Reserve Bank of New Zealand, $5 (2), ND (1968-81), prefix 027, signature Wilks, and prefix 172, signature Hardie, red on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse kowhai at left, tui at centre; $10 (2), ND (1967-81), prefix 13L, and replacement prefix 99A*, both signature Wilks, blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre (Pick 165b, 165d, 166b), the first three extremely fine to good extremely fine, the last very fine and scarce (3) £160-220
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $10 (2), ND (1968), both serial number J6 000000, signature Wilks, blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre, the first perforated SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE, the second overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse and SPECIMEN No 024 in lower left margin, one punch hole [Pick 166bs (2)], the first about uncirculated to uncirculated, the second about uncirculated, very scarce (2) £140-180
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $10 (2), ND (1968), both serial number 10Y 000000, signature Wilks, blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre, the first perforated SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE, the second overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse and SPECIMEN No 021 in lower left margin, one punch hole [Pick 166bs (2)], about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce (2) £150-200
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $10 (3), ND (1975-77), serial number 21H 000000, signature Knight, serial number 25H 0000000 (2), signature Hardie, all blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre, the first and second overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse and SPECIMEN No 023 and 015 respectively in lower left margins, one or two punch holes, the third perforated SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE [Pick 166cs, 166ds (2)], one copy of Pick 166ds extremely fine, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce (3) £180-240
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, $10 (2), ND (1968-75), consecutive serial numbers 14J 862834/35, signature Wilks, blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre [Pick 166b (2)], choice about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £120-160
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $20 (2), ND (1968), serial numbers AS 000000 and BE 000000, both signature Wilks, green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse miro at left, pigeon at centre, both overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse and SPECIMEN No 024 and 022 respectively in lower left margins, one punch hole [Pick 167bs (2)], about uncirculated, rare (2) £500-700
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $20 (3), ND (1975), serial numbers BS 000000 and CE 000000 (2), all signature Knight, green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse miro at left, pigeon at centre, the first and second both overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse and SPECIMEN No 022 and 018 respectively in lower left margins, one or two punch holes, the third perforated SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE [Pick 167cs (3)], about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare (3) £700-900
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $20 (2), ND (1975), both serial number CS 000000, signature Knight, green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse miro at left, pigeon at centre, the first overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse and SPECIMEN No 006 in lower left margin, one punch hole, the second perforated SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE [Pick 167cs (2)], about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare (2) £450-650
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $20 (2), ND (1977), both first serial number EE 000000, signature Hardie, green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse miro at left, pigeon at centre, the first overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse and SPECIMEN No 021 in lower left margin, one punch hole, the second perforated SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE [Pick 167ds (2)], good extremely fine to about uncirculated, rare (2) £350-450
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, $20 (3), ND (1968-81), replacement serial number YJ 015005*, signature Wilks and consecutive serial numbers HC 440001/02, signature Hardie, green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse miro at left, pigeon at centre [Pick 167d (2), 167dr], the first pressed, otherwise good very fine and very scarce, the remainder choice about uncirculated to uncirculated (3) £220-280
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $100, ND (1967), serial number G 000000, signature Fleming, red on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain daisy at left, takahe at centre, perforated SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE (Pick 168as), good very fine to about extremely fine, rare £400-600
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $100, ND (1975), serial number G 000000, signature Knight, red on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain daisy at left, takahe at centre, overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse and SPECIMEN No 023 in lower left margin, two punch holes (Pick 168bs), uncirculated, very rare £600-800
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $100, ND (1975), serial number G 000000, signature Knight, red on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain daisy at left, takahe at centre, perforated SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE (Pick 168bs), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, very rare £600-800
