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x Banque d'Etat du Maroc, partially printed specimen 20 francs, ND (1943), no serial number, blue and red, view of building on a hillside at centre, obverse missing the name of bank, black SPECIMEN overprint (Pick 39), staple holes at right, about extremely fine £400-500
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x Banque d'Etat du Maroc, 50 francs, ND (1943), serial number 000019, green on orange, Fortress and sailing ship at centre, reverse green and yellow, large five pointed star at centre, red specimen overprint (Pick 40), staple holes at right, good very fine £500-600
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x Banque d'Etat du Maroc, specimen 50 francs, ND (1949), zero serial number, blue, green and sepia, arch at centre (Pick 44), perforated specimen, pinholes, extremely fine £200-250
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x Banque d'Etat du Maroc, 100 francs, 1948, serial number A.1 00090, multicolour, fortress at centre, black specimen overprint (Pick 45), paperclip indentation, extremely fine £300-400
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x Banque d'Etat du Maroc, specimen 1000 francs, ND (1951), zero serial number, multicolour, Mosque city and hills in background, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 47), numerous pinholes at left, extremely fine £400-500
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x Banque d'Etat du Maroc, 5000 francs, ND (1953), zero serial number, multicolour, view of city and mountains at centre, ornate borders, reverse hydro-electric dam at centre, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 49), staple holes, pencil date in top right margin, about extremely fine £800-1,000
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x Banque d'Etat du Maroc, 10,000 francs, ND (1953), zero serial number, multicolour, aerial view of Casablanca, perforated SPECIMEN, (Pick 50), paperclip rust mark on reverse, extremely fine £700-800
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x Banque du Maroc, 5 dirhams, ND (1960), zero serial number, multicolour, King Mohammed VI at right, view of Rabat city, black SPECIMEN overprint and perforated (Linzmayer BDM B1a), paperclip indentation top left, extremely fine to about uncirculated £200-300
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x Banque du Maroc, 10 dirhams, ND (1960), zero serial number, multicolour, King Mohammed VI at left, Hassan Tower at centre, black SPECIMEN overprint and perforated (Linzmayer BDM B1a), paperclip rust mark lower left, about uncirculated £200-300
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† Banco da Beira, Mozambique, a group of printer's archival specimens, 15 September 1919, comprising 50 centavos, Prata, serial number run 200,001 to 300,000, brown, blue and multicoloured; 1/2 Libra, serial number run 100,001 to 140,000, red and multicoloured; 1 escudo, serial number run 100,001 to 200,000, brown and deep blue-green, all arms at top centre, value in each corner, reverses value in ornate guilloches; also Companhia de Mocambique, Beira, printer's archival specimen 5 Libras, 15 January 1934, serial number run 20,001 to 40,000, purple, blue and sage-green, arms at top centre, value in each corner, all perforated CANCELLED or SPECIMEN (Pick SR4s, SR5s, SR11As, SR32s), ink dates and annotations in top margins, the first three notes otherwise good extremely fine to about uncirculated, the last note about uncirculated to uncirculated and rare (4) £100-150
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† Companhia de Mocambique, Beira, printer's archival specimen 10 centavos, 1 October 1931, serial number run 000,001 to 100,000, green; obverse and reverse specimen colour trial 10 centavos, 1 October 1931, purple, perforated SPECIMEN, both arms at top centre, value at left and right, reverse value at centre and at left and right; also printer's archival specimen 20 centavos, 25 November 1933, serial number run 250,001 to 350,000, blue on pale green underprint, arms at top centre, value in each corner, reverse slate-grey, value in guilloche at centre and on each side (Pick SR25s, SR25ct, SR29s), ink dates and annotations in top margins of specimens, otherwise good extremely fine to about uncirculated and rare (4) £80-120
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Companhia de Mozambique, specimen 5 libras, 15 January 1934, serial number 62, 926, grey blue on multicolour underprint, arms top centre, reverse, dark grey on pink, olive green and pale yellow, value in oval frame at centre (Pick SR32), perforated 5.11.1942 at left and right, several folds, retaining crispness, extremely fine, a striking note £100-150
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printer's archival specimen 1 libra esterlina, with counterfoil, Lisbon, 1 March 1909, serial number run 000000 to 133000, black on orange and blue underprint, arms at top centre, value in guilloche at left, red steamship seal Type III at right, reverse, brown and pale blue, value in ornate guilloche, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 45s), ink date '22. 12. 19' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £150-250
