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Banca Nationala A Romanei, 1000 lei (20), 1938, consecutive serial numbers C.02530851-70 brown and green, watermark at centre flanked by two farm wives and children (Pick 46), first note graffiti in watermark area, extremely fine, the remainder are generally about uncirculated (20) £200-300
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Banca Nationala A Romanei, 1000 lei (17), 1938, consecutive serial numbers C.02530871-88 brown and green, watermark at centre flanked by two farm wives and children (Pick 46), about extremely fine to about uncirculated (17) £150-250
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Banca Nationala A Romanei, 1000 lei (14), 1938, consecutive serial numbers O.06570620-33 brown and green, watermark at centre flanked by two farm wives and children (Pick 46), good very fine to extremely fine (14) £150-200
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Romania, German Occupation, 1000 lei, 1917, serial number A.574035, black on red-brown underprint, ornate design with values at top left and right (Pick M8), in ICG holder 65, uncirculated £250-300
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North Russia, a group comprising a set from the 1918 Archangel issue, 3, 5, 10 and 25 rubles, Avalov- Bernmondt, 1919, 1 5and 10 marks (Pick S 101-4, 131-6, 146-8, 211-2, 219, 220, 222-8, 236-9, 240A), extremely fine or better (29) £250-300
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Chaikovski Government, 10 rubles, 1918, serial number YO 0410212, black print on red and green, crowned doubled headed eagle top centre, 25 rubles, 1919, serial number 530910, black print on red and green, Czarist top centre and 5 rubles, 1919, serial number T H 2388319, blue-green (Pick S135, S140, S148), very good to fine (3) £400-500
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Chaikovski Government, 100 rubles, 1918, serial number XP 038836, black print on brown, green and red, crowned doubled headed eagle at left, manuscript signature at lower, reverse allegorical maiden holding portrait (Pick S143), fine £750-850
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North Russia, a group of revalidated notes, 1919, (Pick S153, 154, 156, 159, 162, 166, 172, 177, 179, 183) about extremely fine to uncirculated (14) £100-200
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Northwest Front - Yudenich Field Treasury, a complete set from the 1919 Issue, 25, 50 Kopeks, 1, 3, 5, 10, 25, 100, 500 and 1000 rubles, (Pick S201-S210), extremely fine to uncirculated (10) £150-250
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Field Treasury, Northwest Front, 1000 rubles, 1919, serial number 053776, black and tan, double headed eagle at right, value surrounded by flags, shields and weapons at left, also a 25 rubles, also Darlehenskassenschein, complete sets of the 1914 first issue, comprising 5, 20, 50 marks, second issue, comprising 1 mark (3), 2 marks (3), and 1917-18 issue, 5 and 20 marks, also Occupation of Lithuania, 20 and 50 kopeks, 3, 10 and 100 rubles, 1916, and a complete set of the 1918 issue, comprising 1/2, 1, 2, 3, 5, 20, 50, 100 and 1000 marks (Pick S210, S207, 47-57, R120, R121, R123b, R124, R126-R134), very mixed grades, but with several about uncirculated, an interesting group (26) £220-260
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Field Treasury, Northwest Front, Russia, 1000 rubles, 1919, serial number 305147, black green on light pink underprint, flags and shields surrounding value at left, double headed eagle and snake at right, reverse, monument of Peter the Great at centre, double headed eagle in lilac centre background, together with a group of Russian notes consisting of 15 kopeks, ND (1917), brown, 50 kopeks, ND (1918), brown, double eagle at centre, 50 kopeks, ND (1918), black and grey on light orange, 3 rubles, 1918, black and green on orange underprint, 25 rubles, 1918, black and green on light brown underprint, 250 rubles, 1920, lilac brown (Pick S210, S331, 369, 407, 409a, 412c, 433b), first, extremely fine, a stunning example, rare, remainder, good to about uncirculated (7) £200-300
