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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 2 | |||
| 51 | |||
| El Banco Nacional, Republica Argentina, printers archival specimen 100 pesos, 5 November 1881, serial range 030,001-080,000, black on orange and multicolor underprint, Liberty at left, J.J.Paso at right, liberty cap at top centre, reverse black, red and green, cattle at centre, two cancellation holes (Pick S701s), pencil annotation in top margin, about uncirculated and rare £500-700 |
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| 52 | |||
| El Banco Nacional, Republica Argentina, printers archival specimen 200 pesos, 5 November 1881, serial range 020,001-070,000, black on green and multicolour underprint, female allegory of art at left, A.P.Saenz at right, liberty cap at top centre, reverse black, brown and blue, hay harvest at centre, two cancellation holes (Pick S702s), about uncirculated and rare £500-700 |
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| 53 | |||
| El Banco de Cuyo, Argentina, specimen 50 pesos fuerte, San Juan, 18- (1892), black and pink and mauve, maiden with vine leaf laureate at left, cattle at centre, value in field reverse orange, blue and mauve, medallic female heads and value in field (Pick S1643s), perforated SPECIMEN B.W.&Co. LONDON, uncirculated and rare £600-800 |
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| 54 | |||
| Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata, Argentina, specimen 50 pesos moneda Boliviano, Cordoba, 15 November 1869, serial number 003001, yellow and multicoloured, General Belgrano top left, arms below, stag at right, value above, couterfoil at left, reverse brown and yellow, value, three cancellation holes (Pick S1728), uncirculated and rare £400-500 |
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| 55 | |||
| El Banco de San Juan, Argentina, specimen 20 centavos fuertes, 3 January 1876, serial number D 050001, black and grey, sheep dog at left, value at right, reverse red and blue, head of Liberty at centre, value at left and right (Pick S1878s), perforated SPECIMEN, uncirculated and rare £500-700 |
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| 56 | |||
| La Provincia de Buenos Ayres, Argentina, specimen 1000 pesos, 1 April 1867, black and white with a pink and green central panel, maiden with spade and allegorical symbols at left, arms at right, reverse green and white, inverted value left centre (Pick 479s), perforated, good extremely fine and very rare, a lovely note £800-1,200 |
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| 57 | |||
El Banco Central de la Republica Argentina, an obverse composite essay on board for a 100 pesos fuertes, 1951, zero serial numbers, purple and pale green, General Jose de San Martin at right, arms at left (Pick unlisted type), unique and quite attractive £300-400ARMENIA |
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| 58 | |||
| Armenia Government Bank, a group comprising 10 rubles, 1919, 5000 and 10,000 rubles 1920, 50, 100 and 250 rubles, 1920, and Armenian Socialist Soviet Rupublic, 10,000 and 25,000 rubles, 1922 (Pick 2, 28a, 29z, 30, 31, 32, S680b, S681), about very fine to extremely fine, some very scarce (8) £80-120 |
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| 59 | |||
| Autonomous Republic, Armenia, a selection including 1000 rubles of 1919, 25000 rubles of 1922, also Azerbaijan lot including 500 rubles of 1920 (Pick 13, 15, Pick S681, 715-720, 127a, 7), generally very fine or better (19) £100-150 |
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| 60 | |||
| Armenian Socialist Soviet Republic, Russia, 1 chervonetz, currency token issue, 1923, prefix U.F., blue and pale brown and pink and green, arms top centre, reverse black, mauve and green, pastoral scene (Pick S687), good extremely fine, rare £300-400 |
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| 61 | |||
Armenian Socialist Soviet Republic, Russia, 1 chervonetz, currency token issue, 1923, prefix U., blue and pale brown and pink and green, arms top centre, reverse black, mauve and green, pastoral scene (Pick S687), good extremely fine, rare £300-350AUSTRALIA |
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| 62 | |||
| The City of Melbourne Bank, specimen £10, 1 April 1877, serial number A0501, black and white, green and brown protector, allegorical maiden at left, arms at upper centre, reverse green and brown, arms at centre, value at left and right set in ornate guilloches, perforated SPECIMEN BW&Co LONDON (Vort-Ronald p.125), slight foxing, otherwise about uncirculated and rare £1,800-2,400 |
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| 63 | |||
| The London Chartered Bank of Australia, printer's archival specimen, £100, Melbourne, 1 July 1885, serial run 1501 to 2000, black on bright green and grey-green underprint, value in all four corners, arms at left and right, reverse bright green and grey-green, value at centre, perforated SPECIMEN BW&Co LONDON (Vort-Ronald type2), pencil date 'Jan 17/85' at upper left, otherwise good extremely fine and excessively rare, a handsome note £4,000-5,000 |
