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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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| Page: | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | ||
| Auction Lots - Page 12 | |||
| 1505 | |||
| El Banco de Espana, 500 pesetas, 15 August 1928, red serial numbers, green and multicoloured, Cardinal Cisneros and the cathedral at Toledo at left, reverse purple, a painting by Casanovas, also a 500 pesetas, 25 April 1931, brown-purple and multicoloured, De Elcano at left, also 5 and 10 pesetas silver certificates of 1935 (Pick 77a, 84, 85a, 86a), uncirculated and attractive (4) £150-200 |
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| 1506 | |||
| El Banco de Espana, 25 pesetas, 31 August 1936, serial number A5673703, blue on multicolour underprint, Joaquin Sorolla at right, church steeple at centre right, agricultural scene on reverse (Pick 87b), an attractive about uncirculated to uncirculated £300-400 |
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| 1507 | |||
| El Banco de Espana, 25 pesetas, 31 August 1936, serial number A5759684, blue on multicolour underprint, Joaquin Sorolla at right, church steeple at centre right, agricultural scene on reverse (Pick 87b), bright and fresh, about uncirculated to uncirculated £300-400 |
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| 1508 | |||
| El Banco de Espana, a die proof of Mariano Fortuny, black and white, as used on the extremely rare 500 pesetas of 1938, a classic of the Spanish banknote series (cf Pick 92 for type), a pleasing Bradbury Wilkinson engraving, very rare £150-200 |
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| 1509 | |||
| El Banco de Espana, 25, 50 and 100 pesetas, 21 November 1936, blue, brown and green respectively, values at left and right (Pick 99, 100, 101), first two extremely fine, last very fine (3) £120-180 |
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| 1510 | |||
| El Banco de Espana, 50 and 100 pesetas, 20 May 1938, black on multicolour underprints, arms in underprint at centre, value at centre and each corner (Pick 112, 113), first very fine, second extremely fine (2) £100-150 |
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| 1511 | |||
| El Banco de Espana, 1000 pesetas, 4 November 1949, serial number 04504278, black and green, Ramon de Santillan at right, reverse Goya's El Bebedor (Pick 138), a desirable about extremely fine £300-400 |
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| 1512 | |||
| El Banco de Espana, 5 pesetas, 1951, Balmes at left, 500 pesetas, 1954, blue, Zuloaga at centre and 1000 pesetas, 1957, green, 'Reyes Catolicos' at centre (Pick 140a, 148a, 149a), uncirculated (3) £100-150 |
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| 1513 | |||
El Banco de Espana, 1000 pesetas, 19 November 1965, serial number 1G6464359, 500 pesetas, 23 July 1971, serial number 1M4637530, 5000 pesetas, 6 February 1976, serial number 1A5510998, 1000 pesetas, 23 October 1979, serial number 2F3462534, 2000 pesetas, 22 July 1980, serial number U1362364, a very pleasing group (Pick 151, 153, 155, 158, 159), all uncirculated £200-250STRAITS SETTLEMENTS |
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| 1514 | |||
| Government of the Straits Settlements, $1, 10 July 1916, serial number C/11 41314, black and red, value in green at left and right centre, arms top centre, Pountney signature low centre, reverse red, tiger at centre, value at left and right in green (Pick 1c, Tan S2c), good very fine, scarce £400-600 |
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| 1515 | |||
| Government of the Strait Settlements, $5, 17 March 1911, serial number B/3613001, black text on pale tan background, value in violet low centre, arms top centre, reverse tiger at centre, value in violet top centre, kris at each corner (Pick 3, Tan S3d), almost very fine and quite rare £600-650 |
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| 1516 | |||
| Government of the Strait Settlements, $5, 5 September 1924, serial number C/39 35214, black text on pale tan background, value in violet low centre, arms top centre, reverse tiger at centre, value in violet top centre, kris at each corner (Pick 3, Tan S3i), about fine and quite rare £600-650 |
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| 1517 | |||
| Government of the Straits Settlements, specimen colour trial 1 dollar, 1 January 1925, serial number K/1 00000, blue on green underprint, palm trees at left, huts at right, value in each corner, reverse beach scene, value in ornate guilloches at left and right, overprinted with one specimen De La Rue oval on obverse, one punch hole (Pick 9ct), dark brown glue residue up to 9mm in width along whole of left margin on reverse, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and very rare £2,500-3,500 |
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| 1518 | |||
| Government of the Straits Settlements, $1 (2), 1 January 1935, serial numbers L/52 90597-98, dark blue on multicolour underprint, George V at right, value at each corner, reverse Britannia at left, tiger at centre (GSS B21e, Pick 16), wonderful and fresh, good embossing still present, one central fold and some small knocks, good extremely fine and a very attractive pair (2) £500-700 |
