Government of the Straits Settlements, $1, 1 January 1929 (in red), serial number N/27 77667, red and mauve, shoreline at left and right, Shelley signature low centre (Pick 9a, Tan S9b), central crease otherwise an original extremely fine and a scarcer date £500-600
SUDAN |
Siege of Khartoum, Sudan, 1000 and 2500 piastres, 1884, black text on pale tan card, hectograph signature of General 'Chinese' Gordon in field, green circular seal (Pick S107b, 109), good very fine and extremely fine (2) £250-350
SWEDEN |
Westerbottens Enskilda Bank, Sweden, specimen 100 kronor, Umea, 1883, serial number 20001-38000, black, brown and blue, Queen Christina top centre, arms at left and right, reverse orange-brown and blue, turreted female head at centre (Pick S709s), perforated SPECIMEN, good extremely fine and rare £400-600
SYRIA |
Banque de Syrie, specimen 50 livres, 1 January 1920, dark blue on multicolour underprint, street scene at left, reverse multicolour, dhows at centre, camels in distant background (Pick 9s, Djaroueh SY10), in PMG holder number 58 apparent, choice about new, perforated cancelled, repair at centre £700-900
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Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Syria, specimen 50 livres, 1 September 1939, serial number N/G 010001-N/G 060000, brown and multicoloured, Syria street in Beirut at left, value at each corner, SYRIE in margin top centre, Berard and Laferriere signatures, orange chevron across face of note, reverse blue and lilac and orange, feluccas and coastline, orange chevron overprint (Pick 44 for type, Djaroueh SY88 for similar), this overprint not listed in Pick or Djaroueh, ink date '29.1.43' in top margin, perforated SPECIMEN, uncirculated and very rare £1,000-1,400
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Banque du Syrie et du Liban, Syria, 5 livres, 1 August 1942, serial number Z-E 020111, black on dark green and light green underprint, value at left and right, reverse purple, value at left and right (Pick 46, Djaroueh SY100), fresh and original, very fine and very scarce £500-700
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Banque du Syrie et du Liban, Syria, 5 livres, 1 August 1942, serial number Z-E 020116, black on dark green and light green underprint, value at left and right, reverse purple, value at left and right (Pick 46, Djaroueh SY100), slight damage at low left, almost very fine, very scarce £300-400
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Banque du Syrie et du Liban, Syria, 5 piastres, 1 August 1942, serial number Z-G 030648, black on dark green and light green underprint, value at left and right, reverse purple, value at left and right (Pick 46), almost very fine, very scarce £300-400
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Institut d'Emission de Syrie, specimen 5 livres, ND (1950), serial number B/1 000000, dark orange on multicolour underprint, arms at right, reverse Citadel of Aleppo at centre, diagonal red stamp on obverse and reverse, hole punched (Pick 74s), in PMG holder number 64, choice uncirculated £350-450
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Institut d'Emission de Syrie, specimen 25 livres, ND (1950), serial number D/1 000000, red on multicolour underprint, arms at right, reverse red, ruins of Palmyra at centre left (Pick 76s), in PMG holder number 64, choice uncirculated £400-500
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Banque Centrale de Syrie, colour trial specimen 50 livres, 1958, brown on multicolour underprint, arms at right, reverse, brown, inner yard of Azem Palace in Damascus, bank title in French low centre (Pick 84), in PMG holder number 64, choice uncirculated, please note the PMG Pick number is incorrect and it is as stated above £650-750
TAHITI |
Banque de l'Indochine, Papeete, specimen 5 francs, ND (1927), serial number 0.00 000, brown on light green underprint, helmeted female head at low left, value at upper left and right, reverse text, value at low right (Pick 11bs), perforated SPECIMEN, one corner bend at top left, otherwise about uncirculated and scarce £200-250
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Banque de l'Indochine, Papeete, specimen 100 francs, ND (1939-65), serial number O.00 000, multicoloured, woman with wreath and small statue of Athena at centre, value at low centre and low right, reverse Angkor statue (Pick 14bs), perforated SPECIMEN, about uncirculated to uncirculated £250-300
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Banque de l'Indochine, Papeete, specimen 100 francs, ND (1939-65), serial number O.00 000, multicoloured, woman with wreath and small statue of Athena at centre, value at low centre and low right, reverse Angkor statue (Pick 14bs), perforated SPECIMEN, about uncirculated to uncirculated £250-350
