at centre (Pick 29ct, BOL B7t, Mehilba 29ct), Mehilba plate note. In ICG folder 45 'extra fine', distinct glue stain at top, rare £700-900 |
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| 1011 | |||
| Bank of Libya, Constitutional Monarchy, a specimen 1/4 pound, law of 1963 (second issue), serial number 4 F/13 000000, red, pale blue and pink, arms at left, value at right, reverse red, value at centre, also specimen 1/2 pound, serial number 5 D/15 000000, purple, pale pink and blue, arms at left, value at right, both Al Bennani signatures (Pick 28s, 29s, BOL B6as, 7as, Mehilba 28s, 29s), Mehilba plate notes. In ICG folder 55, 'almost UNC' and 60 'AU/UNC', both staple holes top left, scarce (2) £350-450 |
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| 1012 | |||
| Bank of Libya, Constitutional Monarchy, a colour trial 1 pound, law of 1963 (second issue), serial number 5 C/29 000000, green and pink, arms at left, value at right, corn ears and thorn bush at left, Al Bennani signature, reverse green, value at centre (Pick 30ct, BOL B8t, Mehilba 30ct), Mehilba plate note. In ICG folder 50 'EF/AU', mounting traces, rare £300-400 |
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| 1013 | |||
| Bank of Libya, Constitutional Monarchy, specimen 1 pound, law of 1963 (second issue), serial number 5 C/29 000000, blue and pink, arms at left, value at right, Al Bennani signature, reverse blue, value at centre (Pick 30s, BOL B8as, Mehilba 30s), Mehilba plate note. In ICG folder 55 'Almost UNC', staple holes, scarce £200-250 |
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| 1014 | |||
| Bank of Libya, Constitutional Monarchy, 1/4 pound, prefix 4 F/14, red, 1/2 pound, prefix 5 D/16, purple and 1 pound, prefix 5 C/31, blue, all law of 5 February 1963, all arms at left, value at right, signature of Al Bennani (Pick 28, 29, 30, BOL B6a, 7a, 8a, Mehilba 28, 29, 30), all are Mehilba plate notes, slight staining on reverse of 1/2 pound, ICG 40*, 50*, 50*, very fine to almost uncirculated (3) £400-500 |
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| 1015 | |||
| Bank of Libya, Constitutional Monarchy, a colour trial 5 pounds, law of 1963 (second issue), serial number 5 B/13 000000, blue-green and pink, arms at left, value at right, Al Bennani signature, reverse blue-green, value at centre (Pick 31ct, BOL B9t, Mehilba 31ct), Mehilba plate note. In ICG folder 50 'EF/AU', mounting traces, rare £400-500 |
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| 1016 | |||
| Bank of Libya, Constitutional Monarchy, specimen 5 pounds, law of 1963 (second issue), serial number 5 B/13 000000, green and pink, arms at left, value at right, Al Bennani signature, reverse green, value at centre (Pick 31s, BOL B9as, Mehilba 31s), Mehilba plate note. In ICG folder 60 'AU/UNC', staple holes, scarce £300-400 |
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| 1017 | |||
| Bank of Libya, Constitutional Monarchy, 5 pounds, serial number 5 B/14 012026, law of 5 February 1963, green, pink and blue, arms at left, value at right, signature of Al Bennani (Pick 31, BOL B9a, Mehilba 31), the Mehilba plate note, cleaned and pressed with multiple pinholes, ICG 30*, very fine, scarce £150-200 |
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| 1018 | |||
| Bank of Libya, Constitutional Monarchy, a colour trial 10 pounds, law of 1963 (second issue), serial number 5 A/14 000000, purple and pink, arms at left, value at right, Al Bennani signature, reverse purple, value at centre (Pick 32ct, BOL B10t, Mehilba 32ct), Mehilba plate note. In ICG folder 50 'EF/AU', glue mounting traces at top, rare £400-600 |
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| 1019 | |||
| Bank of Libya, Constitutional Monarchy, specimen 10 pounds, law of 1963 (second issue), serial number 5 A/14 000000, brown and lilac, arms at left, value at right, Al Bennani signature, reverse brown, value at centre (Pick 32s, BOL B10as, Mehilba 32s), Mehilba plate note. In ICG folder 58 'AU+', staple holes, scarce £700-800 |
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| 1020 | |||
Bank of Libya, Constitutional Monarchy, 10 pounds, law of 5 February 1963, serial number 5 A/17 541930, brown and lilac, arms at left, value at right, signature of Al Bennani, reverse brown and pale pink, value (Pick 32, BOL B10a, Mehilba 32), the Mehilba plate note, small stain at centre left and at top right on reverse, original and fresh, ICG 35*, good very fine, rare in this grade £3,000-3,500Central Bank of Libya |
