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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| World Banknotes (Day 1 of 3) Lots 1-955 | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 15th 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 | |||
| 201 | |||
| Banque Nationale du Cambodge, specimen colour trial 1 riel, ND (1956-75), blue and multicoloured, ships in Phnom-Penh harbour, reverse Royal Palace throne room; specimen colour trial 20 rials, ND (1956-75), purple and multicoloured, combine harvester at right, reverse Phnom-Penh pagoda; and specimen colour trial 5 riels, ND (1962-75), green and multicoloured, Bayon stone at left, reverse Royal Palace Entrance at Chan chaya at right, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, one, two or three punch hole (Pick 4ct, 5ct, 10ct), about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare (3) £250-300 |
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| 202 | |||
| Banque Nationale du Cambodge, specimen 50 riels (2), ND (1956-75), different prefixes, signature 1 and signature 6, both blue and orange, fisherman and fishing boats, reverse Angkor Wat; and specimen 10 riels, ND (1962-75), signature 5, red-brown, Temple of Banteay Srei at right, reverse brown and green, central market, Phnom-Penh, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red or black with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, two or three punch holes [Pick 7s (2) - both unlisted signatures, 11as), mounting traces, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated (3) £80-120 |
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| 203 | |||
| Banque Nationale du Cambodge, obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 100 riels, ND (1970), zero serial numbers, purple and violet on multicoloured underprint, young woman at left working at a table, value in three corners, reverse fishing boat and net at left, stylised boat with fish at lower centre (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated, unique (2) £400-600 |
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| 204 | |||
Banque Nationale du Cambodge, obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 100 riels, ND (c1973), zero serial numbers, deep brown and olive-green on multicoloured underprint, schoolboy at desk in foreground at right, three school children in background, ornate stone carving at left, reverse olive-green, building at left centre set in ornate pattern of acanthus leaf scrolls, value in Khmer at left and in French at right (Pick unrecorded), slit along value panel on reverse, otherwise about uncirculated and a fascinating replacement of the schoolgirl on Pick 17 with a schoolboy, unique (2) £400-600Khmer Republic |
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| 205 | |||
| Khmer Republic, obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 1 riel, ND (c1973), serial number 000000, brown, purple and pink on multicoloured underprint, stone carving from Banteay Srei Temple at left, stone frieze of galley and oarsmen at lower centre, value at upper right and lower left, reverse blue, green and brown, stone carving at left, water buffalo and cart at right, value in Khmer at upper right and French at lower left (Pick unrecorded), the obverse extremely fine, the reverse about uncirculated, charming, unique (2) £300-400 |
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| 206 | |||
| Khmer Republic, reverse composite essay on card for a 5 riels, ND (c1973), brown, green and grey-blue, vignette of women working in a paddy field at centre right, stylised snake carving at left, value in Khmer at upper right and French at lower left (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated, unique £140-180 |
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| 207 | |||
Khmer Republic, obverse composite essay on card for a 100 riels, ND (c1973), serial number 000000, blue, carmine and multicoloured, stone carving from Banteay Srei Temple at left, stone frieze of men and women occupied in various activities, decorated with trees and branches at lower centre, value at upper right and lower left (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated, attractive, unique £200-300CANADA |
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| 208 | |||
| Bank of Canada, $1 (2), 1954, consecutive serial numbers A/A 9520322-23, black on green underprint, Elizabeth II with 'Devils Face Hairdo' at right, reverse Western Prairie scene, Coyne-Towers signatures (Pick 66a), paper clip dents at left, otherwise a lovey fresh about uncirculated pair (2) £100-150 |
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| 209 | |||
Bank of Canada, specimen $100, 1975, serial number JA 0000000, brown and multicoloured, Sir Robert Borden at right, arms at left, Lawson and Bouey signatures (Pick 91as, BC-52as), in PMG holder 66, gem uncirculated, EPQ £300-350CAPE VERDE |
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| 210 | |||
| Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printer's archival specimen 50 centavos, S. Tiago, 5 November 1914, with counterfoil, serial number run 0,000,000 to 0,980,000, olive-green on multicoloured underprint, arms at right, value in guilloche at left, deep blue steamship seal Type II at lower centre, reverse brown on pale blue and yellow underprint, allegorical woman looking out at ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 16s), ink date '12.9.16' and annotation in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine, very scarce £100-150 |
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| 211 | |||
| Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen 1 escudo, 1 January 1921, no serial numbers, green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Francisco de Oliveira Chamico at left, steamship seal at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse allegorical woman looking out at ships, value in ornate guilloches at left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse and perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 32s), uncirculated, very scarce £80-120 |
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| 212 | |||
| Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen 5 escudos, 1 January 1921, no serial numbers, black on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Francisco de Oliveira Chamico at left, steamship seal at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse allegorical woman looking out at ships, value in ornate guilloches at left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 34s), uncirculated and rare, particularly in this grade £150-200 |
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| 213 | |||
| Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen 10 escudos, 1 January 1921, no serial numbers, brown on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Francisco de Oliveira Chamico at left, steamship seal at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse allegorical woman looking out at ships, value in ornate guilloches at left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 35s), uncirculated and rare, particularly in this grade £200-250 |
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| 214 | |||
| Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen 20 escudos, 1 January 1921, no serial numbers, dark blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Francisco de Oliveira Chamico at left, steamship seal at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse allegorical woman looking out at ships, value in ornate guilloches at left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 36s), uncirculated and rare, particularly in this grade £300-400 |
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| 215 | |||
| Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen 50 escudos, 1 January 1921, no serial numbers, orange-red on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Francisco de Oliveira Chamico at left, steamship seal at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse allegorical woman looking out at ships, value in ornate guilloches at left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in black on obverse, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 37s), uncirculated and very rare, particularly in this grade £400-600 |
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| 216 | |||
| Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen colour trial 5 escudos, ND (1945), no serial numbers, purple on pale green underprint, portrait of Bartolomeu Dias at right, steamship seal at left, arms at lower centre, reverse allegorical woman looking out at ships, value in ornate guilloches at left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse, two punch holes (Pick 41ct), ink letter 'A' in lower right corner, paper clip indentation, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £120-180 |
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| 217 | |||
| Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen colour trial 10 escudos, ND (1945), no serial numbers, purple on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Bartolomeu Dias at right, steamship seal at left, arms at lower centre, reverse green on pale blue underprint, allegorical woman looking out at ships, value in ornate guilloches at left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse, two punch holes (Pick 42ct), ink letter 'B' in lower right corner, paper clip indentation, otherwise uncirculated, and a very rare example of a colour trial with the issued colour on obverse and a different colour on reverse £200-300 |
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| 218 | |||
| Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, reverse specimen plate proofs of the 1945 Issue comprising 10 escudos, violet and grey, and 20 escudos, green, both allegorical woman looking out at ships, value in ornate guilloches at left and right, (Pick 42 and 43 for type), the first sellotape and mounting traces, otherwise about uncirculated, the second mounting traces and glue residue, otherwise good extremely fine, rare (2) £120-160 |
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| 219 | |||
| Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen colour trial 20 escudos, ND (1945), no serial numbers, reddish-purple on blue-green underprint, portrait of Bartolomeu Dias at right, steamship seal at left, arms at upper centre, reverse allegorical woman looking out at ships, value in ornate guilloches at left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse, two punch holes (Pick 43ct), ink letter 'C' in lower right corner, paper clip indentation, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, very rare £200-300 |
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| 220 | |||
| Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen colour trial 50 escudos, ND (1945), no serial numbers, brown on pale blue and multicoloured underprint, portrait of Bartolomeu Dias at right, steamship seal at left, arms at upper centre, reverse allegorical woman looking out at ships, value in ornate guilloches at left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse, two punch holes (Pick 44ct), ink letter 'D' in lower right corner on reverse, paper clip indentation, otherwise uncirculated, very rare £250-350 |
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| 221 | |||
| Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, reverse specimen plate proofs of the 1945 Issue comprising 50 escudos, blue, and 100 escudos, dark red, both allegorical woman looking out at ships, value in ornate guilloches at left and right, (Pick 44 and 45 for type), sellotape and mounting traces, otherwise about uncirculated, rare (2) £140-180 |
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| 222 | |||
| Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, obverse specimen plate proof for a 100 escudos, ND (1945), red, portrait of Bartolomeu Dias at right, steamship seal at left, arms at upper centre, (Pick 45p), ink date '17.7.46.' in top margin, 'Plate colour Red 23.' in lower margin, mounting traces, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, very rare £120-160 |
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| 223 | |||
| Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen colour trial 100 escudos, ND (1945), no serial numbers, deep green on orange-pink underprint, portrait of Bartolomeu Dias at right, steamship seal at left, arms at upper centre, reverse allegorical woman looking out at ships, value in ornate guilloches at left and right, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse, two punch holes (Pick 45ct), ink letter 'E' in lower right corner on reverse, paper clip indentation, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, very rare £300-400 |
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| 224 | |||
| Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen colour trial 100 escudos, ND (1958), brown on multicoloured, underprint, Serpa Pinto at right, ship seal at left; specimen colour trial 500 escudos, ND (1958), red on multicoloured underprint, Serpa Pinto at right, ship seal at left; and specimen colour trial 500 escudos, ND (1971), blue on multicoloured underprint, Prince Henry the Navigator at right, reverses all woman looking at ships, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 49ct, 50ct, 53Act), uncirculated, rare (3) £350-450 |
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| 225 | |||
| Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen 500 escudos, 29 June 1971, zero serial number, olive green on multicolour underprint, Infante D Henrique at right, reverse, seated woman and sailing ship at centre, diagonal red stamp ESPECIME at centre obverse and reverse, hole punched bottom centre (Pick 53A), ink stamped "246" top right corner, a wonderfully crisp, fresh note, uncirculated £200-250 |
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| 226 | |||
| Banco de Cabo Verde, a set of specimens consisting of 100, 500 and 1000 escudos, 20 January 1977, serial numbers all A/1 000000, diagonal stamp ESPECIME on each note, hole punched, all depicting Cabral at right (Pick 54, 55, 56), a fresh group, about uncirculated (3) £250-300 |
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| 227 | |||
Banco de Cabo Verde, specimen 500 and 1000 escudos, 20 January 1977, zero serial numbers, both depicting A Cabral at right, reverse harbour scene and agriculture scene respectively (Pick 55, 56), uncirculated £80-120CAYMAN ISLANDS |
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| 228 | |||
Cayman Islands Currency Board, $50, 1987, serial number A/I 000585, blue on multicolour underprint, arms at upper centre, Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse Goverment House, turtle watermark (Pick 10, CICB B10), a beautiful example, about uncirculated £100-150CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC |
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| 229 | |||
Central African Republic, 5000 francs, 1 January 1980, serial number X.2 46578, multicolour, girl with document, man with goat kid and cattle, and farmers holding several crops (BEAC B7a, Pick 11), fresh and uncirculated £400-500CEYLON |
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| 230 | |||
| Government of Ceylon, 1 rupee (3), 12 July 1944, prefix A/51;1 March 1947, prefix A/79; 1 June 1948, prefix A/86, all different signature combinations, all straight edge at left, olive, lilac and blue, King George VI at left, reverse elephant and palm tree [Pick 34 (3)], the first two uncirculated, the third choice extremely fine (3) £70-100 |
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| 231 | |||
| Government of Ceylon, 2 rupees (2), 20 December 1941, prefix E/6; 19 September 1942, prefix E/11, both straight edge at left, purple and multicoloured, King George VI at left, reverse Sigiriya Rock [Pick 35a (2)], the first good extremely fine, the second about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £100-130 |
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| 232 | |||
| Government of Ceylon, specimen 5 rupees, 12 July 1944, serial number G/28 492909, purple and pale blue, George VI at left (Pick 36s), a red SPECIMEN overprint on an issued note, an original extremely fine and rare £250-350 |
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| 233 | |||
| Government of Ceylon, 10 cents, 20 cents and 50 cents, all 1942, all George VI at right (Pick 43a, 44a, 45a), good extremely fine (3) £80-100 |
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| 234 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, 1 rupee (2), 3 June 1952, prefix A/41;16 October 1954, prefix A/43, different signature combinations, blue on orange and green underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at left, reverse Moonstone Step, Royal Palace Polonnaruwa (Pick 49a, 49b), the first uncirculated, the second slight foxing, otherwise uncirculated (2) £60-80 |
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| 235 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen 50 rupees, 3 June 1952, serial number R/1 00000, blue and lilac and pink, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Dorothy Wilding at left, reverse blue, moonstone steps (Pick 52s, CBC B8as), ink date '7.2.51' in top margin, perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, rare £600-700 |
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| 236 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen 50 rupees, 26 October 1970, serial number D/1 00000, blue on multicoloured underprint, President Solomon Bandaranaike with raised hand at right, reverse monument; and specimen 100 rupees, 26 October 1970, serial number E/1 00000, red-violet on multicoloured underprint, President Solomon Bandaranaike with raised hand at right, reverse female dancers, both overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 77as, 78as), mounting traces, the first otherwise good extremely fine, the second otherwise about extremely fine (2) £100-150 |
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| 237 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 2 rupees, 15 February 1971, serial number E/1 000000, green on multicoloured underprint, smiling portrait of President Bandaranaike at right, value at upper left and right, lion with sword at upper left, reverse farmer with water buffalo in fields, palm at centre right, value in each corner, ornate floral borders at left and right (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated, the lowest denomination of the 1971-72 "Smiling President" series which was never issued, unique (2) £400-600 |
