Bahamas Government issue, £1, Law of 1936 (1941), serial number A/4 135901, signatures Heape, Taylor and Moore, signature title Colonial Secretary, Commissioner of Currency at left, black, King George VI at right, ship seal at left, reverse purple, orange and green, coat of arms at left, value in ornate guilloche at right (Pick 11b), fine £30-50
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Bahamas Government issue, specimen £5, ND (1936), red serial number A/2 000000, blue and pale orange, George VI at right, value at left, Higgs, Latreille and Burnside signatures, reverse multicoloured, arms at left, value at right (Pick 12bs, BG B11cs), ink date in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, mounting traces otherwise good very fine, rare and attractive £450-650
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Bahamas Government issue, £5, ND (1936-), red serial number A/2 214102, blue and pale orange, George VI at right, value at left and at each corner, Higgs, Latreille and Burnside signatures (Pick 12, BG B11c), uncirculated, fresh and original and above average for type, rare in this grade £1,000-1,200
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Bahamas Government issue, specimen 4 shillings, ND (1953), black serial number A/3 000000, green and pale pink, George VI at right, ship seal at left, Higgs, Sweeting and Burnside signatures, reverse multicoloured, arms at left, value at right (Pick 12cs, BG B12bs), mounting traces, ink annotation in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, good extremely fine, rare £150-200
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Bahamas Government issue, 4/- and £1, ND (1953), green and black respectively, Elizabeth II at right, sailing ship seal at left (Linzmayer BG B12d, B14b, Pick 13d, 15b), first about uncirculated to uncirculated, second original about extremely fine, and a scarce signature combination (2) £400-600
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Bahamas Government issue, £1, ND (1953), serial number A/4121843, black on light green and pale yellow, Queen Elizabeth II at right, ship seal at left, reverse arms at left, value top centre and right (Pick 15), central fold and light creasing, otherwise about extremely fine £200-300
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Bahamas Government issue $ 1/2, ND (1965), serial number A/4 078008, signatures Sands and Higgs, purple and multicoloured, Queen Elizabeth II at left, reverse straw market; $1 (2), ND (1965-67), serial numbers A922078 and F519786 respectively, signatures Sands and Higgs; Francis, Higgs and Smiley-Butler, green and multicoloured, Queen Elizabeth II at left, reverse sea garden (Pick 17a, 18a, 18b), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated (3) £50-70
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Bahamas Government issue, specimen $3, ND (1965), serial number A 000000, red and pale blue, Elizabeth II at left, Francis and Higgs signatures (Pick 19bs, BG B18bs), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated £100-150
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Bahamas Government issue, specimen $10, ND (1965), serial number A 000000, dark grey and pale blue and brown, Elizabeth II at left, Sands and Higgs signatures (Pick 22as, BG B21as), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, scarce £200-250
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Bahamas Government issue, specimen $20, ND (1965), serial number A 000000, brown and pale green and orange-brown, Elizabeth II at left, Sands and Higgs signatures (Pick 23as, BG B22as), mounting traces, perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, good extemely fine and scarce £200-300
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Bahamas Government issue, specimen $50, ND (1965), serial number A 000000, brown and red and pale blue and pink, Elizabeth II at left, Sands and Higgs signatures (Pick 24as, BG B23as), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare £300-400
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Bahamas Government issue, specimen $50, ND (1965), serial number A 000000, brown and red and pale blue and pink, Elizabeth II at left, Francis and Higgs and Smiley-Butler signatures (Pick 24bs, BG B23bs1), faint mounting traces, perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, almost uncirculated and rare, not known in issued format £300-350
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Bahamas Government issue, specimen $100, ND (1965), serial number A 000000, blue and pale pink and orange, Elizabeth II at left, Sands and Higgs signatures (Pick 25as, BG Bas2), mounting traces, perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, almost uncirculated and rare £300-400
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Bahamas Government issue, specimen $100, ND (1965), serial number A 000000, blue and pale pink and orange, Elizabeth II at left, Francis and Higgs and Smiley-Butler signatures (Pick 25bs, BG B24bs var), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare £300-400