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| 1519 | |||
| Government of the Straits Settlements, printer's archival specimen 1 dollar, 1 January 1931, serial number run A/1 00001 to B/1 100000, dark blue on multicoloured underprint, King George V at right, Shelley signature, reverse woman in profile at left, tiger at centre, (Pick 16as, Tan S17s), perforated CANCELLED, ink numerals in top margin, top left tip missing otherwise about extremely fine and a very rare date £2,000-3,000 |
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| 1520 | |||
Government of the Straits Settlements, $5, 1 January 1934, serial number A/83 94869, purple on multicolour underprint, George V at right, value at centre and each corner, reverse Britannia at left, tiger at centre (GSS B22d, Pick 17), a solid and original very fine £500-700SUDAN |
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| 1521 | |||
| General Gordon notes, Seige of Khartoum, Sudan, 100 piastres, 1884, black text on cream card, handstamps on face, manuscript signature thus rarer than hectograph signature (Pick S105a), a superb example, extremely fine to about uncirculated £250-300 |
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| 1522 | |||
| Bank of Sudan, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 50 pounds, ND (1983-84), serial number A/1 000000, brown-orange, blue and olive-brown on multicoloured underprint, President Nimeiri at left, medallion with Arabic script at centre, value in Arabic and western numerals in guilloches in three corners, reverse blue and multicoloured, dhow at centre, oil tanker at right (Pick 29 for type), about uncirculated, attractive, unique (2) £350-450 |
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| 1523 | |||
Bank of Sudan, an obverse composite essay on card for a 5 pounds, ND (ca1961), dark green, olive-green, red and gold on pale orange and pale green underprint, Pegasus, the winged horse at left, ruins at right, value in Arabic and western numerals in guilloches in three corners (Pick unrecorded), glue traces and mount marks on reverse, otherwise extremely fine and a lovely piece of artwork, unique £200-300SURINAM |
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| 1524 | |||
Centrale Bank van Suriname, a specimen set of the 1963 issue, comprising 5 gulden, blue, 10 gulden, orange, 25 gulden, green, 100 gulden, purple, and 1000 gulden, brown, also Dutch Administration, 1 gulden, green and 2 1/2 gulden, red-brown, all with red SPECIMEN overprints (Pick 116, 117, 120-124), mounting traces, thus extremely fine, scarce (7) £1,500-2,000SWAZILAND |
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| 1525 | |||
Central Bank of Swaziland, collection of specimen notes comprising 10 emalangeni (2) ND (1986), 20 emalangeni, ND (1986), 2 emalangeni, ND (1990), 20 emalangeni, ND (1990), all diagaonally stamped SPECIMEN on obverse and reverse, together with Central Bank of Swaziland 5, 10 and 20 emalangeni and Monetary Authority of Swaziland 1 lilangeni (BB CBS B10, 12, 14, 16) a colourful pleasing group, about uncirculated to uncirculated £200-250SWEDEN |
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| 1526 | |||
| Gefleborgs Enskilda Bank, Sweden, specimen 50 kronor, Gefle 1875, Litt. E, serial run 00001 to 10000, black on green and pink underprint at centre, woman with caduceus top centre, arms at left and right, reverse blue and red, helmeted female head at centre, (Pick S181s), perforated SPECIMEN B.W. &Co. LONDON, pencil date 'Feb 24-97' in top margin, uncirculated, attractive and rare £500-700 |
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| 1527 | |||
| Gefleborgs Enskilda Bank, Sweden, specimen 100 kronor, Gefle 1875, Litt. B, serial run 00001 to 10000, black on green and pink underprint at centre, woman with caduceus top centre, arms at left and right, reverse green and red, head of a king at centre, value at left and right and at each corner (Pick S182s), perforated SPECIMEN B.W. &Co. LONDON, uncirculated, attractive and rare £700-800 |
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| 1528 | |||
| Goteborgs Enskilda Bank, Sweden, specimen 500 kronor, Goteborg, 1878, serial number A 12001, Litt C, black, blue and orange, King Gustav II Adolf left, arms at right, value at centre and at each corner, reverse blue and orange, medallic head of Gustav II Adolf at left and right (Pick S227As), perforated SPECIMEN, good extremely fine, a most handsome note, lovely and extremely rare £1,500-2,000 |
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| 1529 | |||
| Kalmar Enskilda Bank, Sweden, obverse and reverse uniface specimen 100 kronor, Kalmar, 1894, no serial numbers, black and pink-orange, Queen Margareta at left, castle top centre, value right centre and at each corner, reverse maroon, sea nymph on fish at centre (Pick S291s), good extremely fine and rare £500-700 |
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| 1530 | |||
