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x El Banco Agricola Commercial, El Salvador, specimen 1 colon, 1 March 1922, black and multicoloured, bank at centre, reverse orange, Columbus at centre (Pick S108s), uncirculated £280-320
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x El Banco Agricola Commercial, El Salvador, specimen 1 colon, 1 March 1922, black, green and yellow, woman at left and right (Pick S109s), uncirculated £360-420
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x El Banco Oriental, El Salvador, specimen 1 peso, 1899, black, green and yellow, cherub and woman at centre (Pick S172a), uncirculated £270-330
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† El Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador, specimen 25 colones (2), Serie QE, 1963, 1966, black and multicoloured, the 5th of November Dam at centre, also specimen 25 colones (4), Serie BY, QH, QG, QK, 1974, 1976 (2), 1978, black and multicoloured, Acajutla port at centre (Pick 104as, 104bs, 121s, 130as), red overprint, uncirculated (6) £250-350
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† El Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador, obverse and reverse composite essay on card for 2 colones, 15 October 1974, serial number 0000000, black on orange and pale green underprint, Colonial church of Panchimalco at centre, value in each corner, reverse brown, Christopher Columbus at centre left, arms at right, overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 116b for type), glue stains, torn backing, otherwise about uncirculated, unique (2) £100-150
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† El Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador, obverse and reverse (2) composite essays on card for 50 colones, 3 May 1979, serial number 1234567, purple on multicoloured underprint, captain general Gerardo Barrios at right, statue and building at centre, reverse Christopher Columbus at centre, three ships at left, one reverse essay perforated SPECIMEN and endorsed 'aprobado gerente' (Pick 131a for type), about uncirculated, attractive and unique (3) £250-350
| EQUATORIAL GUINEA | |
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Banque des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale, Guinea, 5000 francs, 1 January 1985, serial number 013630, brown, yellow and multicolour, carved mask at left, woman carrying bundle at right, reverse, multicolour, musical instrument at left, tractor ploughing field centre left, ore lift at right (Pick 22), uncirculated, a truly stunning note £100-150
| ETHIOPIA | |
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† National Bank of Ethiopia, a printers archival essay for the obverse and reverse of a 10 birr, ND (1986), serial number FP 000000, red, woman and basket at right, reverse, tractor (Pick 38 for type, NBE B13 for type), 'Approved' annotation and dated 25/11/86, unique (2) £200-250
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† National Bank of Ethiopia, three archival reverse essays for 10 dollars, red, 50 dollars, blue and 100 dollars, violet, all for the series of 1966, all the lion of Judah at centre, value at each corner (Pick 27, 28, 29 for types, NBE B3, 4, 5 for types), unique (3) £250-350
| FAEROE ISLANDS | |
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Faeroe Islands, 1 krone, November 1940, serial number 518904 A, lilac and dark pink, value top left and right and at centre, reverse, lilac, pink and blue, value in ornate tablet at centre (Pick 9), some creasing, retaining crispness, extremely fine £100-150
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Faeroe Islands, 5 kroner, November 1940, serial number 165421 B, green and blue-green, reverse, value in ornate tablet at centre (Pick 10), several light creases, some discolouration at top and left margin, extremely fine £200-300
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† Faeroe Islands, specimen 10 kroner, November 1940, serial number 000001 C-250000 C, pink and green, olive spray at left and right, reverse pink and green, value at centre (Pick 11a, Schwan-Boling 855), ink date '31.10.40' in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, uncirculated and rare £150-250
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Foroyar, Danish Administration, 100 kronur, 1975, serial number A0752C 1760713, pink and black on yellow and pink underprint, V.U.Hammershaimb at left, value at centre right and upper and lower left (Pick 18a), a wonderfully faultless original, uncirculated and a very scarce note in this grade £120-160
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x Government of the Falkland Islands, £1, 1 January 1982, serial number F74092, olive green and blue, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, value at left and in black tablet at centre, reverse, blue, geometric pattern (Linzmayer GF1 B13, Pick 8), in PCGS holder number 65 PPQ gem new £70-100
