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Banque de l'Algerie, Tunisia, 1000 francs on 100 francs, ND (1942), German Occupation, serial number W.48 475, violet, pale blue and light brown, seated allegorical maidens at left and right, reverse, two seated and one standing figures at centre (Pick 31, K.433), black BANQUE DE L'ALGERIE MILLE FRANCS overprint, in ICG holder number 40, very fine to extremely fine, a lovely note £300-400
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Banque Centrale de Tunisie, specimen 5 dinars (3), 1965, 1972, 1973, various colours, all Bourguiba portrait, specimen 10 dinars (2), 1973, 1983, Bourguiba portrait (Pick 64s, 68s, 71s, 72s, 80s), red De La Rue seal at left and right, good extremely fine and scarce (5) £200-300
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Banque Centrale de Tunisie, 1 dinar and 5 dinars, 1966, serial numbers 178117 B/10 and 280823 C/8, dark blue and multicolour, and red, green and multicolour, both with President Bourguiba at right (Linzmayer BCT B7a, B8a, Pick 63, 64), two lovely examples of beautiful notes, about uncirculated and extremely fine respectively (2) £250-350
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Banque Centrale de Tunisie, specimen 1/2 dinar, 1 dinar, 5 dinars and 10 dinars, all 15 October 1973, zero serial numbers, all multicoloured, H.Bourguiba at left (Pick 69s-72s), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and scarce (4) £200-250
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Banque Centrale de Tunisie, an obverse composite essay on card for a 10 dinars, ND (ca 1980), blue, white, yellow and red, tower at left, mosque at right, townscape in background (Pick unlisted), slight splitting at upper right, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, attractive, unique £150-250
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Banque Centrale de Tunisie, an obverse and reverse archival essay on card for a proposed issue of 5 dinars, ND, blue, boy and lamb at right, also an obverse and reverse archival essay 10 dinars, green, woman at loom at right (Pick unrecorded, Linzmayer unrecorded), unique (4) £450-550
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Central Bank of Turkey, specimen 10 lirasi, ND (1948), serial number A1 00000, light brown on multicolour, Ismet Inonu wearing bowtie at right, value in ornate tablet at centre and in each corner, reverse, brown and pale green, Imperial Gate of Topkapi Palace at centre flanked by value (Linzmayer TCMB B24, Pick 148), hole punched, red GECMEZ overprint, about uncirculated to uncirculated £200-250
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Central Bank of Turkey, specimen 50 lirasi, ND (1948), serial number E1 00000, purple on multicolour, Ismet Inonu wearing bowtie at right, reverse, purple on pale pink and light green, angora goats at centre flanked by value (Linzmayer TCMB B25), uncirculated £300-400
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Turkey, a Bradbury Wilkinson engraving of Ataturk, as used on the 1951-60 issues, black engraving on white paper, backed on cream card with a gold trim (see Pick 150-176 for type), a lovely production, attractive and very rare £250-350
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Bank of Uganda, a group of notes comprising 5 shillings, green, 10 shillings (2), brown, 20 shillings, green and brown, 50 shillings, purple and brown and 100 shillings, green, all ND (1979), all coat of arms and/or bank building, 5, 10 (2), 20, 50, 100 shillings, ND (1982), also 50 shillings, 500 shillings with President Milton Obote on left obverse and 5,000 shillings, ND (1985) signature 6 and 500 and 1,000 shillings, ND (1986), (Pick 15, 16, 17, 18a, 19b, 20, 22, 24a, 25, 26), uncirculated (11) £160-220
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United Arab Emirates Central Bank, specimen 1000 dirhams, ND (1982), zero serial numbers, violet and multicoloured, ornamental jug at right, value at each corner, signature 1, reverse brown and pale green, falcon and bridge (Pick unrecorded type, CBA B6s), red Arabic overprint on obverse, red SPECIMEN on reverse, perforated SPECIMEN, uncirculated and this type not recorded, extremely rare £3,500-4,000
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Confederate States of America, $500, 17 February 1864, serial number 15201, black on pink and white, 'Stonewall' Jackson at right, flag and seal at left, two manuscript signatures low centre, also Bank of Greensborough, $5, 7 December 1858, blue serial number 2120, black and white, allegorical scenes, also Atlantic Bank, New York, $2, 14 April 1852, ships top centre (Pick 73, Criswell 489, Haxby G6d, G4), first, an original good very fine, better than average for this classic Confederate issue, second, about very fine, third, good £200-250
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Confederate States America, Richmond, $5, 17 February 1864, number 68365, $20, 17 February 1864, number 3032, both black on light pink underprint, also an order dated 12 September 1799, from the Bank of the United States in respect of interest on American stock in the name of Richard Lloyd fine, unusual and of historical interest £50-80
