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† Banca Nazionale Somala, an archival printers essay for the obverse of a proposed issue of 5 somalis, ND (ca 1950's), blue and multicoloured, leopard at right, value low left (Pick unrecorded, Gavello unrecorded), the leopard is featured on the Cassa per Circolazione Monetaria della Somalia 1 and 5 somali of 1950. Unique and absolutely charming £400-600
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† Banca Nazionale Somala, an archival essay on card for the reverse of a 5 somali shilling, ND (ca 1962), red and pale blue, dhow at centre, also reverse for a 10 Somali shilling, green, river and trees (see Pick 1, 2 for similar), these designs different to the banknote issues, unique and quite pretty (2) £200-300
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† Banco Nazionale Somala, a printers archival obverse essay for a 100 scellini somali, ND (ca 1962), green and pink and pale blue, leopard at right, arms at centre, value at each corner (Pick unrecorded), unique and absolutely charming £800-1,200
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† Banca Nazionale Somala, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 5 scellini, 1971, serial number B001 000000, brown-purple, yellow and green on pale green underprint, antelope at left, value in each corner, reverse purple and blue, dhow at centre, value in two guilloches at upper and lower right (Pick 13 for type), two blue crayon lines on obverse, otherwise good extremely fine, unique (2) £400-600
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† Banca Nazionale Somala, an obverse composite essay on card for a 5 scellini, 1971, serial number B001 000000, carmine-red, yellow and green on pale green underprint, antelope at left, value in each corner (Pick 13 for type), about uncirculated, unique (2) £200-300
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† Banca Nazionale Somala, an archival essay on card for the obverse of a 100 somali shilling, 1966, serial number 000000, blue and multicoloured, Somali artefacts at left, value at centre and each corner (see Pick 8 for similar), this design different to the banknote issue, unique and attractive £300-400
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† African Banking Corporation, South Africa, specimen £20, Durban, 189-, serial number N/20 A1001-N/20 A3000, pink and black, allegorical maiden (Africa) at left, NATAL in top margin, reverse red, map of Africa at centre, value at centre and at each corner (Pick S370s), perforated SPECIMEN, uncirculated, a handsome note and very rare £1,000-1,400
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x Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, £20, 1 December 1916, serial number A20 009048, large format, red and blue on light brown, value several times in text and numerals, bank logo top centre, manuscript signatures, perforated diagonal CANCELLED (Pick S355b), in PMG holder number 15, choice fine, NET, very rare £2,500-3,500
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x Durban Bank, South Africa, £5, 12 April 1864, serial number 02348, black on cream, Atlas carrying world at top left, bank title top centre with harbour scene below, value top right and low left, manuscript signature, reverse pale pink at centre (Pick S442b), small section missing low centre right, in PMG holder 8, very good, NET, rare £450-600
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† Natal Bank Limited, South Africa, specimen £5 (2), 19- (ca 1911), red serial number C50001-C60000, second note without serial numbers, blue and yellow-green, allegorical maidens and arms top centre, value at centre and at each corner, reverse blue, value (Pick S613s for similar), perforated SPECIMEN, ink date on reverse of first note 'June 1911', uncirculated and rare £500-700
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x Natal Bank Limited, South Africa, colour trial specimen £10, ND (1906), serial run B8001 to B11000, black and salmon pink on white, value in each corner, two seated women with shield top centre, reverse, cerise on white, bank title and value in each corner and centre, hole punched CANCELLED (Pick S468cts), in PMG holder number 64, choice uncirculated, very slight discolouration low left and right corners, pinhole low centre, nevertheless rare in this grade £600-750
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x African Banking Corporation, specimen £5, Pretoria, ND (1916), red serial number T/5 A 66001-T/5A 71000, Transvaal Issue, black on tan underprint, Maiden and Cherubs at left, value at right, reverse, brown, value at each corner, map of Africa at centre with value either side, hole punched CANCELLED (Pick S554s, Hern No 3), in PMG holder number 64, choice uncirculated, ink date '18.1.16' top margin, a striking and very desirable note £750-900
