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 16
751
Government of Iraq, 1/2 dinar, law of 1931 (1935), serial numbers D 757805, brown and multicoloured, King Faisal II as a child at right, value at each corner, Kennet and Ata Amin signatures low centre, reverse brown and white, value in field (Pick 17a, GOI B19a), ICG 30, an original very fine, scarce £350-450
752
Government of Iraq, 1 dinar, law of 1931 (1935), serial numbers T 426920, blue and multicoloured, King Faisal II as a child at right, value at each corner, Kennet and Ata Amin signatures low centre, reverse blue and white, value in field (Pick 18a, GOI B20a), ICG 50, original and fresh, extremely fine to about uncirculated, quite rare in this grade £600-800
753
Government of Iraq, 1 dinar, law of 1931 (1935), serial numbers E/1 844352, blue and multicoloured, King Faisal II as a child at right, value at each corner, Kennet and al Haidari signatures low centre, reverse blue and white, value in field (Pick 18a, GOI B20b), ICG 48, original and fresh, extremely fine, quite rare in this grade £500-600
754
Government of Iraq, specimen 5 dinars, law of 1931 (1935), no serial numbers, brown-pink and multicoloured, King Faisal II as a child at right, value at each corner, Kennet and al Haidari signatures low centre, reverse brown and white, value in field (Pick 19s, GOI B21bs), strip of paper glued at left, red Arabic CANCELLED overprint at centre on obverse and CANCELLED in English on reverse, perforated CANCELLED, ICG 63* uncirculated and rare £3,000-3,500
755
Government of Iraq, 5 dinars, law of 1931 (1935), serial numbers B 157453, purple and pink and multicoloured, King Faisal II as a child at right, value at each corner, Kennet and Ata Amin signatures low centre, reverse purple and white, value in field (Pick 19a, GOI B21a), cleaned; minor staining and small tear at fold, ICG 25*, fine to very fine and rare £550-650
756
Government of Iraq, 5 dinars, law of 1931 (1935), serial numbers D 068801, purple and pink and multicoloured, King Faisal II as a child at right, value at each corner, Kennet and al Haidari signatures low centre, reverse purple and white, value in field (Pick 19a, GOI B21b), cleaned and lightly pressed, ICG 30*, very fine and rare in this grade £1,200-1,400
757
Government of Iraq, specimen 10 dinars, law of 1931 (1935), no serial numbers, violet and multicoloured, King Faisal II as a child at right, value at each corner, Kennet and al Haidari signatures low centre, reverse violet and white, value in field (Pick 20s, GOI B22bs), strip of paper glued at left, red Arabic CANCELLED overprint at centre on obverse and CANCELLED in English on reverse, perforated CANCELLED, ICG 63*, uncirculated and rare £2,800-3,200
758
Government of Iraq, 10 dinars, law of 1931 (1935), serial numbers A 523862, violet and multicoloured, King Faisal II as a child at right, value at each corner, Kennet and Ata Amin signatures low centre, reverse violet and white, value in field (Pick 20a, GOI B22a), cleaned, ICG 48*, a pleasing extremely fine and rare in this grade £1,500-1,800
759
Government of Iraq, 10 dinars, law of 1931 (1935), serial numbers A 783082, violet and multicoloured, King Faisal II as a child at right, value at each corner, Kennet and al Haidari signatures low centre, reverse violet and white, value in field (Pick 20a, GOI B22b), slight discolouration at right margin, ICG 40*, a pleasing good very fine to extremely fine and rare in this grade £1,000-1,200
760