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen 5 dollars, ND (1981-85), serial number JAA 000000, orange on multicolour underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse tui bird at centre, kowhai flower centre left, black stamped SPECIMEN on obverse and reverse, hole punched SPECIMEN right and left (Pick 171as), fresh, crisp and uncirculated, a superb example £200-250
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, $2 (10), ND (1985), prefix EJC, violet and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, Russell signature, also $5 (10), prefix JEJ, orange and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, Russell signature (Pick 170b, 171b RBNZ B17b, B18b), two consecutive runs of 10, uncirculated (20) £80-120
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, $10 (2), ND (1981-85), consecutive replacement serial numbers NA 239271*/72*, signature Hardie, blue on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing Grand Duchess Vladimir's tiara at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre [Pick 172ar (2)], choice about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £90-120
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, $10, ND (1985-89), replacement serial number NB 910288*, signature Russell, blue on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing Grand Duchess Vladimir's tiara at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre (Pick 172br), about uncirculated to uncirculated and scarce £100-130
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, $20 (2), ND (1985), serial number TEK 195145/195148, green and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, Russell signature (Pick 173b, RBNZ B20b), in PCGS holder 67, 'superb gem new', PPQ, 66, 'gem new', PPQ (2) £100-150
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, printer's colour trial/proof $50, ND (1982), serial number XAA 000000, signature Hardie , black, blue, green and red on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse pohutukawa (in a different design from issued note) at left, morepork owl at centre (Pick 174act), typed annotation 'As submitted to RBNZ 15/11/82' and 'B1' in top margin, otherwise uncirculated. One of a set of four different colour proofs and an approved orange-yellow specimen, which were submitted to the chief cashier Herbert Ray Hardie for approval in 1983, excessively rare £1,400-1,800
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen proof $50, ND (1983), no serial numbers, signature Hardie, yellow-orange on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse pohutukawa at left, morepork owl at centre (Pick 174asp), typed annotation 'Approved memo G. H. Child 15.7.83' and 'A/S 8.7.83' in top margin, about extremely fine and very rare as a specimen proof £200-300
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $100, ND (1981-89), serial number YAC 000000, signature Russell, red on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain daisy at left, takahe at centre, perforated SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE (Pick 175bs), about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £500-700
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, $100, ND (1985), serial number YAB 369543, red and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, Russell signature (Pick 175b, RBNZ B22b), in PCGS holder 67, 'superb gem new', PPQ £200-300
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New Zealand, National Council Y.M.C.A, Union Bank of Australia, 3D (2) coupon, handstamped 6 September 1918, black and white and issued at Shannon Camp during World War I, also a convalescent Depot Canteen chit for 1 cent, 1943 and for use in Kalavere, New Caledonia, handsigned extremely fine and very fine, unusual (3) £150-200
NICARAGUA |
Banco Central de Nicaragua, specimen 5 and 20 cordobas, 1951, zero serial numbers, first black on multicolour underprint, cattle at centre, second orange on multicolour underprint, river scene at centre, both with SPECIMEN overprints and three cancellation holes (Pick 93s, 95s2), pencil annotations on reverse, about uncirculated (2) £200-250
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Banco Central de Nicaragua, specimen 100 cordobas, 1945, zero serial numbers, red on multicolour underprint, female allegory with fruit and altar at right, value at centre left and each corner, reverse olive-brown, blue SPECIMEN overprint, three cancellation holes (Pick 97s), pencil annotations on reverse, about uncirculated and scarce £300-400
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Banco Central de Nicaragua, a group of specimens from the 1962 series comprising 1 cordoba, blue, 5 cordobas, green, 10 cordobas, red, 20 cordobas, orange, 50 cordobas, purple and 100 cordobas, mauve, all with SPECIMEN overprints and cancellation holes, also 5, 10 and 20 cordobas, 1962 and 1 and 50 cordobas, 1968 (Pick 107s, 108, 108s, 109, 109s, 110, 110s, 111s, 112s, 115, 119), some with pencil or pen annotations, about uncirculated or better (11) £150-200
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Banco Central de Nicaragua, specimen 500 cordobas, 1962, zero serial numbers black on multicolour underprint, R. Dario at centre, value at centre left and right, and each corner, reverse black, F. Hernandez Cordoba at centre, black SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes (Pick 113s), pencil annotation on reverse, uncirculated and scarce £200-250
