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† Central Bank of Iraq, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 1/4 dinar, ND (1971), zero serial numbers, green and black on multicoloured underprint, harbour, ships and dock at centre, value in each corner, reverse three palm trees at centre, guilloche at centre left, ornate borders at left and right (Pick 61 for type, CBI B18 for similar), about uncirculated, unique (2) £700-900
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† Central Bank of Iraq, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 1/2 dinar, ND (1970), serial number 136650, brown on multicoloured underprint, cement factory at centre, value in each corner, reverse minaret of the Great Mosque at Samarra, guilloche at left, ornate borders at left and right (Pick 62 for type, CBI B19 for type), about uncirculated, unique (2) £800-1,200
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† Central Bank of Iraq, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 1/2 dinar, ND (1978), zero serial numbers, brown and multicoloured, astrolabe at right, ornate design at centre, value in each corner, reverse minaret of the Great Mosque at Samarra, ornate arched pattern at left (Pick 68 for type, CBI B25 for type), about uncirculated, unique (2) £700-900
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† Bank of Iraq, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 5 dinars, ND (c.1980), zero serial numbers, brown, purple and multicoloured, sculpture of man with headdress at right, ruins at lower left, value in three corners, reverse mudhif and reed houses of the Madan or Marsh Arabs at centre, Sumerian warrior's head at left, bull at lower right (Pick unrecorded, Linzmayer unrecorded), about uncirculated, most attractive, unique (2) £2,000-3,000
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† Banca Commerciale Verona, Italy, an uncut pair of specimen 1 lira, 2 October 1871, prefix 3/E, blue, black and white, value at left and right, reverse black and white, the Colosseum at centre, also an uncut pair of specimen 1 lira, 5 November 1871, prefix 3/D, green and black, head of Mercury at left, Stella at right, reverse black and white, Ceres at centre (Pick S-, Gavello unrecorded), perforated, good extremely fine and very rare (4) £400-600
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Banca Nazionale nel Regno d'Italia, 100 lire, 19 January 1881, serial number An 971, black on pink paper, arms and river Gods top centre, Columbus low centre, value at left and right, ornate border around, three printed signatures below of Balduino, Cozzi and Nazari (PS 742, Gavello 195), folds, small stain top left, 2mm tear low left, otherwise original paper, about very fine and scarce £300-400
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Banca Nazionale nel Regno D'Italia, uniface 100 lire, 21 January 1885, serial number 651, black on rose pink paper, bank title and value surrounded by ornate border, arms top centre, value at left and right (Pick S742), several folds, small stain low centre right, otherwise extremely fine £450-650
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† Banca Nazionale Toscana, Italy, a sheet of four specimen 1 lira, 1873, serial number A/T 12356/57/58/59, black and green, value in field, counterfoil at left, reverse green, medallic female head at centre (Pick S751s, Gavello 63s), perforated, uncirculated and rare (4) £400-600
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† Banca de Novi Ligure, Italy, a sheet of two specimen 1 lira, ND, serie B, serial number 42267/42268, black text on pale blue, beehive at left (Industry), allegorical symbols of commerce at right, arms top centre, value low centre, reverse pale blue, tower at centre, value at left and right (Pick S unlisted), perforated, uncirculated, very rare (2) £500-700
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† Banca Popolare Senese, Italy, a sheet of three specimen 10 lire, Siena, 1 April 1873, red serial number 50001/50002/50003 respectively, black and blue, two male heads at centre, reverse pink and black, turreted female head at centre, arms at left and right (Pick S unlisted), perforation, uncirculated, pretty and very rare (3) £700-900
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† Banca Romana, specimen 25 lire, law of 1 March 1883, serial number S/1 00001-S/56 10000, black and brown, female head at left and right, Italia and Roma, Romulus and Remus and she wolf top centre, reverse brown, turreted female head at centre, also specimen 20 lire, ND (1872), serial number S/10010000, pale blue, black and white, Italia and Roma at left and right (Pick S797, 796 for similar, Crapanzano-Giulianini BRO 6, 5), perforated, good extremely fine and rare, the 20 lire very rare (2) £400-500
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Banca Romana, 25 lire, 1 March 1883, serial number S/27 08021, cream and brown, Romulus and Remus and she wolf top centre, head of Italia at left, head of Roma at right, three signatures below, reverse brown, medallic female heads in field (PS 797, Gavello 112, Crapanzano-Giulianini BRO6), several folds and creasing, perforated, ANNULATO handstamp at centre, a fresh and original good very fine, pleasing and rare in this grade £200-300
