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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 14 | |||
| 1603 | |||
| Central Bank of Syria, a specimen set of the 1958 series comprising 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 and 500 livres (Pick 86s-92s), red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and scarce (7) £1,800-2,000 |
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| 1604 | |||
| Central Bank of Syria, specimen 25 pounds, 1970, brown, specimen 50 pounds, 1970, blue and purple, and specimen 100 pounds, 1974, black and purple (Pick 96bs, 97as, 98ds), in ICG folders 66, 63, 63 respectively, uncirculated (3) £250-300 |
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| 1605 | |||
| Central Bank of Syria, specimen 5 livre (2), 1977, 1978, black zero serial numbers, green and multicoloured, Bosra Theatre and female warrior statue (Pick 100as, bs), red Arabic overprint, uncirculated and scarce (2) £150-200 |
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| 1606 | |||
Central Bank of Syria, specimen 5 pounds (2), 1977/1978, green, specimen 25 pounds, 1978, dark blue, specimen 50 pounds, 1977, brown, and specimen 100 pounds (2), 1977/1978, green (Pick 100as, 100bs, 102bs, 103as, 104as, 104bs), ICG 68, 63, 68, 70, 68, 66, variations of uncirculated (6) £300-400TAHITI |
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| 1607 | |||
| Banque de l'Indo-Chine, Tahiti, specimen 500 francs, Papeete, 1 August 1923, serial number 0.0-000, violet-blue and multicoloured, France at left, ships top field, allegorical symbols around, Monplanet and De la Chaume, reverse violet-blue and multicoloured, local girl at right, boats and local flora around (Pick 13s), paper clip and stain low right, good very fine and rare and attractive £750-850 |
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| 1608 | |||
| Banque de l'Indo-Chine, Tahiti, 20 francs, ND (1963), serial number K.87 550, multicolour, man at left, shepherd with flock centre left, flute player at right, reverse, various fruit at left, woman at right, also Banque de l'Indo-Chine, New Caldeonia specimen 20 francs, ND (1963), design as above but with black stamp SPECIMEN top left corner and perforated SPECIMEN at right (Pick 21c, 50c), both in PMG holder number 64, choice uncirculated, first, EPQ (2) £400-450 |
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| 1609 | |||
| Institut d'Emission d'Outre-Mer, Tahiti, 100 francs, ND (1971), prefix M.2, multicoloured, girl with guitar at right, signature 1, also 500 francs, ND (1985), prefix S.3, blue and multicoloured, fisherman at right (Pick 24a, 25d), uncirculated (2) £60-80 |
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| 1610 | |||
| Institut d'Emission d'Outre-Mer, Tahiti, a partial reverse proof for the issue of 5000 francs, type of 1971, multicoloured on pale blue paper, Admiral Febvrier Despointes at right, sail boat at right centre (Pick 28 for type), good extremely fine and unusual, rare £80-120 |
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| 1611 | |||
Institut d'Emission d'Outre-Mer, Tahiti, 5000 francs, ND (1985), serial number E.4 38396, dark blue and multicoloured, Bougainville at left, signature 5, also 1000 francs, ND (1985), prefix X.8, orange-red and multicoloured, girl at right (Pick 28d, 27d), uncirculated and a lovely design, scarce (2) £140-180TANNU-TUVA |
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| 1612 | |||
Treasury issue, Tannu-Tuva, 1 aksha, 1940, red serial number A 314323, brown, orange and green, plough team and arms at centre, value at left and right, reverse brown and pink (Pick 15), pressed, almost very fine, presentable and rare £600-700THAILAND |
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| 1613 | |||
| Government of Siam, 1 baht, 5 December 1930, serial number F55 53456, 1 baht, 20 November 1935, 20 baht, ND (1948), Bank of Thailand 500 baht, ND, serial number 53 N011758 (Pick 16, 26, 72, 86), first, about extremely fine, balance extremely fine to about uncirculated (4) £100-130 |
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| 1614 | |||
| Government of Siam, 10 bhat, 15 February 1928, serial number 67998, red brown on pink underprint, reverse ceremonial procession, (Pick 18a), horizontal and vertical folds, some discolouration, small nick bottom right, very good to fine £80-100 |
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| 1615 | |||
Government of Thailand, unissued 10 baht, ND (1942-44), purple on pale grey-blue underprint King Rama VIII, portal at left (Pick 59), almost very fine, rare £500-700TIMOR |
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| 1616 | |||
| Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Timor, specimen 5 patacas, 1 January 1910, serial number 00001-50000, brown and yellow, value in field, counterfoil at left, reverse blue and green, arms at centre (Pick 2s), ink date '28.11.19' in top margin, good extremely fine and rare £700-900 |
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| 1617 | |||
| Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Timor, 20 escudos, 24 October 1967, serial numbers 1143729, 1143734-8, 1130643, 50 escudos, 24 October 1967, serial numbers 365649, 365660-5, 365667, all depicting portrait of R D Aleixo at right. (Pick 26, 27), uncirculated (15) £200-220 |
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| 1618 | |||
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Timor, a set of specimen colour trials of the 1963-68 Issues, all zero serials, portrait of Dom Aleixo at right, all reverse ship seal at left, crowned arms at centre, comprising 20 escudos, 24 October 1967, red; 50 escudos, 24 October 1967, reddish purple on blue underprint; 100 escudos, ND (1963), purple on pale green underprint; 500 escudos, ND (1963), violet; and 1000 escudos, ND (1968), brown, all overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 26ct, 27ct, 28ct, 29ct, 30ct), the 1000 escudos about uncirculated, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated and a rare desirable set (5) £400-500TOGO |
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| 1619 | |||
| Banque du Togo, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 100 francs, ND (ca 1960), serial number A 000000, brown and green on multicoloured underprint, Sylvanus Olympio, first president of Togo at right, value at top left and centre right, "Signature" for Le President and Le Directeur General at centre, reverse combine harvester in grain field at centre, geometric pattern in panels at left and right, value in each corner (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated, attractive, unique (2) £350-450 |
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| 1620 | |||
Banque du Togo, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 500 francs, ND (ca 1960), serial number A 000000, dark green and multicoloured, portrait of Sylvanus Olympio, first president of Togo, in African dress and taken from a painting, at right, value at top left and lower right, "Signature" for Le President and Le Directeur General at centre, reverse star and oval in cinquefoil pattern at centre left, geometric patterns in panels at left and right, value in each corner (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated, attractive, unique £400-600TONGA |
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| 1621 | |||
Government of Tonga, group of notes consisting of 4 shillings, 19 September 1955, serial number C/1 59964, 10 shillings, 29 July 1964, serial number C/1 46531, £1, 30 October 1964, serial number D/1 15012, £5, 20 July 1964, serial number B/1 52502, all with three signatures (Pick 9c, 10d, 11d, 12c) all central crease otherwise crisp, original and extremely fine £300-400TRINIDAD |
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| 1622 | |||
Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas), Trinidad, specimen $20, Port of Spain, 1 January 1935, serial number C 024501-C 027500, black, pale orange and mauve, arms and value at centre, value at each corner, T in field top right, reverse pale blue and green, arms at centre, value at left and right (Pick S141b, 142), ink date '12.7.32', perforated CANCELLED, uncirculated and rare £400-600TRANSKEI |
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| 1623 | |||
Bank of Transkei, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a $2, ND (ca 1976), serial number 00000000, blue on multicoloured underprint, Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima, homeland president and nephew of Nelson Mandela at right, value at top left and right, reverse map at top left, vignette of sea, mountains, kraals, cattle and tractors at centre left (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated and an extraordinary opportunity to acquire a banknote essay from Nelson Mandela's tribal homeland, unique (2) £600-900TUNISIA |
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| 1624 | |||
| Banque de l'Algerie, Tunisia, 100 francs, 1948, serial number E.378 824, blue, yellow and brown, Hermes at right, Roman gate in background, reverse ancient mosaic depicting boat and three people, Algeria, Banque de l'Algerie, 20 francs, 1941, serial number L.3401 811, pale lilac on blue underprint, girl in headdress at right, reverse two youths, Banque Central, Algeria, 50 dinars, serial number Y.212 384, multicolour, mountain goats, reverse camel train (Pick 24, 78c, 124a), all in PMG holders number 64, choice uncirculated and an interesting lot (3) £800-850 |