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Ukraine and Crimea, a group from the 1917-1923, comprising a full set from the Ukrainian Cooperative Bank 1917 issue, Zhytomyr, 500 and 100 rubles, 1918, Odessa Provincial receipts 25, 50, 100, 500 rubles, 1919, and other issues (Pick S296, 7, 325, A, 326-8 331-7, 341-7, 358-9, 369-72), very fine to about uncirculated (approx 51) £200-300
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South Russia and North Caucasus, a selection of notes comprising Government Treasury notes, 100, 250 and 500 rubles, 1920, Treasury Tokens Issue, 1919, 100 and 500 rubles, North Caucasus 100 rubles 1918, Credit Notes 50, 100 and 250 rubles, 1919, (Pick S 332-435, 438-440, 448, 473-5), very fine to uncirculated (27) £200-250
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Russia, local issues, a group of regional/local issues, comprising Odessa region, 5 and 10 rubles, 1917, double headed eagles on face, South Russia, 25 rubles, 1918, maiden with sword at left, and 250 and 500 rubles, 1920, red and blue-green respectively, also Siberia, 5 and 10 rubles, 1918 issue, green and red respectively, also Siberia, 25, 50, 250, 500 and 1000 rubles, 1919, all with double headed eagle at left, value on the outside (Pick S335, 336, 412, 4336, 434, 817, 818, S839, 840, 852, 857, 858), very fine to extremely fine (12) £120-160
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North Caucasian Soviet Republic, 500 rubles, 1918, series B-8, multicolour, value at centre, workers at left and right (Pick S460), about uncirculated, scarce £100-150
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Vladikavkaz Railroad Company, a set of the 1918 issue comprising 50, 100, 500 and 1000 rubles, steam locomotives, bridges and buildings, all with map of the railroad on reverse (Pick S593-596), very attractive, about uncirculated, scarce (4) £120-180
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Vladikavkaz Railroad Company, Russia, interest bearing loan note, 1000 rubles, 1918, serial number A2533, black on maroon and light blue underprint, building at right, reverse Caucasus map showing railroad at centre (Pick S596), extremely fine to about uncirculated £200-250
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Transcaucasia, a selection of notes from Transcaucasion Commissariat, Federation Of Socialist Soviet Republic Issues (Pick S601-7, 611, 613-615, 617-9, 623-626, 628-33, 635-8), extremely fine to uncirculated (30) £300-400
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Federation of Socialist Soviet Republics of Transcaucasia, first currency token issues, 1000 rubles, 1923, serial number A-00009, 25,000 rubles, 1923, serial number A-02041, 500,000 rubles, 1923, serial number B-08161, plus Russia Transcaucasia, Baku City Management, 25 rubles, 1918, black on purple and light brown underprint, also postage style stamp money, 5 kopeks, ND (1918), olive green, arms at upper centre, value at centre (Pick S611, 615, 619, S725, 726), very fine to extremely fine or better, an interesting group (5) £180-220
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Transcaucasia, a good group of notes from 1920-1924 Issues, (Pick S641-5, 679-681, 686-687, 711-722, 724-733, 761-2), very fine or better (43) £400-450
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Siberia and Urals, Bills of exchange, 500 and 1000 rubles 1918, Provisional Administration, Treasury Tokens, 1, 5 and 10 rubles, 1918 first issue, 300 rubles 1918 second issue, 3 rubles 1919, Government Bank, Ekaterinburg, 50 kopeks and 1 ruble, 1921 (Pick S810-1, 816-8, 822, 824, 826-8, 920-1, 961, 969-70, 978-80), good to extremely fine (24) £320-350