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Banca Romana, 100 lire, 1872, serial number S/80 0667, cream and blue, value in a green central panel, arms top centre, Romulus and Remus and she wolf low centre, head of Italia at left, head of Roma at right, one manuscript signature low left, two printed signatures below, reverse green, medallic female heads in field (PS 799, Gavello 120, Crapanzano-Giulianini BRO8), several folds and creasing, some discolouration, perforated, ANNULATO handstamp at centre, a lovely fresh and original almost very fine, attractive and very rare in this grade £600-800
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† Banco di Napoli, Italy, specimen 100 lire, 6 September 1881, serial number D/T 00001-F/K 10000, green and pale cream-green, Da Vinci at left, King Vittorio Emanuele II at right, reverse green inverted value (Pick S848s, Gavello 162, Crapanzano-Giulianini NA135), pencil 'Feb 8th 1887' at top corner of counterfoil, perforated SPECIMEN, good extremely fine and rare £400-600
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Banco di Napoli, Italy, 200 lire, 29 January 1877, serial number A/E 01626, black, green and lilac, Leonardo da Vinci at left, maiden at right, three signatures below, Ascione, Cannaveri and Nappa signatures, reverse lilac and pink, value at centre (Pick S850, Gavello 174, Crapanzano-Giulianini NA145), splitting at left centre, a pleasing good fine and extremely rare £800-1,200
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† Banco di Sicilia, Italy, specimen 25 lire, Palermo, 17 May 1883, serial number 000001-160000, mauve, pale blue and blue-grey, Neptune seated at left, value and arms at centre, triskeles at right, counterfoil at left, reverse brown and pale blue-grey, medallic female head at centre (Pick S889s, Gavello 258), perforated, uncirculated, attractive and rare £700-900
| An Extremely Rare Banca Agricola Nazionale 1000 Lire of 1870 | †1035 Banca Agricola Nazionale, Italy, specimen 1000 lire, Firenze, 1 June 1870, pink-brown, blue and pale orange, value at centre, turreted maiden and wheat ears top centre, maidens and urn low centre, value at each corner, reverse pink and black and white, text and value (Pick S911s, Gavello 52 for the 500 lire, Crapanzano-Giulianini AG7), Pick states 'reported not confirmed', Gavello does not list the 1000, perforated, uncirculated and very attractive, extremely rare £1,800-2,400
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Banca d'Italia, 25 lire, 22 February 1919, serial number S5 31073, dark brown on lighter brown underprint, medallic head of Italia at right, eagle and flag top right, reverse, blue, Minerva at left, bank title and value at centre (Pick 42b, Gavello 3), horizontal and vertical folds, fine to very fine £260-350
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Banca d'Italia, 1000 lire (3), February 1948, serial numbers 071607/608/609, violet and pale brown, Italia at left, Einaudi and Urbini signatures, reverse blue-grey, bank title, monogram and value (Pick 81a), fresh and crisp good extremely fine, and a scarce trio of consecutive notes (3) £280-360
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Military Currency, Italy, 1943, 1 lire (3), 2 lire, 5 lire (2), 10 lire (2), 50 lire (2) and 100 lire (3), blue border on tan, pink border on tan, green border on tan, grey border on tan, blue and mauve on blue respectively (Pick M10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) varying grades from fine to uncirculated, of good historical value (13) £130-180
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† Banca d'Italia, an advertising note for 20 lire, ND (ca 1880), black and white, Vittorio Emanuele III in brown underprint at centre, Belgrano at left (from Argentina series of 1866), cherub and plough at right pinholes, soft crease at centre otherwise extremely fine and a rare Bradbury Wilkinson advertising note £200-300
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x Bank of Nova Scotia, Jamaica, £1, 2 January 1919, red zero serial number, black on green and light yellow underprint, allegorical women centre right and left with value at centre, red SPECIMEN overprint low left, hole punched, reverse, green, arms at centre (Pick S131s), in PMG holder number 64, choice uncirculated, EPQ, a striking example, rare £450-600
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x Bank of Nova Scotia, Jamaica, £5, 2 January 1920, zero serial number, black on light green and salmon underprint, allegorical women at centre, ship and mountains in background, red stamp top right, reverse arms at centre with value either side, hole punched (Pick S132s), in PMG holder number 63, choice uncirculated, several pinholes top margin, a superb note £475-650
