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Central Bank of Ceylon, colour trial 1 rupee, 20 January 1951, no serial number, green on lilac and orange, King George VI at left, reverse green, steps at right, two cancellation holes and red SPECIMEN overprint (LNZ CBC B1at, Pick 47ct), in ICG holder number 63, uncirculated, rare £300-400
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Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen 2 rupees, 16 October 1954, serial number E/16 000000, pink-brown on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at left, value at centre and top left and right, one cancellation hole (LNZ CBC B4bs, Pick 50s), annotation in top margin, in ICG holder 55, almost uncirculated £350-450
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Central Bank of Ceylon, 5 rupees, 16 October 1954, serial number G/17 675020, red and multicolour, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at left, value in each corner and at centre, reverse, multicolour, reverse, standing figure in ornate tablet at centre (Pick 54), staple holes at left, fine to very fine £50-80
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Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen colour trial 10 rupees, ND (1954), serial number L/21 000000, brown and multicoloured, Queen Elizabeth II at left, value in each corner, reverse green and purple, guard stone of naga-raja, overprinted SPECIMEN in black on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 55ct), paper clip indentation, otherwise uncirculated, rare £400-600
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Central Bank of Ceylon, printers archival specimen 50 rupees, 12 May 1954, serial number R/16 00001-R/25 100000, blue on multicolour underprint, Elizabeth II at left, reverse, blue, Moonstone Steps at centre-right, perforated SPECIMEN (LNZ CBC B8bs, Pick 52s), annotations in margins, in ICG holder 63, uncirculated, rare and a beautiful note £600-800
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Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen 100 rupees, 3 June 1952, serial number V/1 00000, brown and violet, Elizabeth II at left, value at centre and at each corner, signatures of Jayewardene and Exter, reverse purple and pale green, a fresco from Sigiriya at centre (Pick 53s, Linzmayer CBC B9as), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, good extremely fine and rare £700-900
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Central Bank of Ceylon, a printers archival composite essay on board for a proposed issue of 10 rupees, 30 July 1959, serial number A000000, green and pale pink, lion at right, arms at centre, value top left and right and low left (Pick unlisted, Linzmayer unlisted), unique and pretty £600-800
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Central Bank of Ceylon, a printers archival composite essay on board for a proposed issue of 100 rupees, 30 July 1959, serial number A000000, dark and light brown and pink, carving at left, urn and flowers at right, arms at centre (Pick unlisted, Linzmayer unlisted), unique and really quite pretty £800-1,200
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Central Bank of Ceylon, composite proof/colour trial for 2 rupees, 18 August 1960, pink on multicolour underprint, Chinthe with sword at left, signature and date consist of extra paper glued in place over the two cancellation holes, one red SPECIMEN overprint (LNZ CBC B11tp, Pick 57ctp), annotation in top margin, in ICG holder 45*, extremely fine, likely unique £200-250
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Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen colour trial 2 rupees, ND (ca 1956), no serial numbers, purple, arms at left, reverse lotus stem pillars of Medirigiriya; also specimen colour trial 5 rupees, ND (ca 1956), serial number G/19 000000, olive-green and orange, arms at left, reverse statue of Parakramabahu, both overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, one or two punch holes (Pick 57ct, 58ct), paper clip indentation on 2 rupees, otherwise both about uncirculated to uncirculated, scarce (2) £120-180
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Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen colour trial 50 rupees, ND (ca 1956), serial number R/26 00000, brown-purple and blue, arms at left, reverse blue, Moonstone Steps at Polonnaruwa; also specimen colour trial 100 rupees, ND (ca 1956), serial number V/31 00000, green on purple and orange underprint, arms at left, reverse fresco of two women with lotus flowers, both overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 60ct, 61ct), paper clip indentation on both copies, the first otherwise uncirculated, the second about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare (2) £300-400
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Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen colour trial 50 rupees, ND (ca 1961), no serial numbers, purple and black on blue underprint, President S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike at right, reverse brown-purple, Moonstone Steps, Polonnaruwa; also specimen proof 50 rupees, 7 June 1971, serial number S/110 00000, purple, green and multicoloured, smiling President S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike at right, reverse terraced tea plantation, the first overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 65ct, 79p - unrecorded date), the first paper clip indentation, the second ink date '24/12/71' and 'not approved' in top margin, otherwise both about uncirculated to uncirculated, the second note an extremely rare unissued date (2) £250-350