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Monticello Bank, USA, 20 dollars, 3 November 1860, serial number 852, dark grey and pink, woman and cattle low left, also, Bank of Pittsylvania 10 dollars, 16 May 1861, green, woman feeding animals at centre, together with Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland 100 dollars, series 1929, Franklin at centre mixed grades from very good to fine, an interesting historical group £250-300
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Second National Bank of Boston, $1, 2 January 1865, red serial 351482/ 1093, black and white, allegorical maidens at centre, manuscript signatures in PMG holder number 15, choice fine £600-800
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United States of America, ERROR: $10, ND (1928), serial number A89901294A, black and green, Alexander Hamilton at centre, reverse, US Treasury Building (Pick 400), the reverse print missing at low margin and part of bill above showing at top margin, fine to very fine £100-150
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Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata, Uruguay, specimen with counterfoil 100 pesos, 23 June 1862, serial run 62001/64500, green and light pink, circular frames with portrait Christopher Columbus at left, boy running with rope, horses in background at right (Pick S245 for type), in ICG holder number 50, extremely fine to about uncirculated, rare £350-450
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Banco Nacional, Uruguay, specimen 20 pesos, 23 June 1862, black on blue underprint, man at left, arms at top centre, buildings at low right, red Waterlow & Sons, Cancelled stamp at top right, three cancellation holes (Pick A94), pencil number in top margin, about uncirculated and an attractive Waterlow & Sons engraving £100-150
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Central Bank of Vanuatu, specimen 500 vatu, red and specimen 1000 vatu, grey, both ND (1982), both serial number AA 000000 (Pick 2s, 3s), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare (2) £150-200
| VIETNAM | |
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National Bank of Vietnam, South Vietnam, obverse and reverse composite essay on card for 200 dong, ND (ca 1966), red-brown on multicoloured underprint, Nguyen-Hue, warrior at left, reverse warrior on horseback leading troops (Pick 20 for type), slight splitting and minor damage to lower left margin of obverse, otherwise about uncirculated, attractive, unique slight splitting and minor damage to lower left margin of obverse, otherwise about uncirculated, attractive, unique £350-450
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National Bank of Vietnam, specimen 200 dong, ND (1966), serial number A.1.000000, blue and multicoloured, Nguyen-Hue at left, reverse blue, soldiers at centre, also specimen 50 dong, ND (1969), serial number A.1.000000, brown and multicoloured, bank building at right (Pick 20bs, 25s), mounting traces on second note otherwise uncirculated and scarce (2) £300-400
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National Bank of Vietnam, obverse and reverse composite essay on board for 100 dong, ND (ca 1966), dark green on multicoloured underprint, bank building at right, value and guilloches at left and right, reverse value set in geometric patterns (Pick 26 for type), about uncirculated, unique £250-350
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National Bank of Vietnam, a printers archival photograph for the obverse and reverse of a proposed issue of 100 dong, serial number A000 00000, black and white, man at right, reverse house, also obverse and reverse 200 dong, man at right, reverse carvings and spiral designs (Pick unrecorded, Linzmayer unrecorded), all with De La Rue handstamp and date '21 JAN 1955' on reverse, very striking and unusual (4) £600-800
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National Bank of Vietnam, South Vietnam, a printers obverse and reverse archival essay for a 5000 dong, ND (1975), serial number A1 000000, purple and brown, value top right and low left, reverse purple and pale blue, leopard at left, value low left and top right (Pick 35 for type, NBV B37 for similar), dated '12.2.73' on card mount, good extremely fine, unique and attractive (2) £800-1,200
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National Bank of Vietnam, South Vietnam, a printers archival obverse and reverse essay for a 10000 dong, ND (1975), serial number A1 000000, purple and multicoloured, bank building at right, value low left and right, reverse violet and pale blue, panther at left, value low left and top right (Pick unrecorded design, NBV B38 for similar), reverse completely unknown, visually striking, unique (2) £1,000-1,400