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Banco Central de Nicaragua, specimen 1000 cordobas, 1962, zero serial numbers brown on multicolour underprint, A Somoza at centre, value at centre left and right, and each corner, reverse brown, F. Hernandez Cordoba at centre, black SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes (Pick 114s), pencil annotation on reverse, uncirculated and scarce £200-250
NIGERIA |
Federation of Nigeria, Central Bank, a set of specimen colour trials, 15 September 1958, all river scene and palm trees at left, comprising 5 shillings, serial number J/1 000000, brown and green, reverse palms; 10 shillings, serial number E/1 000000, red and black, reverse crop sowing; £1, serial number A/1 000000, blue and green, reverse harvesting cacao; and £5, serial number A/1 000000, green, men harvesting fruit, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 2ct, 3ct, 4ct, 5ct), about uncirculated to uncirculated and very scarce (4) £600-800
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Federal Republic of Nigeria, a set of specimens of the ND (1967) issues, all Central Bank building at left, comprising 5 shillings, serial number A/1 000000, purple and blue, reverse logging; 10 shillings, serial number A/12 000000, green and brown, reverse stacking grain; £1, serial number A/1 000000, red and brown, reverse man beating dates; and £5, blue-grey and blue-green, serial number A/1 000000, cacao bean preparation, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, four punch holes, except £5 overprinted SPECIMEN only (Pick 6s, 7s, 8s, 9s), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated and scarce (4) £400-600
NORWAY |
Norges Bank, 5 Kroner, 1943, red serial number V. 8339469, blue green, 10 kroner, 1941, red serial number A. 7894021, blue, beige and violet, 50 kroner, 1942, red serial number C. 5932113, dark green and pale violet, President Christie at left, also Steffens emergency issue 5 norske kroner, serial number A. 2042 Voss (near Bergen), 14 April 1940, black text on cream paper, signature of Steffens low centre (Pick 7c, 8c, 9d, M1), first three, good extremely fine, last fine and scarce, fourth, about very fine, issued by General Mayor Steffens during his final stand at Voss, near Bergen. This issue was authorised by the Norges Bank in Bergen, very rare (4) £350-550
OMAN |
Central Bank of Oman, a full set of the 1985-94 issue, comprising 100 and 200 baisa, 1/4 and 1/2 rial and 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 rials, all with Sultan Qaboos at right, ornate borders with value at top left and right, the 25 a 1994 issue, and the 50 a 1992 issue (Linzmayer CBO B10-18, Pick 22-30), uncirculated, a fresh and colourful group (9) £600-800
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Central Bank of Oman, uncut sheet containing eight half dinar notes, ND (1995), dark brown and grey on multicolour underprint, Sultan Qaboos bin Sa'id at right, Bahla Castle at centre, arms at top left, reverse Nakhl Fort at centre (Pick 33), uncirculated, a pleasing addition to any collection £150-200
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Central Bank of Oman, uncut sheet containing eight 1 rial notes, 2005, commemorative issue 35th anniversary of Independence, red on multicolour, Sultan Qaboos bin Sa'id at right, reverse boat at left, minaret at centre, Jalili fortress at low right (Pick 43), uncirculated, an unusual and very collectable item £200-300
PAKISTAN |
State Bank, Haj issue, Pakistan, 10 rupees, ND (ca 1950), serial number B 490650, green and multicoloured, President Ali Jinnah at left, Durrani signature, black overprint FOR HAJ PILGRIMS FROM PAKISTAN FOR USE IN SAUDI ARABIA ONLY, reverse green, Shalimar Gardens, Lahore, at centre (Pick R3, SBP BR3b), in PCGS holder 63, 'CHOICE NEW, apparent minor stains', rare £700-1,000
PALESTINE |
Palestine Currency Board, 500 mils, 20 April 1939, serial number G 767484, purple and pale orange, Rachel's Tomb at Bethlehem low left, pale blue central guilloche, value at centre and at each corner, three printed signatures of Sir John Caulcutt, Sir Percy Ezechiel and H.F.Downie, reverse purple, the Tower of David at centre (Pick 6c, Dabbah p.161), fresh and original, a very attractive good very fine, scarce in this condition £800-1,000
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Palestine Currency Board, £1, 20 April 1939, serial number T 770921, green and pale yellow, The Dome on the Rock, Jerusalem at left, value in lilac guilloche at centre, value at each corner, three printed signatures of the Members of the Palestine Currency Board, Sir John Caulcutt, Sir Percy Ezchiel and H.F. Downie at low centre, reverse green, the Citadel of Jerusalem with the Tower of David at centre, value at left and right and low centre (Pick 7c, Dabbah page 164), a central crease otherwise fresh and original, almost extremely fine thus scarce for type ex Amnon Inbar collection, about very fine £700-900
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Palestine Currency Board, £5, 20 April 1939, red serial number C 710270, red-orange and pale green, the White tower, Ramleh, at left, value in pale lilac guilloche at centre, value at each corner, three printed signatures of the Members of the Palestine Currency Board at centre, Sir John Caulcutt, Sir Percy Ezechiel and H.F.Downie, reverse red-orange, the Citadel of Jerusalem with Tower of David at centre, value at left and right and low centre (Pick 8c, Dabbah page 167), a presentable fine, scarce £1,400-1,800
PARAGUAY |
Banco Central del Paraguay, a full set of specimens of the 1963 series, comprising 1 guarani, green, 5 guaranis, black, 10 guaranis, red, 50 guaranis, brown, 100 guaranis, green, 500 guaranis, blue, 1000 guaranis, purple, 5000 guaranis, orange and 10000 guaranis, brown, all with red SPECIMEN overprints and perforations (Pick 193s, 195s, 196s, 197s, 198s, 200s, 201s, 202s, 203s), some with small rust marks in margins but generally about uncirculated or better (9) £80-120
