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† Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan, an obverse composite essay on card for a 50 ngultrum, ND (c.1984), serial number F/1 0000000, purple and multicoloured, royal emblem at left, portrait of Jihme Dorji Wangchuk at right, value at upper left and lower right (Pick 17 for type), about uncirculated, unique £120-180
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† El Banco Boliviano, Bolivia, specimen 1 boliviano, serial number A 00000-H 99999, also specimen 5 boliviano, serial number A 00000-A 79999, both 22 November 1903, both black, green and pink, maiden with corn sheaf and sheep respectively, both bank building in field, reverse brown and blue respectively (Pick S101s, 102s), perforated, uncirculated and rare (2) £450-650
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Banco Central de Bolivia, a set of specimens of the law of 1945 series, comprising specimen 5, 10, 20 and 50 bolivianos, also specimen 100, 500, 1000, 5000 and 10000 bolivianos, second issue (Pick 138s, 139s, 140s, 141s, 147s, 148s, 149s, 150s, 151s), the 5, 10, 500 and 1000 all with one fold, mounting traces, occasionally showing on obverse, but generally good extremely fine, scarce (9) £400-500
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† Banco Central de Bolivia, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a 1 potosi, serial number A00000000, purple and multicoloured, Avaroa at right, arms left centre, reverse, purple, Cerro de Potosi at centre (Pick unlisted), unique £200-300
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† Banco Central de Bolivia, an obverse and reverse composite essay for a 500 bolivanos, decree of 1981, serial number A-00000000, Avaroa at right, arms at centre, reverse, blue, the Puerto de Antofagasta (Pick 165 for type), unique £200-300
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National Bank of Bosnia-Herzegovina, 500 dinara (4) and 1000 dinara (4), ND (1992), blue/green and brown/orange respectively, all with circular handstamp at right (Pick 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c), all original good very fine to about extremely fine (8) £250-300
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National Bank of Bosnia-Herzegovina, 500, 1000 (2) and 5000 (2) dinara, 1992 provisional issue, dove at top centre, various stamps on reverse, also 10, 25, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 dinara 1992-93 issue, 100,000 and 10,000,000 dinara, 1993 overprinted issue and Central Bank, 50 pfeniga (2) and 1 marka, 1998 (Pick 7b, 8f1, 8f2, 9f1, 9g, 10-15, 34b, 37, 57, 58a), generally uncirculated (16) £100-150
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† Republica dos Estados Unidos do Brasil, specimen 200 mil reis, ND (1901), red serial number 000001-500000, violet and pale brown, woman with caduceus and cherub at left, liberty at centre, value in bronze at right, reverse, violet, arms at centre, value in field (Pick 74s), good extremely fine, handsome and very rare £800-1,200
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† Republica dos Estados Unidos do Brasil, specimen 500 mil reis, ND (1901), red serial number 000001-300000, blue-green and pale brown, woman spinning at left, Liberty at right, medallic female head at centre, value in field, reverse blue-green, arms at centre, head of Liberty at left and right, value at each corner (Pick 84s), perforated SPECIMEN, good extremely fine and very rare £800-1,000
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Republica dos Estados Unidos do Brasil, specimen 100 mil reis, estampa 16A, serie 13A, ND (1925), red zero serial numbers, blue and multicoloured, Pena at centre (Pick 70s1), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and scarce £500-550
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† Banco Central do Brasil, a small group of specimens from the ND (1970) issue, comprising 10 cruzeiros (2), 50 cruzeiros and 100 cruzeiros, also specimen 1000 crucieros, ND (1978), all with SEM VALOR overprint and perforations (Pick 193s, 194s, 195s, 197s), the two 10s different colour shades, all with single crease, otherwise good extremely fine, scarce (5) £200-250
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ERROR: Banco Central do Brasil, 50 cruzados, ND (1986), serial number A0169027 42 A and A0033000472 A, purple on muticolour underprint, Oswaldo Cruz at right, microscope at centre, reverse Cruz Institute at centre, (Pick 210a) first has an extra flap, uncirculated (2) £250-300
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ERROR: Banco Central do Brasil, 10,000 cruzeiros, ND (1986), serial numbers A4572022411A and A4275019937A, brown on multicolour underprint, black circular overprint with new currency unit on at centre, extra paper with part of serial number on reverse, the second note normal (Pick 206), first note has pencil annotation lower right, otherwise uncirculated (2) £250-300
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x British Caribbean Territories, $2, 28 November 1950, prefix B/1, blue and multicoloured, George VI at right, map at left (Pick 2), in PCGS holder 30 PPQ £500-550