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Government Bank, Russia, committee savings loan notes issue, 200 rubles, 1917 (1919), green and black, 200 rubles, 1917 (1919), orange and black, both with woman with child top centre, a group of Russian notes comprising state credit notes, 1 ruble, ND (1915 old date 1898) (3), treasury small change notes, 2, 3, 5, 50 kopeks, ND (1915), government credit note, 250 rubles, 1917, government credit note, 1000 rubles, 1917, dark brown on green underprint, treasury notes, 20 rubles, 40 rubles, ND (1917), also state currency notes, 1 ruble, 1922, orange and brown, 50 kopek coin image, NDS (1923), Postage Stamp Currency, Russia, 1 kopek (1), ND (1916-1917), one without overprint, 2 kopeks (2), ND (1915), green, 3 kopeks (3), 1915, red, 10 kopeks, ND (1915), blue, 15 kopeks, brown and 20 kopeks, light green, Siberia & Urals, Government Debenture Obligations, 50 rubles, 1919, serial number AA0065, 1000 rubles, 1919, serial number 2276, 25 rubles (2), 1919, serial numbers A-A0165, AA0199, 250 rubles, 1919, serial number 9232, also Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia, 25 rubles, 1919, Far Eastern Republic, Russia, 10 rubles, 1920, serial number AA 01003, (Pick S886, S890, S841, 850, 859, 861, S970a, S1204m 15a, 25-7, 31, 36-9, 146, 155), various grades from very good to extremely fine, a truly eclectic group (33) £250-350
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Russian Central Asia, Bukhara, a good group of 1920-22 issues, comprising 500, 5000 (2) and 10,000 tengas, 1920, 50, 100, 5000, 10,000 (2) and 20,000 rubles, 1920, 100 rubles, 1922 first issue, 5 and 100 rubles second issue, all woodblock printing, crescent and star motifs and values (Pick S1027, S1033-6, S1039, 1041-S1047, S1052-3), mixed grades, generally fine to very fine, some issues very scarce (11) £500-700
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Russian Central Asia, a group of 1918-1920 issues, including Khorezmian People Soviet Republic silk notes 1000 and 5000 rubles (Pick S1078, 1085 1104, 1110, 1113, 4, 1136, 1139-45, 1151-2, 4, 6, 7, 1161-1168, 1171, 1173-5), very fine or better (35) £450-550
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East Siberia, a selection notes including a full set from the Far Eastern Republic 1920 issue (Pick S1187, 1188a, b, 1201-1208, 1224, 1224A-D 1226, 1227, 1242-1247), extremely fine to about uncirculated (26) £300-400
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Siberian Provisional Administration, 500 rubles, 1920, red serial number A 009728, blue-green, value left centre, reverse brown and green, maiden at left, Imperial eagle left centre (Pick S1192), about uncirculated and rare £180-220
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Nikolsk-Ussuriisk, Organisation of Farmers Depots, a set from the 1919 Issue comprising 1, 3, 5, 10, 40 and 100 rubles, brown, green, pink, blue, red, purple and brown respectively, agricultural scene at centre, flanked by values (Pick S1231-1234, 1236-1237), about uncirculated, the 40 rubles rare, others scarce (6) £250-300
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Far East Provisional Government, Priamur Region, a set of the 1918-19 government credit notes issue, comprising 1, 5, 10, 25 (2), 100 (2) rubles, 1920 and Provincial Power of the Pribaikal region 25, 100 rubles 1920 and an archival copy of 100 rubles showing secret letters (Pick S1245-S1249), very fine to uncirculated, scarce (10) £100-150
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East Siberia, a group of comprising Government Bank, Currency Notes issue, 1920, 500, 1000, 3000 and 500 rubles, Altai Government Union 1, 3, 5, 20 and 50 kopeks, 1 and 10 rubles, Kamchatka provincial credit tokens, 100, 250 (2), 1000 rubles (Pick S1254, 1259B-E, G, 1261-1263, 1265-2166, 2168, 2169D, 1271-1274, 1284) very fine to uncirculated (20) £300-400
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A very large collection of Russian Banknotes, composed of a mixture of private banks, state issues, military issues and more, a large and impressive collection of several hundred items, a huge amount of variety and some great single items, needs viewing, a superb lot £5,000-7,000
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Russia, State Credit Note, 1 ruble, 1866, serial number B/H 810658, black on tan underprint, arms at left, value at right, reverse black, value at left and right (Pick A41), good fine, scarce £220-280
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Russia, State Credit Note, 1 ruble, 1884, serial number A/I 263046, black on tan underprint, arms at left, value at right, reverse black, value at left and right (Pick A48), good fine, scarce £220-260