| Norkoppings Enskilda Bank, Sweden, specimen 50 kronor, 1877, no serial numbers, black, and brown, maiden spinning at left, arms at top centre and right, value at centre and at each corner, reverse brown, medallic female head at left and right, value at centre and at each corner (Pick S363s), perforated SPECIMEN, ink date 'Feb 6 .80' top left, good extremely fine, attractive and rare £800-1,200 |
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| 1531 | |||
| Stockholms Enskilda Bank, Sweden, specimen 50 kronor, 1876, red serial number 20001, green and black, view of Stockholm top centre, Svea at left, King Gustav at right, reverse green and pink-red, medallic head at left and right (Pick S512s), pencil annotation top margin, perforated, uncirculated and rare £700-800 |
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| 1532 | |||
| Westerbottens Enskilda Bank, Sweden, specimen 50 kronor, Umea, 1883, serial number 50001-62000, Litt A, black, orange-brown and grey, Queen Christina at left, arms at right, value at centre and at each corner, reverse orange-brown and brown, medallic female head at left and right (Pick S709s), pencil '1883 UMEA', perforated, good extremely fine and rare £600-800 |
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| 1533 | |||
Riksens Standers Wexel-Banco, 12 shillingar banco, 1849, serial number 30285, black text on cream paper, two circular imprints at top, bank name in watermark right and left, three crown watermarks at bottom (Pick A101), folds and creases, otherwise a good to very good £100-120SWITZERLAND |
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| 1534 | |||
| Die Spar-& Leih Cassa des Kantons Luzern, specimen 500 franken, 31 October 1876, black and pale pink, maiden and view of Luzern at left, William Tell and view of Luzern at right, lion asleep on arms low centre, value top left and right, reverse pink and white, head of Mercury at centre, value at left and right (Pick S398, Richter-Kunzmann KA139a), perforated SPECIMEN B.W.&Co. LONDON, low left corner neatly excised by printers, good extremely fine and a handsome note, extremely rare £2,000-2,500 |
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| 1535 | |||
| National Bank of Switzerland, specimen 50 francs, ND (1907), green and beige, Helvetia standing at left, cherub with value low right, reverse green and beige, head of Mercury at left and right (Pick 1 for type, Richter-Kunzmann K156b), perforated SPECIMEN, text at centre omitted, fresh good extremely fine and very rare £400-500 |
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| 1536 | |||
| National Bank of Switzerland, specimen 100 francs, ND (1907), blue and beige, Helvetia standing at left, cherub with value low right, reverse blue and beige, head of Mercury at left and right (Pick 2 for type, Richter-Kunzmann K154), perforated SPECIMEN, text at centre omitted, fresh good extremely fine and very rare £500-700 |
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| 1537 | |||
| Schweizerische Nationalbank, 5 francs, 1 August 1913, serial number 2J 088178, blue, brown, pale green, 'William Tell' at left centre in circular frame, three printed signatures below, arms top centre, reverse pale blue, brown, value at centre and at each corner (Pick 11a, Richter-Kunzmann CH36), a solid and original good very fine, rare in this condition £600-800 |
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| 1538 | |||
| Schweizerische Nationalbank, 20 francs, 1 December 1911, serial number 1F 089471, green, brown, pale blue, 'Vreneli' at left centre in circular frame, three printed signatures below, arms top centre, reverse pale blue, brown and green, value at centre and at each corner (Pick 12a, Richter-Kunzmann CH26), a solid and original good very fine, rare in this condition £600-800 |
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| 1539 | |||
Schweizerische Nationalbank, 10 franken, 29 November 1956, serial number 027743, 100 franken, 2 January 1965, serial number 50Z15288, 10 francs, ND (1991), serial number 91G1091603, a pleasing group (Pick 45c, 48e, 53i), extremely fine to about uncirculated £50-80SYRIAThe SY references refer to Djaroueh 'Encyclopedia of Syrian papermoney' |
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| 1540 | |||
| Banque de Syrie, 5 piastres, 1 August 1919, serial number A/V 038182, green on multicolour undeprint, the Pillars at Baalbek at low centre, value at each corner (Pick 1a, Djaroueh SY1), good fine £160-180 |
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| 1541 | |||
| Banque de Syrie, a specimen set of the 1 August 1919 issue, no serial numbers, comprising 5 piastres, green, ruins of Baalbeck at low centre, 25 piastres, blue, Omayyad Mosque at low centre, 50 piastres, purple, Damascus at top centre, 100 piastres, brown pillars of Baalbek at left, and 500 piastres, dark purple, cedar tree at right, all perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, Djaroueh SY 1, 3, 4, 5, 6), wonderfully bright and fresh, uncirculated and very rare (5) £6,500-8,500 |
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| 1542 | |||
