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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $2, ND (1981), serial number EBJ 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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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, printer's archival specimen $2, ND (1981), serial number run ECT 000001 to EEB 1000000, 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, of the utmost rarity and believed to be unique £1,000-1,200
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, printer's archival specimen $2, ND (1981), serial number run EEC 000001 to EFX 1000000, 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, of the utmost rarity and believed to be unique £1,000-1,200
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $2, ND (1981), serial number EEC 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), uncirculated and a rarer variety of specimen with no specimen overprints or perforations £240-320
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, printer's archival specimen $2, ND (1981), serial number run EFY 000001 to EHF 1000000, 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), choice 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 $2, ND (1981), serial number EFY 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), uncirculated and a rarer variety of specimen with no specimen overprints or perforations £240-320
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, proof $5, ND (1981), orange on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, value tablets and script omitted from obverse, reverse complete with kowhai at left and tui at centre (Pick 171p), uncirculated, extremely rare and believed to be one of only seven known proofs in this format £140-220
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, $5, ND (1981), no serial numbers, signature H. R. Hardie, orange on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse kowhai at left, tui at centre (Pick 171ap), pencil cross in lower right corner, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, an extremely rare specimen proof with no serial numbers and believed to be one of only four known proofs in this format £300-400
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, proof $10, ND (1981), blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, value tablets and script omitted from obverse, reverse complete with mountain lily at left and kea at centre (Pick 172p), about uncirculated to uncirculated, extremely rare and believed to be one of only ten known proofs in this format £140-220
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, $10, ND (1981), no serial numbers, signature H. R. Hardie, blue on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre (Pick 172ap), pencil cross in lower right corner, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, an extremely rare specimen proof with no serial numbers and believed to be one of only five known proofs in this format £350-450
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $10, ND (1981), serial number NAA 000000, signature H. R. Hardie, blue on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre (Pick 172as), about uncirculated to uncirculated and a rarer variety of specimen with no specimen overprints or perforations £320-420
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $10, ND (1981), serial number NBJ 000000, signature H. R. Hardie, blue on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre (Pick 172as), about uncirculated to uncirculated and a rarer variety of specimen with no specimen overprints or perforations £320-420
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, printer's archival specimen $10, ND (1981), serial number run NDE 000001 to NFX 1000000, signature H. R. Hardie, blue on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre (Pick 172as), about uncirculated to uncirculated, of the utmost rarity and believed to be unique £1,200-1,400
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $10, ND (1981), serial number NDE 000000, signature H. R. Hardie, blue on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre, overprinted SPECIMEN in red three times on obverse and once on reverse, perforated SPECIMEN at left and right (Pick 172as), uncirculated, very scarce £180-260
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, printer's archival specimen $10, ND (1981), serial number run NFY 000001 to NHF 1000000, signature H. R. Hardie, blue on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre (Pick 172as), about uncirculated to uncirculated, of the utmost rarity and believed to be unique £1,200-1,400
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $10, ND (1981), serial number NFY 000000, signature H. R. Hardie, blue on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre (Pick 172as), about uncirculated to uncirculated and a rarer variety of specimen with no specimen overprints or perforations £320-420
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $10, ND (1981), serial number NFY 000000, signature H. R. Hardie, blue on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre, overprinted SPECIMEN in red three times on obverse and once on reverse, perforated SPECIMEN at left and right (Pick 172as), uncirculated, very scarce £180-260
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, printer's archival specimen $10, ND (1981), serial number run NHG 000001 to NJP 1000000, signature H. R. Hardie, blue on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre (Pick 172as), about uncirculated to uncirculated, of the utmost rarity and believed to be unique £1,200-1,400
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $10, ND (1981), serial number NHG 000000, signature H. R. Hardie, blue on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre (Pick 172as), about uncirculated to uncirculated and a rarer variety of specimen with no specimen overprints or perforations £320-420