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| 64 | |||
| The Oriental Bank Corporation, Australia, specimen £1, Melbourne, 2 July 1878, serial number 945001, black and white, value in green central panel, arms top centre, Victoria as Empress seated on throne at left, head of Mercury at right, value at each corner, reverse value inverted in green (Vort-Ronald not listed for type), perforated SPECIMEN B.W.&Co. LONDON, uncirculated, attractive and very rare £2,500-3,500 |
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| 65 | |||
| The Queensland National Bank, specimen £1, 1 October 1877, series 'C', black on pale blue underprint, oval portrait of a maiden at centre, value in all four corners, reverse orange-red and pale blue, St George and the dragon at centre, value at left and right, perforated SPECIMEN BW&Co LONDON (Vort-Ronald type2), about uncirculated to uncirculated and rare £1,600-2,000 |
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| 66 | |||
| The City Bank, Sydney, printer's archival specimen £5, 26 January 1866, serial run B030001 to B035000, black and white, value in blue, allegorical maiden representing industry at left with emu at upper left and kangaroo at lower left, reverse blue, arms at centre, value at left and right set in ornate guilloches, perforated SPECIMEN BW&Co LONDON (Vort-Ronald type 2c), pencil date 'Nov 17-84' at upper left, otherwise good extremely fine to about uncirculated and rare £1,000-1,400 |
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| 67 | |||
| Commercial Bank of Sydney, Australia, £5, 1 May 1882, serial number 249567, blue and white, value in brown rectangular tablet at centre, bank building top centre, allegorical maidens top left and right, two manuscript signatures below (Vort-Ronald type 3), VG to fine and very rare £1,500-1,800 |
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| 68 | |||
| The Bank of Australasia, a sight bill for £10 payable '30 days after sight', Sydney, date excised, black and white, arms top centre, poor, unusual £50-100 |
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| 69 | |||
| Van Diemen's Land, Lake and Awlwin, 6D, Hobart Town, 1823, black and white on backing paper, signatures indistinct, poor but rare £300-400 |
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| 70 | |||
| Commonwealth of Australia, half sovereign, ND (1927), brown on multicolour underprint, portrait King George V at right, arms at left, reverse, Goulburn Weir, Riddle and Heathershaw signatures, also a third bill of exchange in the amount of £73 10s, dated 23 October 1862, pale pink on white paper, Britannia, ship and kangaroo top centre, a very pretty document (Pick 15c, Renniks 7), first, folds, creasing and discolouration, otherwise very good to fine, scarce, second, extremely fine £250-280 |
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| 71 | |||
| Commonwealth of Australia, £1 (2), ND (1926-32), serial numbers K24/ 615058 and K/60 181129, dark olive green on multicolour underprint, portrait King George V at right, arms at left, Riddle-Heathershaw signaures, reverse, Captain Cook's landing in Botany Bay at centre (Pick 16c, Renniks 26), very good to about fine (2) £180-230 |
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| 72 | |||
| Commonwealth of Australia, 10 shillings, ND (1936-39), serial number D/28 491830, £1, ND (1933-38), serial number N/21 775146, orange and green respectively, reverse, manufacturers on 10s and farmers with sheep on £1 (Pick 21, 22, Renniks 9, 28), first, vertical folds, very fine, second, several folds, about very fine (2) £120-150 |
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| 73 | |||
| Commonwealth of Australia, £1, ND (1933-38), serial number N 53 087197, dark green on multicolour underprint, portrait of King George V at right, signature E C Riddle and H J Sheenan, reverse shepherds with sheep at centre (Pick 22, Renniks 28), folds, about extremely fine £150-250 |
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| 74 | |||
| Commonwealth of Australia, 10 shillings (2), ND (1952), serial numbers A/89 729651 and B/2 692956, orange on multicolour underprint, portrait George VI at right, reverse, manufacturers (Pick 25d, Renniks 15), first, vertical folds, slight ink stain at right, otherwise about extremely fine, second, vertical folds, about very fine £100-130 |
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| 75 | |||
| Commonwealth of Australia, 10 shillings, ND (1942), serial number F53 049540, £1, ND (1942), serial number P97 145658, 50 dollars, ND (1997-98), serial number IG 97690095, 100 dollars, ND (1996), serial number GC 96847886, also Central Bank of Samoa 50 and 100 tala, ND (ca 1990) (Pick 25b, 26b, 54b, 55a, 29, 30) first, almost extremely fine, second, very fine, third and fourth, about uncirculated, others extremely fine £250-300 |