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Government of the Falkland Islands, £5, 10 April 1960, serial number C35568, red on light blue, green and yellow underprint, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, value in ornate red panel at centre, reverse, elaborate red panel (Linzmayer GFI B14a, Pick 9), central fold, about extremely fine £200-300
| FIJI | |
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x Government of Fiji, specimen 10 shillings, 1 July 1950, serial numbers B/4 0001-B/4 200000, brown and pale blue, George VI at right, arms top centre, signatures of Taylor, Donovan and Smith (Pick 38ks), last date for type, uncirculated and rare £500-600
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x Government of Fiji, 10 shillings, 1 June 1951, serial number B/6 132, 152, brown on light blue, King George VI at right, arms top centre, value in each corner and low centre, reverse, multicolour, ornate pattern (Pick 38k), central fold, repair low centre, pinholes, very fine or better £80-120
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Government of Fiji, 10 shillings, 1 September 1964, serial number C/8 14064, brown on light green, pink and yellow underprint, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms top centre, reverse, brown, ornately patterned, value at each corner and at centre (Pick 52d), light central fold, extremely fine to about uncirculated £170-230
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x Government of Fiji, £1, 1 December 1962, serial number C/13162449, green on light blue and orange underprint, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at centre, value at each corner and at centre, reverse, green, ornate tablet (Pick 53), in PCGS holder number 35PPQ, very fine £100-150
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Government of Fiji, £1, 1 January 1967, serial number C/22 184521, green on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right, arms at top centre, value at centre and each corner (Pick 53i), a clean and crisp example of this popular note, extremely fine £140-180
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Government of Fiji, $5, ND (1969), serial number A/1 006755, orange on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right, arms at centre, value at low centre and top left and right (Pick 61a), missing from most Fiji collections and by far the hardest $5 to obtain in any grade, with none listed in the PMG population report. This note probably the highest grade possible for this type. Completely original and fully embossed, about uncirculated and rare £300-400
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Government of Fiji, $2, ND (1974), serial number A/5 432303, green on pale blue and yellow underprint, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms top centre, reverse, green, value at each corner and at centre, ornate tablet top and lower margin (Linzmayer CMA B3, Pick 72a), some wrinkling, extremely fine £100-150
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Government of Fiji, $5, ND (1974), consecutive serial numbers A/5755913/5, orange and multicolour, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at centre, value top left, right and at centre, reverse, orange (Linzmayer CMA B4, Pick 72), light central fold, about extremely fine or better £300-350
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† Central Monetary Authority, Fiji, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a $20, ND (1977), serial number A/4 000000, Barnes and Earland signatures, dark blue, pale blue and multicoloured, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Pietro Annigoni at right, arms at upper centre, reverse geometric pattern (Pick 75 for type), about uncirculated, slight differences in design and colour from issued note, unique (2) £1,000-1,200
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† Central Monetary Authority, Fiji, specimen $20 (2), ND (1974), prefixes B/1 and B/3, blue and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, arms at centre, Barnes and Tomkins and Barnes and Siwatibau signatures respectively (Pick 80s, 85s1), red SPECIMEN De La Rue seals at left and right, mounting traces, good extremely fine and rare (2) £300-400
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† Finlands Bank, obverse specimen proof 100 markkaa, 1898, lilac on pale olive-brown underprint, young farming couple at left, arms at centre, value in each corner, two punch holes, uniface (Pick 7p), about extremely fine and very rare £150-250
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Finlands Bank, 100 markkaa, 1939, serial number A3481826, brown on light tan, group of people centre right, ship in background, arms low right, ornate border, reverse, arms at centre (Pick 73a), crisp, extremely fine to about uncirculated £100-130