Government of Iraq, specimen 100 dinars, law of 1931 (1935), no serial numbers, blue and multicoloured, King Faisal II as a child at right, value at each corner, Kennet and al Haidari signatures low centre, reverse blue and white, value in field (Pick 21s, GOI B23bs), strip of paper glued at left, red Arabic CANCELLED overprint at centre on obverse and CANCELLED in English on reverse, perforated CANCELLED, ICG 63*, uncirculated and very rare especially with this signature combination, a handsome note £8,500-9,500
761
Government of Iraq, 100 dinars, law of 1931 (1935), serial numbers A 018195, blue and multicoloured, King Faisal II as a child at right, value at each corner, Kennet and Ata Amin signatures low centre, reverse blue and white, value in field (Pick 21a, GOI B23a), minor mounting traces on reverse otherwise a pleasing and original, ICG 35*, good very fine and very rare in any grade especially so in this grade £7,500-9,500
762
Government of Iraq, specimen 1/4 dinar, law of 1931 (1945), serial number X 000000, green and lilac, King Faisal II as a boy at right, Kennet and al Khudhairi signatures, reverse green, value in field (Pick 22s, GOI B24as), tiny spot at top, Arabic CANCELLED across face of note and red English CANCELLED on reverse (in unusually large typeface!). perforated, ICG 63*, uncirculated and rare £1,500-1,700
763
Government of Iraq, 1/4 dinar, law of 1931 (1945), serial number Y 602627, green and lilac, King Faisal II as a boy at right, Kennet and al Khudairi signatures, reverse green, value in field (Pick 22a, GOI B24a), ICG 30, very fine, scarce £400-500
764
Government of Iraq, specimen 1/2 dinar, law of 1931 (1945), serial number L 000000, red-brown and lilac, King Faisal II as a boy at right, Kennet and al Khudairi signatures, reverse red-brown, value in field (Pick 23s, GOI B25as), ICG 60, about uncirculated to uncirculated, red Arabic CANCELLED across face of note and red English CANCELLED on reverse (in unusually large typeface!). perforated, rare £1,700-2,000

National Bank of Iraq

765
National Bank of Iraq, colour trial 1 dinar, law of 1947 (1950), serial number A 000000, red and pale blue and pink, King Faisal II as a young man at right, reverse red, an equestrian statue of King Faisal I at centre, value at left and top left and right (Pick 29ct, NBI B3t), perforated, ICG 63, uncirculated and rare £1,200-1,400
766
National Bank of Iraq, 1 dinar (2), law of 1947 (1950), serial number D 781865, M 930219 blue and very pale orange, King Faisal II as a young man at right, Abdul Hafudh signature low centre, reverse blue, an equestrian statue of King Faisal I at centre, value at left and top left and right (Pick 29a, NBI B3a), ICG 30 and 66, a fresh good very fine and uncirculated (2) £450-500
767
National Bank of Iraq, 5 dinars, law of 1947 (1950), serial number C 038145, red and green and pink, King Faisal II as a young man at right, Abdul Hafudh signature low centre, reverse red, Hammurabi and the scolls at centre, value at each corner (Pick 30, NBI B4a), cleaning in watermark area, ICG 30*, good very fine £250-300
768
National Bank of Iraq, 10 dinars, law of 1947 (1950), serial number A 602592, violet and multicoloured, King Faisal II as a young man at right, Abdul Hafudh signature low centre, reverse violet and white, winged ox and Assyrian priest at centre, value at left and at each corner (Pick 31, NBI B5a), pressed, ICG 40*, a fresh very fine to extremely fine, scarce £750-850
769
National Bank of Iraq, 1/4 dinar, law of 1947 (1950), second issue, prefix R, blue and pink, 1/2 dinar, prefix E, brown and 1 dinar (2), prefixes Z and B/1, pale blue, all King Faisal II as a young man at right, Abdul Hafudh signature low centre, (Pick 32, 33, 34, NBI B6, 7, 8), ICG 30* 25* 30* 63, very fine, fine to almost very fine, very fine and uncirculated respectively (4) £350-400
770
