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Finlands Bank, 100 markkaa, 1882, serial number 323855, black on red underprint, coat of arms at centre, printed in Copenhagen (Pick A48a), fine £1,500-2,000
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Finlands Bank, 50 markkaa, 1884, serial number 226727, black on blue underprint, coat of arms at centre, reverse vignette of shipping scene at centre, flanked by values (Pick A49), fine £1,200-1,500
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Finlands Bank, 5 markkaa (2), 1886, serial numbers 5068119 and 5703775, black on blue underprint, ornate border, double headed eagle at centre, reverse coat of arms at centre (Pick A50), staining on the first note, very good, second, about fine (2) £380-480
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Finlands Bank, 10 markkaa, 1889, serial number 0890100, black on red, ornate border, crowned double headed eagle flanking arms at centre, reverse coat of arms at centre (Pick A51), small tears in border, fine £300-400
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Finlands Bank, 20 markkaa, 1894, serial number 0284718, black on brown, crowned arms at centre, watermark at left and right (Pick A52), fine £750-950
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Finlands Bank, 5 markkaa (2), 1897, serial numbers 14096819 and 7480158, blue on brown, women at centre, arms at left, reverse shield surrounded by pine twigs (Pick 2), very good (2) £90-110
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Finlands Bank, a strip of three obverse proofs 5 Markkaa, 1897, no serial numbers, no signatures, blue and beige, maiden in wolfskin headdress at centre, arms at left, medallic female head at right, one punch hole in each proof (Pick 2p (3)), slight thinning on left hand note, otherwise uncirculated and extremely rare in this format £150-250
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Finlands Bank, 10 markkaa (2), 1898, serial numbers 1399573 and 7021002, mauve and beige, maiden at left (Ceres), value in bronze lower left (Pick 3a, c), very good to about fine (2) £80-120
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Finlands Bank, an obverse proof 20 markkaa, 1898, no serial numbers, no signatures, blue and beige, woman with youth and globe at centre, arms at top centre, medallic female heads at left and right, one punch hole (Pick 5p), about uncirculated and rare £100-150
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Finlands Bank, 20 markkaa, 1898, serial number 3982328, green, maiden at left (Ceres) with youth at centre, value in bronze (Pick 5), about fine £300-400
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Finlands Bank, 50 markkaa (2), 1898, serial numbers 0460252 and 0602228, blue, maiden (Ceres) holding tablet at left, value in bronze lower right (Pick 6c), first note about very fine, second about fine (2) £1,000-2,000
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Finlands Bank, 100 markkaa, 1898, serial number 1228033, lilac and beige, allegorical farming couple at left, 100M in pale brown underprint low right centre, arms at centre, medallic female head at right (Pick 7c), graffiti in top margin, otherwise fine £400-500
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Finlands Bank, 500 markkaa, 1898, serial number 157620, blue and beige, allegorical maiden at left with lion, 500M in pale brown underprint low right centre, arms at centre, medallic female head at right (Pick 8c), very good and rare £400-500
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Finlands Bank, 5 markkaa, 1909, serial number 19407766, blue, Czarist eagle at top centre, reverse row boat on river at centre about coat of arms, with watermark (Pick 9a), graffiti on top left margin, very fine £150-200
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Finlands Bank, 10 markkaa, 1909, serial number 945131, lilac, Czarist eagle at top centre, stylised tree at centre, 20 markkaa, 1909, serial number 6794446, orange on grey underprint, Caduceus at centre, reverse stylised tree (Pick 10a, 11b), both with graffiti in top margin, very fine (2) £100-120
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Finlands Bank, 100 markkaa (2), 1909, serial numbers 2005690 and 2871596 violet, Czarist eagle at top centre, farmer ploughing at left and right, both without watermark (Pick 13a), first note has unusual graffiti over both the obverse and reverse thus good, second note very good £300-400
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Finlands Bank, 500 markkaa, 1909, serial number 204881, grey, orange-brown, Czarist eagle at top centre, two blacksmiths and anvil at centre, tree in background, reverse waterfalls and arms at centre flanked by values (Pick 14), graffiti in margins otherwise a solid very fine, rare £3,000-4,000