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| 1021 | |||
| Central Bank of Libya, Socialist People's Republic, a specimen set of the ND (1972), series1, comprising 1/4 dinar, orange-brown, 1/2 dinar, purple, both arms at left, 1 dinar, turquoise, minaret at left and 5 dinars (2), olive, arms at left, 10 dinars, blue-grey, Omar El Mukhtar at left, Sherlala signature (Pick 33bs-37bs, CBL B1bs-B5bs, Mehilba 33-37s), first three Mehilba plate notes. Red Arabic CANCELLED except one 5 and the 10 which have red SPECIMEN overprint, all in ICG folder 58 'AU+', one 5 and the 10 dinar 66 'Choice UNC', scarce (5) £1,400-1,600 |
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| 1022 | |||
| Central Bank of Libya, Socialist People's Republic, 1/4 dinar, prefix 1 E/2, orange-brown, 1/2 dinar (2), prefixes 1 D/1 and 1 D/2, violet and 1 dinar, prefix 1 C/1, blue, all ND (1971), all arms at left, the 1 dinar with a Minaret in Tripoli at left, all Sherlala signature (Pick 33a, 34a, 35a, CBL B1a, 2a, 3a, Mehilba 33, 34, 35), ICG 48, 20*, 25*, 30*, 48*, fine to extremely fine (4) £100-120 |
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| 1023 | |||
| Central Bank of Libya, Socialist People's Republic, full set of the ND (1971) issue, comprising 1/4 dinar, orange, 1/2 dinar, purple, 1 dinar, blue, 5 dinars, brown and 10 dinars, black, Sherlala signatures (Pick 33b, 34b, 35b, 36b, 37a, Mehilba 33-37), the 10 dinar without Arabic inscription, about uncirculated, others uncirculated (5) £250-350 |
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| 1024 | |||
| Central Bank of Libya, Socialist People's Republic, a set of the ND (1972) series comprising 1/4 dinar, 1/2 dinar (2), 1, 5 and 10 dinars, all signature1 and inscription low right, Sherlala signatures (Pick 33b, 34b, 35b, 36b, 37b, CBL B1b, 2b, 3b, 4b, 5b, Mehilba 33b-37b), the 1 dinar Mehilba plate note. All in ICG holders 63, 68, 63, 63, last two notes not slabbed, almost extremely fine and uncirculated (6) £120-180 |
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| 1025 | |||
| Central Bank of Libya, Socialist People's Republic, 5 dinars (3), ND (1971, prefixes B/1, B/2 and B/3, green and multicoloured, arms at left, Sherlala signature, reverse green, fortress at centre (Pick 36a, CBL B4a, Mehilba 36), ICG 66, 25, 20 the first an original choice uncirculated, fine to very fine and the Mehilba plate note fine (3) £200-250 |
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| 1026 | |||
| Central Bank of Libya, Socialist People's Republic, 10 dinars (5), ND (1971, prefixes A/1, A/2, A/3, A/4, A/5, blue-grey and multicoloured, Omar El Mukhtar at left, Sherlala signature, reverse blue-grey, pale orange and lilac, three horsemen (Pick 37a, CBL B5a, Mehilba 37), the first note the Mehilba plate note, all five prefixes for series, ICG 40, 55*, 45*, 30*, 30, very fine to almost uncirculated, scarce (5) £300-400 |
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| 1027 | |||
| Central Bank of Libya, Socialist People's Republic, a specimen set of the ND (1980-1981) series comprising 1/4 dinar, 1/2 dinar, 1, 5 and 10 dinars, Sherlala signatures (Pick 42as-46as, CBL B6as-10as, Mehilba 42s-46s), Mehilba plate notes. Red Arabic overprint at centre, perforated. All in ICG holders 60, 50, 50, 50, 50 respectively, scarce (5) £900-1,100 |
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| 1028 | |||
| Central Bank of Libya, Socialist People's Republic, a set of the ND (1980-1981) series comprising 1/4 dinar (2), 1/2 dinar, 1, 5 dinars (2), and 10 dinars (2), Misallati or Sherlala signatures (Pick 42Aa, b, 43b, 44a, 45a, 45b, 46a, 46b CBL B6a, b, 7b8a, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, Mehilba 42A ff), Mehilba plate notes. All in ICG holders 30, 25, 60, 40, 63, 35, 30, 48 respectively (8) £150-200 |
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| 1029 | |||
| Central Bank of Libya, Socialist People's Republic, a set of the ND (1984) series comprising 1/4 dinar, 1/2 dinar, 1, 5 and 10 dinars, Misallati signatures (Pick 47-51, CBL B11a-15a, Mehilba 47-51), Mehilba plate notes. All in ICG holders 35, 30, 48, 50, 30 respectively (5) £100-150 |
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| 1030 | |||
