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Bank of Japan, specimen 100 yen, ND (1946), serial number 1312 96287, black on mauve underprint, Yumedono Pavilion at left, Shotoku-taishi at right, four cancellation holes and Mi-hon overprint (Pick 89s2), in PMG holder 64 EPQ, choice uncirculated, scarce £250-300
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The Oriental Bank Corporation Limited, Japan, printers archival specimen $1, Yokohama, 18- (1886), serial number A 100001, black on red underprint, Mexican Eagle with snake in its beak at left, Minerva at right, value at each corner, reverse red-orange, Octagonal tri-grams at centre, Japanese text at left and right, perforated SPECIMEN B.W & Co LONDON (Pick S260s), uncirculated and of the utmost rarity £3,000-3,500
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Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 10 dinars, 1949, serial number A/A, 109406, blue print, King Abdullah at right, reverse blue, Al Khazneh at centre (LNZ HKJ B4, Pick 4), minor tear in lower margin, slight toning, otherwise about extremely fine £600-700
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Jordan, a vignette of King Talal, the father of King Hussein, dark blue-black on thin paper, very rare £300-400
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Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 1 dinar, 1949, serial number 029013, black and green, King Hussein at right, value at each corner, reverse green, Jerash view (Pick 6a, LNZ HKJ B7a), fresh, original about uncirculated, scarce in this grade £200-250
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Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, a set from the second 1949 Issue, comprising 500 fils, 1, 5 and 10 dinars (LNZ HKJ B6-9, Pick 5A-8), fine to very fine (4) £400-500
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Central Bank of Jordan, a printers archival obverse and reverse composite essay on board for a 1/2 dinar, ND (ca 1967), zero serial numbers, purple, King Hussein at left, mosaic background, reverse purple, columns at Jerash (Pick 13 for type, Linzmayer CBJ B5 for type), unique (2) £600-800
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Central Bank of Jordan, 500 fils, 1, 5 and 10 dinars, 1959 issue, brown, green, red and blue respectively, all with King Hussein at left, 500 fils, L.1949 (1952), purple, irrigation ditches at centre, signature 3, reverse purple, man with cattle at centre together with a set of the more modern issues, 1992 onwards, including 1/2, 1, 5, 10 and 20 dinars, 1992 issue, 1/2, 1, 5, 10 and 20 dinars, 1995 issue, 50 dinars, 1999, and 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 dinars, 2002 (Linzmayer CBJ B1a, B2a, B3a, B4a, Pick 9-12, HKJ B6a, Pick 5Aa), various grades but the majority extremely fine to about uncirculated (21) £400-500
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Central Bank of Jordan, a printers archival obverse and reverse photographic proof on board for a 500 fils, 1959, zero serial numbers, purple, King Hussein at left, mosaic background, reverse purple, columns at Jerash (Pick 9 for type, Linzmayer CBJ B1 for type), (2) £300-400
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Keeling-Cocos Islands, 1/4 rupee, 24 July 1888, black text on vellum, manuscript date, serial numbers and signatures (Pick S101), extremely fine and rare £300-400
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Keeling-Cocos Islands, 1/4 rupee, 26 September 1879 (2), black text on vellum, manuscript date, serial numbers and signatures (Pick S101), fine and rare £400-600
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Keeling-Cocos Islands, a set of the 1902 series comprising 1/10 rupee, 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2 and 5 rupees, all black and white with value in red, Clunies Ross printed signature (Pick S123-128), uncirculated (6) £120-140
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Keeling-Cocos Islands, 1/10 rupee, 1902, printed signature of G.Clunies Ross, coat of arm top centre, (Pick S123) few have staining, otherwise about uncirculated (8) £100-200
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Bank of Chosen, specimen 100 yen, ND (1938), serial number {16} 103856, black on green and red underprint, bearded man at right, value at each corner, large cancellation hole at left, red Mi-hon overprints, (Pick 32s), about very fine, scarce £100-150
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Bank of Chosen, specimen 1 yen, ND (1944), block 291, black on green and red underprint, bearded man at right, value at each corner, large cancellation hole at left (Pick 33s), very fine, scarce £80-120
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Unesco, a used and cancelled $100 coupon for use in South Korea with date 8-9-1969 unusual, rare £130-180
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Kuwait, a vignette of Sheikh Jaber al Sabah, ND, blue-black engraving on paper, this portrait not used on any banknotes, but this shows it may have been considered at one time, rare £300-500