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Territory of Western Samoa, printer's archival specimen 10 shillings, ND (1959), serial run 309001 to 359000, signature title HIGH COMMISSIONER, brown, green and multicoloured, palm tree and beach scene at top centre, value in guilloches at left and right, reverse value in words and figures set in ornate guilloches (Pick 7ds), ink date '20 /3 /59' and annotations in margins, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £300-400
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Territory of Western Samoa, specimen proof 10 shillings, ND (1959), no serial numbers, signature title HIGH COMMISSIONER, brown, green and multicoloured, palm tree and beach scene at top centre, value in guilloches at left and right, reverse value in words and figures set in ornate guilloches (Pick 7dp), ink date '2 /4 /59' and annotations including 'for colour only' in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine to about uncirculated and very rare as a proof £240-320
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Bank of Western Samoa, obverse and reverse composite essay on card for 10 Tala, ND (ca 1967), serial number 000000, green, pink and blue on multicoloured underprint, tava bowl at left, flag at centre right, arms at lower right, value in each corner, reverse shoreline with palm and banana trees, one punch hole (Pick 18 for type), good extremely fine, unique (2) £250-350
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Yemen Currency Board, obverse and reverse printers archival photograph showing a design for the 1964 issue of 10 rials, black and white, obverse same as that issued but with ornate design at right, and no arms at right, also central text different, reverse same as issued, but in reverse (Linzmayer ARY B3, Pick 3 for similar), unique and interesting (2) £150-200
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Yemen Arab Republic, Currency Board, colour trial 1 rial, blue, colour trial 5 rials, olive and colour trial 10 rials, purple, all ND (ca 1964), all arms at left (Pick 1ct, 2ct, 3ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare (3) £250-350
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Yemen Arab Republic, Currency Board, a set of colour trials of the ND (1968 issue), comprising 10 buqshas, blue-green and 20 buqshas, purple, both no signature also 1 rial, blue, 5 rials, olive, 10 rials, brown, 20 rials, green and 50 rials, red. The last five notes all signature of Ahmad Abdu Said low centre (Pick 4ct-10ct), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare (7) £500-700
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Central Bank of Yemen, colour trial 1 rial, brown, Al Baqlilyah Mosque, colour trial 5 rials, blue, Beit al Midie hill, colour trial 10 rials, purple, bronze head of King Dhamer Ali and colour trial 20 rials, purple, sculpture of a seated figure with grapes at left, all ND (ca 1973), all signature of Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani at low centre (Pick 11ct-14ct, CBY B1t-B4t), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare (4) £400-600
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Central Bank of Yemen, a group of printer's positional proofs of the 1973-77 Issue, all signature 5 except the 10 rials, signature 7, comprising 1 rial, serial number 1/22 070001, green; 5 rials, serial number 1/27 030001, red; 10 rials, serial number 1/60 140001, blue; 20 rials, serial number 1/12 040001, violet; 50 rials, serial number 1/13 730003, olive-green; and 100 rials, serial number 1/9 1000001, all marked with positioning lines in black or red ink (Pick 11ap, 12ap, 13bp, 14ap, 15ap, 16ap), ink dates and or annotations in top margins, the 100 rials otherwise extremely fine, the remainder about uncirculated and a very rare type of printer's proof (6) £150-250
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Central Bank of Yemen, specimen 50 rials, ND (1978), green, statue of Ma'adkarib at left, Abdulla Mohamed al-Sanabani signature and specimen 100 rials, ND (1971), purple, sculpture of a gryphon and cherub at left, signature of Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani (Pick 15s, 16s, CBY B5bs, B6as), red Arabic SPECIMEN overprint, perforated, uncirculated and rare (2) £300-350
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Bank of Zambia, 10 shillings, ND (1964), serial number A/1 837103, brown on multicolour underprint, Chaplins Barbet at right, arms at top centre, value at centre and each corner (Linzmayer BOZ B1a, Pick 1a), a nice original note with good embossing, minor handling, otherwise uncirculated £200-250
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Bank of Zambia, 10 kwacha, ND (1968), serial number 12/D 736909, blue on multicolour underprint, President Kenneth Kauda at right, arms at top centre, value at centre and each corner (Linzmayer BOZ B7a, Pick 7a), good extremely fine and a very scarce signature and denomination £250-300
