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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printer's archival specimen 50 rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number run 030.001 to 040, 000, dark red and multicoloured; also printer's archival specimen 100 rupias, 29 November 1945, serial run 000, 001 to 007, 000, purple and multicoloured, both portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque at right, arms at left, reverse woman looking out at ships at centre left, value in guilloche at right, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 38s, 39s), mounting traces, ink date '5. 12. 45' and annotations in top margins otherwise good extremely fine, rare £450-550
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, obverse and reverse composite essay on card for 30 escudos, 1958, serial number A123456, blue on pale green and pink underprint, portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque at right, arms of the bank at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse 16th century explorer, quayside and galleons at centre, arms at top left (Pick 41 for type), about uncirculated, most attractive, unique (2) £600-900
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printer archival specimen 500 escudos, 29 November 1945, serial number 004001-006000, dark green and lilac, Afonso de Albuquerque at right, ship seal at left, reverse dark green and blue, youth and shipping at left, arms at right (Pick 40s), ink date on reverse '26/5/53' in top margin, perforated SPECIMEN, uncirculated and rare £800-1,200
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, specimen 300 escudos (3), 2 January 1959, all zero serial numbers, all three with different signature combinations, purple on pale blue, green and pink underprint, portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse explorer looking out at ships, value at lower left, arms of the bank at top left, the first two overprinted SPECIMEN in black on obverse and reverse, one with two additional De La Rue specimen ovals, the third perforated CANCELLED [Pick 44s (3)], one copy good extremely fine, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated and a rare group for the specialist (3) £800-1,000
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, specimen 600 escudos (2), 2 January 1959, both zero serial numbers, different signature combinations, green on orange and yellow-green underprint, portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque at right, arms at lower centre, value in each corner, reverse explorer looking out at ships, value at lower left, arms of the bank at top left, the first overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, the second perforated CANCELLED [Pick 45s (2)], about uncirculated to uncirculated and rare (2) £600-800
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Qatar Monetary Authority, an obverse and reverse archival photograph for a 100 riyals, ND (ca 1972), serial number 123456, ornate engine turnings as background, value low left and top right, reverse ornate archways, falcons at right (Pick unrecorded design), pencil date '29.8.72', highly unusual (2) £400-600
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Qatar Central Bank, the original artworks for a portion of the reverse of the 2003/2008 issue of the 1 riyal, black ink on translucent plasticised paper, using a combination of line and stipple techniques, two sheets, one showing three birds, the other two, with the eventual design using a combination of the two images, labeled 'Qatar 1' and 'Qatar 2' and signed and dated by the artist, Paul Jones (see Linzmayer QCB B7 and B15 for finished note), beautiful large format artwork, showing incredible skill, unique and important (2) £800-1,200
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Qatar & Dubai Currency Board, 50 riyals, ND (1966), serial number I/1 896207, red on multicolour underprint, dhow, oil derrick and palm trees at left, value at each corner, Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani signature, reverse red, geometric engine turnings, value at centre and at top left and right (Pick 5a, Linzmayer QDCB B5a), in PCGS holder 58PPQ, choice about new, rapidly being recognised as being just as rare as the 25 riyals, this is a superb example that would be the star note in any serious collection, exceptional £20,000-25,000
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Banque de la Reunion, 5 francs, Cabasson, ND (1912-1944), red and white, indigenous head at left and right, also 25 francs, ND (1930-1944), multicoloured, woman at centre (Pick 14, 23), fine to very fine (2) £100-120
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† African Banking Corporation, Rhodesia, printers archival specimen £1, Bulawayo, 19- (ca 1917), serial number R/1 A21001-R/1 A31000, black on green, head of Ceres at left, value in right field and at each corner, RHODESIA ISSUE in tablet top centre, reverse green, map of Africa at centre, value at left and right and at each corner (Pick S102s), perforated CANCELLED, ink date '10.7.17' in top margin, uncirculated, attractive and very rare especially as a Rhodesia issue £1,200-1,800
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† African Banking Corporation, Rhodesia, printer's archival specimen £5, Rhodesia Issue, Bulawayo, 19-, serial number run R/5A 16001 to R/5A 21000, black on ochre underprint, cherubs holding allegorical woman's portrait at lower left, value in guilloche at right and in three corners, reverse brown, map of Africa at centre, value on either side and in each corner, perforated CANCELLED (Pick S103s), ink date '9. 8. 17' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and a rare, handsome note £700-900
