Grand Duchy of Finland, 20 kopeks, 1929, serial number 45291, black and white, double headed eagle at top centre, value in black tablet at low left, also Finlands Bank, 1000 markkaa, 1922 (Pick A24, 67a), first with some foxing but still strong, almost very fine, second about very fine (2) £200-250
FRANCE |
Banque de France, 50 francs, 17 March 1938, serial number H.7847 729, multicolour, Ceres at left, reverse Mercury at right (Pick 85b), double set of pinholes at left, but no rust, otherwise about uncirculated and a lovely example £150-200
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Banque de France, 100 francs (2), 1936, 1938, serial numbers S.51098 285 and U.61110 213, multicoloured, women and children at left and right, value at centre, (Pick 78c, 86b), both completely fresh and original, first with pinholes but almost extremely fine, second good very fine (2) £180-220
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Banque de France, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 francs, 1940-41, multicoloured, all with male and female allegories and French architecture and landscapes on obverse and reverse (Pick 92a, 93, 94, 95b, 96a), the 100 and 500 about uncirculated, others very fine to good very fine (5) £150-200
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Banque de France, a group of notes, including several Assignat, a 100 francs, 1952 in uncirculated, a 5 francs 1927 in uncirculated, and a 1000 francs, 1942 in about uncirculated (Pick 128d, 72d, 102), mixed grades, but all original, many very nice indeed, a very useful lot (24) £400-600
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Banque de France, 5 new francs, 5 July 1962, blue, gold and multicoloured, and 10 new francs, 4 January 1963, multicoloured (Pick 141, 142), both fresh and original, first uncirculated, second about uncirculated (2) £150-200
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Banque de France, 5 francs, 1966, 10 francs, 1970, 50 francs, 1970 and 100 francs, 1971, all multicoloured (Pick 146a, 147c, 148c, 148d), all fresh and original, first two uncirculated, last two extremely fine (4) £100-150
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Banque de France, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 francs, 1968-81 issue, multicoloured, several different dates, also 50, 100, 200 and 500 francs, 1993-97 issue (Pick 150-152, 154-156, 157A-160), the first 500 francs fine, others about uncirculated or better (10) £150-200
FRENCH COLONIAL |
Territoire Francais des Afars et des Issas, 500 francs, ND (1973), serial number J.50 140, multicoloured, archway, boats and doves, also a selection of French Somaliland and Djibouti issues (Pick 31), original and uncirculated, others very mixed grades (9) £120-180
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Institut d'Emission des Departments d'Outre Mer, French Antilles, 1 new franc on 100 francs, ND (1961), serial number B.2 06963, red and multicolour, La Bourdonnais at left, two women at right (Pick 1a), original very fine £60-80
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Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre Mer, French Equatorial Africa, 5, 10 and 20 francs, L.1944, red, purple and green respectively, Marianne at centre, value at left and right, also 5, 10, 20 and 50 francs, 1947-52 issue, multicoloured (Pick 15c, 16c, 17b, 20B, 21, 22, 23), all fresh and original, first three good very fine, 1947 10 francs very fine, others extremely fine or better (7) £100-150
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French Indochina, a group of notes, including Banque de L'Indochine, 5 piastres, ND (1927-31), and 1 and 5 francs, ND (1932), also several issues from Gouvernment General de L'Indochine and Institut d'Emission des Etats du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam (Pick 49b, 52, 53), first good fine, second and third about uncirculated, others mixed grades (18) £180-220
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Banque de L'Afrique Occidental, French West Africa, a small group comprising, 5 francs, 1939, multicolour, 5 francs, 1942, black and yellow, 100 francs, 1942, black and orange, also 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 francs, all multicolour, all with African men and women at centre, also Mauritania, a selection of modern issues (Pick 21, 26, 31a, 36-40), all fresh and original, last uncirculated, first three about uncirculated, good very fine and fine, others good very fine or better (16) £120-160