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Finlands Bank, 100 markkaa, 1945, serial number U8985407, grey-green, arms at left, value top and low left, centre and top right, reverse, blue and green, allegorical woman and lion in ornate frame at centre (Pick 88), central fold, extremely fine £40-60
| FRANCE | |
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Banque de France, 1000 francs, 30 March 1939, serial number C.6791 639, ochre, blue and multicolour, Ceres at top left, Mercury at top right, cherubs centre left and right, reverse, four figures representing different occupations (Pick 90c), in ICG holder number 50*, extremely fine to about uncirculated £130-180
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x Banque de France, 1000 francs, 28 November 1940, prefix Z.628, blue and multicoloured, female allegories of Commerce and Industry at left and right, de Bletterie, Rousseau and Favre-Gilly signatures (Pick 96a, Fayette 39.2), soft corner crease low right otherwise a fresh extremely fine, attractive £300-350
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x Banque de France, 5000 francs, 20 July 1939, multicolour, woman with Victory statuette and olive branch at centre, ornate border around, value top left and right, plants in background, reverse, similar to obverse but colours more muted (Pick 97), small pinholes, central fold, very fine or better £300-400
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x Banque de France, 5000 francs, 20 July 1939, multicolour, woman with Victory statuette and olive branch at centre, ornate border around, value top left and right, plants in background, reverse, similar to obverse but colours more muted (Pick 97), a number of pinholes, central fold, very fine £300-400
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x Banque de France, 5000 francs, 31 July 1941, serial number A.633 426, multicolour, woman with Victory statuette and olive branch at centre, ornate border around, value top left and right, plants in background, reverse, similar to obverse but colours more muted (Pick 97), extremely fine or better, a stunning note £300-400
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Banque de France, 1000 francs, 11 June 1942, serial number A.343 171, brown and multicolour, mother and child at right, goat farmer with herd at left, also 5000 francs, 6 April 1944, serial number Y.1270 982, woman holding Victory statue at centre, with ANNULE hand stamps (Pick 102, 97e), first about uncirculated, second with central crease and pinholes, extremely fine (2) £100-150
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x Banque de France, 10000 francs, 'Genie Francais', 6 November 1952, prefix N.3294, multicoloured, maiden with book and globe, Gargam, Belin and Cormier signatures (Pick 132d, Fayette 50.61), pinholes, pressed, about extremely fine, attractive £300-350
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x Banque de France, 500 francs, ND (1958), serial number D.114 60649, blue and multicolour, Victor Hugo at right and building at centre left, reverse, Pantheon in Paris at centre right, (Pick 137a), in PMG holder number 55, about uncirculated £600-800
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x Banque de France, specimen 5 new francs, 1959, zero serial number, multicolour, Victor Hugo at right, black SPECIMEN overprint, perforated (Pick 141s), staple holes and paper clip indentation at right, small stain in lower margin, otherwise about uncirculated £400-500
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x Banque de France, specimen 10 new francs, 1959, zero serial number, multicolour, Cardinal Richelieu at right, perforated, black SPECIMEN overprint (Pick 142s), mounting traces, about uncirculated £500-600
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x Banque de France, specimen 50 new francs, 1959, zero serial number, multicolour, Henry VI at centre, Pont Neuf bridge in background and 50 francs, 1962, zero serial number, multicolour, Jean Racine at right, both have black SPECIMEN overprint and perforated (Pick 143, 148), first note without pinholes, about uncirculated, unique, second pinholes and paperclip indentation at left, about extremely fine (2) £2,000-2,500
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† Afrique Francaise Libre, Free French Africa, specimen 25 francs, ND (1941), serial number A 000000, red and multicoloured, boy with turban and horse at centre, flag at top right, reverse blank (Pick 25 for type), ink date '15.7.41' top left, perforated, annotation low right, extremely fine and scarce £100-150
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x French Territory of Afars and Issas, 1000 francs, ND (1974), serial number F.94 232, multicolour, woman with large jug at centre, waterfront palace at low right (Linzmayer TB B3a, Pick 32), in PMG holder 66 EPQ*, gem uncirculated and scarce in this grade £500-700