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† Jamaica, a series of miniature archival photographs (14) showing layered designs for several different 5 and 10 shilling notes, all 1919, comprising an obverse 5 shilling, two different obverse 10 shillings, a reverse 5 shilling and two different reverse 10 shillings, also present are several underprint designs for each note, and there appears to be a 5 shilling obverse design missing (two designs similar to Pick 28 and 29, one of the 10 shillings not at all similar to that issued), all laid down on paper, annotated with colours and sizing information, a fascinating record of these very rare notes (14) £300-400
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x Government of Jamaica, £1, 1 March 1953, serial number 96A 64210, dark on pale pink and light green, portrait King George VI at left, reverse, pink and green, value left and right, arms top centre (Pick 41b) about uncirculated, a delightful note £100-150
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† The Oriental Bank Corporation Limited, printers archival specimen $1, Yokohama, 18- (1886), serial number A 100001, black on red underprint, Mexican Eagle with snake in its beak at left, Minerva at right, value at each corner, reverse red-orange, Octagonal tri-grams at centre, Japanese text at left and right, perforated SPECIMEN B.W & Co LONDON (Pick S260s), uncirculated, of the utmost rarity £5,000-7,000
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x Great Imperial Japanese Government note, 1 yen, ND (1878-1881), pale pink-brown and black, the Empress Jingu at right, reverse pale blue, red seal top right (Pick 17), fine and scarce £150-200
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x Bank of Japan, 1 yen, ND (1885), blue and white, Daikoku seated at right on rice sacks, reverse pale orange-brown, red seal low left (Pick 22), good fine, presentable and scarce £200-250
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x Bank of Japan, Convertible gold note issue, 5 yen, ND (1910), maroon serial number 003005, pale green and green and lilac, Sugawara Michizane at right, reverse violet, Ube Shrine at left, value at centre (Pick 34), almost very fine and scarce £250-300
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x Allied Military Currency, Japan, 20 yen (2), ND (1945), both prefix and suffix A, pale blue and lilac, A in left field (Pick 72), fine to very fine (2) £60-80
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x Bank of Japan, 100 yen, ND (1945), black, pale green and mauve, Shotoku-taishi at centre, reverse blue-green, also 20 sen, ND (1917-), also 10 yen, ND (1945), black and green, Wakeno Kiyomaro at centre (Pick 78Aa, 47a, 77a), extremely fine and uncirculated and good extremely fine (3) £120-160
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x Japanese Occupation of Siberia, 10 sen, ND (1918), black text on orange-brown, Onagadori cockerels and dragons, reverse orange-brown, text, red seal low centre (Pick M13), fine £80-100
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Japanese Government, Oceania, a set of the 1942 issue comprising 1/2, 1, 10 shillings and £1, mauve, blue, brown and green respectively, all with palm trees at right, reverse, ornately patterned, value (Pick 1, 2, 3, 4), about uncirculated to uncirculated, a crisp and vibrant group £50-100
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† Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, specimen 5 dinars, law of 1949, serial number 1/1 000000, red and pale blue, King Abdullah at right, value at each corner, Sukar and Al-Haimak signatures, reverse red and white, Pharoah's Treasury at Petra at centre, value at left (Pick 3s2, HKJ B3as), black oval De La Rue seal low centre, a pleasing and original good extremely fine and very rare £1,400-1,800
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x Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 500 mils, law of 1949 (1952), red serial numbers, lilac and pale green, irrigation ditch at centre, signature 3, value low left and top right, Hananeyah and Al-Din Toukan signatures, reverse lilac and white, cattle at centre, value at left and right (Pick 5Aa, HKJ B6a), uncirculated thus scarce £300-400
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Jordan, a vignette of King Talal I bin Abdullah, the father of King Hussein, dark blue-black on thin paper, very rare £600-800
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Central Bank of Jordan, an obverse and reverse printers archival photograph for a proposed issue of 5 dinars, ND, King Hussein in military cap at left, reverse the Treasury of Pharaoh at Petra, also an obverse and reverse 10 dinars, as previous but reverse a cargo ship loading at a dockside (Pick unrecorded designs), dated '10/10/63' on reverse, unusual and interesting (4) £300-400
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x Central Bank of Jordan, specimen 1/2 dinar, ND (1965), brown, King Hussein at left, Lowzi and al-Salem signatures (Pick 13s, CBJ B5bs), black De La Rue oval, uncirculated and scarce £200-250
