Proof Sovereign 1983, with cert, in CofI, FDC £180 - 220
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Proof Half Sovereign 1980, with cert, in wallet of issue, FDC £90 - 110
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Proof Half Sovereign 1980, with cert, in wallet of issue, FDC £90 - 110
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Proof Half Sovereign 1983, with cert, in CofI, FDC £90 - 110
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Victoria, Sovereign 1883M, contact marks, light hairlines, AFine £180 - 200
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2 x Sovereigns: 1902P minor contact marks AVF & 1913 GVF £360 - 400
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Victoria, 6 x Jubilee Head Crowns comprising: 1887, 1889(x3, one with minor edge bruises) & 1891(x2); all with minor contact marks, generally Fine to GFine £60 - 80
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Victoria, 6 x Old Head Crowns comprising; 1894 LVIII, 1895 LIX, 1896 LX, 1897 LX, 1898 LXII & 1899 LXIII; all with minor contact marks, generally AFine to Fine £60 - 80
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Victoria Crown 1844 VIII, cinquefoil stops; edge bruises at 7 & 10 o'clock, bust & rev centre worn VG/AFine £40 - 60
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UK, 7 x Silver Proof Crowns comprising: 1977(x2), 1980(x2), 1981(x2) & 1990 (£5), together with Guernsey silver proof crown 1978, all with certs, in CofI, FDC £70 - 90
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Miscellaneous Lot comprising: Victoria Diamond Jubilee official large (56mm) commemorative bronze medal by de Saulles, in CofI, toned AUNC; crown 1935 GVF, shilling 1887JH AVF/VF; Diamond Jubilee of the Royal British Legion 1921-1981 nickel silver commemorative medal, Tower Mint, 34mm, in CofI, BU, together with Jersey proof set 1981 7 coins ½p - £1, with cert, in CofI, FDC & 2-coin 5 shillings set 1966 in CofI FDC & Guernsey proof set 1981 6 coins 1p - £1, with cert, in CofI, FDC £70 - 90
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St Helena, 'The East India Gold Coin Set 2015,' a 2-coin proof set commemorating two iconic gold coins from the British Empire in India & comprising the mohur, rev lion & palm tree, 26mm, 11.66g 24ct gold & the East India Company guinea, rev. lion & shield, 24mm, 8g 22ct gold; struck by the RM in a limited edition of 200 sets (this set No.30), with certs, in a lockable wooden CofI, FDC £450 - 500
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Provincial Banknotes: Workington Bank 2 x 1 guinea: 3 April 1809, prefix 163/673, pinholes & 2" top edge tear along crease VG & 3 June 1809 prefix 185/788, some staining, AFine; both for Wood, Smiths, Stein & Co, each with 2 x manuscript signatures £60 - 80
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Victoria, Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Silver Medal 1897, official RM issue by de Saulles, large size (56mm), attractive blue/gold tone, in original CofI, virtually as issued £40 - 60
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3 x Commemorative Medals comprising: (1) 'The Sinking of the Lusitania' British-made cast replica dated 5 May 1915, in original BofI & with original propaganda leaflet, as issued; (2) London Rifle Brigade silver enrolment medal by W J Taylor, obv. DEFENCE NOT DEFIANCE above soldier standing guard on the coast, rev. a scroll inscribed LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE ENRED 1859 within wreath of oak & laurel leaves, edge engraved COLOR SERGEANT C.J.WAINWRIGHT. BEST SHOT IN M COMPANY. 1871, 33mm, 30.7g, in original case, good edge & surfaces, lustrous GEF & (3) France, Battle of Marengo 1800 by Bertrand Andrieu: uniface lead/bronze alloy medal commemorating the Battle of Marengo 1800; bust of Napoleon surrounded by various flags, cannon & other weapons above a rectangular cartouche depicting a scene from the battle, ex: BATAILLE DE MARINGO LE XXV PRAIRIAL AN VIII (14th June 1800); medal sealed in an ornate circular brass frame GVF £80 - 120