PERU |
Banco de Reserva del Peru, a specimen set of the 1922 issue, comprising 1/2 libra, Liberty at centre, 1 libra, seated woman at left, 5 libras, child with sheep and lamb at right and 10 libras, rubber tree and worker at left, all black on multicolour underprint, red SPECIMEN overprints, three cancellation holes (Pick 48s-51s), some with pencil annotations on reverse, the 5 libras with creases in left margin due to mounting, otherwise about uncirculated or better, scarce and very pretty (4) £400-600
PHILIPPINES |
Central Bank of the Philippines, specimen 100, 200, 500 pesos, 1949, all serial number A 000000, black and pale orange, T. Sora at left, green and pale lilac, Manuel Gueron at left and 500 pesos, black, pale orange and lilac, Manuel Roxas at left (Pick 139s, 140s, 141s), faint mounting traces, good extremely fine and rare (3) £250-350
POLAND |
Polish State Loan Bank, 20 zlotych, 1917, serial number A.0840648, black and red and pale mauve, crowned eagle at centre, text at left 'Zarad jeneral-gubernatorstwa', reverse mauve and green, medallic helmeted female head at top left and right, and 100 zlotych (2), 1916, red serial number A.3634677, A.2668720, blue-black and red and pale blue-green, crowned eagle at left, text at left 'Zarad General-Gubernatorstwa', reverse blue and salmon-pink, medallic helmeted female head at left and right (Pick 4a, 6b), original very fine and rare types (3) £150-250
PORTUGAL |
Banco de Portugal, specimen 20 mil reis, ND (ca 1903), blue and orange, allegorical female figure at left and right, value in orange underprint at centre, reverse blue, D.Affonso Henriques at centre, helmeted female bust at left and right (Pick 82 for type), ink date in top margin, perforated, good extremely fine, rare £400-600
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Banco de Portugal, 20000 reis, 30 September 1910, serial number 1 BP 00001-1 BP 20000, Ch 4, black and multicoloured, Afonso de Albuquerque at right, reverse blue and brown, head of Mercury at left, arms and value, black REPUBLICA overprint at centre, also specimen 10000 reis, 30 September 1910, serial number 1 CX 00001-1CX 20000, Ch 4, black and beige, allegorical figures representing the Arts, red Bank seal at centre, reverse green and lilac, armoured maidens and arms, black REPUBLICA overprint low centre (Pick 107s, 108as), ink date in top margins, perforated CANCELLED, good extremely fine and rare (2) £600-800
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Banco de Portugal, specimen 50 mil reis, 30 September 1910, serial number 1B 00001-1B 20000, Ch4, blue and pale blue-green, Middle Eastern potentate at left with courtiers, Portuguese delegation at right seeking audience, arms low centre, red Bank seal at centre, reverse blue, medal of Lusitania at right (Pick 110 for type), perforated CANCELLED, ink date '13.8.18' in top margin, good extremely fine and rare, attractive £1,000-1,500
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Banco de Portugal, printer's archival specimen 100 escudos, 27 April 1922, serial number run 1B 00, 001 to 1B 20, 000, brown on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Diogo do Couto at left, arms at top centre, value in ornate guilloches in each corner, reverse purple, brown and green, castle at centre, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 124s), mounting traces, ink date '29.5.23' and annotation in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine and very rare £1,000-1,500
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Banco de Portugal, specimen colour trial proof 1000 escudos, ND (1922), no serial numbers, brownish purple and green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Antonio Feliciano Castilho at centre, arms at right, cherubs at upper left and right, reverse blue and brownish purple on pink and multicoloured underprint, two allegorical women with lyre and torch at centre, two punch holes; also original envelope used for approval in 1922 (Pick 131ct), signed approval dated 15 March 1922 endorsed in ink on obverse, otherwise good extremely fine and excessively rare £1,800-2,400
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Banco de Portugal, specimen proof 500 escudos, ND (1928), serial number 1L 000, 000, purple and blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Duque de Palmella at upper right, castle at lower left, arms at top centre, reverse green, bank arms at left, horses and carts beneath two trees at centre, one punch hole; also original envelope used for approval in 1928 (Pick 141s), signed approval dated 4 December 1928 endorsed in ink on obverse, otherwise fresh extremely fine and extremely rare £800-1,200
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Banco de Portugal, specimen proof 50 escudos, ND (1930), no serial numbers, violet, brown and multicoloured, portrait of Borges Carneiro at centre left, arms at lower centre, reverse blue on pale green and lilac underprint, Coimbra University at centre, medallic female head at right, two punch holes (Pick 144p), signed approval dated 25 February 1930 endorsed in ink at upper right, two blue spots in watermark area, otherwise good very fine, rare £250-350
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Banco de Portugal, specimen reverse proof 50 escudos, ND (1941), brown-violet, lilac and blue-green, monastery at centre, medallic female head in oval at left, value in each corner, no watermark, one punch hole (Pick 154 reverse proof), about uncirculated, rare £100-150
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