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Banco do Brazil, specimen 200 mil reis, ND (1856), no place name, black and grey on cream paper, seated woman with globe at centre looking out at ships at sea, elaborate borders and panels at left and right (Pick S315 for similar), with counterfoil, in ICG holder number 50, extremely fine to about uncirculated, a stunning specimen £800-1,200
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Banco do Brazil, specimen 50 mil reis, Rio Grande do Sul, 2A serie, 18- (ca 1856), black on green paper, horses to centre, wagon and bullocks at left and right (Pick S338 for similar), good extremely fine and very rare £500-700
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O Novo Banco de Pernambuco, Brazil, specimen/proof 100 mil reis, 18- (1858), no serial number, uniface, black on thin white paper, lovely vignette of a lakeside villa at top centre, value at centre and in borders (Pick S450s), tear and several small nicks in top margins, in ICG holder 50*, extremely fine to about uncirculated, extremely rare £600-800
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O Novo Banco de Pernambuco, Brazil, specimen/proof 200 mil reis, 18- (1858), no serial number, uniface, black on thin white paper, very pretty vignette showing a villa and town next to a lake, with bridge and small boats, at top centre, value at centre and in borders (Pick unlisted), a few small nicks and cuts, in ICG holder 55*, almost uncirculated, extremely rare £800-1,000
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A Caixa De Conversao, colour trial, 100 mil reis, 6 December 1906, bluish-green on yellow and lilac underprint, Portrait of Afonso Pena at centre, Caixa de Conversão building at right, Coat of arms of Brazil at left, reverse brown, Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden at centre, cancel holes, red SPECIMEN overprint, blue WATERLOW seal low left (Pick 97), uncirculated and rare £250-300
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Republica dos Estados Unidos do Brasil, a group of specimens of the Estampa 2A Series, ND (1949-62), all zero serial numbers, comprising 200 cruzeiros, series 30, no signature, olive-green, Dom Pedro I at centre; 500 cruzeiros, series 721, olive-grey, Joao VI at centre; and 1000 cruzeiros, series 34, no signature, orange, Alvares Cabral at centre, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red with one or two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, two punch holes in 500 Cruzeiros only (Pick 147s, 149s, 172bs), about uncirculated to uncirculated and a rare group (3) £400-600
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Republica dos Estados Unidos do Brasil, a group of specimens of the Estampa 2A Series, ND (1949-60), all zero serial numbers, comprising 2 cruzeiros, series 901, turquoise; 5 cruzeiros, series 1801, olive-brown; 10 cruzeiros, series 1436, green; 20 cruzeiros, series 370, red-brown; 50 cruzeiros, series 216, purple; and 100 cruzeiros, series 115, red, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red or black with one or two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, two punch holes or 100 cruzeiros perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 157Acs, 158ds, 159ds, 144s, 145s, 146s), about uncirculated to uncirculated and a scarce group (6) £200-300
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Republica dos Estados Unidos do Brasil, specimen 5000 escudos, ND (1963-64), Estampa 2A, series 400, serial number 000000, red, Tiradentes at right; specimen 10 cruzeiros novos on 10000 cruzeiros, ND (1966-67), Estampa 2A, series 001, serial number 000000, brown Dumont at right, both overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 182as, 190as), about uncirculated to uncirculated, scarce (2) £100-150
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British Caribbean Territories, $1, 28 November 1950, serial number F/1 601860, deep pink on multicolour underprint, portrait King George VI at right, reverse, red, map of territories at left, reverse, sea horses pulling Neptune top centre, islands' coats of arms at right and left (LNZ CB B1, Pick 1), extremely faint central fold, otherwise, crisp, fresh and about uncirculated £200-250
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British Caribbean Territories, a group of notes comprising, $1, 1950, red, portrait King George VI at right, $1, 1962, red, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, East Caribbean Currency Authority, $1 (6), and Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, $5, green and multicolour, $10, blue and multicolour, both portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right a range of grades from good to very fine (10) £80-120
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British Caribbean Territories, $5, 28 November 1950, serial number C/1 873280, green and pale mauve, portrait King George VI at right, map of territories at left, reverse, seahorses and Neptune top centre, islands' coats of arms at left and right (LNZ CB B3, Pick 3), central fold, about extremely fine £180-230
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British Caribbean Territories, $1, 1 March 1954, serial number H2-491134, red on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right, map of the Caribbean at low left (CB B7b, Pick 7), extremely fine £100-150