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, specimen $10, ND (1981), serial number NHG 000000, signature H. R. Hardie, blue on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse mountain lily at left, kea at centre, overprinted SPECIMEN in red three times on obverse and once on reverse, perforated SPECIMEN at left and right (Pick 172as), about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce £180-260
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand, proof $20, ND (1981), green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, value tablets and script omitted from obverse, reverse complete with miro at left and pigeon at centre (Pick 173p), about uncirculated, extremely rare and believed to be one of only six known proofs in this format £150-250
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† Reserve Bank of New Zealand, error specimen $50, ND (1983), serial number XAA 000000 (duplicated in error at upper right and lower left), signature Hardy, yellow-orange on multicoloured underprint, mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse Morepork Owl at centre right, pohutukawa at left, one punch hole (Pick 174as-error), guide lines at upper right and lower left, otherwise choice about uncirculated to uncirculated and an extremely rare specimen error £800-1,200
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x New Zealand, National Council Y.M.C.A., Union Bank of Australia, 3D (2) coupon, handstamped 6 September 1918, black and white and issued at Shannon Camp during World War I, also a convalescent Depot Canteen chit for 1 cent, 1943 and for use in Kalavere, New Caledonia, handsigned, extremely fine and very fine, unusual (3) £100-150
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† Banco Nacional de Nicaragua, an obverse hand executed essay on board for a 500 pesos, series of 1953, red zero serial numbers, black and multicoloured, Ruben Dario at centre, value at left and right and at each corner (Pick 105 for type), unique and attractive £300-400
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† Banco Nacional de Nicaragua, specimen 5 cordobas, green, 10 cordobas, red, 20 cordobas, orange, 50 cordobas, blue and 100 cordobas, purple, all SERIE OF 1959 black overprint at left and right (Pick 100cs, 101bs, 102bs, 103bs, 104bs), perforations and perforated CANCELLED, paper clip indentation top left and ink letter low left margin otherwise uncirculated and rare (5) £500-700
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† Banco Central de Nicaragua, an obverse and reverse printers archival essay on board for an obverse and reverse 20 cordobas, Serie A, ND (1968), pale orange and pale blue and lilac, Tomas Martinez at centre, value at left and right and at each corner, reverse orange, Francisco Hernandez at centre, value at left and right and at each corner (Pick 118 for similar, BCN B12 for similar), unique (2) £250-350
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† Banco Nacional de Nicaragua, an obverse and reverse hand executed essay on board for a 50 pesos, series of 1962, red zero serial numbers, lilac and multicoloured, Maximo Herez at centre, value at left and right and at each corner, reverse lilac, Hernandez de Cordoba at centre (Pick 111 for type, BCN B5 for similar), unique and attractive (2) £400-600
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† Banco Central de Nicaragua, an obverse and reverse printers archival essay on card for an obverse and reverse 500 cordobas, Serie E, ND (1979), pale blue and lilac, Ruben Dario at right, Chamoro and Downing signatures (signatures 6b), reverse pale blue, the 'Teatro Popular-Ruben Dario' at left (Pick 133 for similar, BCN B27 for similar), initialled presumably for approval, unique (2) £200-250
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† Banco Nacional de Nicaragua, an obverse hand executed essay on board for a 10000 cordobas, series of 1987, black zero serial numbers, blue and multicoloured, Estrada at right, also 20000 cordobas, orange, Ordonez at right and 100000 cordobas, red, Sandino at right (Pick unrecorded, Linzmayer unrecorded), a fascinating insight into a turbulent fiscal period in Nicaragua showing notes that were proposed but not adopted, unique (6) £500-700
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Eastern Nigeria, obverse and reverse printers archival photographs showing design for a £1, ND (c.1967), black and white, leopard head at left, pipeline and gas storage at low centre, reverse ships and dockside cranes (unlisted), pencil date 2.1.67, no notes ever issued for Eastern Nigeria, so this is an important record as well as a beautiful design, unique and interesting (2) £300-400
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† Norges Bank, Norway, uniface printer's archival specimen 1 speciedaler, 18<\_>, no serial number, green, pink and black, four allegorical figures supporting arms top centre, value in ornate panels at left and right and in black tablet at centre, (Pick A47 for type), hole punched, a lovely fresh example, extremely fine to about uncirculated £2,000-3,000
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† Norges Bank, Norway, specimen 5 kroner, 1955, serial number X.0000000; also issued 5 kroner, 1955, serial number B.6270387, both signatures Brofoss and Thorp, blue on grey underprint, portrait of Fridtjof Nansen at left, value at centre, reverse fishing scene, the first perforated SPECIMEN diagonally twice (Pick 30s2, 30a), the first about uncirculated to uncirculated, the second good extremely fine, the specimen very scarce (2) £200-300