| Central Bank of Libya, Socialist People's Republic, a specimen set of the ND (1984) series comprising 1/4 dinar, 1/2 dinar, 1, 5 and 10 dinars (Pick 47s-51s, CBL B11as-15as), Mehilba plate notes. Red Arabic overprint at centre, perforated. All in ICG holders 70, 68, 63, 63, 58 respectively, scarce (5) £1,200-1,400 |
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| 1031 | |||
| Central Bank of Libya, Socialist People's Republic, a specimen set of the ND (1988-1991) series comprising 1/4, 1/2 dinar, 1, 5 and 10 dinars, Rajab signatures (Pick 52-56, CBL B16a-20a, Mehilba 52-56), Mehilba plate notes. All in ICG holders 58, 60, 50, 63, 70 respectively (5) £1,250-1,350 |
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| 1032 | |||
| Central Bank of Libya, Socialist People's Republic, a partial specimen set of the ND (1988-1991) series comprising 1/2 dinar, 1, 5 and 10 dinars, Rajab signatures (Pick 53s-56s, CBL B17as-20as, Mehilba 53-56s), Mehilba plate notes. Red Arabic overprint at centre, perforated. All in ICG holders 63, 60, 58.50 respectively, scarce (4) £200-300 |
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| 1033 | |||
| Central Bank of Libya, Socialist People's Republic, a set of the ND (1991) series comprising 1/4 dinar (3), Rajab, Zilitni and Jihimi signatures, 1/2 dinar, Zilitni, 1, 5 and 10 dinars, Jihimi signatures (Pick 57a, b, c, 58b, 59b, 60c, 61b CBL B21a, b, c, 22b, 23b, 24c, 25b, Mehilba 57aff), Mehilba plate notes. All in ICG holders 20, 60, 55, 55, 66, 63, 55 respectively (7) £100-150 |
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| 1034 | |||
| Central Bank of Libya, Socialist People's Republic, a set of the ND (2002) series comprising 1/4 dinar, 1/2 dinar, 1, 5, 10 and 20 dinars, all Zilitni signatures (Pick 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, CBL B26, 27a, 28a, 29a, 30a, 34a, Mehilba 62-67), Mehilba plate notes. First three uncirculated, balance in ICG holders 70, 55, 68 respectively (6) £100-150 |
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| 1035 | |||
| No lot. |
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| 1036 | |||
Central Bank of Libya, Socialist People's Republic, a set of the ND (2004) series comprising 1, 5 and 10 dinars, reduced size, signature 6, also a set of the ND (2009), series comprising 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 dinars, first three notes Abdel Hamid signature, last five Bengdara signatures (Pick 68a, 69a, 70a, 71-75, CBL B31a, 32a, 33a, 35a-39a, Mehilba 68-75, PNL1-5), Mehilba plate notes. All in ICG holders 63, 66, 68, 70, 68, 60, 66, 63 respectively (8) £100-150TRIPOLITANIA, BRITISH MILITARY AUTHORITY |
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| 1037 | |||
| British Military Authority in Tripolitania, a group of the ND (1943) issue comprising 1 lire, green, 2 lire, blue and green, 5 lire, green and 10 lire, purple and green, all lion and crown in field (Pick M1, 2, 3, 4, MAT B1, 2, 3, 4, Mehilba M1, 2, 3, 4), ICG 58* almost uncirculated, 35* very fine, 45 extremely fine and 30* very fine, the 2 lire scarce (4) £150-200 |
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| 1038 | |||
| British Military Authority in Tripolitania, 50 lire, ND (1943), brown and 100 lire, red, both lion and crown in field (Pick M5, 6, MAT B5, 6, Mehilba M5, 6), ICG 30*, very fine, scarce (2) £100-120 |
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| 1039 | |||
| British Military Authority in Tripolitania, 500 lire, ND (1943), serial number 01T 263823, green and pale blue, lion and crown in field at right, revese green, value left centre (Pick M7, MAT B7, Mehilba M7), this is the Mehilba plate note. Central crease otherwise an original, ICG 48, extremely fine and rare in this condition £500-600 |
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| 1040 | |||
British Military Authority in Tripolitania, specimen 1000 lire, ND (1943), serial number 00T 000000, blue and pale tan, lion and crown at right, value at centre, low left and top right, reverse blue, value left centre (Pick M8s, MAT B8as, Mehilba M8s), perforated SPECIMEN, tiny spot to the left of the watermark area, ICG 66*, about uncirculated, attractive and very rare £800-1,200FEZZAN, FRENCH OCCUPATION |
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| 1041 | |||
| French Occupation of the Fezzan, 5 francs dated 1938 (1943), prefix K, green and multicoloured, black RF FEZZAN handstamp on a French West Africa 5 francs of 1938, man at centre (Pick M9, RF B1, Mehilba M9), this is the Mehilba plate note, ICG 30, very fine and scarce £150-200 |