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Bahamas Monetary Authority, $5 (2), ND (1968), serial number D 428180/825591, orange and pale blue, Elizabeth II at left, Hammond and Donaldson signatures (Pick 29a, BMA B4a), uncirculated, scarce (2) £200-250
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Bahamas Monetary Authority, specimen $20, ND (1968), serial number B 000000, brown and pale blue and orange-brown, Elizabeth II at left, Hammond and Donaldson signatures (Pick 31s, BMA B6as), mounting traces, perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, extremely fine and scarce £140-180
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Bahamas Monetary Authority, specimen $100, ND (1968), serial number A 000000, blue and pale pink and orange, Elizabeth II at left, Francis and Donaldson signatures (Pick 33s, BMA B8as2), mounting traces, perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, almost uncirculated and rare £300-400
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Central Bank of the Bahamas, a specimen set of the ND (1974) series comprising $1, green, $5, orange, $10, black, $20, brown, $50, light brown and $100, blue, all law of 1974, all Elizabeth II at left, Donaldson signature (Pick 35as-41as, CBB B1as-6as), red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and a rare set (6) £1,000-1,500
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Central Bank of the Bahamas, $10, ND (1974), serial number G832530, signature Donaldson, blue-black on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at left, reverse flamingos (Pick 38a), lightly pressed, otherwise attractive, good extremely fine, scarce £100-150
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Bahamas Monetary Authority, $1, ND (1968), $1 (5), ND (1974), $1 (2), ND (1984), green, $3, ND (1984), red, $1 (3), ND (1992), blue, Columbus quintcentennial issue, $1 (2), ND (1992), specimen $1 (2), ND (1992), green and one issued example (Pick 27a,35a,b,43a,44a,51s,51), uncirculated (17) £150-250
BANGLADESH |
Peoples Republic of Bangladesh, specimen 1 taka (2), ND (1973), serial number 0000000, one copy with watermark tiger's head, the other without watermark, purple and ochre, hand holding rice plants at left, reverse arms, both overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse and reverse (Pick 5as, 5bs), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £100-140
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Peoples Republic of Bangladesh, specimen 1 taka (2), ND (1973), serial number 0000000, one copy with watermark tiger's head, the other without watermark, purple and ochre, hand holding rice plants at left, reverse arms, both overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse and reverse (Pick 5as, 5bs), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £100-140
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Peoples Republic of Bangladesh, specimen 1 taka, ND (1973), serial number 0000000, purple on ochre and blue underprint, woman preparing grain at left, reverse rice plants at centre, arms at right; specimen 5 taka, ND (1981), serial number 000000, brown and multicoloured, archway at right, reverse industrial landscape, both overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 6s, 25s), the first uncirculated, the second about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £100-150
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Peoples Republic of Bangladesh, specimen 1 taka, ND (1973), serial number 0000000, purple on ochre and blue underprint, woman preparing grain at left, reverse rice plants at centre, arms at right; Bangladesh Bank, specimen 5 taka, ND (1981), serial number 000000, brown and multicoloured, archway at right, reverse industrial landscape, both overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 6s, 25s), the first uncirculated, the second about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £100-150
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Bangladesh Bank, specimen 5 taka, ND (1972), serial number 0000000, red and multicoloured, Mujibur Rahman at left, reverse lotus plants; 10 taka, ND (1972), serial number 0000000, green and multicoloured, Mujibur Rahman at left, reverse river scene, both overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse and reverse (Pick 10s, 11s), uncirculated (2) £120-160
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Bangladesh Bank, specimen 100 taka (2), ND (1972), the first zero serials in western numerals, the second zero serials in Bengali numerals, brown and multicoloured, Mujibur Rahman at left, reverse river scene, both overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse and reverse (Pick 12as, 12bs), about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £150-200
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Bangladesh Bank, specimen 5 taka, ND (1973), serial number 000000, red and multicoloured, Mujibur Rahman at right, reverse industrial estate; 10 taka, ND (1973), serial number 000000, green and multicoloured, Mujibur Rahman at left, reverse rice harvesting, both overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red or black on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 13s, 14s), about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £100-140