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printer's archival specimen 5 libras esterlinas, with counterfoil, Lisbon, 1 March 1909, serial number run 00000 to 76000, black on pink, blue and yellow underprint, arms at right, value in guilloche at left, red steamship seal Type III at lower centre, reverse, green, pale blue and yellow, value in ornate guilloche, perforated CANCELLED (Pick unlisted-similar to Pick 46 but with steamship seal Type III), ink date '22. 12. 19' and annotations in top margin, tiny chip in right margin, otherwise good extremely fine to about uncirculated and an extremely rare variety £400-600
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printer's archival specimen 100 escudos, 27 March 1941, serial number run 560,001 to 580,000, purple, portrait of Antonio Ennis at left, steamship bank seal at right, reverse woman looking at ships, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 77s), ink date '4. 7. 42' and annotations in top margins, otherwise good extremely fine and rare £120-180
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printer's archival specimen 5 escudos, 15 April 1943, serial number run 480,001 to 630,000; specimen colour trial 5 escudos, ND (1943), yellow-brown; also printer's archival specimen 10 escudos, 15 April 1943, serial number run 160,001 to 235,000, brown-purple, all Antonio Ennis at left, steamship bank seal at right, reverses woman looking at ships, the first and third perforated SPECIMEN, the second overprinted SPECIMEN in red (Pick 89s, 89ct, 90s), ink date '22. 4. 43' and annotations in top margins of printer's archival specimens, the first otherwise about uncirculated, the second uncirculated, the third good extremely fine and rare (3) £150-250
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, colour trial 100 escudos, 27 March 1961, serial number C 000000, violet, De Ornelas at right and colour trial 500 escudos, 22 March 1967, serial number 000000, blue-grey, Caldas Xavier, both arms at centre, also specimen 100 escudos, green, Ornelas at right and specimen 500 escudos, 1967, purple, Xavier at right, the last two with black BANCO DE MOZAMBIQUE overprint (Pick 109ct, 110ct, 117s, 118s, BDM B2as2, B2as2), uncirculated, scarce (4) £300-500
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, 100 escudos, 27 March 1961, serial number C1995790, green and multicolour, arms low centre, Aires de Ornelas at right, reverse, multicolour, bank seal in ornate frame at left (Linzmayer BDM B2, Pick 117), crisp, fresh and uncirculated, a superb note £50-80
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† Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, a printers obverse archival essay on card for a proposed issue of 500 escudos, ND (1972), purple and pale green, blue and orange, Cabral at left, seaplane at right, ship seal at left (Pick unrecorded, Linzmayer unrecorded), unique and very attractive £400-600
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Government of Nepal, 100 rupees, ND (1953), grey-green and multicolour, urns at left and right, temple at centre, King Tribhuvan at top right, ornate border of snakes, reverse, rhinoceros in jungle at centre (Pick 7, GON B7), staple holes at left, otherwise extremely fine to about uncirculated, a beautiful note £80-120
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† Central Bank of Nepal, an obverse composite essay on board for a 10000 rupees, ND (1967), zero serial numbers, blue, pink and multicoloured, King Mahendra at left, the Goddess Bhagwati and Swayambhunath stupa and the Temple of the Goddess Harati at centre (Pick 21 for similar, NRB B14 for similar), unique and attractive £500-700
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† Government of Nepal, specimen 1000 rupees, ND (1969-), zero serial numbers, blue-grey and multicoloured, King Mahendra at left, the Swayambhunath stupa at centre, Yadav Prasad Pant signature low centre, reverse blue-grey, Mount Annapurna (Pick 21s, NRB B14as2), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, minor mounting traces, good extremely fine £300-500
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† Central Bank of Nepal, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for a 1 rupee, ND (1969), zero serial numbers, red and pale blue underprint, King Birendra Bir Bikram in military uniform at left, Mahadboudha temple low right, Mount Annapurna in background, Yadav Prasant Pant signature, reverse pink-red and pale blue, monument and arms (Pick unrecorded, not dissimilar to NRB B9 in design), unique (2) £350-450
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† Central Bank of Nepal, printer's positional proof 5 rupees, ND (1974), serial number K/52 040001, red, brown and green, King Birendra Bir Bikram at left, temple at centre, reverse two yaks; also printer's positional proof 50 rupees, ND (1974), serial number K/7 200002, purple and green, King Birendra Bir Bikram at left, building at centre, reverse blue and brown, Himalayan Tahr, both marked with positioning lines in black ink (Pick 23p, 25p), ink dates '16. 5. 80' and '9. 2. 79' respectively and annotations in margins, the first otherwise extremely fine, the second about uncirculated and very rare types of printer's proof (2) £100-150