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Banque de l'Indochine, Papeete, specimen 1000 francs, ND (1940-57), serial number O.00 000, multicoloured, seated woman at right, market scene at at left, reverse man with spear at right, woman with basket at left (Pick 15bs), lovely and crisp, about uncirculated, attractive and scarce £350-400
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Banque d'Emission d'Outre Mer, Papeete, reverse proof for 5000 francs, on slightly blue-grey paper, ND (1971-85), multicoloured, Bougainville at right, wooden catamaran at centre, flowers at left (Pick 28 for type), one diagonal fold across the left side, thus good extremely fine, scarce and attractive £350-450
THAILAND |
Government of Siam, an obverse and reverse archival photograph for a 100 ticals, 15 December 1919, zero serial numbers, value left centre and at each corner, head of King Rama VI Vajiravudh in circular frame top centre, signature 6, reverse Royal arms at centre flanked by value (Pick unrecorded design), there are no notes with portait of Rama VI, this very unusual and an important research piece (2) £700-900
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Government of Thailand, 100 baht (2), ND (1946), prefix E, suffix A, blue and brown, King Rama VIII at left, Garuda bird top left, three headed elephant low right (Pick 67), original, almost extremely fine (2) £150-200
TIMOR |
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Timor, 20 patacas, 1 January 1910, serial number 00035, green and grey, decorative columns right and left, printer BWC (Pick 4), horizontal and vertical folds, discolouration at centre, low serial number, otherwise fine or better, scarce £500-600
TONGA |
Government of Tonga, specimen 4 shillings, ND (1941-66), serial number D/1 00000, brown on multicoloured underprint; also specimen 10 shillings, ND (1939-66), serial number C/1 00000, sage green on multicoloured underprint, both arms at centre, palm trees at left and right, reverse ornate guilloches, value in each corner, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 9s, 10s), about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £200-250
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Government of Tonga, specimen 4 shillings, ND (1941-66), serial number D/1 00000, brown on multicoloured underprint; also specimen £1, ND (1940-66), serial number D/1 00000, scarlet on multicoloured underprint, both arms at centre, palm trees at left and right, reverse ornate guilloches, value in each corner, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 9s, 11s), about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £220-280
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Government of Tonga, 4/-, 1955, serial number C/1 59961 and 10/-, 1956, serial number B/1 91825, brown and green respectively, arms at centre, palm trees and value to left and right (Pick 9c, 10c), fresh and original, about uncirculated and some scarcer dates (2) £100-150
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Government of Tonga, 4 shillings, 1942, brown, 1/2 paanga (6), 1977, 5 paanga (11), ND (1995), 10 paanga, blue, 20 paanga (5), brown (Pick 9a, 18b, 34a, 34b, 35b), first VG to fine, balance uncirculated (24) £100-150
TRANS-DNIESTER |
Trans-Dniester Republican Bank, a set of specimens from the 2000-2004 issue, comprising 1, 5, 10 and 25 rubles, Alexander Suvorov at left, 50 rubles, Taras Shevchenko at left, 100 rubles, Dmitry Kantemir at left, 200 rubles, Count Petr Rumiantsev-Zadunaiskiy at left, and 500 rubles, Empress Catherine II at left, red SPECIMEN overprint in Cyrillic (Linzmayer TDRB B1as-B8as, Pick 34-41), uncirculated (8) £150-200
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Trans-Dniester Republican Bank, a set of specimens from the 2007 issue, comprising 1, 5, 10 and 25 rubles, Alexander Suvorov at left, 100 rubles, Dmitry Kantemir at left, red SPECIMEN overprint in Cyrillic (Linzmayer TDRB B9as-B12as, B14as, Pick 42-45, 47), uncirculated (5) £100-150
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Trans-Dniester Republican Bank, a set of specimens from the 2012 issue, comprising 1, 10 and 25 rubles, Alexander Suvorov at left, 50 rubles, Taras Shevchenko at left, and 100 rubles, also 200 rubles, 2004, Count Petr Rumiantsev-Zadunaiskiy at left, Dmitry Kantemir at left, red SPECIMEN overprint in Cyrillic (not listed), uncirculated (6) £150-200
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Trans-Dniester Republican Bank, several uncut sheets of specimens of the 2012 issue, comprising 1, 10, 25, 50 and 100 rubles, and a 200 ruble sheet of the 2004 issue, each sheet consistig of 12 notes, all with zero serial numbers on reverse, each note overprinted SPECIMEN in Cyrillic and handstamped NOT FOR PAYMENT (Pick not listed, the 2004 issue Pick 40), uncirculated, rare (6) £1,500-2,000
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO |
Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, colour trial $20, ND, law of 1964 issue, serial number A 000000, red on multicoloured underprint, Pierce signature low right, all serial number A000000, the Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at centre, reverse pale red, Central Bank building (Pick 29act), perforated, black SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, rare £200-300
TUNISIA |
Banque de l'Algerie et du la Tunisie, specimen 5000 francs, ND (1957-1962), zero serial number, violet, Roman ruins at centre, the Roman Emperor Vespasian at right, reverse Roman mural, perforated "SPECIMEN" at right (Pick 30), in PMG folder number 64, choice uncirculated, EPQ £700-800
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Banque Centrale de Tunisie, specimen proof 1 dinar, ND (1957), serial number B/1 123456 in western numerals at lower left and in Arabic numerals at upper right, green on multicoloured underprint, Habib Bourguiba at left, farmer ploughing at lower right, reverse Ben Mitir dam; also obverse uniface proof on unwatermarked paper for 1 dinar, ND (1957), no serial numbers, no signatures, green, Habib Bourguiba at left, farmer ploughing at lower right, both one punch hole (Pick 58s, 58 obverse proof), ink annotations and date '11/11/57' in margins, otherwise extremely fine, rare (2) £100-200
TURKEY |
Central Bank of Turkey, specimen 2 1/2 lira, Law of 1930 (1960), zero serials, lilac, Kemal Ataturk at right, reverse light green, central bank building; specimen 50 lira, Law of 1930 (1951), zero serials, brown, Kemal Ataturk at right, reverse statue of soldier, the first overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two specimen De La Rue ovals on obverse and reverse, three punch holes; the second overprinted NUMUNEDIR GECMEZ on obverse, two diagonal red lines on reverse, eight punch holes (Pick 153s, 162s), the first good extremely fine, the second extremely fine (2) £180-260
UGANDA |
Bank of Uganda, a group of specimen colour trials of the ND (1966) Issue comprising 10 shillings, red, arms at centre, reverse cotton picking; 20 shillings, dark green, arms at left, reverse animals at water hole; and 100 shillings, blue, crowned crane at left, reverse parliament building, all overprinted SPECIMEN horizontally in red or black on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 2ct, 3ct, 4ct), mounting traces, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated (3) £200-300
UKRAINE |
Ukrainian National Republic, Central Rada, 100 karbovantsiv, 1917, brown, one signature excised, 10 hryven, 1918, purple-brown, 100 hryven, 1918, blue, farming couple at left and right also 500 hryven, 1918, orange and pale blue-green, head of Ceres top centre, also State Credit notes, 1000 hryven (2), 1918, dark blue and pink and yellow, 2000 hryven, red-brown and pale blue-green (Pick 1, 21a, 22a, 23, 24, 25, 35a), good very fine to extremely fine (9) £180-230
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State Treasury Notes, Ukraine, an interesting group comprising 50 karbowanez (3), ND (1918), green, man at left and woman at right, reverse, green and pink, 1000 karbowanez, ND (1918), dark brown on multicolour underprint, reverse allegorical women at left and right, state note, 5 hryven, ND (1920), black on grey underprint, Ukranian Central Bank 20 karbowanez, 1942, brown and grey (Pick 5, 6, 35b, 41, 53), various grades from good to about uncirculated (6) £100-150
UNITED STATES |
Colonial Currency, USA, Georgia $4, 8 June 1777, serial number 62, black and white, stag in circular red seal low right, fine manuscript signatures low left, also $1, 10 September 1777, serial number 1167, black and white, Justitia in red circular seal at right SUSTINE RECTUM text (PS 822, 834), first, mounted at right on reverse, very fine, second, corrosion on one signature otherwise almost very fine, both scarce £300-400
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United States of America, a group of notes comprising, Pennsylvania, 10 shillings, 1 October 1773 (PS 2540E), New York ID, February 1790, and continental Currency $6, 2 November 1776, black and white, beaver gnawing tree at left, plus also State of Connecticut army payment bills (2), 1781, 1782, both punch cancelled, Military Payment Certificates, series 461, 5 cents, 50 cents, $1, pale blue and black, all A-A, series 471, 5 cents, 10 cents, $1, blue and pink, all B-B, series 472, 5, 10, 50 cents, $5, blue and black, all C-C, and series 481, 10, 25, 50 cents, $1, all blue and black, D-D, together with $1, series 691, ND (1969), serial number D 03903973D, blue and brown, woman at centre, value at left and right, grades ranging from fair to about uncirculated, a rare and unusual historical group, the latter not issued (21) £300-400
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United States of America, $5 (2), United States note, 1907, red prefix M, black and white, value and seal in pale red at left and right, Andrew Jackson at left, farming family at centre, Speelman and White signatures, reverse green (Friedberg 91), good very fine to about extremely fine £150-200