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3 x Treasury Notes comprising: 10 shillings Bradbury, first emergency issue (August 1914), prefix A, No (with dash) A/15 032826, vertical centre crease (only visible on rev) with tiny 1mm tear where crease meets top edge, pinhole at 'n' of 'Ten,' minor handling marks o/wise VF+; £1 Bradbury third issue (January 1917) C/69, vertical & horizontal creases, black ink spots on rev, wrinkling & handling marks o/wise GFine & 10 shillings Warren Fisher, first issue (September 1919) G/94, NO with dot, vertical & horizontal creases, foxing stain at left edge, light handling marks VF £200 - 300
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2 x Provincial Banknotes comprising: Settle, Craven Bank £10 Burnley Branch, uniface unissued remainder for Messrs Barnard Dimsdale & Co, date 18- - (circa 1840) UNC & Darlington Bank £5 for Jonathan Backhouse & CompY, dated 22 October 1895, cut-cancelled at signature, uneven top edge AUNC £60 - 80
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2 x Provincial Banknotes comprising: Stamford Spalding and Boston Banking Company Limited 2 x consecutively numbered £5 M6158 - M6159 issued Stamford & dated 1st May 1907, triangular cut-cancelled at signature, UNC £50 - 70
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Jersey, a Collection of WWII Banknotes comprising: 10 shillings prefix JN, issued April & June 1942, very minor foxing on bottom edge & faint vertical creases o/wise VF+, two shillings prefix JN, issued April 1942, rev. cart & two horses, foxing stains in borders both sides, vertical creases o/wise VF, one shilling prefix JN, issued April 1942 & June 1942, vertical & corner creases o/wise GVF & sixpence prefix JN, issued from April 1942 to February 1945, faint vertical & corner creases o/wise EF+, all signed H F Ereaut, together with Guernsey WWII two shillings & sixpence prefix A/K dated 17th May 1941, signed H E Marquand, edge tears & pieces missing at bottom left & right, creases & wrinkles Good & 2 x WWII German Feldkommandantur (Area Military HQ) occupation notes for use in Jersey & Guernsey - 5 Reichsmarks & 1 Reichsmark, both dated 7th July 1944, both UNC, & Guernsey 2 x post-WWII notes: £1 prefix 26/Q, dated 1st January 1961, scorch marks near centre of top edge o/wise VF & 10 shillings prefix 23/J, dated 1st July 1966, some staining o/wise EF; £200 - 300
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Bank of Scotland, £100 Printer's Proof Colour Trial Note, dated 18- - (circa 1880), uniface, overstamped 'SPECIMEN,' UNC £180 - 220
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The Royal Bank of Scotland £5, prefix G, dated 1st April 1955 & signed Ballantyne & Campbell; faint vertical centre fold o/wise UNC £80 - 120
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10 x Royal Bank of Scotland Banknotes comprising: RBS: £1 prefix BL dated 2nd January 1963, wrinkling, vertical creases & light foxing on rev o/wise Fine; RBS Limited: £20 prefix A/1 dated 19th March 1969, vertical folds, minor wrinkling VF, £10 prefix A/24 dated 1 May 1980, faint vertical centre fold AUNC & £5 prefix A/46 dated 3 May 1976 vertical centre crease,minor wrinkling EF & RBS PLC: £20 prefix A/32 dated 28th January 1992, wrinkling, vertical folds, faint handling marks & cashier's marks in ink near left obv edge VF, £10 prefix A/57 dated 5th January 1983, vertical folds & creases, wrinkles & corner creases AVF & 4 x consecutively numbered £1 prefix RLS dated 3rd December 1994 (Robert Louis Stevenson commemoratives) UNC £150 - 200
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The Royal Bank of Scotland £20, prefix E, handwritten date 1st July 1947 & signatures Thompson & Brown; creases, wrinkles & ingrained dirt (mostly on rev), handling marks & cashier's marks in ink at centre of obv top edge Fine, together with The Royal Bank of Scotland £5 prefix E, handwritten date 1st July 1933 & signatures Speed & cashier; creases, wrinkles & ingrained dirt, handling marks Fine £180 - 220
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Scotland, 6 x £5 Notes comprising: The National Bank of Scotland Limited prefix B dated 1st July 1940, horizontal & vertical creases, wrinkles & tiny pinhole in Coat of Arms o/wise GFine; The Union Bank of Scotland Limited prefix G dated 31st March 1947, numerous horizontal & vertical creases, wrinkles & a couple of small edge tears VG; The British Linen Bank prefix A/12 dated 3rd February 1961 light vertical creases/folds, corner flick VF; Bank of Scotland prefix 14/Z dated 30 September 1959, vertical & corner creases VF; The National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited prefix D dated 1st August 1963, faint horizontal crease EF & The National Bank of Scotland Limited prefix A dated 1st November 1957 creases, wrinkling & handling marks VF+ £180 - 220