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x Central Bank of Jordan, specimen 1/2 and 1 dinar, ND (1973-), brown and green respectively, King Hussein at left, Al Dabbas and Al Nabusi signatures (Pick 17es, 18es, CBJ B7bs10bs), red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated (2) £220-260
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† Central Bank of Jordan, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 10 dinars, ND (c.1975), zero serial numbers, blue on multicoloured underprint, King Hussein at left, ornate pattern at centre, Salem Massadeh and Said al Nabuski signatures, reverse Cultural Palace at upper centre, Roman amphitheatre at lower centre, columns at right, value in each corner (Pick 20 for type, CBJ B12a for type), about uncirculated, unique (2) £1,000-1,500
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† Central Bank of Jordan, an obverse composite essay on card for a 10 dinars, ND (1971), zero serial numbers, blue on multicoloured underprint, camel and calf at left, value in three corners (Pick unrecorded), about uncirculated, most attractive, unique (2) £800-1,200
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† Central Bank of Jordan, an obverse and reverse printers essay for a proposed issue of 5 dinars, ND (ca 1984), zero serial numbers, red and multicoloured, King Hussein at left, building low centre, arms top centre, reverse pink-red, the Treasury of Pharaoh at Petra at right (Pick unrecorded type, Linzmayer unrecorded type), unique and pretty (2) £1,000-1,500
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Central Bank of Jordan, the original artwork for a section of the reverse of the 2002 issue of the 10 dinars, black ink on translucent plasticised paper, using a combination of line and stipple techniques, showing several men on camels in front of a large rock formation, the right side of which can be seen on the note itself, labeled 'Jordan 10' and signed and dated by the artist, Paul Jones (see Linzmayer CBJ B31 and B32 for finished note), beautiful large format artwork, showing incredible skill, unique and important £400-600
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Banque Nationale du Katanga, 10 francs, 1 December 1960, serial number DM 021522, brown, violet and yellow, Moise Tshombe at right, value at left, Tshimwahnga signature, reverse brown, violet and yellow, building at left, value at right (Pick 5a, BNK B3a), soft crease at centre otherwise about uncirculated and original £100-150
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Banque Nationale du Katanga, 10 francs (2), 1 December 1960, serial number DM 021520/521, brown, violet and yellow, Moise Tshombe at right, value at left, reverse brown, violet and yellow, building at left, value at right (Pick 5a, BNK B3a), a consecutive pair, soft crease at centre otherwise about uncirculated and original, rare in this grade and as a consecutive pair (2) £200-300
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Banque Nationale du Katanga, 10 francs (3), 1 December 1960, prefixes CN, DM (2), brown, violet and yellow, Moise Tshombe at right, value at left, reverse brown, violet and yellow, building at left, value at right, also 20 francs, 21 November 1960, prefix CL, turquoise, Tshombe at left (Pick 5a, 6a, BNK B3a, 4a), soft crease at centre otherwise about extremely fine (4) £150-200
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Banque Nationale du Katanga, 20 francs, 21 November 1960, serial number DP 601946, blue, brown and green, Moise Tshombe at right, value at left, reverse blue and brown, building at left, value at right (Pick 6a, BNK B4a), soft crease at centre otherwise about uncirculated and original, scarce in issued format £150-200
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Banque Nationale du Katanga, 20 francs, 21 November 1960, serial number CL 452333, blue, brown and green, Moise Tshombe at right, value at left, reverse blue and brown, building at left, value at right (Pick 6a, BNK B4a), soft crease at centre otherwise about uncirculated and original, scarce in issued format £120-160
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x Kazakhstan National Bank, a small set of specimens from the 1993 issue, 1, 3, 5, 10 and 100 tenge, all serial number AA0000000, multicoloured, figures and places of national importance on obverse and reverse, overprinted SPECIMEN on obverse and reverse, specimen number in low left margin, (Pick 7s-13s, 15s), uncirculated (5) £180-220
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Kenya, a vignette showing an unknown facing portrait of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, never used on any of the Kenya note series, paper backed on card, very rare £150-200
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x Korea, Japanese Protectorate, specimen 100 yen, ND (1944), red serial numbers 000000, black, lilac and green, man with beard at right (Pick 37s1), red MI-HON overprint, in ICG holder 63 uncirculated £100-150
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