GAMBIA |
The Gambia Currency Board, 10/-, ND (1965-70), serial number B635966, green, and £1, ND (1965-70), serial number C264991, green, both with boat at left, 1, 5 and 10 dalasi, ND (1971-87), 1, 5, 10 and 25 dalasi, ND (1978), 5, 10, 25 and 50 dalasi, ND (1989-91), all with President D. Kairaba at right, also several later issues (Pick 1, 2 4d, 5b, 6c, 8-19, 24-28), fresh and orignal, first two about uncirculated, others about uncirculated or better, a fantastic group (20) £300-400
GERMANY |
Germany, a group of local issues from the early 20th Century, including Badische Bank (3), Bayerische Bank (2), and Sachsische Bank (4), mixed grades, from very fine to about uncirculated, most better (9) £80-120
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An almost complete set of German Inflationary issues, including 1 billion marks, 1 November 1923 and 2 billion marks, 5 November 1923, also several earlier issues (Pick 129, 135), 1 billion good very fine, 2 billion good fine, most others good extremely fine or better (71) £200-300
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Darlehenskassenschein, complete sets of the 1914 first issue, comprising 5, 20, 50 marks, second issue, comprising 1 mark (3), 2 marks (3), and 1917-18 issue, 5 and 20 marks, also Occupation of Lithuania, 20 and 50 kopeks, 3, 10 and 100 rubles, 1916, and a complete set of the 1918 issue, comprising 1/2, 1, 2, 3, 5, 20, 50, 100 and 1000 marks (Pick 47-57, R120, R121, R123b, R124, R126-R134), very mixed grades, but with several about uncirculated, an interesting group (24) £200-300
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Germany, a group of 1930s and 40s notes, including Rentenbankschein, 1 mark, 1923, 5 marks, 1926, 1 and 2 marks, 1937, Reichsbanknote, 10, 20, 50 and 100 marks, 1945 issue, 2 marks, 1939, 5 marks, 1942, Kassenschein, 20 marks, 1945, Reichskreditkassen, a set of the 1940 issue, and Konversionkasse, 5 marks, 1933 (Pick 161, 169, 173, 174, 180-183, 185-187, 207, R135-R140), first two very fine, others mostly extremely fine or better (17) £100-150
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Germany, Allied Military Currency, 1/2, 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 marks, 1944 all grey/black and green, blue or red on blue underprint, large M at centre (Pick 191-197), generally extremely fine or better, the first good fine (7) £60-80
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Germany, Allied Occupation, 1/2, 1 and 5 Deutsche marks, 1948, green, blue and brown respectively, last with man seated at right, all with value at each corner (Pick 1a, 2a, 4a), extremely fine, good very fine and very fine, quite scarce (3) £200-300
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Bank Deutscher Lander, 5 Deutsche marks, 9 December 1948, serial number 8B339247, black on green and yellow underprint, Europa on the bull at right, also 5 and 10 pfennig, 1948, and 10 Deutsche marks, 1949 (Pick 11, 12, 13i, 16a), first fresh and original, good extremely fine and scarce, others uncirculated (4) £150-200
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Deutsche Bundesbank, 5, 10 and 20 marks, 1960, and several sets of the 1970-80 issue, including 100 marks, 1980, with copyright, also 5, 10, 20, 50 (2) and 100 marks from later issues (Pick 18-20, 30a-32a, 30b-32b, 33b, 33d, 34d), generally uncirculated (18) £200-250
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Deutsche Notenbank, a group notes including 100 Deutsche marks, 1948, serial number C0839879, blue on multicoloured underprint, value at right and low left (Pick 15a), uncirculated, others generally uncirculated, a few fine (23) £80-120
GHANA |
Bank of Ghana, a sizable group of notes including, 10/- and £1, 1 July 1958 and £5, 1 July 1962, all with bank building at centre, also 1, 5, 10, 50 and 100 cedis, ND (1965), all with Kwame Nkrumah at left, as well as a number of more modern issues (Pick 1a, 2a, 3d, 5-9), about uncirculated or better (39) £200-300
GIBRALTAR |