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British Caribbean Territories, $2, 5 January 1953, serial number A2-563058, $5, 5 January 1953, serial number A2-386823, blue and multicolour and green and mauve respectively, both portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, map of territories at left, reverse, islands' coats of arms in ornate columns at left and right (LNZ CB B8, 9, Pick 8, 9), first, several folds, very fine, second, several tiny pinholes, about very fine £180-230
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British Caribbean Territories Eastern Group, a reverse proof on unwatermarked paper for a $5, ND (1953), red, Queen Elizabeth II in biga at upper centre, dolphins on each side, arms of the islands at left and right, one punch hole (Pick 9 for type), ink date '8/ 7/ 53' and annotation in lower margin, otherwise extremely fine, sold with envelope dated 14. 7. 53 endorsed by printers, and an excessively rare proof in a different colour than the issued note, probably unique £100-200
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British Caribbean Territories, printers archival specimen $1, 2 January 1957, serial number U2-100001-Y2-100000, red and lilac, printers archival specimen $5, 2 January 1957, serial number F2-200001 - J2-700000, green on multicolour underprint, also printers archival specimen for a $10, 3 January 1955, serial number A2-500001-A2-850000, brown and multicoloured, all Elizabeth II at top right, map at low left, value at top centre and each corner, reverse green, arms and values, perforated SPECIMEN, ink annotations in top margins (Pick 7bs, 9bs, 10bs, Linz CB B7es, 8es, 10bs), printers annotations in top margin, perforated, extremely fine and scarce (3) £500-700
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British Caribbean Territories, $5, 2 January 1958, serial number K2-956208, green on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right, map of the Caribbean at low left (CB B9e, Pick 9), one diagonal crease at left and one corner crease at top right, but a wonderfully original good extremely fine, difficult in this grade £700-900
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British Caribbean Territories, $10, 2 January 1958, serial number C2-670603, brown on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right, map of the Caribbean at low left (CB B10e, Pick 10), pressed but an attractive good very fine £250-350
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British Caribbean Territories, $10, 2 January 1958, serial number C2-738332, brown on multicolour underprint, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, map of territories at left, reverse, coats of arms of islands in ornate columns at left and right (LNZ CB B10, Pick 10), several folds and some discolouration, otherwise very fine £200-250
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British Caribbean Territories, $20, 2 January 1957, serial number A2-740936, purple on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right, map of the Caribbean at low left (CB B11c, Pick 11), original good very fine, an attractive example and exceptionally hard to find in higher grades than this £250-350
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British Caribbean Territories, specimen $100, 5 January 1953, serial number A2 000001-A2 060000, grey, pale green and orange, Elizabeth II at right, map of the Territories at low left, value top centre and at each corner, signatures of McDavid, Robertson and Burrowes, reverse grey, arms and value (Pick 12as, Linzmayer CB B12as), ink date '26/3/53' in margin on reverse, perforated SPECIMEN, good extremely fine and very rare £800-1,200
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Government of British Guiana, bromides on matt paper showing obverse and reverse designs for the $1 and $2 of 1916, black and white, first with sailing ship at left, second with sailing ship at top centre, reverse with sailing ship at centre, also samples on tracing paper for the signatures and serial numbers, all items laid down on thick paper and dated 'Nov. 26th 15' (Pick1 and 2 for type, Linzmayer GBG B1, 2 for type), the $2 with a tear otherwise in good order, probably unique and a fascinating record of the design process (6) £400-450
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Government of British Guiana, obverse and reverse printers archival photographs showing designs for a $1, 1 October 1927, black and white, Toucan at left, sailing ship at right, lake scene at centre, value at each corner, reverse arms at centre, value at left and right (Pick unlisted design), similar to the issue of 1929 but with many differences, particularly the lack of Royal portrait on the reverse, unique and important (2) £250-350
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Government of British Guiana, $2, 1 January 1942, serial number D/7 66503, green and pale orange, toucan perching on branch at left, Kaieteur Falls at centre, sailing ship seal at right, reverse, portrait King George VI at centre flanked by value (LNZ GBG B8c, Pick 13), extremely fine, attractive £250-350
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Government of the British Honduras, $1, 1 October 1928, serial number A024417A, blue on multicolour underprint, arms at top centre (LNZ GBH B13b, Pick 14), a very nice looking and completely intact example, good fine and rare £1,200-1,600