National Bank of Iraq, 1/4 dinar (2), law of 1947 (1950), third issue, prefixes Y and C/1, green, also 1/2 dinar (2), prefixes K and 1/A, brown, all King Faisal II as an adolescent at right, Abdul Hafudh signature low centre, (Pick 37, 38a, NBI B11, 12), ICG, 30 very fine, 30* very fine, 15* very good to fine, 63 uncirculated respectively (4) £200-250
771
National Bank of Iraq, colour trial 1/2 dinar, law of 1947 (1950), third issue, serial number A 000000, blue and pink and green, King Faisal II as an adolescent man at right, reverse blue, the spiral minaret at Samarra at centre, value at left and at each corner (Pick 38act, NBI B12t), paper strip glued at left, perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, ICG 63* uncirculated and rare £1,000-1,200
772
National Bank of Iraq, 1 dinar (2), law of 1947 (1950), third issue, prefixes Q/1 and W/1, blue and pink, King Faisal II as a young man at right, Abdul Hafudh signature low centre, reverse blue, an equestrian statue of King Faisal I at centre, value at left and top left and right (Pick 39a, b, NBI B13a, b), cleaned and pressed, ICG a 30* fresh very fine and 30 very fine (2) £150-200
773
National Bank of Iraq, colour trial 5 dinars, law of 1947 (1950), serial number A 000000, blue and pink, King Faisal II as a young man at right, reverse olive, Hammurabi receiving the scrolls at centre, value at each corner (Pick 40act, NBI B14t), perforated, ICG 68, uncirculated and rare £1,800-2,000
774
National Bank of Iraq, 5 dinars, law of 1947 (1950), third issue, serial number H 500590, red and pale green and pink, King Faisal II as a young man at right, Abdul Hafudh signature low centre, reverse red, Hammurabi receiving the scrolls at centre, value at centre and at each corner (Pick 40b, NBI B14b), ICG 50, an original extremely fine to almost uncirculated, scarce £250-300
775
National Bank of Iraq, 10 dinars, law of 1947 (1950), third issue, serial number E 518451, purple and multicoloured, King Faisal II as a young man at right, Abdul Hafudh signature low centre, reverse purple, Assyrian ox and priest at centre, value at left and at each corner (Pick 41a, NBI B15b), ICG 63, an original uncirculated, scarce £450-550
776
National Bank of Iraq, 10 dinars, law of 1947 (1950), third issue, serial number E 518452, purple and multicoloured, King Faisal II as a young man at right, Abdul Hafudh signature low centre, reverse purple, Assyrian ox and priest at centre, value at left and at each corner (Pick 41a, NBI B15b), ICG 63, an original uncirculated and a consecutive number to the preceeding lot, scarce £450-550

Central Bank of Iraq

777
Central Bank of Iraq, 1/4 dinar, prefix 1/D, green, 1 dinar, prefix 1/A, blue and 5 dinars, prefix 1/B, red, all law of 1947, all King Faisal II as a young man at right, Abdul Hafudh signature low centre, (Pick 46, 48, 49, CBI B3, 5, 6), ICG 20* fine, 35* very fine and 63 uncirculated (3) £150-200
778
Central Bank of Iraq, a specimen set of the ND (1959) issue comprising 1/4 dinar, green, 1/2 dinar, brown, 1 dinar, blue, 5 dinars, purple-red and 10 dinars, purple, all without serial numbers, all arms of the Republic at right and with security thread, all signature of Abdul Latif al-Shawaf (Pick 51s-55s, CBI B8bp, 9bp, 10bp, 11s, 12bp), all perforated, red CANCELLED in Arabic at centre, red CANCELLED in English on reverse, ICG 60, 55, 63, 55, 60, scarce (5) £600-800
779
Central Bank of Iraq, a specimen set of the ND (1959) issue comprising 1/4 dinar, green, 1/2 dinar, brown, 5 dinars, purple-red and 10 dinars, purple, all without serial numbers, all arms of the Republic at right and with security thread, all signature of Saleh Kubba (Pick 51s, 52s, 54s, 55s, CBI B8bp, 9bp, 11s, 12bp), ICG, 55 almost uncirculated, 60 almost uncirculated, 58 almost uncirculated and 40* very fine to extremely fine, all perforated, red CANCELLED in Arabic at centre, red CANCELLED in English on reverse, scarce (5) £600-800