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Kuwait Currency Board, obverse and reverse printers archival photographs showing a design for the 1/2 dinar of 1961, black and white, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah at right, value at each corner, reverse school building at centre (Pick 2 for similar, Linzmayer KCB B2 for similar), several notable differences in design when compared to the issued note, unique and important (2) £400-600
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Kuwait Currency Board, 5 dinars, 1960, serial number I/1 276872, blue on multicolour underprint, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Saba at right, value at each corner (Linzmayer KCB B4a, Pick 4), totally original, about uncirculated to uncirculated and scarce in this grade, a lovely example £600-800
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Kuwait Currency Board, 5 dinars, ND (1961), serial number A/1 148689, blue on multicolour, A.S Abdullah at right, reverse blue, view of street (LNZ KCB B4, Pick 4), in PMG holder number 66, gem uncirculated EPQ £1,000-1,500
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Kuwait Currency Board, 5 dinars, 1960, serial number I/1 711668, green on multicolour underprint, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Saba at right, value at each corner, reverse dhow in full sail (Linzmayer KCB B5a, Pick 5), a beautiful fresh example, about uncirculated to uncirculated and rare in this grade £600-800
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Central Bank of Kuwait, obverse and reverse printers archival photographs showing a design for the 10 dinar of 1970, black and white, Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah at right, value at each corner, reverse dhow at centre (Pick 10 for similar, Linzmayer CBK B5 for similar), several notable differences from the issued note, unique and important (2) £400-600
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Central Bank of Kuwait, a full set from the 1968 "Fifth" Issue, comprising 1/4, 1/2, 1, 5, 10 and 20 dinars, all with the serial number 000075, coat of arms at right, falcon watermark at right (LNZ CBK B23-28, Pick 23-28), all in PMG number 65-67, gem uncirculated (6) £200-300
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Central Bank of Kuwait, a full set from the 1968 "Fifth" Issue, comprising 1/4, 1/2, 1, 5, 10 and 20 dinars, all with the serial number 000009, coat of arms at left, falcon watermark at right, (LNZ CBK B23-28, Pick 23f-28f) all in PMG number 65-67, gem uncirculated (6) £400-500
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Central Bank of Kuwait, a complete specimen set of the 1994 issue, comprising 1/4, 1/2, 1, 5, 10 and 25 dinars, all with zero serial numbers, all multicoloured, arms at centre left, red SPECIMEN overprints in Arabic and English (Pick 23s-28s, LNZ CBK B23s-28s), wonderful uncirculated examples, very rare as specimens, thus a superb set of notes (6) £1,800-2,600
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Central Bank of Kuwait, 1 dinar, 1993, serial number CK 000091, purple, map of Kuwait at centre, coat of arms at right (LNZ CBK BNP1, Mehilba RC12), about uncirculated to uncirculated (5) £150-200
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Laos, a proposed design specimen for 100 kip, 1948, zero serial number, block 1Fa1 teal on olive green underprint, vignette of Wat luang stupa in Vientiane at centre, reverse brown, temple at centre (Pick not listed) in PMG holder number 65, gem uncirculated £1,000-1,500
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Banque Nationale du Laos, specimen 500 kip, ND (1957-), zero serial numbers, red and multicoloured, King Sisavang Vong at left, building and trees in background, signatures of Phanya and unknown, reverse purple, temple and the Wat That Luang stupa in Vientiane (Pick 7s, Linzmayer B7as2), red De La Rue ovals, perforated, mounting traces on reverse otherwise almost uncirculated and rare £200-300
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Banque Nationale du Laos, specimen 10 kip (8), ND (1962), prefixes R1 (2), D4 (2) and R6 (4), pale blue, lilac and pale green, Laotian woman at left, all signature 5, Souvannavong and unknown, reverse blue and yellow, sunburst at centre (Pick 10bs, Linzmayer BNL B10as, bs1, bs2), an interesting group, two perforated SPECIMEN, two with large red SPECIMEN SANS VALEUR and two with same overprint in smaller font and two with red SPECIMEN overprint (8) £550-750
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Banque Nationale du Laos, specimen 20 kip, ND (1963), brown, signature 5, specimen 50 kip (2), ND (1963-), purple, signatures 5 and 6, specimen 200 kip, ND (1963-), blue, signature 6, also specimen 1000 kip, ND (1963), brown, signature 5, all King Sisavang Vong at left (Pick 11as, 12sa, bs, 13bs, 14as, Linzmayer B11as1, 12as1, 2, 13bas, 14as), all SPECIMEN SANS VALEUR except the last note which has red De La Rue ovals. Almost uncirculated, scarce (5) £400-600