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† Nederland Muntbiljet, a group of archival photographs for a proposed issue of 1943, comprising an obverse and reverse 1 gulden, 2 1/2 gulden, De Nederlandsche Bank 20 gulden and 25 gulden (Pick 70, 71), the second note with an unknown portrait, the 20 gulden with portrait of Jan de Witt (8) £300-400
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x De Javasche Bank, Netherlands East Indies, specimen 20 gulden, 1 April 1920, red zero serial numbers, orange and white, bank building at centre, value at left and right and low centre, two printed signatures, reverse orange, green and blue, value in field (Pick 66as), an ABNC engraving, red SPECIMEN overprint, right margin miscut and folded, otherwise extremely fine or better, scarce £250-350
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x De Javasche Bank, Netherlands East Indies, specimen 20 gulden, 1 April 1920, orange and white, bank building at centre, value at left and right and low centre, reverse orange, green and blue, value in field (Pick 66s), an ABNC engraving, red SPECIMEN overprint, several light folds, extremely fine, scarce £200-300
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x De Javasche Bank, Netherlands East Indies, specimen 30 gulden, ND (ca 1919), blue and white, bank building at centre, value at left and right and low centre, reverse blue and multicoloured, value in field (Pick 67s), an ABNC engraving, red SPECIMEN overprint, light fold along left margin, extremely fine to about uncirculated, scarce £400-600
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x De Javasche Bank, Netherlands East Indies, specimen 40 gulden, ND (ca 1919), green and white, bank building at centre, value at left and right and low centre, reverse blue and multicoloured, value in field and red number F 6106 top centre (Pick 68s), an ABNC engraving, red SPECIMEN overprint, very slight curl at right margin, faint stamp at low left margin, extremely fine or better, scarce £400-600
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† De Javasche Bank, Netherlands East Indies, specimen 1/2 rupiah, 1948, prefix A/1, violet and pale blue-green, specimen 1 rupiah, 1948, prefix B/1, blue and pink, specimen 2 1/2 rupiah, 1948, prefix C/1, red, all flowers or trees at left, value at right (Pick 97s, 98s, 99s), mounting traces, black De La Rue seal at left, good extremely fine and rare (3) £300-400
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x Netherlands Indies, Muntbiljet issue, a specimen set of the 1943 series comprising 50 cent, 1, 2 1/2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 and 500 gulden, all zero serial numbers, all Queen Wilhelmina at right, arms at left, all red stamped SPECIMEN and hole punched (Pick 110s-118s), grades range from good extremely fine to uncirculated, scarce, a very pleasing group (9) £800-1,200
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Netherlands Indies, 50 gulden, 2 March 1943, serial number GV154637A, olive green, arms at left, portrait Queen Wilhelmina at right, value in each corner and in ornate tablet at centre, reverse, green, airforce, infantry and naval depictions (Pick 116a), very slight discolouration, extremely fine £80-120
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x Banque de l'Indochine Noumea, New Caledonia, 20 francs, ND (1944), serial number F/T 079381, green, women at left, fisherman at right (Pick 49), in PMG holder number 65, gem uncirculated £350-400
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, 10 shillings, ND (1958), serial number 9S499864, brown on multicolour underprint, Captain James Cook at right, bank title top centre with coat of arms below, Maori wood carving at left and right, reverse, brown, pink and green, kiwi bird at left, signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Pick 158, RBNZ B5n), about uncirculated, a superb note £100-150
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† Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen £50, ND (1958), serial number O/U 000000, red and multicoloured, Captain Cook at right, the Endeavour at left, arms in left margin, Wilson signature, reverse red, Mount Egmont at centre, Tui bird at left, value at each corner (Pick 162bs, RBNZ B9cs), mounting marks at each corner, black oval De La Rue seal at top left and low right, perforation, good very fine and rare £700-900
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, 1 dollar, ND (1968-75), serial number K06 834961, brown and multicolour, also $2, ND (1968-75), purple and multicolour, both portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, Wilks signature, reverse, pied fantail bird at centre and rifleman bird at centre, respectively (Pick 163, 164, RBNZ B19, 11), about uncirculated, two beautifully vibrant notes £80-100