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Finlands Bank, 1 markkaa (2), 1915, serial number A 3601140, red print, Czarist eagle top centre and 1916, serial number 12502540, dark brown on light brown, Czarist eagle and flower arrangement at centre (Pick 16b, 19), both have graffiti in top margin, first note about uncirculated, second very fine (2) £70-90
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Finlands Bank, 5 markkaa, 1918, serial number 2082611, green, Czarist eagle at top centre, reverse row boat on river at centre, without watermark (Pick 36), about uncirculated £150-200
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Finlands Bank, 100 markkaa, 1939, serial number A3481826, also 100 markkaa, 1945, serial number U8985407, brown on light tan, group of people centre right, ship in background, arms low right, ornate border, reverse, arms at centre and grey-green, arms at left, value top and low left, centre and top right, reverse, blue and green, allegorical woman and lion in ornate frame at centre respectively (Pick 73a, 99) first, crisp, extremely fine to about uncirculated, second, central fold, extremely fine £150-200
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Banque de France, 5 francs, 1873, serial number N2708-203, blue on white paper, allegorical figure at left and right, reverse blue and white, three allegorical figures at centre, value top left and right (Pick 60, Fayette 01-24), good very fine, scarce £200-300
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Banque de France, 5000 francs, 26 January 1918, serial number O20-150, dark purple and red on pale blue underprint, allegories of farming and industry at top centre, cherubs at top left and right, value at centre and low left and right, reverse mauve, red and blue, view of Paris (Pick 76, Fayette 43.01), the 'Flameng' note, a pleasing good very fine and original, above average for this iconic type note, lovely and rare £2,500-3,000
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Banque de France, 5000 francs, 26 January 1918, serial number K.22 615, dark blue and red on pale blue underprint, allegories of farming and industry at top centre, cherubs at top left and right, value at centre and low left and right, reverse mauve, red and blue, view of Paris (Pick 76), an original and presentable enough, fine and very scarce £1,800-2,400
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Banque de France, 5000 Francs, 19 October 1939, prefix B.404, purple, green and yellow-brown, woman facing right, wearing headdress of laurel leaves representing victory and holding winged statue at lower centre, grain stalks and sheaf at left and right, reverse orange-brown, blue and grey-green, similar image but facing left (Pick 97a), pressed, six pinholes, otherwise extremely fine, attractive £50-80
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Republique Francaise, Tresor Central, specimen 500 Francs, ND (1944), serial number 02L 000000, brown; and specimen 1000 Francs, ND (1944), serial number 71E 000000, green, both Marianne in Phrygian cap, value in each corner, reverse value in ornate guilloche at centre, acanthus border scrolls (Pick 106s, 107s), overprinted SPECIMEN in black on obverse and reverse with one black De La Rue specimen oval additionally on obverse at low right, choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare (2) £650-850
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Republique Francaise, Tresor Central, printers archival photographs for the obverse and reverse of a proposed issue 0f 100 francs, ND (1944), prefix A/B, also an obverse and reverse archival photograph for a 500 and 100 francs, both 1944, prefix 1/A, both head of Marianne (Pick unrecorded type, 106, 109 for type), the 100 very interesting as this note was never issued with this design (6) £300-500
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Camp de Concentration de Garaison, a set of 6 notes comprising 5, 10 and 50 centimes, and 1, 5 and 20 francs, first two red and black respectively, printed on brown card, others orange, blue, brown and green respectively, printed on white paper, all with seal/arms at centre on obverse or reverse, all with black ANNULE handstamps and no serial numbers (Pick not listed), about uncirculated to uncirculated, scarce (6) £150-200
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A large group of Allied Military Currency, comprising, France, 5 francs (2), 10 francs, 50 francs (5), 100 francs (15), 500 francs, 1944, serial no. 03756312, blue and green, value in brown at centre and at left and right, reverse flag, also, Italy, 100 lire (3) series of 1943A, pale blue and lilac, red prefixes A-A, A-B, A-C, 1000 lire, 1943A, red serial number A42237814A, pale blue, and contemporary forgeries of 500 lire and 1000 lire (2), series of 1943A, and 500 lire, 1943a, red serial number A14813710A, pale blue and green, this group includes several notes perforated FALSO (Pick 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, Fayette 21.1, M 21a, b, c, 23a, M 22a, Gavello 270), varying grades from good to extremely fine, an excellent opportunity to acquire great historical items (34) £400-600