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x French Territory of Afars and Issas, 500 cents, NSD (1975), serial number C.1 03674, brown on green and multicolour, man at left, seashore in background, flock of lesser flamingos at low right, reverse, multicolour, ships right and centre (Linzmayer TP B4, Pick 33), in PMG holder number 66, gem uncirculated, EPQ £200-300
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Institut d'Emission des Departements d'Outre Mer, French Antilles, 1 nouveau franc on 100 francs, ND (1961), serial number F.2 87802, multicoloured, local couple, various types of fruit at right, La Bourdonnais at left, Postel-Vinay signature, reverse, woman at left, mountains in background, GUYANE, MARTINIQUE and GUADELOUPE in border (Linzmayer IEDOM B1a, Pick 1a), in ICG holder number 40*, very fine to extremely fine £140-180
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x Institut d'Emission des Departments d'Outre-Mer Republique Francaise, 50 nouveaux francs, ND (1963), serial number D.2 54989, green and multicolour, dock at left, banana harvesting at right, reverse, sawmill, Antillean man and woman (Linzmayer IEDOM B6, Pick 6), in PMG holder number 55, about uncirculated £550-650
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† Caisse Centrale de la France Libre, French Equatorial Africa, printer's archival specimen 5 francs, Law of 1941, serial number run AC000,001 to AC500,000, signatures Andre Diethelm and Rene Pleven, red on orange and lilac underprint, portrait of Marianne at centre, value at left and right, reverse extract from Article 139 of the Penal Code, value at left and right, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 10s), ink date '25. 3. 43' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine to about uncirculated and rare in this format £100-160
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Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, French Equatorial Africa, specimen 10 francs, ND (1944), serial number FF996, 875, purple and multicolour, Marianne at centre, value at left and right, red SPECIMEN overprint, perforated with number 114, also 5 francs, ND (1944), blue serial number, red-orange (Pick 16as, 15b), first with paperclip mark and staple holes, good extremely fine, second very fine (2) £100-150
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† Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, French Equatorial Africa, printer's archival specimen 10 francs, Law of 1944, serial number run FD000,001 to FJ1,000,000, signatures Leclerc and Duval, purple on pale blue-green and yellow underprint, portrait of Marianne at centre, value at left and right, reverse extract from Article 139 of the Penal Code, value at left and right, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 16as), ink date '23. 3. 44' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and rare in this format £120-180
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† Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, French Equatorial Africa, printer's archival specimen 10 francs, Law of 1944, red serial number run FK000,001 to FW1,000,000, signatures Leclerc and Postel-Vinay, purple on pale blue-green and yellow underprint, portrait of Marianne at centre, value at left and right, reverse extract from Article 139 of the Penal Code, value at left and right, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 16bs), ink date '4. 12. 44' and annotations in top margin, otherwise choice about uncirculated to uncirculated and rare in this format £120-180
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† Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, French Equatorial Africa, printer's archival specimen 10 francs, Law of 1944, red serial number run GH000,001 to GH500,000, signatures Leclerc and Postel-Vinay, purple on pale blue-green and yellow underprint, portrait of Marianne at centre, value at left and right, reverse extract from Article 139 of the Penal Code, value at left and right, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 16bs), mounting traces, ink annotations in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and rare in this format £120-180
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† Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, French Equatorial Africa, printer's archival specimen 20 francs, Law of 1944, serial number run LC000,001 to LD500,000, signatures Leclerc and Duval, dark green and pale green, portrait of Marianne at centre, value at left and right, reverse extract from Article 139 of the Penal Code, value at left and right, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 17as), mounting traces, ink date '29. 3. 44' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated and rare in this format £150-200
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