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United States of America, $5 (2), United States note, 1907, red prefix M, black and white, value and seal in pale red at left and right, Andrew Jackson at left, farming family at centre, Speelman and White signatures, reverse green (Friedberg 91), about very fine (2) £150-180
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United States of America, $5, United States note, 1907, red prefix K, black and white, value and seal in pale red at left and right, Andrew Jackson at left, farming family at centre, Speelman and White signatures, reverse green (Friedberg 91), about extremely fine £150-200
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United States of America, $1 silver certificates (4), 1899, black and white, value in blue at left and blue seal at right, Speelman and White signatures, eagle at centre, reverse green, $1, 1923, Washington at centre (Friedberg 236, 237), very fine, last example good extremely fine (4) £150-200
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United States of America, $2 silver certificate, 1899, blue prefix E, black and white, value in blue at left, seal in blue at right, Napier and McClung signatures, George Washington at centre, reverse green (Friedberg 253), a pleasing and original good very fine £150-200
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United States of America, $1, National currency, Boston, 1918, blue prefix and suffix A, black and white, George Washington at left, blue seal at right, reverse green, eagle at centre (Friedberg 710), in PMG holder 58, 'choice about unc' £120-160
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United States of America, $20 gold note, ND (1922), gold prefix K, black and white, value in gold at left and right, Washington at centre, Speelman and White signatures, also Federal Reserve $20, 1914, White-Mellon signatures, First National Bank of Huntingdon, $20, 1929, (Friedberg 1187, 979a, 2140), generally fine (3) £100-150
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ERROR: United States Federal Reserve, $10 with a printing error, 1969, serial number D21135263A, black and green, Hamilton at centre, value to the right and at each corner, reverse green, US treasury at centre, reverse also incorrectly printed in reverse on the obverse (Pick 451a), about uncirculated, a striking and attractive error, scarce £250-350
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Federal Reserve, USA, $100 (2), Series 2003, district L12, San Francisco, consecutive replacement serial numbers DL 03609003*/04*, black and green, portrait of Benjamin Franklin at centre left, reverse Independence Hall [Pick 519ar (2)], about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £130-160
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Westerbork Concentration Camp, Holland, 10 cents, lilac, 25 cents, red, 50 cents, blue and brown, and 100 cents, green and brown, 15 February 1944, all factory top centre, Semmeker signature, also prisoner of war camps, 3 pence, serial number A 618772 (Schwan-Boling 1151a, 1152a, 1153a, 1154a, 464, 1051 for type), varying grades from very fine to extremely fine (7), an interesting group £100-150
URUGUAY |
Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay, a specimen set, Law of 14 August 1935, all zero serials, all two deleted signatures, comprising 50 centesimos, brown and green, old gaucho at right; 1 Peso, orange, green and blue, Indian with spear at left; 5 pesos, green and red-brown, old gaucho at right; 10 pesos, blue and purple, helmeted warrior at left; 100 pesos, orange and violet, Constitution at left; 500 pesos, violet, blue and brown, Industry at left; and 1000 pesos, green, black blue and brown, Artigas at right, all with two diagonal red lines on obverse and reverse, perforated SIN VALOR (Pick 27s, 28s, 29s, 30s, 31s, 32s, 33s), the first and fifth good extremely fine, the sixth extremely fine, the seventh about extremely fine, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated (6) £200-300
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Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay, a group of specimens, Law of 2 January 1939, all series C, zero serials, no signatures, all with security thread, comprising 50 pesos, blue and brown, helmeted warrior at right; 100 pesos, red and brown, Constitution at right; 500 pesos, green and blue, Industry at right; and 1000 pesos, purple and black, Artigas at right, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two specimen De La Rue ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole in 50 pesos only (Pick 38bs, 39bs, 40bs, 41bs), the first and fourth about uncirculated, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated (4) £100-200
UZBEKISTAN |
A group of notes from Uzbekistan, numerous denominations, mostly from the 1990s, all beautifully crisp, bright and colourful about uncirculated to uncirculated, a most pleasing selection (16) £80-130
VENEZUELA |