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Government of the British Honduras, $2, 30 January 1947, serial number B/2 006678, purple, violet, orange and pink, portrait King George VI at left, arms at left, reverse, ornate pattern in brown, orange and purple (LNZ GBH B24, Pick 25), about extremely fine £280-320
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Government of the British Honduras, $5, 1 November 1949, serial number C/2124159, red and mauve, portrait King George VI at right, arms at left, reverse, bank title and value within ornate guilloche (LNZ GBH B25, Pick 26), very fine or better £280-320
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Government of the British Honduras, a group of specimen colour trials of the ND (1953-73) issue comprising $1, blue, green and yellow; $2, brown, purple and orange; $5, violet, brown and orange-pink, all Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at left, reverse ornate guilloches, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 28ct, 29ct, 30ct, GBH B27t, 28t, 29t), uncirculated and scarce (3) £400-500
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Government of the British Honduras, $5, 15 April 1953, serial number F/1 044360, red and lilac, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, arms at left, reverse, colourful geometric pattern (LNZ GBH B29s, Pick 30), about extremely fine £150-180
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Government of the British Honduras, $10, 1 January 1973, serial number F/1 631835, black on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at right, arms at left, value at low centre and each corner, reverse multicolour (LNZ GBH B30a, Pick 31), uncirculated, a beautiful example, rare in this grade £1,000-1,500
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Government of the British Honduras, $20, 1 January 1971, serial number E/1 311355, brown on green and olive underprint, Elizabeth II at right, arms at left, value at low centre and each corner, reverse multicolour (LNZ GBH B31a, Pick 32), completely uncirculated and very rare in this grade, a wonderful note £2,000-2,500
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British North Borneo Company, $1, 19<\_>, serial number A359822, black, Mount Kinabalu top centre with bank title above, value in ornate panels at left and right and in red tablet across centre, elaborate border, reverse, green (Pick 3), evidence of repair, numerous folds, otherwise very good to about fine £200-300
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British North Borneo Company, 50 cents, 1 January 1938, serial number 898812, olive green, arms at left, bank title top centre, value in ornate tablet at centre (Pick 27), several strong folds, pinholes, fine £100-200
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British West African Currency Board, 10 shillings, 4 February 1958, serial number A/V 492650, black and green, river scene with palm trees at left, reverse field workers (Pick 9a, BWAC B9d), about uncirculated £150-200
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Government of Brunei, $10, ND (1967), prefix A/6, red and pale blue, Sultan Ali Omar Saifuddin III at right (Pick 3, Linzmayer BCB B3a), uncirculated £100-120
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Government of Brunei, specimen 1 ringgit, 1985, serial number A/31 000000, blue on multicolour underprint, Sultan Waddaulah at right, value at each corner, reverse blue, mosque at centre-left, red SPECIMEN overprint (LNZ BCB B6s, Pick 6s), in ICG holder 63, uncirculated £150-200
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Government of Brunei, a group of specimens and proofs for 1 ringgit, 1984, comprising printers archival specimen, serial numbers A/29 000001-A/30 1000000, bank specimen (2), zero serial numbers, a complete proof with no signatures or serial numbers, and stage proofs (5) for the obverse and reverse, each showing the various layers of printing, blue on multicoloured underprint, Sultan Waddaulah at right (LNZ BCB B6, Pick 6), about uncirculated to uncirculated, an important set (9) £500-700
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Government of Brunei, specimen 5 ringgit, ND (c.1982), no serial number, green on multicolour underprint, Sultan Waddaulah at right, value at each corner, reverse green, mosque at centre-left, one small cancellation hole (LNZ BCB B7s, Pick 7s), in ICG holder 55*, almost uncirculated, printers annotations in margins £200-250
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Government of Brunei, a group of specimens and proofs for 5 ringgit, 1984, comprising printers archival specimen, serial numbers A/4 700001-A/5 500000, bank specimen (2), zero serial numbers, a complete proof with no signatures or serial numbers, and stage proofs (6) for the obverse and reverse, each showing the various layers of printing, green on multicoloured underprint, Sultan Waddaulah at right (LNZ BCB B7, Pick 7), about uncirculated to uncirculated, an important and interesting set (10) £500-700
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Brunei Currency Board, a consecutive run of $10, 1976, serial numbers A/9 967003-7, red on multicolour underprint, M. Waddaulah at right, reverse Omar Ali Saifuddin mosque (LNZ BCB B8a, Pick 8), in ICG holder 60, about uncirculated to uncirculated (5) £200-300