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Banque Nationale du Laos, specimen 100 kip, ND (1974), brown, specimen 500 kip, ND (1974), red, specimen 1000 kip, ND (1975), black, all zero serial numbers, all King Sisavang Vong at left, all signatures of Souvannavong and unknown signatures (Pick 16as, 17as, 18as, Linzmayer BNL B16as, 17as, 18as), all are perforated SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE, an unrecorded variant in Linzmayer, about uncirculated and rare (3) £400-600
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Government Currency note, Latvia, 20 latu, 1925, red serial number 037761, green and black, J. Cakste at centre, value at centre and at each corner, reverse green, arms at centre, value at left and right, also 25 latu, 1928, red serial number B350230, black and pale orange, Valdemars at centre, reverse blue, arms and value, plus 500 latu, 1929, black serial number A 015199, blue and multicoloured, girl in National costume at right, allegorical symbols of harvest and Industry below, value top centre and at each corner, reverse blue, green and orange, pastoral scene at centre, caduceus at left and right, value to left and right, 25 latu, 1938, red serial number A 372671, green and lilac, Lacplesis at right, 100 latu, 1939, green serial number A 152314, purple, allegorical farming family, also 50 latu, 1934, serial number 850969, blue and multicoloured, also Latvian Government Currency notes, 5 rubli (4), ND (1919), red serial numbers, blue, maiden at centre, value at left and right, also German Occupation Point Token, Latvia, 10 punkte, 30 April 1945, green and black, man in circular frame at left, woman shearing sheep at right, reverse, black text (Pick 3d, e, f, 17a, 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, SB 1034), about very fine or better, last, about uncirculated (11) £220-260
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Latvian Government State Treasury, 10 latu, 1925, serial number T023415, maroon/brown, caduceus at low centre, reverse arms at low centre, oak tree behind, also, Republic of Estonia Treasury, 100 marka, 1923, and 1 kroon on 100 marka, 1928, both green and brown, bank building at centre, second with UKS KROON overprint (Pick 24e, 51a, 53a, 54a, 61b), good to very fine (5) £120-180
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Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban, Lebanon, 25 piastres (2), 1925, serial number F.77-279/280, dark blue and multicoloured, ornate background detail, printed signatures of Forges and Laferriere at centre, value in blue low right, reverse multicoloured, GRAND-LIBAN in dark blue top centre, below red BANQUE DE SYRIE ET DU GRAND-LIBAN, the mill house of Hama on the Orontes river at centre (Pick 1, Ayoub p.47), a lovely Serveau design, uncirculated and an exceptional and unusual consecutive pair, lovely in this grade (2) £5,000-6,000
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Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban, Lebanon, 50 piastres, 1925, serial number P.15 775, pink-brown and multicoloured, value in maroon low right, Forges and Laferriere signatures, reverse green and multicoloured, courtyard viewed through an ornate gateway at left, GRAND-LIBAN in blue at centre (Pick 2, Ayoub p.48), a pleasing very good and a scarce type £800-1,000
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Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban, Lebanon, 1 livre, 1939 (old date 1935), serial number U.426 105, multicolour, ornate border, value low left and right, black LIBAN 1939 overprint top centre, Berard and Laferriere signatures, reverse, blue and reddish brown, harbour and mountains in background, GRAND-LIBAN in blue top centre, numerous folds, minute hole at centre and centre right, some discolouration, very good or better (Pick A13, Ayoub p.49 for similar), numerous folds, minute hole at centre and centre right, some discolouration, very good or better £200-250
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Banque de Syrie et du Grand Liban, Lebanon, 5 livres, 1935, serial number O.41 939, green, orange and multicolour, geometric patterns, Berard and Laferriere signatures, reverse, multicoloured, Great Court of Haremlik at Hazem's Palace in Damascus at centre, ornate scrollwork in field, red LIBAN top centre (Pick 12A), several small tape repairs, discolouration, very good £700-900
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Banque de Syrie et du Grand Liban, Lebanon, specimen 100 livres, 1935, no serial numbers, purple and multicoloured, Bank on the quayside in Beirut top centre, LIBAN in margin top centre, value low left and right, Berard and Laferriere signatures, reverse turquoise, brown and pale orange, view of Antioch in circular frame at centre (Pick 12Fs for similar, Ayoub p.63/63 for similar), ink date '24.9.37' in top margin, perforated SPECIMEN, creased otherwise almost extremely fine, attractive and rare £1,400-1,800
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Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Lebanon, specimen 1 livre, 1939, no serial numbers, pale blue and multicoloured, eagles at centre, ornate background detail, Berard and Laferriere signatures, at centre, red LIBAN top centre (Pick 15s, Ayoub p.75), perforated ANNULLE, very fine to extremely fine and scarce £300-350