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Bangladesh Bank, specimen 5 taka, ND (1977), serial number 000000, ochre and multicoloured, Star Mosque at right, reverse industrial estate; 10 taka, ND (1977), serial number 000000, purple and multicoloured, Star Mosque at right, reverse rice harvesting, both overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 15s, 16s), the first about uncirculated to uncirculated, the second uncirculated (2) £80-120
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Bangladesh Bank, specimen 50 taka, ND (1976), serial number 000000, orange and multicoloured, Star Mosque at right, reverse tea harvesting; 100 taka, ND (1976), serial number 0000000, blue and multicoloured, Star Mosque at left, reverse river scene, both overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse and reverse, the first one punch hole (Pick 17s, 18s), about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £120-160
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Bangladesh Bank, a group of specimens of the ND (1977-79) Issues, all zero serial numbers, comprising 5 taka, ND (1978), brown, archway at right, reverse industrial estate; 10 taka, purple and multicoloured, Star Mosque at right, reverse rice harvesting; 50 taka, orange, Star Mosque at right, reverse tea harvesting; 100 taka, blue and brown, Star Mosque at right, reverse Lalbagh Fort, all overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in red on obverse and reverse, the first and second one punch hole (Pick 20s, 21s, 23s, 24s), about uncirculated to uncirculated (4) £150-250
Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas/British Guiana) |
Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas), British Guiana, specimen $20, 1 March 1937, red serial number D022,751/D028,750, coloured, arms at right, B.G. top left, value at left, value at each corner, reverse pink and brown, arms at centre, value at left and right (Pick S105), hole punched, ink date '18.2.37', ink annotation '933491' top margin, mounting traces, otherwise about uncirculated and rare £450-650
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Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas), specimen proof $20 (2), ND (1926), no serial numbers, no country letters, black on multicoloured underprint, crowned arms at centre, value in guilloches at either side and in each corner, reverse of first copy black, yellow-green and pale blue, reverse of second copy black, pale green and a darker shade of blue, crowned arms in ornate guilloche, perforated CANCELLED twice (Pick Barbados S102 for type), both copies ink annotation "As submitted 19. 7. 26" in top margin, the first otherwise extremely fine, the second otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare (2) £300-400
BELARUS |
A large group of notes from Belarus, a good selection of various denominations, predominantly dated 1992 about uncirculated to uncirculated, a delightfully bright group (36) £100-150
BELGIAN CONGO |
Etat Independant du Congo, 100 francs, Bruxelles, 7 February 1896, red serial number 10357, black and pale lilac-brown, allegorical maiden with symbols of commerce at left, lion top right, reverse brown, head of Liberty at centre (Pick 2a), perforated for cancellation, a respectable fine and rare £600-800
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 20 francs, 15 September 1937, serial number 205.L.903, green, allegorical maiden (Belgium) with local girl and elephant tusk, head of a maiden top left, reverse green, river scene, star and red STANLEYVILLE at centre (Pick 10f), a pleasing fine, scarce £150-200
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Banque du Congo-Belge, specimen 1000 francs, Matadi, ND (1920), brown and green, allegorical figures and background of plants, medallic female head top left, reverse blue-green and brown, maiden seated at left with lyre, falls and cockatoo at right, border of fruit, reverse (Pick 12s for type), red SPECIMEN overprint, tiny section missing top right corner, low right tip missing, very fine and very rare, a lovely design £1,000-1,200
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Banque du Congo-Belge, specimen 50 francs, 1946, red zero serial numbers, serie E, EMISSION 1946 at centre, black and multicoloured, young girl at right, star top centre, reverse black, leopard at centre, also red zero serial number serie F, EMISSION 1947 at centre, black and multicoloured, young girl at right, star top centre, reverse black, leopard at centre (Pick 16ds, 16e), first, perforated, red specimen overprint, uncirculated, second, perforated red specimen overprint, uncirculated, rare £250-350
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Banque du Congo-Belge, an obverse and reverse uniface colour trial proof 500 francs, ND (1941), black and multicoloured, woman top centre in circular frame, value at left and right, star low centre, reverse black, elephants, river and hunter, value at left and right (Pick 18A for type), an ABNC engraving good extremely fine and rare (2) £400-600