Government of Gibraltar, 10/-, 3 October 1958, serial number D487622, blue on yellow underprint, Rock of Gibraltar at left, value at low right and each corner, reverse blue, arms and values, also £1, 20 November 1971, serial number H429225, green (Linzmayer GOG B15d, B16g, Pick 17, 18), fresh and original, light central crease but about uncirculated and a very nice example, the second uncirculated (2) £150-200
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Government of Gibraltar, £1, 1975, red, £5, 1988, green and £10, 1986, blue, all with Elizabeth II at centre right, arms at low left, also £5, £10 and £20, 1995 and £5, 2000 and £10, 2002, all with Elizabeth II at right (Linzmayer GOB B18a, B19b, B20b, B23-B25, B27, B28, Pick 20-22, 25-7, 29, 30), about uncirculated or better (8) £150-200
GREECE |
Greece, a good sized group of notes, ranging from the 1920s to 1990s, generally about uncirculated, the post WWII issues very fine or better (65) £350-450
GREENLAND |
Greenland, State Notes, 25 ore, ND (1913), serial number 194150, red on pale pink underprint, Eider Duck at centre, large Rasmussen signature, also 5 and 10 kroner, ND (1953-67), serial numbers 0651719 and 0880052, green and brown respectively, Polar Bear and Whale at centre (Pick 11c, 18a, 19b), first with 3mm tear in low margin, otherwise about uncirculated, second uncirculated, third good extremely fine (3) £200-250
GUADELOUPE |
Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, Guadeloupe, 20 francs, ND (1947-49), serial number U.6 95861, multicolour, Emile Gentil at right, village scene at centre left, also 10 francs, 2 February 1944, purple and red, Marianne at centre and Banque de Guadeloupe, 25 francs, ND (1934, 1944), woman with wreath at centre, also Martinique, a small selection (Pick 14, 27, 33), first fresh and original, about uncirculated, second almost extremely fine, third fine (6) £180-220
GUATEMALA |
Banco de Guatemala, a group of notes from the 1967 series onwards, including 1/2, 1 and 5 quetzals, 1964-67 series (Pick 51d, 52e, 53g), generally uncirculated (28) £150-200
GUERNSEY |
States of Guernsey, a small group comprising 10/-, 1966, £1 and £5, 1969, £1, £5 and £10, 1980, £1, 1991 and £5 (2), 1996 and 2000 (Banknote Yearbook GU32b, 34c, 42c, 35a, 43, 52b, 36b, 45a, 46), first very fine, others about uncirculated or better (9) £150-200
GUINEE |
Banque Centrale de la Republique de Guinee, a group including 50, 100 and 1000 francs, 1 March 1960, all with President Sekou Toure at left, also a selection of more modern issues (Pick 12, 13, 15), about uncirculated or better (24) £100-150
HAITI |
Banque National de la Republique d'Haiti, a group of modern issues, including 10 gourdes, 1951-64 issue, green, coffee plant at centre (Pick 181a), mostly about uncirculated or better (36) £80-120
HONDURAS |
Banco Central de Honduras, a group of more modern issues, 1960s onwards, mostly uncirculated, a few earlier issues worse (25) £50-70
HONG KONG |
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, $5, 1 May 1963, serial number 143705 AW, brown on multicolour underprint, seated woman at right, arms at centre, value at centre and each corner, reverse brown, bank building at centre, winged herald at top centre, value at left and each corner (Pick 181b), fresh and original about uncirculated and a rare date £500-700
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Government of Hong Kong, a small group including $1, ND (1936), serial number M791887, purple on multicolour underprint, George VI at right, also $1, ND (1940-1), blue and $1, green, 1 January 1952, and a selection of lower denominations (Pick 312, 316, 324b), first and third about uncirculated, second good very fine (14) £150-200
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Hong Kong, a group of notes from The Chartered Bank (4), Standard Chartered Bank (7), HSBC (16) and Bank of China (7), mostly about uncirculated or better, a very useful lot (34) £400-500
HUNGARY |
Hungary, a large group of notes, including specimen 100,000 korona, 1 May 1923, and specimen 25,000 korona, 1 July 1923, with a considerable volume of notes from the 1920s through to the 1990s (Pick 72s, 78s), mostly good extremely fine or better (85) £180-220
ICELAND |
Islands Banki, remainder 5 kronur, 1920, serial number 415040, black on red and blue underprint, Geyser at left, reverse red and blue, Gyrfalcon at left (Pick 15r), uncirculated, scarce £200-300