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Armenian Government Bank, The Yerevan Branch, a set from the 1920 first issue, including 5, 10, 100, 1920 Second issue 250, 500, 1000, 5000, 10,000 rubles and a set from the 1920 third issue 50, 100 and 250 rubles (Pick 2, 14-15, 18, 23, 26-32), extremely fine to uncirculated (12) £150-250
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State Credit Notes, Russia, a large group of 5 rubles from the 1912 Issue, Shipov signature variety, dark blue on multicolour underprint, Czarist eagle top centre (Pick 10), generally good condition extremely fine to uncirculated (144) £100-200
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Russia, Government Credit Notes, a large quantity of 1000 rubles, 1917, consecutive serial numbers 177325-69, 177394-177400, brown on green underprint, reverse, blue on light brown and multicolour underprint, Duma building at centre (Pick 37), generally about uncirculated (51) £80-120
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Treasury Notes, Russia, 1 ruble, (1912-1917), Shipov signature variety, 1, 2, 5, 10, 50 kopeks, 1915, 20 and 40 rubles 1917, Currency notes 1 and 3 rubles, 1919, State Treasury notes, 1, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 rubles, 1918, Currency notes, 50,000 rubles, 1921 (Pick 15a, 24, 25, 27, 28, 31, 38, 39, 81, 83, 88-92, 116a), very good to good (16) £60-80
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Russia, State Notes, a group comprising a full set from the 1915, Postage Stamp Currency, Treasury small change notes, 1, 2, 3, 5, 20 and 50 kopeks, 1915, 5% Freedom Loans Debenture Bonds, 100, 500, 1000 (2), 5000 and 10,000 rubles, 1917 (Pick 16-28, 30, 31-34, 37D-H, 38-9, 39 A, 40), extremely fine to uncirculated (32) £220-250
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R.S.F.S.R., a large group of State Treasury Notes comprising (Pick 51, 53, 57, 58, 81, 82, 84, 86-116), generally extremely fine to uncirculated (43) £150-200
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Russia, State Treasury Notes, a nearly full set of the 1918 issue, comprising 1, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000 and 5000 rubles, as well as a set of the 1919 currency note issues, comprising 15, 30, 60, 100, 500, 1000 and 5000 rubles, also a group of small change and postage stamp currency, comprising 2, 10, 15 and 20 kopeks, 1915, 1, 2, 3, 5 and 50 kopeks, 1915, 20 and 40 rubles, 1917, and 1, 2, 3 and 5 rubles, 1919, also Siberia, 50 kopeks, 1919, orange (Pick 86-96, 98-101, 103-105, 18, 21-27, 31, 38-39, 81-85, S828), most good very fine to good extremely fine, a few fine (36) £150-200
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State Treasury Notes, Russia, 50 rubles, 1918, serial number AA-085, 250 rubles, 1918, AG-603, 1000 rubles, 1918, serial number AA-012, also currency notes, 60 rubles, ND (1919), 5000 rubles, 1919 (1920), serial number TE 958998, 10,000 rubles, 1919 (1920), serial number TXX 568202, 100 rubles, 1921, 1,000 rubles, 1921, 10,000 rubles, 1921, serial number AB-050, 50,000 rubles (2), 1921, serial numbers GG-089 and GG-149 (Pick 91, 93, 95, 100, 105a, 106a, 109, 112a, 114, 116a), various grades from fine to about uncirculated, a superb group (11) £120-150
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Russia, a group of State Currency Notes, comprising a set from the 1922 issue including 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 1000, 5000 and 10,000 rubles, set from 1922 promissory note issue including 1, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50 rubles, 50 kopeks 1923, set from 1923 first issue, 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 250 rubles, set form 1923 second issue, 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500, 1000 and 5000 rubles (Pick 127-138, 146-151, 155-170), generally extremely fine or better (30) £250-300