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| 76 | |||
| Commonwealth of Australia, 10 shillings (2), ND (1952), serial numbers A/41 880613 and G/57 992856, orange on multicolour underprint, portrait George VI at right, reverse, manufacturers, Coombes and Watt signatures (Pick 25d, Renniks 15), good to very good, the latter with ink graffiti on reverse £50-80 |
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| 77 | |||
| Commonwealth of Australia, £1 (2), ND (1942), serial number J/67 560179, W/94 294214, green on multicolour underprint, portrait King George VI at right, reverse, farmhands and sheep at centre, Armitage and Macfarlane (Pick 26b, Renniks 30a), very good to about fine, second, about uncirculated £200-250 |
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| 78 | |||
| Commonwealth of Australia, £5, ND (1949), serial number R98 202137, deep blue on multicolour underprint, portrait King George VI at right, Coombs-Watt signatures, reverse workers with sacks, bales of hay and barrel at upper left (Pick 27c, Renniks 47), central fold and some creasing, small stain at upper right, otherwise extremely fine £100-150 |
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| 79 | |||
| Commonwealth of Australia, £5 (2), ND (1949), serial numbers S/20 330530, S/33 044371, deep blue on multicolour underprint, portrait King George VI at left, reverse, labourers with sacks, bales and barrel upper left, Coombs and Watt signatures (Pick 27c, Renniks 47), first, extremely fine, second, very fine £150-200 |
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| 80 | |||
| Commonwealth of Australia, £10, ND (1949), serial number V/19 933729, red and pale brown and green, George VI at centre, Coombs and Watt signatures, reverse red, frieze of allegorical agricultural figures at right (Pick 28c, Renniks 60), pressed, about extremely fine and scarce £1,000-1,500 |
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| 81 | |||
| Commonwealth of Australia, 10 shillings (5), ND (1961-65), serial numbers AG/44 459270, AG/82 932013, AG/87 049732, AH/63 418715, AH/23 750000, dark brown on orange and green underprint, arms at lower left, portrait Matthew Flinders at right, signature Coombs/Wilson, reverse Old Parliament House, Canberra (Pick 33), first, light central fold, very fine, second, several folds, fine, third, extremely fine, fourth, central fold, very fine, fifth, very good £150-200 |
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| 82 | |||
| A group of Australian interesting number notes, comprising 10/- and £1 (2), ND (1954-60), 10/- note numbered AF/89 1000000, the £1s numbered HI/07 999999 and HJ/04 400004, also a 'normal' 10/- note (Pick 29, 30), first and second extremely fine, others good fine (4) £100-150 |
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| 83 | |||
| A group of interesting Australian error notes, comprising 10/- (3) and £1, ND (1954-60), the three 10/- all with printing errors, one with part printed face on reverse, one with only part of a single serial number printed, one with a fold at low right, this only underprint printed on folded section, the £1 has mismatched serial numbers (Pick 29, 30), first and third 10/- with very large black cancellation marks on face, very fine, rare £300-400 |
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| 84 | |||
| Commonwealth of Australia, £5 (4), ND (1954), prefixes TB (2), TC (2), blue and multicoloured, Sir John Franklin at right, Coombs and Wilson signatures (Pick 35a, Renniks 50), uncirculated (4) £300-400 |
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| 85 | |||
| Commonwealth of Australia, £5, ND (1960-65), serial number TC/90 374927, black on pale blue underprint, portrait of Sir John Franklin at right, arms at left, reverse, blue, cattle, sheep and produce at left and right, shields and boomerang at cenre, a striking note (Pick 35a, Renniks 50), vertical and horizontal fold, otherwise very fine to extremely fine £100-150 |
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| 86 | |||
| Commonwealth of Australia, £10, ND (1960-65), serial numbers WA/39 595799, WA/50 520839, black on red underprint, arms top centre, portrait of Governor Arthur Philip at left, signature Coombs and Wilson, reverse, red, symbols of science and industry, an attractive pair (Pick 36a, Renniks 63), first, central fold, very fine, second, some creasing, otherwise very to extremely fine £180-230 |
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| 87 | |||
| Commonwealth of Australia, $2 (2), ND (1966), star prefix serial numbers ZFA01134 and ZFG06862, green and yellow, sheep at centre, portrait of MacArthur at right (Pick 38ar, Renniks 81s), first, central fold, very fine to about extremely fine, second, several vertical folds, very fine £250-300 |
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| 88 | |||
| Commonwealth of Australia, $5 (2), ND (1967), serial numbers NAA 762699/700, purple and multicoloured, Banks at right, plants at centre, Coombs-Randall signatures (Pick 39b), uncirculated, scarce £250-350 |