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Rikissjod Islands, 1 krona, L.1885&1900 (1922), serial number 296669, blue, value at top centre, and left and right, background of double circles, reverse arms, also 1 krona, 1941 issue (1945), blue on yellow paper (Pick 17b, 22k), first about uncirculated, thus very scarce, second uncirculated (2) £120-160
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Landsbanki Islands, 5 kronur, 15 April 1928, serial number A2,373,225, brown on multicolour underprint, J. Eriksson at left, and 10 kronur, 15 April 1928, serial number B1,913716, blue on multicolour underprint, J. Sigurdsson at left (Pick 27b, 28), totally original, about uncirculated (2) £120-160
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Landsbanki Islands, 5, 10, 50 and 100 kronur, L.1928 (1948-56), olive green, red, green and blue respectively, the 5 and 50 with J. Eriksson at left, the 10 and 100 with J. Sigurdsson at left (Pick 32b, 33a, 34a, 35c), a superb set, embossing still visible on serial numbers thus completely original, uncirculated (4) £250-350
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Landsbanki Islands/Sedlabanki Islands, a group comprising 5, 10, 25 and 100 kronur, 1957 issue, 10, 25, 100, 500, 1000 and 5000 kronur, 1961 issue, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1000 and 5000 kronur, 1981-86 issue, 500, 1000 and 2000 kronur, 1994-00 issue, 500 (2), 1000 and 5000 kronur, 2001 issue (Pick 37-40, 42-52, 53b, 55-60), the 1984 series 5000 scarce, all about uncirculated or better and a very nice group (23) £250-350
INDIAA Very Rare 'Karachi' Issue
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Government of India, 5 rupees, Karachi, 5 January 1916, serial number BG/53 376601, black on red underprint, value at centre, Gubbay signature (Pick not listed, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 2A.1.5 E.1), fresh and original, some toning on reverse and some light folds and creases but a superb note, extremely fine, the Karachi issue rare in any grade but this one exceptional £2,500-3,500
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Government of India, 1 rupee, ND (1917-30), serial number C/2 226962, black on red underprint, George V on coin at top left, value at top right and low left (Pick 1g, Razack Jhunjhunwalla 3.1.1A), single piece of graffiti at top right, otherwise a fresh and original good very fine £100-150
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Government of India, 2 rupees 8 anna, ND (1917-30), serial number B/1 084307, black on blue and green underprint, George V at top left, value at top right and low left (Pick 2, Razack Jhunjhunwalla 3.3.1 B), original, a presentable good fine, very rare £700-1,000
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Government of India, 10 rupees, ND (1917-30), serial number G/78 115155, blue on multicolour underprint, George V at top right, also 1 rupee, 1935, green on multicolour underprint, George V on coin at top right (Pick 7a, 14a, Razack Jhunjhunwalla 3.2.1B, 3.7.1), almost very fine and good very fine (2) £250-300
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Reserve Bank of India, 2 rupees, ND (1937), black A/19 322761, lilac on multicolour underprint, George VI at right, value at centre and top corners, Taylor signature, also Government of India, 1 rupee, ND (1940), green serial number R/72 346003, green, George V on coin at top right (Pick 17a, 25d, Razack Jhunjhunwalla 4.1.1B, 4.2.1), first wonderfully fresh and original, about uncirculated, second good extremely fine (2) £100-150
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Reserve Bank of India, 5 rupees, ND (1937), serial number G/18 744850, brown on multicolour underprint, George VI at right, value at centre and each corner, Taylor signature (Pick 18a, Razack Jhunjhunwalla 4.3.1), embossing still visible on serial number, totally original and a lovely uncirculated example £150-200
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Reserve Bank of India, 10 rupees, ND (1937), serial number G/86 939279, blue on olive underprint, George VI at right, Taylor signature (Pick 19a, Razack Jhunjhunwalla 4.5.1), embossing still visible on serial number, completely original, uncirculated and scarce in this grade £250-300
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