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State Currency Notes, Russia, a group of notes comprising 1 gold ruble (2) 1924, 1928, 3 gold rubles 1925, set from 1924 issue including 1, 2, 3, 5 and 50 rubles, 1 chervonetz 1926, 3 chervontas 1932, a complete set from 1937 issue, 1 and 5 (2) gold rubles 1934, 1, 3, 5 rubles 1938 (Pick 186, 189, 191-194, 196, 198, 201-207, 211-215), generally extremely fine or better £300-400
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Russia, State Treasury, 3 rubles, 1938, serial number 331666, olive green on blue and red underprint, soldiers at left, value at right, arms at top left (Pick 214a), in ICG holder 66, choice uncirculated, scarce in top grades £150-200
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State Treasury Notes, Russia, a group comprising a set from the 1947 issue 1 (2), 2 (2), 5 (2) rubles all type II and a full set from State Bank Note U.S.S.R, 1947 including 1, 3, 5, 10, 25 (2), 50 and 100 (2) (Pick 217, 219, 221, 225-232), generally extremely fine or better (12) £150-200
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State Bank Note U.S.S.R, Russia, a specimen set from the 1947 series comprising 1, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 rubles, multicolour, with red SPECIMEN overprint (Pick 217, 219, 221, 226, 228, 230, 232), about uncirculated to uncirculated (7) £600-800
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South Russia Currency Tokens Issue, 1000 rubles (4), 1919, black on blue, light green and pink underprint, double eagle at upper centre, reverse allegory of Russia at centre, buildings at left and right, 5000 rubles (2), 1919, dark brown on orange, green and light brown underprint, double eagle at upper left, Mercury at upper centre, reverse St George and snake at left, double eagle upper centre, also Government Treasury Notes, Russia, 1000 rubles, 1919, serial number OA-071, 1000 rubles, 1919, serial number RA-053, both multicolour, bell at left and St George and dragon at right, 10,000 rubles, 1919, serial number RX-083, green on multicolour, reverse seated women left and right (Pick 418a, b, c, 419, 419d, S424a, 424b, 425), mixed grades ranging from very fine to about uncirculated, an excellent addition for any collection (9) £150-200
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Russia, an interesting collection of various historical documents including Bills of exchange, 1917, Committee Saving Loans notes, 1917, Foreign Exchange certificates, and a large group of modern notes dated from 1961-1993 (approx 106) £200-300
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Banque d'Emission du Rwanda et du Burundi, printer's archival specimen 100 francs, 31 July 1962, serial number run L 000001 to N 1000000, signatures Fidele Nkundabagenzi and Michel d'Ursel, blue on light green and orange underprint, zebu bull at left, reverse geometric pattern and guilloche, value repeated three times, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 5as, LNZ BERB B5cs), ink date '28/ 2/ 62' and annotations in top margin, otherwise uncirculated and a very rare date and signature combination £200-300
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Banque Nationale du Rwanda, unissued composite essay on card for 50 francs, 1 January 1978, serial number M000000, brown on multicolour underprint, mining scene at centre, elaborate border at left and right, value top left, top centre and low right, reverse, partially hand painted, gorilla in foliage at left, volcano at centre right (Pick not listed), about uncirculated to uncirculated, a truly stunning example of an essay for a note which was never issued, rare £450-650
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Saint Thomas & Prince, printer's archival specimen 10 mil reis, with counterfoil, 1 March 1909, serial run 00000 to 40000, black on blue, yellow and pink underprint, portrait of Vasco da Gama at left, sailing ships at right, steamship seal Type I at centre, red overprint 'S. THOME', reverse brown, woman with anchor looking at ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 10as), mounting traces, ink date '15. 11. 17' and annotations in top margin, 10mm tear at lower left, otherwise about uncirculated, rare £500-700
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