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† Norges Bank, Norway, uniface obverse and reverse specimen 10 kroner, ND (1954), red serial number 00000, blue and pale orange, Christian Michelsen at left, arms below, birds in low margin, reverse blue, Mercury and ships (Pick 31 for type), red De La Rue seal, perforated, mounting traces otherwise almost uncirculated and very rare (2) £600-800
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† Norges Bank, Norway, specimen 10 kroner, 1954, serial number X.0000000, signatures Jahn and Thorp; also issued 10 kroner, 1955, serial number G.0062065, signatures Brofoss and Thorp, both yellow-brown on grey underprint, portrait of Christian Michelsen at left, value at centre, reverse Mercury with ships, the first overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in black on obverse and reverse, four punch holes (Pick 31as, 31b1), the first paper clip indentation, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, the second good extremely fine to about uncirculated, the specimen very scarce (2) £200-300
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† Norges Bank, Norway, specimen 50 kroner, 1951, serial number X.0000000, signatures Jahn and Thorp, dark green, portrait of Bjornstjerne Bjornson at upper left, coat of arms at upper centre, value at lower left and right, reverse harvesting, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in black on obverse and reverse, four punch holes (Pick 32as), about extremely fine, very scarce £250-350
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† Norges Bank, Norway, specimen 100 kroner, ND (1949), no serial numbers, blue and pale orange, Henrik Wergeland at left, arms top centre, birds in low margin, reverse blue, logging scene, value at left Mercury and ships (Pick 33 for type), red De La Rue seal, perforated, mounting traces otherwise almost uncirculated and very rare (2) £1,000-1,500
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† Norges Bank, Norway, specimen 100 kroner, 1950, serial number X.0000000, signatures Jahn and Thorp, vermillion on grey underprint, portrait of Henrik Wergeland at upper left, coat of arms at upper centre, value at lower left and right, reverse logging, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in black on obverse and reverse, four punch hole (Pick 33as), 5mm tear in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine, very scarce £180-260
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† Norges Bank, Norway, specimen 10 kroner, 1974, serial number QQ.0000000, signatures Wold and Odegaard, dark blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Fridtjof Nansen at left, coat of arms at upper centre, value at upper left and lower right, reverse fisherman and cargo ship, perforated SPECIMEN diagonally twice (Pick 36bs), ink annotation at top centre, otherwise uncirculated, very scarce £250-350
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† Norges Bank, Norway, specimen 50 kroner, 1966, serial number X.0000000, signatures Brofoss and Petersen, green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Bjornstjerne Bjornson at left, coat of arms at upper centre, value at upper left and lower right, reverse Borgund stave church, perforated SPECIMEN diagonally twice (Pick 37bs), good extremely fine and rare £300-400
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† Norges Bank, Norway, specimen 100 kroner, 1963, serial number X.0000000, signatures Brofoss and Ottesen, red-violet on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Henrik Wergeland at left, coat of arms at upper centre, value at upper left and lower right, reverse painting, "The Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll 1814" by Oscar Wergeland, perforated SPECIMEN diagonally twice (Pick 38as), two pinholes at upper right, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and rare £400-600
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† Norges Bank, Norway, specimen 1000 kroner, 1975, serial number Z.0000000, signatures Wold and Oldegaard, red-brown and violet on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Henrik Ibsen at left, coat of arms at upper centre, value in three corners, reverse seascape at Vardo, perforated SPECIMEN diagonally twice (Pick 40as), fresh, good extremely fine and very rare £650-750
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Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, a printers archival photograph for the reverse of a 1/4 rial saidi, 1977, black and white, the same as the issued 1/4 rial saidi of 1970, but without ornate design at right, possibly intended for the next issue, but the bank name was changed (Linzmayer SMO B2 for similar, Pick 2 for similar), ink annotation with date and "Die Cancellation Mark", referring to the black line crossing the image, unique £150-200
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x Oman Currency Board, a colour trial set of the ND (1972) series comprising 100 baisa (purple), 1/4 (green), 1/2 (dark green), 1 (blue), 5 (red) and 10 (blue-green) rial Omani, all arms at right, red SPECIMEN overprint, single hole punch low centre (Linzmayer OCB B1t-6t, Pick 7ct-12ct), all about uncirculated to uncirculated, a beautiful group, rare (6) £1,000-1,400
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x Central Bank of Oman, uncut sheet containing eight half dinar notes, ND (1995), dark brown and grey on multicolour underprint, Sultan Qaboos bin Sa'id at right, Bahla Castle at centre, arms at top left, reverse Nakhl Fort at centre (Linzmayer CBO B21, Pick 33), uncirculated, a superb item £200-250
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x Central Bank of Oman, uncut sheet containing eight 1 rial notes, 2005, commemorative issue 35th anniversary of Independence, red on multicolour, Sultan Qaboos bin Sa'id at right, reverse boat at left, minaret at centre, Jalili fortress at low right (Linzmayer SMO B31, Pick 43), uncirculated, a lovely addition to any collection £250-350
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