780
Central Bank of Iraq, colour trial 1/4 dinar, ND (1971), brown and multicoloured, also colour trial 1/2 dinar, ND (1971), blue and multicoloured, zero serial numbers and Saleh Kubba signature (Pick 56ct, 57ct, CBI B13ct, 14ct), ICG 60 almost uncirculated to uncirculated and 70 uncirculated, perforation, small red SPECIMEN overprint, rare (2) £400-500
781
Central Bank of Iraq, a specimen set of the ND (1971) issue comprising 1/4 dinar, green, 1/2 dinar, brown-purple, 1 dinar, blue, 5 dinars, purple and 10 dinars, purple, all Saleh Kubba signature except the 1 dinar, Abdul Zalzalah signature (Pick 56s, 57s, 58s, 59s, 60s, CBI B13a, 14a, 15b, 16a, 17var), all perforated and with printers annotations and date in top margin, unusual and an interesting research group, ICG 50*, 50*, 55*, 55* 58*, the 10 dinar not listed in Linzmayer with Abdul Zalzalah signature (5) £700-800
782
Central Bank of Iraq, a specimen set of the ND (1971) issue comprising 1/4 dinar, green, 1/2 dinar, brown-purple, 1 dinar, blue, 5 dinars, purple, and 10 dinars, purple, all Saleh Kubba signature except the 10 dinars, Abdul Zalzalah signature (Pick 56s, 57s, 58s, 59s, 60s, CBI B13as1, 14as, 15as, 16as, 17as), perforated, red Arabic CANCELLED on face, red CANCELLED in English on reverse, ICG 48*, 35*, 50, 45, 58, and rare (5) £600-800
783
Central Bank of Iraq, a set of the ND (1971) issue comprising 1/4 dinar, green, 1/2 dinar, brown-purple, 1 dinar, blue, 5 dinars, purple and 10 dinars, purple, all Saleh Kubba signature except the 1 and 10 dinar, Abdul Zalzalah (Pick 56-60, CBI B13a, 14a, 15b, 16a, 17a), ICG 68, uncirculated (5) £100-120
784
Central Bank of Iraq, a set of specimens for the ND (1973) series comprising specimen 1/4, 1/2, 1, 5 and 10 dinars, all zero serial number and all signature of Abdul Hassan Zalzalah and specimen 25 dinars, 1978, signature of Fakhri Kaddori, green, horses (Pick 61s-66s, CBI B18as-23as), all red SPECIMEN overprint and perforated except the 25 dinar with Arabic overprint and red numerals top left, ICG 60, 60, 60*, 58, 55*, 58* and scarce (6) £400-500
785
Central Bank of Iraq, specimen 1 dinar, 1973, blue and multicoloured, Aldora oil refinery at centre, al Kaissi signature, reverse blue, doorway of the Mustansariya Madrasah at centre (Pick 63s, CBI B20bs), small spot at right, red ARABIC specimen overprint, ICG 50*, extremely fine to almost uncirculated, scarce £150-200
786
Central Bank of Iraq, specimen 50 dinars, 2003, violet, also specimen 250 dinars, 2003, blue-grey, Salman signatures (Pick 90s, 91s, CBI B46as, 47as), ICG 55 almost uncirculated, 66 choice uncirculated and scrace, red ARABIC specimen overprint (2) £250-300
787
Central Bank of Iraq, specimen 1000 dinars, 2003, brown, also specimen 5000 dinars, 2003, blue, Salman signatures (Pick 93s, 94s, CBI B49as, 50as), red ARABIC specimen overprint, ICG 63, uncirculated and scarce (2) £300-400
788
Central Bank of Iraq, specimen 10000 dinars, 2003, green and multicoloured, Alhazen at right, Salman signature, reverse green, the al-Hadba minaret (Pick 95s, CBI B51as), red ARABIC specimen overprint, ICG 63, uncirculated and scarce £200-250
789
Central Bank of Iraq, specimen 25000 dinars, 2003, red and multicoloured, Kurdish farmer at centre, Salman signature, reverse red and multicoloured, Hammurabi receiving the scrolls at centre (Pick 96s, CBI B52as), red ARABIC specimen overprint, ICG 63, uncirculated and scarce £250-300
790
Central Bank of Iraq, specimen 1/4, 1/2, 1, 5, 10 and 25 dinars, (1979-1981), also a specimen 25 dinars, 1986, green, Saddam Hussein at right, 1/4 and 1 dinar Saleem signature, balance al-Najafi signature, the last note Al-Azzawi signature (Pick 67s-73s, CBI B24as-30as, Mehilba 67s-73s), ICG 60*, 60*, 55*, 45, 63, 60, 55*, all red ARABIC specimen overprint, extra fine to uncirculated, scarce (7) £900-1,100