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Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas), Rhodesia, 10 shillings, Salisbury, 2 January 1928, serial number A 436088, red and yellow, a blue-green and lilac central guilloche, maiden and shield seated at left, falls at right, one printed and one manuscript serial number, reverse red and yellow, lion reclining low centre, value at each corner (Pick S111a), an original very fine, pleasing and rare £500-700
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Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas), Rhodesia, £1, Salisbury, 1 December 1930, serial number A 375943, blue and pale yellow with a lilac and green central guilloche, maiden, shield and rams at left, falls at right, manuscript signature low left, printed signature low right, reverse blue and pale yellow, lion reclining low centre (Pick S112a), almost fine and scarce £250-350
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x Southern Rhodesian Currency Board, 5 shillings, 1 January 1948, serial number D46 036, 933, purple, portrait King George VI at right, value top right and left and at centre, reverse, value in ornate vignette at centre (Pick 8, ), faint central fold, extremely fine £250-350
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Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, £5 (2), 10 November 1964 and 12 November 1964, prefixes F/1 and F/2, purple and grey-green on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right, arms at top centre, antelope at low left, value at centre, right corners and top left, reverse Zimbabwe ruins (Pick 26, Linzmayer RBR B3a, 3b), pressed but still a pair of very presentable extremely fines (2) £300-400
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Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, £5, 16 November 1964, serial number F/3 868540, blue-grey and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, arms top centre, Sable antelope at left, Bruce signature, reverse blue-grey, ruins (Pick 26, RBR B3c), uncirculated and scarce £400-450
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Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, 10 shillings, blue, £1, red and £5, blue-grey, all June/July 1966, serial numbers L/10 000016, K/17 000016 and J/3 000016 respectively, Elizabeth II at right, Bruce signature (Pick 27, 28, 29, RBR B4a, 5a, 6a), uncirculated, a very low set of the first issue Reserve Bank currency (3) £1,500-1,600
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Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, £1 (6), 18 August 1967, serial number K/20 957104/105/106/107/108 /109, pale red and mauve, Elizabeth II at right, arms top centre, Bruce signature (Pick 28, RBR B5b), uncirculated and a scarce consecutive run (6) £1,200-1,300
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Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, £1 (2), 1 August 1967 and 14 October 1968, prefixes K/20 and K/33, red on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right, arms at top centre, value at centre, right corners and top left, reverse Victoria Falls (Pick 28, RBR B5c), each with one central crease but fresh and original about uncirculated (2) £300-400
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Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, $1 (9), 2 August 1979 (last date for type), consecutive serial numbers L/115 539001/9, blue and multicolour underprint, bank logo top centre, arms at right, reverse, tobacco field at centre, mountains in background, also Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, $2 (5), Harare 1983, consecutive serial numbers AB0825201T/5T, blue on multicolour, water buffalo at left, Chiremba balancing rocks at right, reverse, tiger fish at centre, Kariba Dam and reservoir at right (Pick 30c, 1b, RBR B7o, RBZ B1b), all uncirculated, a great opportunity to acquire two lovely consecutive groups (14) £150-200
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Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, $2, 17 February 1970, serial number K/35 000019, red, arms at right (Pick 31, RBR B7a), uncirculated £150-180
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Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, $2 (9), 5 August 1977, consecutive serial numbers K/147955281/9, red on multicolour, bank title top centre, arms at right, reverse, waterfall at centre (Pick 31b, RBR B8n), all uncirculated, a fabulous consecutive run (9) £200-250
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Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, $2, 10 April 1979, serial number K/160 946009, red on multicolour, bank title top centre, arms at right, reverse, waterfall at centre (Pick 31c, RBR B8p), uncirculated, the rarer date £150-180
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Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, $5 (9), all 15 May 1979, consecutive serial numbers M/23 373182-88, and M/22 533087-89, brown on multicolour underprint, giraffe at left, bank logo upper centre, arms at right, reverse lion and lioness at centre, a very desirable group given the serial numbers (Pick 32c, RBR B9d), all about uncirculated to uncirculated £200-300
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Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, $10 (4), 19 November 1975, consecutive serial numbers J/31 940256/9, black on blue-green and multicolour underprint, bank logo top centre, arms at right, sable antelope at left, reverse, blue grey, ruins at centre (Pick 33, RBR B10h), slight paperclip indentation top left, otherwise uncirculated, a superb consecutive group (4) £160-200