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Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Lebanon, 1 livre, 1939, prefix S.39, pale blue and multicoloured, eagles at centre, ornate background detail, Berard and Laferriere signatures, reverse multicoloured, cedar tree at centre, red LIBAN top centre (Pick 15, Ayoub p.75), fine £200-250
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Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Lebanon, 1 livre, 1st September 1939, prefix J/AP, green, lilac and yellow-orange, the pillars of Baalbek at left, blue diagonal line across face, LIBAN top centre, Berard & Laferriere signatures, reverse red & green, Beirut and coastal view at centre, blue diagonal across face (Pick 26a, Ayoub p.88), fold at centre, good very fine £150-200
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Banque de Syrie et du Liban, specimen 25 livres, 1 September 1939, no serial number, purple and multicolour, bank title top centre, value at centre, right and left, camel train at cemetery and the Mausoleum of Zeinab low centre, reverse, orange, green and blue, well at centre, value right and left (Pick 29s, Ayoub p 98/99), red SPECIMEN overprint, hole punched, about uncirculated, superb £2,000-2,500
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Banque de Syrie at du Liban, Lebanon, specimen 50 livres, 1 September 1939, no serial number, brown and multicoloured, Syria street scene at right, two ornate columns at left and one at right, reverse, blue and multicolour, dhows at centre with mountains in background (Pick 30c, Ayoub p104), diagonal red SPECIMEN overprint at centre, hole punched, extremely fine or better, scarce in this grade, highly desirable £3,000-4,000
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Republique Libanaise, 5 piastres, 15 July 1942, no serial number, lilac and green, Cedar of Lebanon tree at right, red stamped ANNULE centre, handwritten "65/" at right, reverse blue, also Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Lebanon, specimen 1 livre (3), 1958, serial numbers N27 82904/05/06, brown, pale green, orange and white, the Crusader Castle at Saida (Sidon) at left, reverse the Pillars of Baalbek (Pick 34, Ayoub p.106, 55b), first, very small red ink spots lower left, otherwise extremely fine, second, ink annotation in right field, uncirculated and a scarce consecutive trio of notes (4) first, very small red ink spots lower left, otherwise extremely fine, second, ink annotation in right field, uncirculated and a scarce consecutive trio of notes (4) £230-250
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Banque de Syrie et du Liban, three examples of overprints, green chevron, blue lozenge and pink diagonal double line (unlisted) unusual and rare (3) £450-550
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Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Lebanon, 5 livres, 1 September 1939, serial number K/BO 025, 538 brown on multicolour underprint, cedar tree at right, bank title along top flanked by white horses, reverse, landscape at centre in ornate frame (Pick 41), several tape repairs, very good £300-400
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Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Lebanon, 1 livre, 1945, serial number H.22 374, blue and multicoloured, two eagles at centre, ornate scroll work around, value at each corner, Busson and Letayf signatures, reverse multicoloured, Cedar trees and mount Lebanon in field, ears of corn and antelope heads at left and right, LIBAN in red top left (Pick 48 for type, Ayoub p.122/123), faint central fold, extremely fine £250-350
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Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Lebanon, 5 livres, 1945, serial number N.137 080, blue and red-brown, conjoined drinking horns at right, urn at left, ornate scroll work around, value at left, Busson and Letayf signatures, reverse pale blue and multicoloured, a view of Ras Beirut, value low centre and at each corner (Pick 49a, Ayoub p.124/125), some discolouration, a number of tape repairs, otherwise very good £400-500
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Banque de Syrie et du Liban, Lebanon, 50 livres, 1945, serial number H.59 711, pale blue, mauve and multicoloured, the Beiteddin Palace at centre, roses at left and right, value in maroon top left and right, Busson and Letayf signatures, reverse pale blue and multicoloured, the Roman Temple of Bacchus at centre, grapes at right, olives at left (Pick 52, Ayoub p.130/131), a number of tape repairs, fine £400-500
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Banque de Syrie et du Liban, specimen 5 livres, 1952, serial number D15 00000, dark blue on multicolour underprint, palace courtyard at centre left, reverse, ornate border, snow covered cedar trees, mountains in background, value in each corner (Pick 56s), perforated SPECIMEN, about uncirculated £600-800
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