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| 1625 | |||
| Banque de l'Algerie et de la Tunisie, Tunisia, 50 francs, 3 February 1949, serial number U.18 945, black, blue and pale red, value at left (Pick 23), minor foxing, otherwise a lovely and fresh about uncirculated, very scarce in this grade £250-350 |
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| 1626 | |||
| Banque de l'Algerie, Tunisia, specimen 100 francs, ND (1946), zero serial numbers, blue and multicoloured, Hermes at right, reverse mosaic (Pick 24s), red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and scarce £300-320 |
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| 1627 | |||
| Banque de l'Algerie, Tunisia, 100 francs, 20 November 1946, serial number T.14 280, multicolour, head of Hermes at right, arch at left, reverse mosaic with boat (Pick 24), a few spots of foxing, thus about uncirculated, scarce in this grade £150-200 |
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| 1628 | |||
| Banque de l'Algerie, Tunisia issue, 1000 francs overprint on a Banque de France 100 francs of 1892 (1942-1943), blue and pink-lilac, black MILLE FRANCS overprint at centre (Pick 31), in PMG holder 64, NET £300-320 |
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| 1629 | |||
| Banque de l'Algerie & de la Tunisie, Tunisia, specimen 500 francs, ND (1947), zero serial numbers, multicolour, statue of winged victory at centre, arch behind, reverse mural showing three allegorical figures, red SPECIMEN overprint on both sides (Pick 25s), rusty staple holes at low left and some very minor foxing, extremely fine and scarce £300-400 |
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| 1630 | |||
Banque l'Algerie et de la Tunisie, Tunisia, specimen 500 francs, ND (1950), zero serial number green on yellow and multicolour underprint, winged Victory with Roman ruins in background, reverse three allegorical figures depicting labour, hole punched SPECIMEN at right (Pick 28), several pinholes, some creasing and fold, original paper retaining strong colour, almost extremely fine £300-400TURKEY |
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| 1631 | |||
| Ottoman Empire, 10 kurush, 1853-1854, black text on tan paper, also 20 kurush (Pick 23, 24), fine, the 20 kurush with perforation top centre, scarce (2) £200-250 |
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| 1632 | |||
| Ottoman Empire, 10 kurush, 1855-1857, black text on tan paper, black circular seal on reverse (Pick 25), fine, a rare type and presentable £300-500 |
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| 1633 | |||
| Ottoman Empire, 20 kurush, 1855-1857, black text on pale blue paper, reverse a circular black seal at centre (Pick 26), good fine, scarce £140-180 |
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| 1634 | |||
| Ottoman Empire, 20 kurush, ND (1855-57), black on light green and yellow underprint, seals on face (Pick 26), black circular handstamp on reverse, good fine, quite scarce £80-120 |
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| 1635 | |||
| Ottoman Empire, 20 kurush, AH1277 (1861), pale yellow and black, toughra top centre (Pick 34, Gaciroglu MC 14-2-2), good extremely fine £200-250 |
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| 1636 | |||
| Ottoman Empire, 20 kurush, AH 1277 (1861), black text on yellow, reverse 5 lines of text and black circular seal at centre, also 100 kurush, 1876, pink-brown and pale green (Pick 36, 45), very fine to good very fine (2) £100-150 |
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| 1637 | |||
| Ottoman Empire, a selection comprising 1 kurush, 1876, 5 kurush (3), 1876 (2), 1877, red, 10 kurush, brown and pale green, 1877, 20 kurush, 1877, brown and pale orange, 50 kurush, 1877, brown and pale yellow (Pick 46c, 47a, 47b, 47d, 48c, 49c, 50c), generally very fine (7) £200-250 |
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| 1638 | |||
| Ottoman Empire, 20 kurush, AH1295/1877, pale yellow and brown, toughra top centre (Pick 49c, Gaciroglu HM 4-3), good extremely fine £150-200 |
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| 1639 | |||
| Ottoman Empire, specimen 2 medjides d'or, law of 1279 (1869), no serial numbers, green, pale pink and orange, toughra of Abdul Aziz (1861-1876), value at centre and at left and right, printed signature of Aristidi at right, reverse lilac and pale blue and pink (Pick 57s, Gaciroglu OB-1-2s), good extremely fine, fresh and attractive, very rare £1,200-1,400 |
