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† Banque de la Republique de Guinee, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 500 francs, 1 March 1960, serial number A 0000000, blue on multicoloured underprint, President Sekou Toure at left, spray of leaves at right, reverse men pulling longboats ashore (Pick 14 for type, BRG B3 for type), about uncirculated, unique (2) £200-300
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† Banque Centrale de la Republique de Guinee, an obverse and reverse composite essay on board for a 10,000 francs, 1 March 1963, serial number A 0000000, purple and green on multicoloured underprint, President Sekou Toure at left, spray of leaves at right, reverse woman in headdress at left, kraals at right (Pick unrecorded, BRG B unrecorded), tear in left margin of reverse, otherwise about uncirculated, most attractive, unique (2) £600-900
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† Banque Centrale de la Republique de Guinee, reverse composite essay on board for a 10,000 francs, ND (1963), purple on multicoloured underprint, woman in headdress at left, kraals at right (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated to uncirculated, most attractive, unique £240-320
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† Banque Centrale de la Republique de Guinee, a specimen set of the 1 March 1960 series, all serial number A 000000, all President Ahmed Sekou Toure at left (Pick 12-15As, BCRG B1s-5s), red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and scarce, an attractive set (5) £500-700
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† Banco Nacional da Guine-Bissau, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 50 pesos, 1 May 1978, serial number M 0000000, olive-green on multicoloured underprint, Pansua at right, pot at lower centre, bare-breasted figurine at lower left, reverse vignette of a group preparing food and cooking under a palm tree, value at top left and lower right (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated, unique (2) £250-350
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† Banco Nacional da Guine-Bissau, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 500 pesos, 1 May 1978, serial number M 0000000, blue and purple on multicoloured underprint, woman in woollen hat with baby at right, jar at lower centre left, value at top left, reverse women with bowls on their heads fishing with nets, value at top left and lower right (Pick unrecorded), good extremely fine, unique (2) £350-450
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x Banque Nationale de la Republique D'Haiti, a group of specimens comprising 1 gourdes, (1951-64), brown, 2 gourdes, (1951-64), blue, 5 gourdes, (1951-64), orange, 10 gourdes, (1951-64), green, 50 gourdes, (1951-64), olive-green, 100 gourdes, 1973, purple, 500 gourdes, (1951-64), red, all punch hole cancelled (Pick 178s-181s, 183s, 207s, 214s) some have pencil annotations on reverse and foxing, about uncirculated (7) £250-350
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† Banco Central de Honduras, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 10 lempiras, ND (1974), serial number L 000000, brown and multicoloured, Cabanas at left, value in guilloche at centre, arms at right, reverse Ciudad University at centre left, value in each corner (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated, unique (2) £300-400
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Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, $1, Hong Kong, 18 November 1895, serial number 299966, black on blue underprint, value at top centre and each corner, manuscript signature low left, reverse red, arms at centre (Pick 136c, Ma H2), low left corner tip missing, otherwise an original good fine, rare £1,000-1,500
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x Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, $1, 1 July 1913, serial number 1384142, blue and orange, helmeted head of Minerva at left, arms at low right, Stabb signature at centre, reverse red, maiden with lyre at centre (Pick 155b, Ma H3), central crease otherwise an original good extremely fine and scarce £500-700
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x Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, $10, 1 July 1954, serial number W/H 202043, blue-green and pale pink, Ceres top left, arms top right centre, reverse blue-green, bank head office, angel above (Pick 179Ab, Ma H14a), an original extremely fine £120-160
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x Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, a partially printed $10, ND (type of 1959), lilac and multicoloured, no design printed, reverse green, bank head office at centre (Pick 182 for type, Ma H15), small pencil annotation low left, unusual and very rare £300-400
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x Mercantile Bank of India, Hong Kong, $5, 1 January 1930, serial number 120413, olive on pink and tan underprint, various boats, houses and pagoda at centre, reverse, maroon, Mercury at centre, also Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, $1, 1 June 1934, serial number G368, 390, grey blue on multicolour, helmeted woman at left, reverse, deep pink and mauve, seated allegorical woman at centre, arms at right (Pick 172c, Ma M3, H4), first, deep folds causing splits, several sections missing, some damage to the edges, however, good or slightly better, rare, second, horizontal and vertical folds, slight stain at centre on reverse, nevertheless about extremely fine (2) £600-800
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x Mercantile Bank of India, Hong Kong, $5, 29 November 1941, serial number 204311, green and pale red and yellow, pagoda on an island top centre, value at centre in sunburst pattern, value at each corner, two printed signatures below, reverse red, head of Mercury at centre, value at left and right (Pick 235d, Ma M3), an original good very fine, pleasing and scarce £1,000-1,400
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Government of Hong Kong, $1, ND (1936), prefix R, purple and $1, ND (1949), green, both George VI at right, also Elizabeth II, 1 cent (Pick 312, 324a, Ma G11, 13), uncirculated (3) £150-200
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Hungarian Fund, $1 (9), 2 February 1852, red consecutive serial numbers 28033-41, black and white, L. Kossuth at low left, Liberty at right, Hungaria at top centre, also $5 (7), 2 February 1852, serial letter A, consecutive numbers 13294-13300, black and white, L. Kossuth at low left, Liberty at right, arms at top centre (Pick S136, S137), the $1's good extremely fine to about uncirculated, the $5's all with some folds and damage, good very fine to about extremely fine (16) £220-270
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Hungarian National Bank, specimen 5 pengo, 1926, red serial number A000-000000, brown and green and orange, Count Szechenyl at right, value in green at left (Pick 89s), perforated MINTA, about uncirculated and scarce £600-650
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Hungarian National Bank, specimen 100 forint, 1946, blue and green, girl at left (Pick 160s), perforated MINTA, uncirculated £200-240
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† Landsbanki Islands, Iceland, uniface proof 50 kronur, law of 1928, no serial numbers, blue, orange and green, J. Eriksson at left, value at centre and at each corner, also specimen 50 kronur, law of 1928, serial number 000001-100000, violet and multicoloured, Eriksson at left, Arnason and Sigurthsson signatures (1917-1945), reverse Icelandic landscape at right, value at each corner, also a colour trial in purple-brown and multicoloured (Pick 29pr, 29as, 29ct), the specimen with first prefix run serial number range, generally good extremely fine and rare (3) £500-700
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† Landsbanki Islands, Iceland, colour trial 100 kronur, L.1928, violet on multicolour underprint, J. Sigurdsson at left, value at each corner, reverse purple, flock of sheep at right (Pick 30ct), perforated, red BRADBURY WILKINSON seal low centre, uncirculated and very rare £350-450
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† Landsbanki Islands, Iceland, specimen 500 kronur, 15 April 1928 (1943), serial number 150001-200000, green on purple, green and brown underprint, J. Sigurthsson at left, value at each corner, signatures of Arnason and Sigurthsson, reverse green, Icelandic landscape at right, value at each corner, (Pick 31as), first signature for type, ink date '21.6.43' in top margin, perforated SPECIMEN, good extremely fine and a rare type for series £400-600
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† Landsbanki Islands, Iceland, specimen 500 kronur, 15 April 1928 (1952), serial number 1050001-1100000, brown, green and lilac, J. Sigurthsson at left, value at each corner, signatures of Jonsson and Vithar, reverse brown, Icelandic landscape at right, value at each corner, signatures of Arnason and Sigurthsson, also a uniface obverse die proof in green and white (Pick 36a), ink date '6/11/52', good extremely fine and rare (2) £400-600
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