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x British Caribbean Territories, $2, 28 November 1950, serial number A/1 922147, blue on multicolour underprint, also $10, 1 September 1951, serial number B/1 283122, light brown on multicolour underprint, both portait King George VI at right, map of territories at left, reverse, blue, arms of various territories left, right and top centre, plus £1, 5 January 1953, red, Queen Elizabeth II at right, map of territories at left (Pick 2, 4, 8a), first, extremely fine to about uncirculated, second, vertical and horizontal folds, some discolouration, very fine, third, discolouration top right margin, very faint central fold, otherwise extremely fine or better (3) £100-150
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British Caribbean Territories, $10, 1 September 1951, serial number B/1 763594, brown and multicoloured, George VI at right, map at left, reverse brown, arms (Pick 4, CB B4b), an original good very fine £600-650
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British Caribbean Territories, $1, 2 January 1961, serial number T3-012283, red on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at top right, map at low left (Linzmayer CB B7i), about uncirculated £120-160
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x British Caribbean Territories, $1 (2), 5 January 1953, serial number D2-196791/792, red and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, map at left (Pick 7a), in PCGS holders 45 PPQ £500-550
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British Caribbean Territories, $10, 2 January 1962, serial number H2-229394, brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, map at left, D'Andrade, Reece and Burrowes, reverse brown, arms (Pick 10, CB B10h), a pleasing extremely fine, rare £650-750
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x British Caribbean Territories, $5, 2 January 1961, green and lilac and $20, 5 January 1953, purple, both Elizabeth II at right, map low left (Pick 9c, 11a, CB B9g, 11a), in ICG holder 30 very fine* and 25 F/VF* (2) £140-180
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Government of British Guiana, $1, 1 January 1936, serial number E/1 87531, red and pale green, Kaiteur Falls at centre, toucan at left, ship seal at right, reverse red, George V at centre, value at left and right (Pick 6, GBG B5b), almost very fine and scarce £300-350
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x Government of British Guiana, $1, 1 October 1938, serial number F/1 61083, red and green, Kaiteuer Falls at centre, toucan at left, ship seal at right (Pick 12b, GBGB7b), in ICG holder 35, very fine+ £150-180
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x Government of British Guiana, $1, 1 January 1942, serial number H/723602, red on multicolour, toucan at left, waterfall at centre, ship seal at right, reverse, red, portrait King George VI at centre with value at left and right (Pick 12), light central fold, crisp, good extremely fine to about uncirculated, exceptional paper quality £100-150
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x Government of British Guiana, a partial set of the 1937-42 issue comprising $2, $5, $40, $100, 1 January 1942, green and multicolour, olive green, red and green, yellow and light green respectively, all toucan at left, waterfall at centre, ship seal at right, reverse, portrait King George VI at centre, all stamped SPECIMEN centre left (Pick 13, 14, 16, 17, Linzmayer GBG B8cs, 9cs, 11cs, 12as1) first, fine to very fine, second, about uncirculated to uncirculated, third and fourth, very fine, a highly desirable set, extremely rare (4) Estimate: POA
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x Government of British Honduras, specimen $2, Belize, 1 October 1928, red serial number B 000000 B, brown, pale pink-brown and pale green, arms top centre, value in brown tablet at centre, value in field, three printed signatures low right, floral background in field, reverse brown, engine turnings (Pick 15s), ink number top right and small purple SPECIMEN handstamp in field, perforated CANCELLED, about uncirculated and very rare £2,500-3,500
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x Government of British Honduras, $10, Belize, 1 May 1924, red serial number D 007905 D, violet and pale yellow, arms top centre, value in violet tablet at centre, value in field, three printed signatures low right, floral background in field, reverse violet, engine turnings (Pick 17), an original and solid very fine, extremely rare £6,000-8,000
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† Government of British Honduras, specimen $1, Belize, 2 October 1939, red serial number A0600001-A110000, blue and multicolour, arms at left, George VI at right (Pick 20s), ink date "30.4.41" in top margin, perforated, good extremely fine and a rare type £400-500
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† Government of British Honduras, specimen $1, green and multicoloured, and $2, violet and multicoloured, both Belize, 1 November 1949, red prefixes A/2 and B/2 respectively, both arms at left, George VI at right (Pick 24bs, 25bs), ink date in top margin "13.12.49", perforated, fresh, good extremely fine, rare (2) £300-500