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Bank of England, a Collection of 51 x £1 Notes, all Peppiatt & comprising: 27 x green: prefixes 98B, 21K, 51K, O4Z, 48Z, A - - B(x4), W - - A(x7), X - - A(x5), Y - - A(x5), Z - - A & 24 x blue: prefixes N - - E, N - - H(x4), R - - E(x6), Z - - D(x13); housed in a ring binder, various grades AFine to GVF, average AVF £180 - 220
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Bank of Scotland £20, dated 13 September 1960 prefix 3/E, signatories Bilsland & Watson; two light vertical creases & small (4mm) edge tear near centre of top edge, cashier's(?) marks in ink at top left corner of note & similarly on rev o/wise VF, together with 2 x £1: (1) dated 11th February 1964, prefix A/G, signatories Bilsland & Watson, light vertical centre crease & minor wrinkling GVF & (2) dated 31st August 1971 prefix B/10 signatories Polwarth & Walker, vertical centre crease o/wise EF £60 - 80
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The Union Bank of Scotland Limited 4 x Printer's Proofs comprising: (1) a consecutively numbered uncut pair of £1 W/1 000,001 & W/1 001,001 signed Morrison & Wilson & dated 31 July 1947, upper note with large piece missing at centre of right side, each with three vertical rows of perforations (2) £1 F/20 signed J A Morrison dated 8th December 1952, three vertical rows of perforations, stain on rev AUNC & (3) £5 progressive proof, no date or serial No., 1921 - 1949 type, obv. red & yellow sunburst with large FIVE at centre, no border or other elements of design, rev. fully detailed blue panel with 'THE UNION BANK OF SCOTLAND LIMITED' around figure 5, three vertical rows of perforations, together with The Union Bank of Scotland Limited 3 x uniface cut cancelled 19th century £1 notes dated 1882, 1889 & 1892, black & white printer's proofs(?) UNC £80 - 120
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2 x Misprinted Banknotes comprising: USA dollar series 1977A with obv overprinted on rev AEF & Bank of England £5 Gill, series E Historical issue, prefix B15 with missing colours on rev (yellow, olive & green) EF, together with a letter from the Printing Manager at the Bank of England Printing Works dated 7 October 1991 explaining how the fault had occurred (the note had been sent to the Bank of England with a letter pointing out the error) £40 - 60
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Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Limited £20, dated 1st July 1961, signed R D Fairbairn, prefix D; vertical & horizontal creases, minor handling marks, cashier's marks in ink to left of note VF+, North of Scotland Bank Limited £1 dated 1st July 1947, signed G L Webster, prefix E; light creases, wrinkles & handling marks o/wise VF, together with Corporation of the County of Perth 6 x coupons each for 'FIVE POUNDS STERLING' signed by Robert Jones (Warden) 'For interest payable 30th June 1878 at the Bank of Scotland, London, England on Municipal Loan Fund;' all with cancellation perforations UNC & Bank of England Commemorative £5, Lowther, limited issue of 1500 with serial No. YR20 commemorating the Millennium year 2000 (this note YR20 001280), with original BofE cert, UNC £40 - 60
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Miscellaneous Foreign Banknotes comprising: France: 2 x assignats: 10 livres 1792 series 10 edge tear at top centre & 15 sols series 15 1793 Fine & 2 x 100 francs: 3.12.1936 pinholes & vertical centre crease EF & 20.11.1941 AUNC; South Africa Reserve Bank 10 pounds 19 April 1943, handling marks, ingrained dirt & a few minor creases o/wise AVF; Finland 50 markkaa 1939, horizontal & vertical creases, hole at centre & small edge tears VG & South Russia 14 x 10,000 roubles 1919 'Government Treasury Notes Armed Forces High Command' issued by General Wrangel (anti-Bolshevik White Army General in Southern Russia during the Civil War); mosaic watermark, all with centre fold, mostly EF £60 - 80