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x Cape of Good Hope Bank, £5, Potchefstroom issue, 29 November 1889, serial number 01146, black on cream, allegorical woman with anchor at left, bank title top centre, value in blue and green tablet at centre, manuscript signature, (Pick S587 for type, Hern No 115), folds and creasing with repair to central fold on reverse, some staining, otherwise good or better, scarce £450-600
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Siege of Mafeking, South Africa, 1 shilling, February 1900, serial number B 7715, blue text on white paper, value in green at right, handstamped signature of H Greener, Captain, Chief Paymaster (Pick S651), light creasing otherwise an original and fresh almost extremely fine £80-120
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Siege of Mafeking, South Africa, 10 shillings, February 1900, serial number 5977, green text on white paper, value in green at right, field gun at left and right, handstamped signature of H Greener, Captain, Chief Paymaster (Pick S654b), pinholes, folds, good very fine, original and scarce £150-200
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Siege of Mafeking, South Africa, 1 shilling, 1900, blue, green and white, 2 shillings, blue, white and maroon, 10 shillings (2), 1900, green and white, siege gun at left and right, both 'Commanding' spelling type, also Government note for £1, handsigned twice and hand dated 28.5.1900 (Pick S654b, 54a), poor, poor, almost very fine, very fine and very fine respectively (5) £150-200
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x Barry & Nephews, Swellendam, South Africa, unissued £5, 189-, no serial number or signature, uniface, black and white, value at left and right and in tablet low left, text reads "On demand we promise to pay the bearer at our office here, or at Cape Town, the sum of Five pounds Sterling", central vignette with oxen and wagon, house, mountains in background (Pick not listed), remainder, in PMG holder number 25, very fine, remarkably scarce £375-500
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Gouvernements noot, South Africa, 100 pond (2), 28 May 1900, serial number 271 and 272, grey-green text on white thick paper, arms at left, two manuscript signatures below (Pick 47), handstamp at left, good extremely fine and rare (only 800 issued) as a consecutive pair (2) £450-500
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† South African Reserve Bank, printer's archival specimen £5, 27 September 1921, serial number B/1 000000, green, pink and pale orange, galleon at left, allegorical South African scenes at lower centre and lower right, Clegg signature, English text, reverse as obverse but text in Afrikaans (Pick 76s), small black SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and very rare and a very early date otherwise both about uncirculated, and an extraordinary opportunity to acquire a rare pair of specimens with the last two consecutive dates for this signature (2) £800-1,200
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† South African Reserve Bank, specimen £5, 3.4.1944, 4.4.1944, prefixes B/24 and B/25, green, pale red and orange, galleon and allegorical scenes of settlers in field, first line of text in English, Postumus signature (Pick 86bs), ink date in top margin, the 4th April last date for type, good extremely fine, scarce (2) £250-350
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South African Reserve Bank, £1 (2), 29 January 1958, consecutive serial numbers B317 238902/3, blue on multicolour, portrait Jan van Riebeeck at right, sailing ships at left, bank title in English, reserve, lion at centre (Pick 92), about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £100-150
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South African Reserve Bank, £1 (6), all 1 November 1955, three sets of consecutive serial numbers, B217040732/33, B217040736/7 and B217040743 /4, blue on multicolour, portrait Jan van Riebeeck at right, sailing ships at left, bank title in English, reserve, lion at centre (Pick 92), one note with slight rust marks, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated (6) £200-300
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South African Reserve Bank, £1 (2), 11 November 1958, alternate language consecutive serial numbers B349 949618/9, blue on multicolour, portrait Jan van Riebeeck at left, sailing ships at low right, reverse lion at centre, value and bank title, one note with first line of bank title and value in Afrikaans and the other in English (Pick 92, 93), uncirculated, a superb alternative language consecutive pair, extremely rare (2) £800-1,200
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South African Reserve Bank, £1, 25 February 1955, serial number B202 983842, also 2 rand (3), ND (1961-65), serial numbers B116 411479, B151 871385 and B179141844, blue on multicolour, portrait Jan van Riebeeck at right, sailing ships at left, bank title in English, reserve, lion at centre (Pick 93, 104, 105), all about uncirculated to uncirculated (4) £80-130