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| 1640 | |||
| State notes of the Ministry of Finance, specimen 5 livres, 1908, blue and multicoloured, the toughra of Abdul Hamid II top centre, value at left and right, reverse brown, value (Pick 62s), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, a Waterlow engraving, good very fine and scarce £300-400 |
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| 1641 | |||
| Banque Imperiale Ottomane, a contemporary photograph of a 1 livre Turque essay, ND (1914), toughra top ventre, zero serial numbers, value at each corner, reverse rowing boat and building at centre (Pick unrecorded, Gaciroglu p.325 for similar), from a unique Bradbury essay, very unusual and an interesting research piece £200-250 |
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| 1642 | |||
| State notes of the Ministry of Finance, 2 1/2 livres, law of 1332 (1916-1917), red serial number H.140319, orange-pink and multicoloured, toughra top centre, value at left and right, reverse pale blue and maroon, value top left and right (Pick 100), uncirculated thus scarce and a lovely example £350-400 |
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| 1643 | |||
| Georgische Legion, an early hand written note for 10 piastres, ND (1916), black pen on white paper, perforated edges (Rosenberg 481), very fine, rare, issued within the Georgian unit of the German army in the First World War, quickly replaced by printed issues £500-700 |
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| 1644 | |||
| Georgische Legion, 5 and 10 piastres, Samsun, 1916, serial number 877 and 739, black on red and blue underprints respectively, arms at low left (Rosenburg 482c, 483c), uncirculated and rare, issued for the Georgian unit of the German army in the First World War (2) £1,000-1,500 |
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| 1645 | |||
Georgische Legion, 5 and 10 piastres, 1916, serial number 825 and 1034, black on red and blue underprints respectively, arms at low left (Rosenburg 482c, 483c), about uncirculated and rare, issued for the Georgian unit of the German army in the First World War (2) £800-1,200UKRAINE |
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| 1646 | |||
| A selection of Ukraine issues, including 50 karbovantsiv (3), 1918, 2, 100 and 500 hyrven 1918, 1000 karbovantsiv (2), 1918, 10, 25, and 250 karbovantsiv, 1918-19, 5 hyrven, 1920 (Pick 5, 6, 20a, 22, 23, 35a, 35b, 36a, 37, 39, 41), mixed grades, generally very fine or better (13) £80-120 |
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| 1647 | |||
Ukraine, a selection comprising State Credit notes 2, 10, 100, 500, 1000, 2000 hryven, 1918, Semen Petlyura Directorate 10, 25, 100, 250, 1000 karbovantsiv, ca 1918-1919, and German occupation 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 karbowanez, ca 1942 (Pick 20-25, 36-40, 49, 51-57), generally fine, several better (18) £100-150UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
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| 1648 | |||
| United Arab Emirates Currency Board, 1, 5 and 10 dirhams, ND (1973), all dhow, camels and derrick at left (Pick 1a, 2a, 3a), uncirculated (3) £250-300 |
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| 1649 | |||
United Arab Emirates Currency Board, 1000 dirhams, ND (1973), blue and multicoloured, dhow, camels and derrick at left, value at each corner, reverse blue, Al-Jahili fortress (Pick 6a), small stain top centre, central crease otherwise almost extremely fine and scarce £300-400UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
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| 1650 | |||
| Bank of Greensborough, $5, 7 December 1858, blue serial number 2120, black and white, allegorical scenes, also Atlantic Bank, New York, $2, 14 April 1852, ships top centre (Haxby G6d, G4), good very fine and VG (2) £50-70 |
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| 1651 | |||
| United States Franctional Currency, comprising 5 cents, 1862, brown, 5 cents, 1863, 25 and 50 cents, 1863, 15 cents, 1863, also City of New Orleans, 25 cents and Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plate 1/2 peso (Pick 97c, 101d, 109d, 111, 116d), very good to very fine (7) £80-120 |
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| 1652 | |||
| United States of America, $1 (Educational note), 1896, blue serial number 35461398, dark and light grey, allegorical maiden (Education) and boy at left, Bruce and Roberts signatures (Pick 335, Friedberg 225), small mark top right margin, a solid very fine, original £300-500 |
| 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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