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† Government of British Honduras, specimen $10, Belize, 1 June 1951, red serial number D/2025001-D/2040000, black, green and orange (Pick 27cs), perforated CANCELLED, good extremely fine, rare £400-500
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† Government of British Honduras, specimen $10, Belize, 15 April 1953, red serial number F/1000001-F/1010000, black, green and orange, arms at left, Elizabeth II at right (Pick 31s for type, date unlisted), ink date "25.5.53" in top margin, perforated SPECIMEN, good extremely fine, rare £700-1,000
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† Government of British Honduras, specimen $20, Belize, 1 December 1952, serial number E/1000001-E/1010000, brown, pale green and pink (Pick 32as), ink date "23.5.52" in top margin, slight scuffing on reverse, extremely fine, rare £600-800
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x Government of British Honduras, $1, 1 March 1956, red serial number G/3263054, and $2, 1 November 1961, red serial number H/1333186, green on multicolour underprint and violet on multicolour underprint respectively, both Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at left, reverse, ornate pattern (Pick 28a, 29b), first, uncirculated, second, slight wrinkling low right corner, about uncirculated £150-200
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† British West African Currency Board, archival photographic designs for 10/- and £1, 1 January 1916, three layers for each design showing the obverse print and underprint, and the reverse design as one, also a piece of watermarked paper intended for use with both denominations, and a letter from De La Rue to W.H.Mercer, the government official in charge of approving the design. The letter also details complete costings for the intended print run and is very valuable research material (design not listed in Pick), unique and extremely interesting, as these designs are clearly precursors to those issued a few years later (6) £500-700
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† British West African Currency Board, 10 shillings, 4 February 1958, serial number A/V 492616, black and green, river scene with palm trees at left, reverse field workers (Pick 9a), choice about uncirculated £180-240
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† British West African Currency Board, twenty shillings, 20 February 1957, serial number F/S 360118, black and red, river scene with palm trees at left, reverse harvesting cacao pods (Pick 10a), about uncirculated to uncirculated £200-260
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† British West African Currency Board, £5, 26 April 1954, serial numbers A/S 42649, blue and multicoloured, river scene with palm trees at left, reverse men harvesting (Pick 11b), choice about uncirculated and rare in this grade £600-800
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x Government of Brunei, partial colour trial set of the ND (1967) issue, comprising 1 ringgit, blackish-brown, 5 ringgit, red, and 10 ringgit purple, all without serial numbers, Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin III at right, reverse mosque, one cancellation hole, red or black SPECIMEN overprint and 'specimen of no value' in upper margins (Linzmayer BCB B1t, 2t, 3t, Pick 1ct, 2ct, 3ct), first with mounting traces, about uncirculated, others uncirculated (3) £500-700
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† Government of Brunei, colour trial 5 ringgit, red and colour trial 10 ringgit, violet, both ND (1967), both Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin III in military cap at right (Linzmayer B2t, 3t, Pick 2ct, 3ct), perforated, black SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare (2) £400-600
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† Government of Brunei, specimen colour trial 1 ringgit, ND (1972/1973), brown on multicoloured underprint, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah I at right, reverse the Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque, also a specimen colour trial 5 ringgit, green and multicoloured, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah I at right, reverse Mosque, (Pick 6ct, 7ct, BCB B6ct, 7ct, Tan B6ct, 7ct), about uncirculated and rare (2) £400-600
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† Government of Brunei, specimen colour trial 50 ringgit, ND (1972/1973), violet on multicoloured underprint, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah I at right, reverse the Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque, also a specimen colour trial 100 ringgit, dark green and multicoloured, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah I at right, reverse Mosque, (Pick 9ct, 10ct, BCB B9ct, 10ct, Tan B9ct, 10ct), about uncirculated and rare (2) £700-900