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Afrique Francaise Libre, Free French Africa, specimen 25 francs, ND (1941), serial number A 000000, red and multicoloured, boy with turban and horse at centre, flag at top right, reverse blank (Pick 25 for type), ink date '15.7.41' top left, perforated, annotation low right, extremely fine and scarce £130-160
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Caisse Centrale de la France Libre, French Equatorial Africa, group of specimens comprising 5 francs, prefix AA/AB, red, 10 francs, prefix FA/FB, violet, 20 francs, prefix LA/LB, green and 100 francs, prefix PA/PE, green, all law of 1941, all head of Marianne at centre, anchor at left and right (Pick 10, 11, 12, 13, Schwan-Boling 1181 1182, 1183, 1184), perforated SPECIMEN, ink date in top margin, generally about extremely fine, scarce (4) £500-700
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Caisse Centrale de la France Libre, French Equatorial Africa, printer's archival specimen 10 francs, Law of 1941, serial number run FC 000, 001 to FC 1,000,000, purple on pale brown and pale blue underprint, portrait of Marianne in Phrygian cap at centre, value at left and right, reverse extract from Penal Code in guilloche at centre, value on each side, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 11s), mounting traces, ink date '16. 3. 43' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated £80-120
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Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer, French Guiana, specimen 100 francs, ND (1947-79), multicoloured, La Bourdonnais at left, two women at right, reverse mountains, trees and woman with earring; also specimen 1000 francs, ND (1947-49), multicoloured, two women representing the Union Francaise, reverse woman with headscarf and two men paddling a canoe, both perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 23s, 25s), pinholes at top left and pencil letter in top right corner on both notes, the first otherwise about uncirculated, the second good extremely fine (2) £250-350
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French Indo China, Saigon, 1 piastres, ND (1909), serial number B.580 259, red-brown print, handstamped city of issue at right, (Pick 34b), fine £100-150
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Banque de L'Indochine, French Indo-China, 1 piastre (6), ND (1949), three sets of consecutive serial numbers G.6470 456/7, G.6470 487/88 and G.6470 492/93, multicolour, female at right, pagoda in background at centre, reverse, male with baskets of fruit, water buffalo in background, also Central Bank of Suriname, 10 gulden (3), 1963, consecutive serial numbers LN084526/28, Republic of Biafra, £ (2), consecutive serial numbers A/D 0684092/3 (Pick 54d, 121, 2), first and second group, about uncirculated to uncirculated, third, extremely fine or better, a superb group with several consecutive runs £200-250
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French Indo-China, 100 piastres (2), ND (1942-45), serial numbers 023201/ 723201 and 023202/ 723202 block Q, orange, brown and yellow, market scenes at left and right, ornate black border, (Pick 73) in PMG holder number 64, choice uncirculated (2) £200-300
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Banque de l'Indochine, specimen 100 piastres (2), ND (1946), red serial number E000-0000 and W000-0000, blue and multicoloured, the Banque de l'Indo-Chine building at centre, Gannay and Bruno signatures, reverse blue (Pick 79s, Kolsky 186), red De La Rue oval low right, mounting traces, extremely fine, quite rare (2) £550-650
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Institut D'Emission des Etats du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, specimen 1 piastres (2), blue and green, also specimen 10 piastres (2), brown and yellow, a pair from Vietnam issue (Pick 105, 107), perforated, good extremely fine, rare (4) £200-250
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Banque de l'Indo-Chine, French Somaliland, specimen 10 Francs, ND (1946), serial number O.00 000, Minost and Laurent signatures, multicoloured, youth at left, reverse, camel train; also specimen 100 Francs, ND (1946), serial number 00 000, Minost and Laurent signatures, multicoloured, woman at left, farmer ploughing with oxen at right, reverse youth at right, steel workers at left, both perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 19s, 19As), about uncirculated to uncirculated and very scarce (2) £220-280