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Government of Brunei, specimen/proof 50 ringgit, 1981, no serial number, brown and olive green on multicolour underprint, Sultan Waddaulah at right, value at each corner, reverse olive green, mosque at centre-left, signature printed on transparency and glued in place (LNZ BCB B9cs, Pick 9cs), in ICG holder 50*, extremely fine to about uncirculated, annotations in top margin £250-300
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Government of Brunei, specimen 1000 ringgit, 1979, serial number A/1 000000, black, brown and turquoise on multicolour underprint, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah I at right, value at centre and each corner, reverse Brunei Museum building (LNZ BCB B12as, Pick 12as), annotations in top margin, in ICG holder 40*, good very fine to about extremely fine, scarce £500-700
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Bulgarian National Bank, a variety of notes including 1000 leva zlatni, 1920, 100 leva, 1925 200, 250 leva 1929, 200, 250, 500, 100 leva from the 1943 issue and a large group of modern issues 1962-1999 (Pick 33, 31, 46, 51-2, 55, 58, 60-1, 64-7, 88-117), very fine or better (37) £100-200
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Bulgarian National Bank, specimen 50 leva, 1925, serial number 000,000, brown on multicoloured underprint, King Boris III at right, arms at left, reverse blue, women harvesting grain, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes; also 50 leva reverse uniface colour trial proofs (2), ND (1925), brown-purple, both women harvesting grain; and 100 leva reverse uniface colour trial proof, ND (1925), blue, people gathered in front of house (Pick 45s1, 45rp (2), 46rp), the first with ink date '1. 2. 26' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine, the remainder pencil 'PROOF' and letter 'A' in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated and a rare group (4) £150-250
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Bulgarian National Bank, specimen 100 leva (2), 1925, the first dark blue, the second blue-green, both serial number A0000000, King Boris III at right, arms at left, reverse green, people gathered in front of house, both perforated CANCELLED, two punch holes (Pick 46s2 (2)), the first with purple handstamp and ink signature on obverse, otherwise both about uncirculated to uncirculated, scarce (2) £100-150
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Bulgarian National Bank, specimen 500 leva, 1925, serial number A000000, green and multicoloured, King Boris III at right, arms at left, reverse red, man and boy with oxen, perforated CANCELLED, two punch holes (Pick 47s2), ink date '5/ 2/ 26' and annotation in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, scarce £140-180
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Bulgarian National Bank, specimen 1000 leva, 1925, serial number A000,000, brown and multicoloured, King Boris III at right, arms at left, reverse indigo and purple, vignette of woman pouring from a cornucopia, two farmers and women at a loom, perforated CANCELLED, two punch holes (Pick 48s2), ink date '19/ 2/ 25' and annotation in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated, very scarce £150-200
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Bulgarian National Bank, a selection of notes from the 1929 series comprising 200, 250, 500 and 1000 leva, all King Boris III at right and a 100 leva of 1925, plus 500 and 100 leva, 1938, multicoloured, King Boris II at left, also 500 and 1000 leva, 1942, also 500 leva, 1940, blue and 1000 leva, 1940, purple-brown, both King Boris III at right, arms at left, plus 20 leva, 1943, grey and pink, 200 leva (2), olive, 250 leva, green, 500 leva, blue, all 1943, King Simeon II at left, arms at right (Pick 50a, 51a, 52a, 53, 46a, 55a, 56a, 58a, 59a, 60a, 61a, 63a, 64a, 65a, 66a), ranging from good to extremely fine, about uncirculated, a superb group (16) £300-400
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Government of India, Burma issue, 5 rupees, Rangoon, 21 September 1914, serial number HD/36 41464, black and red, value at centre, Gubbay signature (Pick A4), an original and perfectly presentable about fine, scarce £250-350
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Burma, Government of India, a quarter 100 rupee, type of 1937, Burma issue, serial number S/74 497841, lilac and green, low left hand quarter of the full note, red chop mark at centre, reverse lilac and green, black overstamped date W/R 17.1.34, (Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 3.1A), these quarter notes were kept for accounting purposes, two spindle holes, about extremely fine, scarce £250-350
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Burma, Government of India, quarter 100 rupees (3), type of 1937, Burma issue, prefixes S/74, T/32 and T/25, lilac and green, low left hand quarter of the full note, red chop mark at centre, reverse lilac and green, these serial numbers are known to relate to all three cashiers, Taylor, Denning and Kelly respectively, (Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 3.1A), these quarter notes were kept for accounting purposes, some spindle holes, about extremely fine, scarce (3) £400-500
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