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Central Bank of Ceylon, printer's archival specimen 100 rupees, 5 June 1963, serial number run V/41 00001 to V/50 100000, brown and indigo on multicoloured underprint, President Bandaranaike at right, reverse fresco of two women with lotus flowers, perforated SPECIMEN; also progressive proof 100 rupees, ND (ca 1970), no serial numbers, missing portrait of Bandaranaike, bank legend at upper centre and value in Sinhalese and English in box at lower centre, reverse as above but with bank legend at upper right (LNZ CBC B20, LNZ unlisted proof;. Pick 66s, Pick unlisted proof), ink dates and annotations in top margins, otherwise choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, the proof extremely rare (2) £200-400
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Central Bank of Ceylon, a group of specimen proofs of the 1968-70 Issues, all zero serial numbers, all statue of Parakramabahu at right, comprising 2 rupees, 10 January 1968, prefix E/158, brown; 5 rupees, 10 May 1969, prefix G/109, orange and green; 50 rupees, 10 January 1968, prefix S/80, blue and purple; and 100 rupees, 1 June 1970, prefix V/91, brown and violet, all one punch hole (Pick 67bp, 73ap, 70bp, 76bp), ink dates and annotations concerning approval of the proofs in top margins of all copies and ink initials on the last three notes, the 100 rupees otherwise good extremely fine and an extremely rare unissued date, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated (4) £400-600
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Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen colour trial proof 5 rupees (2), 10 January 1968, both serial number G/81 000000, green and indigo on multicoloured underprint, statue of Parakramabahu at right, reverse statue of Chinze, both overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse (Pick 68bpct (2)), ink dates and annotations concerning approval of the proofs in top margins, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and rare as colour trial proofs (2) £120-180
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Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen colour trial proof 50 rupees, 10 January 1968, serial number S/80 00000, scarlet and purple on pale blue underprint, statue of Parakramabahu at right, reverse Moonstone Steps, Polonnaruwa; also specimen colour trial proof 100 rupees, 10 January 1968, serial number V/61 00000, purple and black, statue of Parakramabahu at right, reverse fresco of two women with lotus flowers, both overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse (Pick 70bpct , 71bpct), ink annotations in top margins, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and rare as colour trial proofs (2) £250-350
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Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen/proof 5 rupees, 12 June 1964, serial number 000000, orange on multicolour underprint, statue of Parakramabahu at right, one cancellation hole, entire vignette area hand painted and pasted on top of the previous issue, serial number printed on transparency and glued on face (LNZ CBC B27p, Pick 73p for type), in ICG holder 50* EF/AU, composite proof, unique £300-400
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Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen colour trial 50 rupees, ND (ca 1969), no serial numbers, scarlet and purple on pale blue underprint, statue of Parakramabahu at right, name of Central Bank of Ceylon in Tamil and English on front and back, reverse Moonstone Steps, Polonnaruwa; also specimen colour trial 100 rupees, ND (ca 1969), no serial numbers, purple and black, statue of Parakramabahu at right, reverse fresco of two women with lotus flowers, both overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, one or two punch holes (Pick 75ct, 76ct), about uncirculated to uncirculated and very scarce (2) £180-260
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Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen 2 rupees, 18 December 1972, serial number E/240 000000, grey-green and pale orange, President Bandaranaike at right, arms top left, reverse grey-green, fields and palm trees, value at each corner (Pick unrecorded type), ink date in top margin '18.2.72', the 50 and 100 were issued but apparently no other denomination seen, extremely rare £400-600
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Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen 5 rupees, 18 December 1972, serial number G/155 000000, purple and multicoloured, President Bandaranaike at right, arms top left, reverse purple and pale blue, boats drawn up on the shoreline (Pick unrecorded type), ink date in top margin '28.1.72', the 50 and 100 were issued but apparently no other denomination seen, extremely rare £500-600
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Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen 50 rupees, 18 December 1972, serial number S/110 000000, purple and multicoloured, President Bandaranaike at right, arms top left, reverse purple and pale green-blue, rice fields on hillsides, also specimen 100 rupees, 7 June 1971, serial number V/91 00000, purple and multicoloured, reverse grey and mauve, ancient stairway in field (Pick 79s, 80s), ink date in top margin, both dates unrecorded in Pick, good extremely fine and very rare (2) £350-550
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Central Bank of Ceylon, a booklet of obverse progressive proofs for 50 rupees, ND (1977) comprising 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th workings, all complete reverse, all on watermarked paper with security thread (Pick 81 - progressive proofs (4)), staple holes, ink annotations, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, attractive and excessively rare (4) £100-200