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| 1042 | |||
| French Occupation of the Fezzan, 25 francs dated 1938 (1943), prefix U, green and multicoloured, black RF FEZZAN handstamp on a French West Africa 25 francs of 1938, man and horse at centre (Mehilba M10), this is the Mehilba plate note, ICG 25* fine to very fine and scarce £300-500 |
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| 1043 | |||
Libya, a miscellaneous group of the later issues, mixed grades, very little duplication (44) £150-200LITHUANIA |
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| 1044 | |||
| Bank of Lithuania, 1 centas, 5 centai, 10 September 1922, dull blue, dull green (Pick 1, 2), about extremely fine, good extremely fine or better, very scarce £100-150 |
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| 1045 | |||
| Bank of Lithuania, 1, 5, 20, 50 centu, 1, 5 litai, complete 10 September 1922 issue, series C/D 07556/320621, printer Elsner Berlin (Pick 1-6), first three generally extremely fine, last three about fine to very fine (5 litai corner clip, crease), handsome and very scarce (6) £250-300 |
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| 1046 | |||
| Bank of Lithuania, 1 litas, 10 September 1922, series C No 667150, dark grey blue (Pick 5b) central crease, about fine £80-100 |
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| 1047 | |||
| Bank of Lithuania, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 centu, and 1, 2 litu, consecutive 1922 Issue, 16 November 1922, printer H Prague (Pick 7 - 14A), first six, good fine to about extremely fine, last two, good, all scarce (8) £180-200 |
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| 1048 | |||
| Bank of Lithuania, 1, 5 litu, 16 November 1922, serial numbers 835206, 822046 red brown on grey, purple and blue, printer Haase Prague, (Pick 13, 16), about extremely fine, about very fine, both very scarce (2) £180-200 |
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| 1049 | |||
| Bank of Lithuania, 5 litai, 16 November 1922, serial number 190366, dark blue and purple on grey underprint, printer Haase Prague (Pick 15), light central crease, good, extremely fine, rare and attractive £300-400 |
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| 1050 | |||
| Bank of Lithuania, obverse specimen proof 500 litu, Kaunas, 11 December 1924, brown-purple on red and olive-green underprint, value in ornate guilloches at left and right, sunburst pattern at centre, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 21p), 5mm tear in left margin, otherwise good very fine to about extremely fine, very rare £120-180 |
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| 1051 | |||
| Bank of Lithuania, 10, 50 litu, 1928, 1928, green on orange underprint, blue on multicolour, (Pick 23, 24), central crease, both about very fine (2) £60-80 |
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| 1052 | |||
| Bank of Lithuania, specimen 50 litu, Kaunas, 1928, no serial numbers, deep blue and multicoloured, Dr. Jonas Basanavicius at left, value at upper centre, reverse church at centre, value in ornate guilloche at right, overprinted with red Bradbury Wilkinson specimen seal on obverse, one punch hole (Pick 24s-variety), ink figure in top left corner on reverse, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and rare £280-360 |
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| 1053 | |||
| Bank of Lithuania, 50 latu, 1928, 5 latu, 1929, 20 latu, 1930, blue, claret on multicolour, brown on green and yellow, printer Bradbury Wilkinson & Co, (Pick 24, 26, 27), almost very fine to good very fine £100-120 |
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| 1054 | |||
| Bank of Lithuania, 5, 20 latu, 1929, 1930, serial numbers C998, 820, A866, 2335 claret on multicolour, brown on green and yellow, printer Bradbury Wilkinson & Co (Pick 26, 27), central crease, good very fine, light central fold, good very fine, both scarce £120-150 |
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| 1055 | |||
| Lietuvos Bankas, 20 litu, 1930, serial number C491, 265, brown on green and blue underprint, Grand Duke Vytautas the Great at left, church at centre, reverse cargo ship and female allegory of Lithuania at left (Pick 27), horizontal fold but otherwise a striking extremely fine £100-130 |
| 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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