| Banque de Syrie, 25 piastres, 1 August 1919, serial number B/A 049111, blue and orange-brown, the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus at centre, reverse pink and green, horse low centre, value in field, pillar at left and right (Pick 2a, Djaroueh SY 3), very fine £900-1,000 |
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| 1543 | |||
| Banque de Syrie, specimen 25 piastres, 1 August 1919, blue and pink-brown, the Umayyad Mosque in Dimisq at centre, reverse purple and green-blue, horse and value at centre (Pick 2s, Djaroueh SY3s), perforated, good extremely fine, scarce £800-900 |
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| 1544 | |||
| Banque de Syrie, 50 piastres, 1 August 1919, serial number C/AU 004,942, purple, green and blue, Mosque top centre, reverse lilac, green and brown, value at centre and top left and right (Pick 3, Djaroueh SY 4), central crease otherwise almost extremely fine thus quite rare £1,800-2,000 |
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| 1545 | |||
| Banque de Syrie, specimen 100 piastres, 1 August 1919, brown and blue-green, the Pillars of Baalbek at left, reverse purple and green-blue, view of city and harbour at centre, column at left and right (Pick 4s, Djaroueh SY4s), perforated, good extremely fine, scarce £1,000-1,200 |
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| 1546 | |||
| Banque de Syrie, specimen/unissued 1 piastre and issued 1 piastre, 1920, blue and pink and green, reverse brown and dark red, the Pillars of Baalbek at centre in circular frame (Pick 6, Djaroueh SY7), good extremely fine (2) £400-500 |
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| 1547 | |||
| Banque de Syrie, an obverse colour trial proof for a 50 livres, ND (1920), purple-brown and green, blue and orange, Syria's street scene in Beirut at left, value in field (Pick 9 for similar, Djaroueh SY 10 for similar), good extremely fine and extremely rare £1,500-1,700 |
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| 1548 | |||
| Banque de Syrie, specimen 10 piastres, 1 July 1920, no serial numbers, dark blue and multicoloured, shepherds with campfire at top centre, value at each corner, reverse red and purple (Pick 12s, Djaroueh SY13), red SPECIMEN overprint, perforated, mounting traces at right, extremely fine and scarce £800-900 |
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| 1549 | |||
| Banque de Syrie, 100 piastres, 1 July 1920, serial number D/AD 007795, brown on multicolour underprint, the columns at Baalbek at left, horseman at low left, reverse blue and multicoloured, city view at centre, pillar at left and right (Pick 15, Djaroueh SY16), almost very fine and scarce £1,400-1,600 |
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| 1550 | |||
| Banque de Syrie, obverse and reverse uniface proofs for a 500 piastres, 1 July 1920, no serial numbers, dark purple on multicoloured underprint, Cedar of Lebanon at right, horses at top left and right, value at left, reverse black, brown and green, city view at centre, value at left and right (Pick 16pr, Djaroueh SY17pr), uncirculated and rare (2) £2,500-2,800 |
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| 1551 | |||
| Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban, Syria, 25 piastres, 1925, serial number P.115-670, blue, red and multicoloured, ornate background detail, and Laferriere signatures, reverse red and multicoloured, water mill at centre, SYRIE in blue top centre courtyard at right, red LIBAN at left and right (Pick 21, Djaroueh SY22), fine and rare £1,200-1,400 |
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| 1552 | |||
| Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban, Syria, 25 piastres, 1925, serial number Q.108-424, dark blue and multicoloured, ornate background detail, printed signatures of Forges and Laferriere at centre, reverse multicoloured, SYRIE in dark blue top centre, below red BANQUE DE SYRIE ET DU GRAND-LIBAN, the mill house of Hama on the Orontes river at centre (Pick 21, Djaroueh SY22), almost extremely fine, attractive and a rare type £1,800-2,000 |
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| 1553 | |||
| Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban, Syria, specimen 25 livres, 1925, no serial numbers and no signatures, maroon and multicoloured, ornate designs and borders, value in blue at left and right, reverse house and gardens on hillside, SYRIE in red top centre, value in blue top right and at top left and right (Pick 27s, Djaroueh SY28s), good very fine and highly unusual without serial numbers and signatures, extremely rare £4,500-5,000 |
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| 1554 | |||
| Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban, Syria, specimen 50 livres, 1925, zero serial numbers, maroon and multicoloured, ornate designs and borders, Forges and Laferriere signatures, reverse house and gardens, SYRIE in blue top centre, value in red top right and at each corner (Pick 28s, Djaroueh SY28s), perforated SPECIMEN, slight rust mark top left otherwise uncirculated, attractive and very rare £4,000-4,500 |
| 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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