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Central Bank of Ceylon, a booklet of obverse progressive proofs for 100 rupees, ND (1977) comprising 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th workings, all complete reverse, all on watermarked paper with security thread (Pick 82 - progressive proofs (4)), staple holes, ink annotations, two copies with uneven top margins, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, attractive and excessively rare (4) £150-250
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Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen 10 rupees (3), 1 January 1985, the first serial number 000000, the second first prefix serial number D/51 000000, and the third a printer's archival specimen serial run number D/51 000001 to D/105 1000000, all olive-green on multicoloured underprint, Temple of the Tooth, Kandy at right, reverse temple in Kelaniya, the second only overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 92bs (3)), uncirculated, sold with printer's envelope and three pink identification slips one for each specimen, an exceptionally rare trio, the printer's archival specimen believed to be unique (3) £200-400
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Central Bank of Ceylon, specimen 20 rupees (3), 1 January 1985, the first serial number 000000, the second first prefix serial number F/11 000000, and the third a printer's archival specimen serial run number F/11 000001 to F/40 1000000, all purple and red on multicoloured underprint, Moonstone Steps in Anuradhapura at right, reverse temple in Anuradhapura, the second only overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 93bs (3)), uncirculated, sold with printer's envelope and three pink identification slips one for each specimen, an exceptionally rare trio, the printer's archival specimen believed to be unique (3) £250-450
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Ceylon, Rubber Controller issues, 1, 5, 10 (2) and 100 (2) pounds of dry rubber, 1941-1942, all lilac and pale orange with serial numbers and signatures, plus Peveril Internment Camp, 1 penny voucher, ND (1940-1945), serial number B 947, black text on orange card, value left centre, manuscript signature at right, (Feller IM-141b, Quarmby 416, Pick not listed), mixed grades from good to extremely fine, scarce, last good very fine, rare (7) £250-350
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Diyatalawa, Prisoner of War currency during the Boer War for Ceylon, 50 cents, handstamped date 31 March 1901, serial number 3400, black text on green, value and arms at centre, purple handstamped signature of Lieut. Col. Vincent low right (Ineson 205), very fine and scarce £250-350
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Diyatalawa, Prisoner of War currency during the Boer War for Ceylon, 1 rupee, 25 March 1901, hand stamped date serial number 5204, pale yellow-orange, arms top centre, value in red at centre, hand stamp signature of Lieut. Colonel Vincent low right (Ineson 206), a fresh example, original, good extremely fine thus rare £250-350
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Diyatalawa, Prisoner of War currency during the Boer War, Ceylon, 5 rupees, 19 May 1901, serial number 700, green and black on pale mauve, arms top centre, value in green at centre, hand stamped signature of Lieut. Col. Vincent low right (Ineson 207), very fine, very rare especially in this condition £400-500
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Banco de A.Edwards y Ca., Chile, specimen 1 libra esterlina, Valparaiso, 189-, serial number AA 00001, black and green, man at left, arms at right, counterfoil at left, reverse green, value (Pick S246s), perforated SPECIMEN, good extremely fine and rare £250-350
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El Banco Hipotecario, specimen 5 mil pesos, Valparaiso, 189-, serial number 0001-1000, blue and black, harvesting scene top centre, value at each corner, counterfoil at left, reverse red and blue, medallic female head at left and right, perforated (Pick unlisted), small tear on top right corner, original very fine, rare £300-400
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El Banco de Rere, Chile, colour trial 20 pesos, ND (189-), black, pale yellow and brown, helmeted female head at right centre, locomotive top left, reverse blue, value (Pick S389), perforated, maroon WATERLOW seal at low left, red SPECIMEN overprint, good extremely fine, rare £300-400
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Hupeh Government Cash Bank, 1 yuan, 1904, serial number 670, black on green underprint, dragons at left and right, value at each corner, reverse yellow and black (Pick S2090, S/M H171-10), in PMG holder 12, fine, an attractive example of a rare and striking note £2,000-2,500
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Ming Dynasty, Da Ming Bao Chao, 1 kuan, 1368-1399, black text on mulberry bark, red rectangular seals on face, 10 strings of cash coins at centre, (Pick AA10), superb black printing on this example, and an excellent chop mark, very fine £1,500-2,000
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Ming Dynasty, Da Ming Bao Chao, 1 kuan, 1368-1399, black text on mulberry bark, red rectangular seals on face, 10 strings of cash coins at centre, (Pick AA10), very good paper quality, about very fine £1,200-1,600
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Ming Dynasty, Da Ming Bao Chao, 1 kuan, 1368-1399, black text on mulberry bark, red rectangular seals on face, 10 strings of cash coins at centre, (Pick AA10), superb black printing on this example, and vibrant chop marks, sadly some worm damage at centre, fine £1,000-1,500