791
Central Bank of Iraq, specimen 10 dinars, 1980, zero serial numbers, purple, Alhazen at right, Al-Najafi signature, also specimen 5 dinars, 1980, purple, Gali Ali Beg waterfall at centre, Al-Janafi signature (Pick 71s, 70s, CBI B28as, 27as), ICG 63, ICG 70 respectively, uncirculated, red ARABIC specimen overprint, scarce (2) £350-400
792
Central Bank of Iraq, Emergency Gulf war issues, a selection of the 1990-2004 issue comprising 25 dinars, 1990, 1/4, 1/2, 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 250 dinars, also smaller format 25, 100 (3), 250 (3) and 10000 dinars (3), includes a specimen 100, 250 and 10000 dinars (2) (Pick 74ff, CBI B31ff), mixed grades extremely fine to uncirculated, some in ICG holders, the specimens scarce (19) £300-400

ISRAEL

793
Anglo-Palestine Bank Limited, a hand executed composite proof uniface essay for a Palestine ten pounds, ND (1948), black text on white with Arabic text added to design on large format board, value at centre and at each corner, a dark and light blue colour slug low centre (Pick unlisted, Birnbaum unlisted), unique £2,600-2,800
794
Anglo-Palestine Bank Limited, a hand executed composite proof uniface 5 Palestine pounds, ND (1948), black text on white with value in blue on large format board, value at centre and at each corner, Tel Aviv in text low centre, a green and blue colour slug low centre (Pick unlisted, Birnbaum unlisted), unique £4,000-4,200
795
Anglo-Palestine Bank Limited, a hand executed composite proof uniface 5 pounds, ND (1948), black text on white with value in brown on large format board, value at centre and at each corner, dark and pale light brown colour slug low centre (Pick unlisted, Birnbaum unlisted), unique £1,800-2,000
796
Anglo-Palestine Bank Limited, a hand executed composite proof uniface essay on board for a 10 Palestine pounds, ND (1948), black text on white with Tel Aviv in text low centre, value at centre and at each corner in red, a red and yellow colour slug low centre (Pick unlisted, Birnbaum unlisted), unique £4,000-4,500
797
Anglo-Palestine Bank Limited, a hand executed composite proof uniface 10 pounds, ND (1948), black text on white with value in red-orange on large format board, value at centre and at each corner (Pick unlisted, Birnbaum unlisted), unique £2,600-2,800
798
Anglo-Palestine Bank Limited, a hand executed composite essay for a 500 mils on card, 16 May 1948, no serial numbers, grey text on white, value tablet at centre and at each corner, pink and grey colour slug low centre (Pick unlisted, Birnbaum unlisted, Arkin unlisted, Tepper unlisted), unique £2,500-2,800
799
Anglo-Palestine Bank Limited, a hand executed essay for a £5 on card, 16 May 1948, zero serial numbers, red text on white, value tablet at left and right, Hoofien and Barth signatures (Pick 3 for type, Birnbaum p.149, Tepper page 37 for series), good extremely fine and rare £1,800-2,000
800
Anglo-Palestine Bank Limited, Provisional issue, a proof 500 mils, 1 pound, 5 pounds and 10 pounds, 16 May 1948 (the State of Israel established 14 May 1948), all with red zero serial numbers, red text on cream cardlike paper, value in solid tablet at left and right, printed signatures in red of Hoofien and Barth (Pick 1, 2, 3, 4 pr for similar, Arkin p.39ff, Birnbaum p.149, Tepper p.36/37), all with rectangular violet 'DUGMA (specimen)' handstamp at centre. In PMG folders 65, 65, 65, 64 respectively, very rare (4) £7,500-8,000
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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