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South African Reserve Bank, 1 rand (3), ND (1961-65), serial numbers A112906566, A103432490, A121148785, brown on multicolour, also 1 rand (3), ND (1966-72), serial numbers Z21181836, Z29434189 and Z35466681, reddish brown on multicolour, all Jan van Riebeeck at left, reverse, lion, sheep, corn field and mountains in background respectively (Pick 103, 109), all about uncirculated to uncirculated (6) £80-100
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South African Reserve Bank, 1 rand (3), ND (1961-65), serial numbers A19 846929, A19 846930 and A19 846933, reddish brown on multicolour underprint, portrait of Jan van Riebeeck at left, reverse, lion at centre with bank title either side (Pick 103), about uncirculated (3) £90-130
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South African Reserve Bank, 2 rand (6), ND (1961-65), two with consecutive serial numbers B52 449603/4, blue on multicolour, Jan van Riebeeck at left, sailing ships at right, reverse, lion at centre with bank title either side and denomination above and below (Pick 104, 105), very fine to extremely fine (6) £150-200
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South African Reserve Bank, 1 rand (10), ND (1967), two of which have consecutive serial numbers, reddish brown on multicolour, Jan van Riebeeck at left, reverse, rams in field, house and mountains in background (Pick 109, 110), various grades which range from very good to about uncirculated (10) £50-100
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† South African Reserve Bank, an obverse and reverse archival essay on card for a 10 rand, ND (ca 1961), serial number C/1 000000, green and multicoloured, Van Riebeeck at left, impala low right, arms at centre, reverse green and pale orange, mining scene at right (similar to reverse of 20 rand) (Pick unrecorded, Hearn unrecorded), slight damage at right margin of obverse essay, unique and attractive (2) £400-600
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South African Reserve Bank, 2 rand (10), ND (1981-83), consecutive serial numbers GJ5300001/10, and GM5111111, blue on multicolour, Jan van Riebeeck at left, electrical pylon at right, reverse, refinery at centre (Pick 118c), all about uncirculated to uncirculated (10) £80-100
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South African Reserve Bank, 2 rand (5), ND (1962-65), blue on multicolour, Jan van Riebeeck at left, sailing ships at right, reverse lion at centre, also 10 rand, ND (1962-65), Jan van Riebeeck at left, reverse, sailing ship, also Banco Nacional Ultramarino, 10 centravos, 5 November 1914, and Netherland Indies 10 gulden, 1943, red, arms at left, Queen Wilhelmina at right (Pick 104, 105, 107b), an interesting group with grades ranging from good to very fine or better (5) £80-130
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South African Reserve Bank, 50 rand (2), ND (1992), consecutive serial numbers AA3534273C and AA3534274C, red on multicolour underprint, lions with cub at centre and male lion head at right, reverse, oil refinery, C L Stals signature (Pick 125), about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £80-120
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x Southern Rhodesia Currency Board, specimen overstamp on an issued 5 shilling, 1 January 1943, serial number D/8 069301, purple, George VI at right, arms and value at centre, Bessle signature (Pick 8a), Specimen overprint on an issued note, perforated, in ICG holder 55 almost unc, rare £300-400
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x Southern Rhodesia Currency Board, 10 shillings, 1 September 1951, serial number A/128022, 534, red brown on multicolour, King George VI at right, Gordon Munro signature, reverse, Victoria Falls at centre, sable at right (Pick 9f), in PMG holder number 30, very fine £150-250
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Southern Rhodesia Currency Board, 5 shillings, 1 October 1945, serial number D35 043, 351, lilac, King George VI at right, also Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, $1, 29 August 1979, serial number L/124 027119, blue on multicolour, and $5, 20 October 1978, serial number M/19 635668, brown on multicolour (Pick 8, 30, 31), first, several folds and creasing, good, remainder, fine to very fine £80-120
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x Central Africa Currency Board, Southern Rhodesia, £1, 10 September 1955, serial number B/312 094, 103, green on multicolour underprint, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse, green, ruins at centre, black sable at right, bank title top centre, value at each corner (Pick 17), extremely fine, rare £300-400