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Central Bank of China, proof 5000 yuan (2) on watermarked paper, 1947, no serial numbers or signatures, purple on multicolour underprint, Sun Yat Sen at left, value at each corner (Pick 310), irregular margins so likely 'printers waste' cut from a sheet, good extremely fine and rare (2) £300-400
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El Banco de la Republica, Colombia, a printers archival obverse and reverse composite essay for a proposed issue of 1000 pesos oro, 1 January 1973, serial number in red 00000000, red-brown and multicoloured, Simon Bolivar at left, value in field, reverse red-brown and multicoloured, arms and monument (Pick unlisted), unique (2) £400-600
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Conseil Monetaire de la Republique du Congo (Congo Democratic Republic), Banque Centrale du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, specimen 1000 francs, 15 February 1962, serial number 01234-56789, blue and pale pink, male head at left, river scene low centre, value at each corner, reverse pale purple-pink, waterbuck at centre, value at left and right (Pick 2as, Linzmayer CMRC B1as), ink date '14/2/62' in top margin, good extremely fine and a handsome note, scarce £300-400
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Banque Nationale du Congo, an obverse composite proof for 1000 francs, 1 August 1965, serial number J 000000, black, white and blue, Kasavubu at right (Pick 8 for similar), unique £250-350
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Banque Nationale du Congo, specimen 5 zaires = 500 makuta, green date 2 January 1967, serial number A 000000, green and multicoloured, Mobutu at right, reverse long building with tree-lined front, overprinted SPECIMEN in red with two De La Rue specimen ovals on obverse and reverse, one punch hole (Pick 13s1), half-moon punch hole in top right margin, otherwise about uncirculated, scarce £80-120
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Banque Nationale du Congo, specimen 5 zaires, 24 November 1971, zero serial number, green on multicolour underprint, arms low left, Mobutu Sese Seko at left, leopard at low right, reverse, carving in ornate guilloche, hydroelectric dam at centre (LNZ BNC B11, Pick 14), about uncirculated, a lovely note £80-120
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El Banco Anglo-Costa-Ricense, Costa Rica, specimen 50 pesos, 1 January 1864, no serial numbers, black and green and pale red, maiden at left (Pick states Queen Victoria (unusual portrait!)) flanked by flags, horse galloping at left centre, counterfoil at left (Pick S110s for similar), an attractive good extremely fine and extremely rare £4,000-6,000
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Banco Commercial de Costa Rica, colour trial 5 colones, ND (1906), black, pale blue, pale pink, horseman, cart and trees at left, banana plant at right, reverse blue, head of Liberty at centre, value at left and right (Pick S141cts), perforated, blue WATERLOW seal low centre, red SPECIMEN overprint, mounting traces, good extremely fine and rare £600-800
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Banco Central de Costa Rica, specimen 10 colones, ND (1963 Issue), serial number B0000000, blue on multicolour, portrait of Echeverria at centre, specimen 100 colones, ND (1963 Issue), serial number B 0000000, portrait of J. R. Mora at centre, red SPECIMEN overprint, hole punched (Pick 229s, 233as), about uncirculated (2) £100-200
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Banco Central de Costa Rica, specimen 100 colones, ND (1977-88), E series, black on multicolour, Ricardo Jimenez at left, specimen 500 colones ND (1979-85), black serial number B000000, M.M. Gutierrez at right red SPECIMEN overprint, hole punched (Pick 248s 249s), mounting trace otherwise uncirculated (2) £250-350
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Croatian Anti-Fascist Government Authority, 100 dinara, decree of 15 September 1943, series H-XXI, serial number 1750*, black text on pale blue and pink and red, soldiers in underprint at centre, red star within wreath at centre, three manuscript signatures below, reverse black and white text (Pick S116, Schwan-Boling 731), an original good very fine, very scarce £500-700
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Croatian Anti-Fascist Government Authority, 1000 dinara, decree of 15 September 1943, series H-XXVIII, serial number 23763*, black text on pale blue and pink and red, soldiers in underprint at centre, red star within wreath at centre, three manuscript signatures below, reverse black and white text (Pick S118, Schwan-Boling 733), handstamp and annotations on reverse, very fine and very scarce £500-700
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Banco Espanola de la Habana, Cuba, specimen 100 pesos, ND (1857), no serial numbers, uniface, black and grey on cream paper, seated allegorical maiden with Indian, lion and symbols of commerce at top centre, bank title in ornate panels at left and along top, (Pick 1 for type), with counterfoil, in ICG holder number 30*, very fine £2,500-3,000
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Banco Espanola de la Habana, Cuba, specimen 300 pesos, ND (1867), black, grey and brown on mauve paper, allegorical figures at centre, bank title in banner style panel above, value in brown tablets low left and right, ornate panel at left (Pick 8), with counterfoil, in ICG holder number 55, almost uncirculated, unusual £2,800-3,500
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