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| 89 | |||
| Commonwealth of Australia, 20 dollars, ND (1966), serial number XAN647780, 20 dollars (2), ND (1968), serial number XED829350 and XCG985398, black on red and yellow and multicolour underprint, Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith at right, reverse, Lawrence Hargrave, aeronautical devices (Pick 40a, c), all about extremely fine (3) £150-180 |
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| 90 | |||
| Commonwealth of Australia, $20, ND (1966), serial number XBQ 439603, red, yellow and multicoloured, Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith at right, Coombs-Randall signatures (Pick 41b, Renniks 402F), uncirculated, first prefix for issue and a scarce type £600-800 |
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| 91 | |||
| Commonwealth of Australia, $50 (3), ND (1973), serial number YAA 913775/776, brown, black and multicoloured, Lord Howard Walker Florey at right, Phillips-Wheeler signatures (Pick 47a, Renniks 505F), uncirculated, first prefix for issue and a scarce type (2) £350-450 |
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| 92 | |||
| Reserve Bank of Australia, $100 (2), ND (1992), prefix ZLD, grey and multicoloured, Tebbutt at left centre, Fraser-Cole signatures (Pick 48d), uncirculated and the last prefix of issue (2) £250-300 |
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| 93 | |||
Commemorative Note, Australia, a group of $10 commemorative notes in folder and envelopes, all 26 January 1988, multicolour, Aboriginal youth at centre, with elements of culture in background, reverse Cook's ship "Supply" at centre, Sydney Cove in background, a stunning set (Pick 49), the first notes to be printed on polymer, uncirculated (18) £180-200AUSTRO-HUNGARY |
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| 94 | |||
Austria-Hungary Bank, 500,000 kronen, 20 September 1922, dark purple, series 1117, serial number *053338, K Sterner portrait of mother, 3 children, also 2 kronen, 5 August 1914, blue (C series), Kotarska region hand stamp, 5 kreuzer Braunau, 1849, 10 kreuzer Weisenberg Revenue Office credit note, black on olive underprint, h/numbered 2305 (Pick 84, 17n for Solvenia, not listed), first heavily creased, tape residue, very good, second, about extremely fine, third, very fine, fourth, pinhole top right, very good (4) £80-100AUSTRIA |
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| 95 | |||
| Alliierte Militarbehorde, a group of notes in varying grades (10) including 2 schilling, 5 schilling, 10 schilling, 50 schilling, 100 schilling, 1000 schilling and several Kronen notes denomination 2, 20 and 10,000 (Pick 104, 105, 106, 109), various grades ranging from good to very fine £80-120 |
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| 96 | |||
| Oesterreichische Nationalbank, specimen 100 shillings, 1 July 1966, serial number A 000000B, blue violet on multicolour underprint, Bertha von Suttner at centre right, arms at right, red MUSTER overprint, reverse Leopoldskron Castle and Hohensalzburg Fortress, red SPECIMEN overprint (Pick 147), creases at top right and small pinhole, corner folds, otherwise a very fine £250-300 |
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| 97 | |||
Reichenberg District Parish, Austria, 5, 10 (2), 20 (2), 100 (2) kronen, 15 February 1919, 5 kreuzer (2), 1 February 1849, black on yellow, also 20 kronen, 15 November 1918, serie 36 (Pick not listed), good, very fine, extremely fine (10) £80-130AZERBAIJAN |
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| 98 | |||
Azerbaijan, Republic issue, a set of 1919 and 1920 issues comprising 25 rubles, lilac and brown, 50 rubles, purple and green, 100 rubles, red and brown, 250 rubles, purple and tan and 500 rubles, purple and pink, also Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic, 5 rubles, 1920, purple and yellow, and 25000 rubles, 1922, brown and grey, and 25000000 rubles, 1924 (Pick 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, S709a, S715), mixed grades, generally fine to extremely fine, some scarce (8) £80-120BAHAMAS |
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| 99 | |||
| The Bahamas Government, 10 shillings, Law of 1919 (1930), serial number A/1 025296, red, King George V at right, seascape at centre, ship seal at left, reverse coat of arms at centre, fruit picking at left, agave plant at right (Pick 6a), original, fine and rare in this grade £300-400 |
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| 100 | |||
| The Bahamas Government, 4 shillings, Law of 1936 (1947), serial number A/8 510766, signatures Higgs Latreille and Burnside, signature title Commissioner of Currency, green, King George VI at right, ship seal at left, reverse coat of arms at left, value in ornate guilloche at right (Pick 9e), uncirculated and very scarce in this grade £140-180 |
| 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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