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| 238 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 10 rupees, 15 February 1971, serial number M/1 000000, green and purple on multicoloured underprint, smiling portrait of President Bandaranaike at right, value in each corner, lion with sword at upper left, reverse two women with baskets picking tea at centre left, mountains in background, ornate floral borders, value in each corner (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated, a denomination of the 1971-72 "Smiling President" series which was never issued, unique (2) £500-800 |
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| 239 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 50 rupees, 15 February 1971, serial number S/1 000000, purple and black on green and orange underprint, smiling portrait of President Bandaranaike at right, value in each corner, lion with sword at upper left, reverse monument and tree at centre, ornate floral borders, value in each corner, also a second reverse design, purple and sage green, landscape with mountains, fields and buildings, plants at lower left, ornate floral borders, value in each corner (obverse similar to Pick 79, reverse unrecorded), about uncirculated, unique (3) £500-800 |
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| 240 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen 50 rupees, ND, no serial numbers, hole punched, red stamp diagonal SPECIMEN on obverse and reverse, purple and multicolour, President Bandaranaike, reverse landscape (Pick 79), crisp, fresh and uncirculated (2) £150-250 |
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| 241 | |||
| Central Bank of Ceylon, obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 100 rupees, 15 February 1971, serial number V/1 000000, brown, green and multicoloured, smiling portrait of President Bandaranaike at right, value in each corner, lion with sword at upper left, reverse brown and red on pale blue, orange and rose underprint, drummer at left, dancers at centre, ornate floral borders, value in three corners (obverse similar to Pick 80, reverse unrecorded), about uncirculated, unique (2) £600-900 |
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| 242 | |||
Central Bank of Ceylon, a specimen set of the flora and fauna series, all dated 26 March 1979, comprising 2 rupees, red and multicoloured; 5 rupees, grey and multicoloured; 10 rupees, sage green and multicoloured; 20 rupees, brown, green, blue and multicoloured; 50 rupees, blue, brown and multicoloured; and 100 rupees, gold, green, black and multicoloured, all with reverse in vertical format, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 83s, 84s, 85s, 86s, 87s, 88s), the 100 rupees about uncirculated to uncirculated, the remainder uncirculated, charming and scarce (6) £250-300CHAD |
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| 243 | |||
Banque des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale, Republique du Tchad, 5000 francs, 1978, serial number A.2 86662, multicoloured, market scene, signature 9, reverse multicoloured, man with pipe, allegorical scenes of progress and industry (Pick 8, BEAC B7a), in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, EPQ, and a striking design, rare £500-700CHILE |
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| 244 | |||
El Banco de A. Edwards y Ca., specimen 5 pesos, 3 January 1876, no serial numbers, black on pink and blue underprint, woman at left, boy with sextant in boat at right, counterfoil at left, two cancellation holes (Pick S239s), good extremely fine, rare £300-400CHINA |
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| 245 | |||
| Asia Banking Corporation, China, Peking specimen $1, 1918, zero serial number, dark green on multicolour underprint, camel caravan at centre, reverse green, bank seal at centre, hole punched at bottom, stamped SPECIMEN bottom right (Pick S111), slight discolouration bottom right corner, otherwise about uncirculated, scarce £400-500 |
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| 246 | |||
| Chinese American Bank of Commerce, China, specimen $5, 15 July 1920, zero serial number, brown on multicolour underprint, Statue of Liberty at centre, reverse orange, shield at centre, red diagonal stamp SPECIMEN on obverse, hole punched at bottom, no place name, the cut has produced a very small bottom margin (Pick S236s4), a superb example, about uncirculated to uncirculated £250-300 |
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| 247 | |||
| Shantung Commercial Bank, China, $10, ND (1920), red serial number 380174, green and pale orange, house at centre, red SHANTUNG COMMERCIAL BANK overprint on Shantung Bank, reverse brown and pale blue, house at left and right (Pick S2696), various handstamps, good fine and rare £700-800 |
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| 248 | |||
| The Provincial Bank of Shantung, 100 yuan, 1 October 1925, serial number A458298, red on multicolour underprint, house atop hill at centre (Pick S2759), in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, a vibrantly colourful note £300-350 |
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| 249 | |||
| Fu Tien Bank, China, $1, ND (1921), red serial number R062041A, olive on multicolour underprint, phoenix, horse and globes at centre, reverse, temple, also $50, ND (1921), red serial number 065809, blue, design as previous, red oval Yunnan handstamp in field low right (Pick S3014, S3017 for type) first fine, second very fine and scarce (2) £1,100-1,200 |
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| 250 | |||
| Ming Dynasty, Da Ming Bao Chao, 1 kuan, 1368-1399, black text on mulberry bark, red rectangular seals on face, 10 strings of cash coins at centre, (Pick AA10), some edge damage but printing very bright and clear, about fine and scarce £1,000-1,500 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| World Banknotes (Day 1 of 3) Lots 1-955 | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 15th 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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