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An Album Containing a Collection of Bank of England Banknotes comprising: 12 x £5: 4 x O'Brien ('Britannia): JO7, D63, D54 & D77, all with vertical centre crease, handling marks o/wise AVF to VF, 2 x Somerset ('Pictorial'): DRO2 UNC & NC81 faint vertical centre crease AUNC, 3 x Kentfield ('Historical'): consecutively numbered trio (BB64) UNC & 3 x Bailey ('Historical'): JE40, JE13 & JC74 UNC ; 54 x £1: 1 x Beale K20B Yorkshire Bank stamp & handwritten name & account number on obv o/wise EF, 7 x Fforde all D- -Y including 2 x consecutively numbered pairs UNC, 10 x Page ('Portrait'), 5 x T61E including a consecutively numbered trio, HR43 & a consecutively numbered run of four x Z80B UNC, 7 x Page ('Pictorial): a consecutively numbered pair (O4K) & a consecutively numbered run of 5 (NO5) UNC & 29 x Somerset including a consecutively numbered trio (AY30) & 8 x consecutively numbered pairs (AW33, DU71, AY30, CT20, CTO9 (x2), DW09 & DX41) UNC & 11 x 10 shillings: 2 x O'Brien J86Y & H64Y both with Yorkshire Bank stamp & handwritten name & account number on obv o/wise GEF, 1 x Hollom 21L AUNC & 7 x Fforde (B- - N, C- - N, D- - N) various grades VG to VF £150 - 200
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3 x Sets of Commemorative Silver Medals 'Prince of Wales, Investiture 1969' comprising: (1) a 4-medal set with medals similar to coin sizes: crown-size rev. shield & supporters, halfcrown-size rev. Welsh dragon, florin-size rev. crowned shield & shilling-size rev. Prince of Wales feathers, total weight 67.2g, with cert, in CofI, set 594/2000, attractively toned UNC, (2) a 3-medal set, all with Caernarvon Castle on rev: 57mm (108.1g), 45mm (50.6g) & 32mm (22.7g), no cert, edge numbered 347, in CofI, UNC & (3) a 2-medal set, Prince of Wales feathers on rev, 45mm (40.13g & 35mm (18.9g), set 453/1000 attractively toned, with cert, in CofI, UNC, all three sets Britannia silver (95.8 silver) £100 - 150
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Provincial Banknote: Workington Bank One Guinea, dated 3 June 1809, for 'Wood, Smiths, Stein & Co.' numerous folds & creases, foxing stains & ingrained dirt & a couple of pinholes along crease lines, VG £50 - 70
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A Large Collection of 480+ Foreign Banknotes, over 200 countries arranged alphabetically (Afghanistan to Zimbabwe) in two quality albums, various grades with majority EF to UNC; lot also includes a collection of British Armed Forces notes comprising: £5 (2nd series), 3 x £1 (2nd, 3rd & 4th series) & 50p, 10p & 5p (6th series) UNC, a set of Jason Islands notes £20, £10, £5, £1 & 50p with portrait of Leonard Hill, issued 1970s & a BofE £1 Peppiatt (blue) R22D VF £750 - 900
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Victoria, Commemorative Silver Medal 1897 'Diamond Jubilee,' official large (56mm) silver by de Saulles, good edge & surfaces, uniform grey tone with peripheral blue/gold lustre, in CofI, UNC £40 - 60
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2 x Sterling Silver Commemorative Medals comprising: 'Battle of Waterloo' 175th Anniversary 1990 (based on the original Waterloo Medal 1815 by Pistrucci), obv. conjoined busts of the Prince Regent, Francis II of Austria, Alexander I of Russia & Frederick William III of Prussia, rev. a border of mythological figures around equestrian figures of Wellington & Bl✓cher guided by Victory, 63mm, 154.3g, limited edition of 2500, issued by RM, with cert, in CofI UNC & 'Spanish Armada' 400th Anniversary 1988, obv. FLAVIT. ET. DISSIPATI. SUNT around depiction of a naval engagement, rev. CENTENARY MEDAL ROYAL MINT around armorial shield of RM, 63mm, 153.5g, attractive blue/gold toning on obv, limited edition of 2500, with cert, in CofI UNC £100 - 150
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A 1 Ounce Gold Ingot, .999 gold, issued by Swiss Bank Corporation, BU £800 - 850
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White £10 Operation Bernhard Forgery, Peppiatt, dated London March 18 1936, serial No K/164 31989; a few pinholes to left of note & a very faint vertical centre crease o/wise virtually uncirculated £60 - 80
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Bank of England White £5, Beale dated September 21 1949, O48; light wrinkling & faint handling marks o/wise GEF £70 - 90End of Sale |