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Banque du Zaire, specimen 10 zaires, ND (1979-81), serial number A0000000A, green and multicolour, Mobutu Sese Seko at left, arms top left, leopard at low right, reverse, flaming torch held aloft at centre left (Linzmayer BDZ B9, Pick 24), red diagonal SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, a superb specimen £50-100
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A Group of heavily damaged/chopped up specimens and colour trials, including some examples of extremely rare notes, including Egypt, £1 Fellah, colour trial in brown, and HSBC, $500 of 1927 all with significant pieces missing and/or damaged, but interesting nonetheless (17) £150-200
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Thomas Cook & Sons, uniface die proof travellers cheque for 100 rupees, red-brown, value at left, Indian elephant at right mounting traces, extremely fine £100-150
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Thomas Cook & Son, a book of issued but unused travellers cheques, 2 January 1928, consisting of £10 (2), blue, and £5 (10), brown, both types with Hermes at right, complete with both front and back cover. all made out to a Miss Iris Gill, and with Indication number and other fields filled out. Three £10 cheques have been removed and presumably used. Bradbury Wilkinson & Co printings, a small amount of foxing but a beautifully fresh item, good extremely fine and very rare £250-350
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England, two good sized vignettes, ND (c.1953), the first showing Queen Elizabeth II, the second Prince Philip, black, The Queen wearing the Order of the Garter, Phillip in full military uniform with medals, beautifully engraved, rare and most attractive (2) £300-400
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Large group of mixed world banknotes, which include the following, Japanese Government, Israel, Poland, Nigeria, Egypt, Afghanistan, Kuwait, India, Turkey, Slovenia, Vietnam, Italy, England, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Russia a range of grades from poor to extremely fine (103) £150-200
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Large group of mixed world banknotes, from countries which include, Angola, Australia, Portugal. Spain, Norway, East Caribbean, Yugoslavia, Canada, Turkey, Germany, Israel, India, Singapore, Russia, Argentina, Sierra Leone, Iceland, Belgium, Ghana, Brazil, Cambodia, Poland, Scotland, England, Italy, China and Hong Kong varying grades from fair to very fine (82) £150-180
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A good sized selection of notes, from countries including, Norway, Portugal, Tunisia, Germany, Italy, Malta, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, France, Finland, Bulgaria various grades from fair to extremely fine (44) £100-150
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A varied group of world banknotes, from countries including the following, Bahrain, Qatar, Yemen, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, a mixture of grades, from fair to very fine (22) £100-120
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An interesting mixed group of world banknotes, which include the following, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Japanese Government, China, Reserve Bank of India, Government of India, Ceylon, a range of grades from fair to extremely fine (46) £150-200
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A good sized group of mixed world banknotes, including, Malaya and British Borneo $1, 1959, Bank Negara Malaysia, Singapore, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Suriname, Maldives, Kenya, Ghana, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi various grades from fair to extremely fine (55) £150-200
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Group of mixed world banknotes, which include: Bank of England, Peppiatt £1 (2), Bank of England, Hollom £5, O'Brien 10 shilling replacement note, Scotland, Jersey, USA, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, Philippines grades range from fair to about uncirculated (43) £200-300
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A mixed group of world notes, almost all German and Austrian, but with a few other countries, mixed grades but generally very fine or better (203) £80-120
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A Giori test sheet, undated (ca 1970), in black and white and comprising 15 test notes including eight examples, maiden with long hair at top centre, four of these horizontal format with value 50/20 at each corner and text low centre 'LA PREMIERE BANQUE AU CANADA', four with vertical format, also two notes with various denominations and with picture of printing works, also one note in the style of a Federal Reserve Bank $1 with vignette of the Lincoln Memorial and finally four notes with three Presidential portraits of Lincoln, Jefferson and Grant, the sheet has adjustment marks at left and right and printers annotations folded otherwise a fresh extremely fine and highly unusual £400-600
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