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† Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, printer's archival specimen 10 shillings, 15 August 1958, serial run W/13 000001 to W/13 1000000, signature Graffety-Smith, reddish brown on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at upper centre, reverse river scene, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 20as, Linzmayer BRN B1a), mounting traces, ink date '25 /8 / 58' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine, rare £220-260
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† Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, printer's archival specimen 10 shillings, 22 April 1960, serial run W/16 000001 to W/16 1000000, W/17 000001-W/17 1000000, signature Graffety-Smith, reddish brown on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at upper centre, reverse river scene, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 20as, BRN B1as), ink date '27/6/60' and annotations in top margin, otherwise choice about uncirculated, rare (2) £300-500
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Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, 10 shillings, 3 June 1960, serial number W/19 793068, red-brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, arms top centre, eagle low left, Graffety-Smith signature, reverse red-brown, river (Pick 20, BRN B1a), uncirculated thus quite rare £700-800
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x Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, 10 shillings, 6 January 1961, serial number W/23 111354, red brown on multicolour underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, fish eagle at left, arms top centre, reverse, river scene (Pick 20b, BRN B1b), in PMG holder number 35, choice very fine, split, pinholes £250-350
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Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, 10 shillings, 25 January 1961, serial number W/31 180439, red brown on multicolour underprint, values at top left and top right, signature of Richards at centre, portrait of Elizabeth II at right, reverse river scene (Pick 20b, BNR B1b), paper still retains some body, almost very fine, scarce £150-180
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† Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, printer's archival specimen £1 (2), 3 April 1956, serial run X/1 000001 to X/1 1000000, X/1 100001-X/1 1000000, signature Graffety-Smith, green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at upper centre, reverse Zimbabwe ruins, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 21as, BRN B2as), first date of series, ink date '27/8/56' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine and rare (2) £500-700
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† Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, printer's archival specimen £1 (2), 11 June 1956, serial run X/2 000001 to X/2 1000000, X/3 000001-X/3 1000000 signature Graffety-Smith, green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at upper centre, reverse Zimbabwe ruins, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 21as, BNR B2as), ink date '29/8/56' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine and rare (2) £400-600
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† Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, printer's archival specimen £1 (2), 25 July 1956, serial run X/4 000001 to X/4 1000000, X/5 000001-X/5 1000000, signature Graffety-Smith, green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at upper centre, reverse Zimbabwe ruins, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 21as, BRN B2as), ink date '29/8/56' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine and rare (2) £400-600
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† Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, printer's archival specimen £1, 13 May 1957, serial run X/18 000001 to X/18 1000000, signature Graffety-Smith, green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at upper centre, reverse Zimbabwe ruins, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 21as, BNR B2as), mounting traces, ink date '11/ 4/ 57' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £240-280
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Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, £1, 23 November 1960, serial number X/47 000002, green, lilac and orange, Elizabeth II at right, arms top centre, leopard low left, Richards signature, reverse green, ruins (Pick 21, BRN B2b), uncirculated and an extremely low serial number £3,000-3,400
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† Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, printer's archival specimen £1, 16 January 1961, serial run X/69 000001 to X/69 1000000, signature Richards, green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at upper centre, reverse Zimbabwe ruins, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 21bs, BNR B2bs), ink date '10/12/ 61' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £250-300
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x Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, £1, 4 September 1956, serial number X/6382998, green on multicolour underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, leopard low left, arms top centre, reverse, ruins (Pick 21a, BNR B2a), in PMG holder 35, choice very fine, EPQ £300-375