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† Government of Brunei, a group of specimens, ND (1972-), all Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah I in military uniform at right, all reverse mosque, comprising 1 ringgit blue, 5 ringgit, green, 10 ringgit, red and 50 ringgit, dark brown and olive-green, also specimen colour trial 1 ringgit, purple-brown, colour trial 50 ringgit, violet and 100 ringgit, ND (c 1972), dark green and dark brown on multicoloured underprint, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah I in military uniform at right, reverse mosque (Pick 6s, 6ct, 7s, 8s, 9s, 9ct, 10ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, minor handling otherwise choice almost uncirculated to uncirculated (7) £700-900
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† Government of Brunei, specimen proof for a 1000 ringgit, 1979, serial number A/1 000000, grey, brown and greenish-blue, Sultan Hassani Bolkiah I at right, reverse Brunei Museum, one punch hole, also a proof 500 ringgit with registration marks and dated 1979, serial number A/1 120001, orange and multicoloured, reverse orange-brown, Mosque at centre (Pick 12apr, 11apr), ink annotations including 'ORIGINAL REJECTED PROOF' in top margin on obverse and 'NOT APPROVED - Letter 3-11-78' otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and extremely rare in this format, second note with grid pattern and low margin folded otherwise about extremely fine, rare (2) £600-800
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† National Bank of Bulgaria, printers archival specimen 10 leva, srebro, ND (1899), serial number range 500001-1500000, black on blue and yellow underprint, farm girl carrying roses at left, arms at right, reverse blue, shepherd with flock of sheep at centre, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick A7s), pencil date 'Dec 1900' in top margin, ghost of another pencil annotation in low margin, this example is the second of only two archival specimens showing the second print run, about uncirculated to uncirculated, exceptionally rare and a very pretty note £2,000-2,500
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National Bank of Bulgaria, printers archival obverse photographs (2) for proposed issues of 50 leva, sepia, all with portrait of King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria in field (Pick unrecorded, Kraptchev unrecorded), pencil date '17/4/13' on reverses, very unusual (2) £400-600
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x Burma, Government of India, 100 rupees, Rangoon, ND (1927-37), serial number T25 128456, violet and green, portrait King George V at right, Kelly signature, reverse green and lilac (Pick A8f, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 3.10.3g), small section missing low right, several folds, otherwise about very fine, extremely rare £900-1,200
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Burma, Government of India, a quarter 100 rupee, type of 1937, Burma issue, serial number 8/74 495909, lilac and green, low left hand quarter of the full note, red chop mark at centre, reverse lilac and green, black overstamped serial number H/R12131, (Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 3.1A), produced for use as emergency currency after the Japanese departure from Burma and for the sum of 25 rupees, scarce £200-250
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x Burma, Government of India, 1 rupee, ND (1945 - old date 1940), serial number D/17 669370, blue grey on multicolour underprint, red overprint MILITARY ADMINISTRATION OF BURMA LEGAL TENDER ONLY IN BURMA, also 5 rupees (2), ND (1945), consecutive serial numbers P37 372957/8, brown and green, black overprint MILITARY ADMINISTRATION OF INDIA LEGAL TENDER IN BURMA ONLY, plus 5 rupees, ND (1947), serial number R40 830398, black overprint BURMA CURRENCY BOARD LEGAL TENDER IN BURMA ONLY, brown and green, all King George VI at right (Pick 25, 26, 31), first, about uncirculated, remainder, very slight discolouration at top margin, staple holes at left, about uncirculated £200-250
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x Reserve Bank of India, Burma, 5 rupees, ND (1938), serial number A25 863317, violet and green, King George VI at right, peacock low centre, also 10 rupees, ND (1938), serial number A32 620830, green and multicolour, King George VI at right, oxen ploughing and cart low centre (Pick 4, 5), staple holes top left, about uncirculated, rare in this grade £150-200
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† Union Bank of Burma, specimen 1, 5, 10 and 100 kyats, ND (1953-) issue, peacock, Chinze, peacock and peacock respectively, also 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 kyats, ND (1958-), all General Aung San at right in military cap (Pick 42s, 43s, 44s, 45s, 47S-51S), perforated CANCELLED, second set red SPECIMEN overprint, some annotated, generally extremely fine and scarce (9) £300-400
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† Banque du Royaume du Burundi, colour trial 50 francs, 1 October 1964, serial number A 000000, violet, a view of Bujumbura, colour trial 100 francs, 1 October 1964, serial number A 000000, pink, Rwagasore at centre, specimen 500 francs, 5 December 1964, pale green and yellow, building at right, and a colour trial 1000 francs, 1 February 1965, serial number A 000000, brown and pale blue-green, Mwambutsa IV in military uniform at right (Pick 11ct, 12ct, 13s, 14ct, BDB B11t, 12t, 13s, 14t), perforation, uncirculated and rare (4) £500-700
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