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Banque Centrale du Congo-Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, specimen colour trial 50 francs (2), ND (1957-59), serial numbers N000000, R000000, green on multicoloured underprint, workers weaving with machines, reverse workers weaving by hand, both overprinted SPECIMEN horizontally in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes [Pick 32ct (2)], uncirculated, very scarce (2) £250-350
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Banque Centrale du Congo-Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, specimen colour trial 50 francs (2), ND (1957-59), both serial number R000000, green on multicoloured underprint, workers weaving with machines, reverse workers weaving by hand, both overprinted SPECIMEN horizontally in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes [Pick 32ct (2)], uncirculated, very scarce (2) £250-350
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Banque Centrale du Congo-Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, specimen proof 1000 francs, 15 July 1958, serial number A000000, deep blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of King Baudouin at left, aerial view of Leopoldville at lower centre, reverse huts and palm trees set in geometric pattern, one punch hole (Pick 35sp), ink annotation 'APPROVED LETTER 21.3.58 RRB 24/3/58' and typed annotation '2nd PROVING' in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated and very rare £350-450
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Banque Centrale du Congo-Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, specimen colour trial 1000 francs, ND (c. 1958), serial number A000000, green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of King Baudouin at left, aerial view of Leopoldville at lower centre, reverse huts and palm trees set in geometric pattern, overprinted SPECIMEN horizontally in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 35ct), uncirculated, rare £300-400
BELGIUM |
Banque Nationale Belgique, specimen 1000 francs/200 belgas, 1 February 1943, red serial number A 000000, purple-brown and violet, Elisabeth at left, Albert at right, allegorical woman at centre, reverse allegorical scene at centre (Pick 125), red SPECIMEN overprint, small fold top left corner, one vertical fold, about uncirculated, rare £200-300
BELIZE |
Government of Belize, specimen 1 dollar, ND (1974), no serial number, blue and green on multicolour, Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at left, red stamped SPECIMEN and SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE obverse and reverse, hole punched low centre (Pick 33s, GOB B1s b), uncirculated £80-120
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Government of Belize, a colour trial set of the ND (1974-1975) series comprising $1, blue, $2, brown, $5, red, $10, green, $20, blue, all Elizabeth II at right, arms at left (Pick 33-37ct, GOB B1ct-5ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, rare and attractive (5) £1,000-1,200
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Government of Belize, $1 (2), 1 January 1976, consecutive serial numbers A/4068817/8, green on multicolour underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at left, (Pick 33c, GOB B1c), crisp, fresh and uncirculated, £100-130
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Government of Belize, $1, 1 January 1976, prefix A/4, green, yellow and aqua; $2, 1 January 1976, prefix B/1, purple, violet and orange; $5, 1 January 1976, prefix C/2, red and violet, all Queen Elizabeth II at right, coat of arms at left, reverse ornate guilloches and geometric patterns (Pick 33c, 34c, 35c), the $2 minor ink smudge in top margin, otherwise uncirculated, the remainder uncirculated, scarce (3) £140-180
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Government of Belize, $1, 1 January 1976, prefix A/1, green, yellow and aqua; $5, 1 January 1976, prefix C/1, red and violet, both Queen Elizabeth II at right, coat of arms at left, reverse ornate guilloches and geometric patterns (Pick 33c, 35c), uncirculated, both first prefixes, scarce (2) £100-140
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Government of Belize, $20, 1 January 1976, serial number E/1 641130, brown and pale green, Elizabeth II at right, arms at left, Cain, Fonseca and Cattouse signatures (Pick 37c, GOB B5c), in PMG holder 58 'Choice about unc', EPQ, scarce £350-450
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Central Bank of Belize, $20, 1 January 1986, serial number T/5 956402, brown on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at centre right wearing Queen Alexandra's Kokoshnik tiara, coat of arms at upper left, reverse National Assembly building in Belmopan at centre, Jabiu stork at right (Pick 49a, GOB B7a), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, scarce £100-140
BERMUDA |