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† Reserve Bank of New Zealand, a printers archival partial essay on board for a $10, ND (type of 1967), blue and white, Elizabeth II wearing Queen Alexandra's Kokoshnik tiara, value in field, bank title below (Pick 166 for type, RBNZ B13 for type), unique £400-600
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, proof $1, ND (1981), brown on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, value tablets and script omitted from obverse, reverse complete with clematis at left and fantail at centre (Pick 169p), about uncirculated to uncirculated, extremely rare and believed to be one of only seven known proofs in this format £120-180
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, $1, ND (1981), no serial numbers, signature H. R. Hardie, brown on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse clematis at left, fantail at centre (Pick 169ap), pencil cross in lower right corner, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and an extremely rare specimen proof with no serial numbers and believed to be one of only six known proofs in this format £300-400
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $1, ND (1981), serial number AAA 000000, signature H. R. Hardie, brown on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse clematis at left, fantail at centre (Pick 169as), about uncirculated and a rarer variety of specimen with no specimen overprints or perforations £180-240
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $1, ND (1981), serial number ABJ 000000, signature H. R. Hardie, brown on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse clematis at left, fantail at centre, overprinted SPECIMEN in red three times on obverse and once on reverse, perforated SPECIMEN at left and right (Pick 169as), about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce £100-150
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $1, ND (1981), serial number ABJ 000000, signature H. R. Hardie, brown on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse clematis at left, fantail at centre (Pick 169as), about uncirculated and a rarer variety of specimen with no specimen overprints or perforations £180-240
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, printer's archival specimen $1, ND (1981), serial number run ACT 000001 to AEB 1000000, signature H. R. Hardie, brown on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse clematis at left, fantail at centre (Pick 169as), about uncirculated to uncirculated, of the utmost rarity, and believed to be unique £1,000-1,200
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $1, ND (1981), serial number ACT 000000, signature H. R. Hardie, brown on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse clematis at left, fantail at centre, overprinted SPECIMEN in red three times on obverse and once on reverse, perforated SPECIMEN at left and right (Pick 169as), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce £100-150
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, printer's archival specimen $1, ND (1981), serial number run AEC 000001 to AFK 1000000, signature H. R. Hardie, brown on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse clematis at left, fantail at centre (Pick 169as), about uncirculated to uncirculated, of the utmost rarity, and believed to be unique £1,000-1,200
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $1, ND (1981), serial number AEC 000000, signature H. R. Hardie, brown on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse clematis at left, fantail at centre (Pick 169as), about uncirculated and a rarer variety of specimen with no specimen overprints or perforations £180-240
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, printer's archival specimen $1, ND (1981), serial number run AFL 000001 to AGV 1000000, signature H. R. Hardie, brown on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse clematis at left, fantail at centre (Pick 169as), about uncirculated to uncirculated, of the utmost rarity, and believed to be unique £1,000-1,200
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, proof $2, ND (1981), purple on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, value tablets and script omitted from obverse, reverse complete with mistletoe at left and rifleman at centre (Pick 170p), about uncirculated to uncirculated, extremely rare and believed to be one of only nine known proofs in this format £120-180
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, $2, ND (1981), no serial numbers, signature H. R. Hardie, purple on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mistletoe at left, rifleman at right (Pick 170ap), pencil cross in lower right corner, otherwise about uncirculated, an extremely rare specimen proof with no serial numbers and believed to be one of only five known proofs in this format £300-400
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $2, ND (1981), serial number EAA 000000, signature H. R. Hardie, purple on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mistletoe at left, rifleman at centre (Pick 170as), about uncirculated to uncirculated and a rarer variety of specimen with no specimen overprints or perforations £240-320
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