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Bank of Southern Rhodesia, printers archival photograph for a 10 shillings, 23 February 1963, zero serial numbers, black and white, Elizabeth II diademed at right, arms in field, reverse tobacco crop, also £1, similar to previous but Victoria Falls on reverse (Pick unrecorded Bank, Linzmayer unrecorded Bank), there are no notes known for this bank, highly unusual (4) £400-600
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† Provincia de Santo Domingo, specimen 25 pesos, Santo Domingo, 1 May 1864, pink and green, arms top centre, value in green panel at centre, value at left and right, counterfoil at left (Pick unlisted), watermarked paper, good extremely fine and extremely rare £2,500-3,500
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† El Banco de Barcelona, Spain, specimen 25 pesos, Barcelona, 18- (ca 1868), serie C, brown, green and yellow, allegorical maiden at left and right representing Spain and Barcelona, arms top centre, counterfoil at left, reverse brown and green (Pick S243, Edifil A56), watermarked paper, thinned a little low right otherwise an attractive handsome extremely fine and extremely rare £3,000-4,000
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† El Banco de Palencia, Spain, a printers archival specimen 200 reales de vellon, 1 May 1864, black on brown paper, value in pale green central guilloche at centre, arms at centre, counterfoil at left (Pick S352 for type), good extremely fine and extremely rare £1,000-2,000
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† El Banco de Sevilla, specimen 500 reales vellon, 18-, serial number 11297, large format with counterfoil, black, red and green, river god and tower at left, value at top centre and each corner (Pick not listed), damage to low right, otherwise extremely fine and very rare £1,500-2,000
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† El Banco de Espana, specimen 100 pesetas, Madrid, 1 January 1875, serial number 500001, black and white with a green and lilac central panel, allegorical maiden at left and right, bank title in a green and lilac vertical panel, arms low left and right, counterfoil at left, reverse mauve, medallic female head at left and right (Pick 8s, Los Billetes del Banco de Espana 132/133), perforated, good extremely fine, attractive and extremely rare £3,500-4,500
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† El Banco de Espana, specimen 50 pesetas, 24 September 1906, red serial number 4000001- 8000000, black, blue and multicoloured, maiden at centre with caduceus and globe, reverse, green, arms at centre, also specimen 100 pesetas, 30 June 1906, red serial number A 0000001-A 3000000, black and blue, maiden at left and right, reverse blue, arms at centre (Pick 58s, 59s), ink date in top margin, good extremely fine and rare (2) £400-600
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El Banco de Espana, a vignette of Cardinal Cisneros, used on the 500 pesetas of 1928, (Pick 77 for type), very rare £100-150
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† El Banco de Espana, specimen 100 pesetas, 1931, violet and multicoloured, de Cordoba at left, also specimen 500 pesetas, brown and multicoloured, de Elcano at left (Pick 83s, 84s), ink date in top margin '27.11.31', perforated , good extremely fine, attractive and rare (2) £300-400
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El Banco de Espana, printers archival specimen 5000 pesetas, Barcelona, 11 June 1938, purple and dark green on multicolour underprint, Mariano Fortuny at right, value at each corner, reverse blue-green and yellow, Fortuny's painting, La Vicaria (Pick 92s), uncirculated, red BRADBURY WILKINSON seal low right centre field, a lovely example and of the highest rarity £8,000-12,000
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El Banco de Espana, 500 and 1000 pesetas, 21 November 1936, prefix B, blue and brown respectively, value at left and right and each corner, also 1000 pesetas, 1946, serial number 2013509, olive green, Vives at right (Pick 102, 103, 133), all three pressed, but attractive about extremely fine, scarce (3) £400-600
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x Sri Lanka, Republic, specimen 50 rupees, ND (1979), blue and 100 rupees (2), 1979, orange and multicoloured (Pick 87s, 88a, CBC B41as, 42a), in ICG holders 66 choice unc, 48 extra fine + twice (3) £120-160
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Central Bank of Sri Lanka, 500 rupees (48), 15 November 1995, consecutive serial numbers H/68548361/80 and H/6854301/28, dark brown, purple and brown-orange, musicians at right and dancer at left, reverse, kingfisher, temple and orchids in vertical format (Pick 112, CBSL B18a), generally uncirculated, two superb serial runs (48) £350-450
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