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Gambia Currency Board, an obverse and reverse archival photograph for an unissued version of £5, ND (1965), black and white, sailing boat at left, value at each corner, reverse tractors in open field (see LNZ GCB B3, Pick 3 for the design eventually issued), this design actually very different from that issued, though incorporating a similar design on the obverse, unique and interesting (2) £100-150
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Gambia Currency Board, a set of specimens of the ND (1965) Issue, all serial number 000000, all sailing boat on River Gambia, comprising 10 shillings, green, reverse, rice harvesting; £1, red, reverse, dockers stacking sacks; and £5, blue, reverse milling machine, all overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 1s, 2s, 3s), about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce (3) £200-250
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Gambia Currency Board, specimen 10 shillings, ND (1965), no serial numbers, green, sailing boat on River Gambia, reverse, rice harvesting; and specimen £5, no serial numbers, blue, sailing boat on River Gambia, reverse, milling machine, both overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 1s, 3s), the first choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, the second good extremely fine, very scarce (2) £100-150
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Central Bank of the Gambia, a group of specimens and proofs for 1 dalasi, ND (1971 issue), comprising printers archival specimen, serial numbers S100001-U100000, bank specimen, zero serial numbers, a complete proof with no serial numbers, and stage proofs (4) for the obverse and reverse, each showing the various layers of printing, purple on multicoloured underprint, President Dawda Kairaba Jawara at right (LNZ CBG B1f, Pick 4), about uncirculated to uncirculated, an important and interesting set (7) £250-350
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Central Bank of the Gambia, a group of specimens and proofs for 10 dalasis, ND (1971 issue), comprising printers archival specimen, serial numbers G300001-H300000, bank specimen, zero serial numbers, a complete proof with no serial numbers, and stage proofs (4) for the obverse and reverse, each showing the various layers of printing, green on multicoloured underprint, President Dawda Kairaba Jawara at right (LNZ CBG B3c, Pick 6), about uncirculated to uncirculated, a very attractive group (7) £250-350
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Reichsbanknote, a sizeable group of notes comprising, 100 marks, 7 February 1908, 1000 marks (4), 21 April 1910 (2 red serial numbers and 2 green serial numbers), 100 marks, 21 April 1910, 20 marks (4), 5 August 1914, 5 marks (7), 1 August 1917, 20 marks (9), 20 February 1918, 50 marks, 24 June 1919 (Pick 34, 45a, b, 43, 48a, b, 56, 57, 66), various grades ranging from good to very fine £150-200
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Reichbanknote, Imperial Bank Notes, a group comprising 100 marks, 1908, green serial (19), 20 marks 1910, 1000 marks, 1910, red and green serial number, 1 and 50 (7) mark, 1914, 20 marks, 1918, 5 marks, 1917, 50 marks, 1919 (2), 1 mark (6) and 100 marks, 1920, 20,000 and 100,000 marks, 1923 (Pick 34, 40d, 44, 45, 49b, 50, 56, 57, 58, 66, 69b, 83a 85c), good to very fine £100-200
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Reichsbanknote, Republic Treasury Notes, Germany, 100 millionen mark (2), 22 August 1923, uniface, black on blue green and olive underprint, (Pick 107), central folds, some creasing and slight discolouration, otherwise fine (2) £50-80
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Germany - Federal Republic, a group of notes comprising, U.S Army Command, 1/2, 1, 5, 20 and 50 deutsche mark, 1948, Bank Deutscher Lander, 5 marks, 1948, Deutsche Bundesbank, 10 and 20 mark, 1960 (Pick 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 13e, 19, 20), 1960 10 and 20 marks uncirculated, the remainder very fine (8) £100-120
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Germany, a large group of notes including, Notgeld and other miscellany, many of which have superb and fantastical depictions and there is also an unusual circular note varying grades but mostly fine or better £70-120
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Bank Deutscher Lander, specimen 5 deutsche mark (2), 9. 12. 1948, red serial no A 000000, black on green and yellow underprint, Europa on bull at right, reverse figure '5' in ornate guilloche, (Pick 13as for type, Rosenberg 252 for type) mounting traces, one with De La Rue oval seal, one with perforation CANCELLED, small numeral in lower margin otherwise good extremely fine and scarce (2) £500-700
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Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Germany, 0.50 reichsmarks, serial number 6267*, black and yellow, red SS-Ko.Rottleberode overprint (Schwan-Boling 1001b), singed top left corner, very good to about fine, scarce £100-150
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