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Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, £1, 19 December 1960, 11 March 1960, prefixes X/58, X/39, green on multicolour underprint, values at top left, top right, low right, Elizabeth II at right, signature of Graffety-Smith and Richards respectively at centre, Zimbabwe ruins on reverse, Cecil Rhodes watermark (Pick 21a, b, BNR B2a, b), fine to very fine (2) £150-180
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Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, £1, 23 January 1961, serial number X/71 853772, green on multicolour underprint, values at top left, top right, bottom right, Elizabeth II at right, signature of Richards at centre, Zimbabwe ruins on reverse, Cecil Rhodes watermark (Pick 21b, BNR B2b), good very fine £150-180
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† Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, printer's specimen colour proof £5, ND (1959), no serial numbers, no signature, blue and brown on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at upper centre, reverse Victoria Falls (Pick 22s, BNR B3as), ink date '6/7/ 59' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £250-350
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† Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, printer's specimen colour proof £5 (2), 1 October 1956, serial number Y/1 000001-Y/1 1000000, also £5, 30 March 1957, serial number Y/2 000001-Y/2 1000000, blue and brown-purple on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at upper centre, Graffety-Smith signatures, reverse blue, Victoria Falls, (Pick 22as, BRN B3as), second date of issue for series, perforated SPECIMEN, ink dates '29/8/56', about extremely fine and fresh, rare (2) £800-1,200
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† Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, printer's specimen colour proof £5 (2), 17 June 1960, serial number Y/7 000001-Y/1 9000000, also £5, 323 January 1962, serial number Y/7 900001-Y/7 1000000, blue and brown-purple on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at upper centre, first Graffety-Smith, second Richards signatures, reverse blue, Victoria Falls, (Pick 22as, bs, BRN B3as), perforated SPECIMEN, ink dates '15/12/59' and '11/2/61'', about good extremely fine and fresh, rare (2) £800-1,200
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† Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, printer's specimen colour proof £5 (2), 25 January 1961 and 27 January 1961, serial number Y/8 000001-Y/8 900000, Y/9 000001-Y/9 1000000, blue and brown-purple on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at upper centre, Richards signatures, reverse blue, Victoria Falls, (Pick 22bs, BNR B3bs), perforated SPECIMEN, ink dates '11/2/61', about good extremely fine and fresh, rare (2) £800-1,200
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† Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, printer's specimen colour proof £10, ND (1960), no serial numbers, no signature, brown and blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at upper centre, reverse grey-green, elephants, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 23sp, BNR B4s for type), ink date '1/ 1/ 60 and annotation in top obverse and reverse margins, otherwise good very fine to about extremely fine, extremely rare £600-800
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† Bank of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, printer's specimen £10, 15 August 1958, serial number Z/1 400001-Z/1 500000, no signature, brown and blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at upper centre, Graffety-Smith signature, reverse grey-green, elephants (Pick 23as, BRN B4as), ink date '16/ 2/ 59' on first note, ink date '28/8/58', top and low right corners missing otherwise extremely fine and very rare £1,200-1,400
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Banca Nationala Romana, an obverse and reverse printers archival photograph for a 5000 lei, ND (ca 1930), serial number A.9012-A.5678, black and white, head of Napoleon Bonaparte top left, King Mihai I (Michael I), of Romania as a young boy at right, also another example but with zero serial numbers (Pick unrecorded type, no notes known with this portrait), pencil annotation '1930' on reverse, highly unusual research pieces (4) £500-700
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Banca Nationala Romana, 1000 lei, 15 March 1937, serial number I.0241-0336, violet and multicoloured, King Carol II at left, arms and value at right, reverse multicoloured, allegorical maidens at right, symbols of prosperity in field, value top left (Pick 37), an original and fresh example, about uncirculated thus scarce £400-600
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State notes of the Principality of Romania, 1000 lei, 10 July 1919, serial number 0.39 0235, blue and white, allegorical women with symbols of agriculture and commerce below, reverse blue and white, head of Mercury low left and right (Pick 23a), ex Mel Steinberg. A solid and original extremely fine, rare £800-1,200
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State notes of the Principality of Romania, 10 lei, 12 June 1877, serial number Y.13 935, blue and white, allegorical figures, cherubs and symbols of commerce and agriculture below, eagle top centre, reverse blue and white, arms low centre (Pick 2), ex Mel Steinberg. About uncirculated, fresh and original, rare £1,500-1,700
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Government Credit note, 100 rubles, 1918, black and multicoloured, maiden at centre, also a sheet of two 3 rubles, ND (1920), green (Pick 40a), good very fine and uncirculated (3) £60-80
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