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SPINK LONDON
British Banknotes
3 October 2011 • London
STAMPS BANKNOTES MEDALS COINS BONDS & SHARES AUTOGRAPHS BOOKS
69 Southampton Row © Copyright 2011
Bloomsbury www.spink.com
London WC1B 4ET
BRITISH BANKNOTES
Featuring The Brian Ascroft and Alasdair Macdonald Collections and Other Properties LONDON, MONDAY 3 OCTOBER 2011
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Group Chairman and CEO Olivier D. Stocker
Coins, Stamps, Banknotes, Medals, Bonds & Shares, Autographs & Books
Your Specialists Banknotes, Bonds & Shares UK - Barnaby Faull Mike Veissid Francesca Girelli Andrew Pattison USA - Stephen Goldsmith Matthew Orsini Stamps UK - Tim Hirsch Guy Croton David Parsons Nick Startup Neill Granger Paul Mathews Dominic Savastano USA - Chris Anderson George Eveleth Andrew Titley Ed Robinson Coins UK - Paul Dawson Julie-Morgane Lecoindre Richard Bishop William MacKay Arthur Bryant John Pett George Champ USA - Stephen Goldsmith Matthew Orsini Normand Pepin Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria UK - Mark Quayle Oliver Pepys Books UK - Philip Skingley Rebecca Mason Autographs USA - Robert Litzenberger Your Europe Team Chairman’s Office Dennis Muriu Monica Kruber Directors Tim Hirsch Anthony Spink Auction & Client Management Team Emily Johnston Miroslava Adusei-Poku Luca Borgo Phillipa Brown Finance Alison Bennet Mina Bhagat Alison Kinnaird Shyam Padhiar Svitlana Qamarauli IT & Administration Berdia Qamarauli Darjet Shah Liz Cones Curlene Spencer John Winchcombe Your America Team Chairman Emeritus John Herzog Head of Numismatic Stephen Goldsmith Finance & Operations Manager Sam Qureshi Auction Administration Rick Penko Patricia Gardner Marketing & Design James McGuire Emily Cowin Shawn Barnes Clyde Townsend Finance & Administration Ingrid Qureshi Marcy Gottberg Ed Robinson Auctioneer Tracy Shreve
AUCTION CALENDAR 2011 Stamps 20 September 24/25 September 12 October 18/19 October 9 November
Great Britain Stamps Fine Stamps & Covers of South East Asia including the Stolz Collection Part II The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Surface Printed Issues Pearls of Arabia Philately The “Fordwater” Collection of Mint Australian Commonwealth with the Emphasis Being on Unmounted Mint Autumn Collector’s Series Sale The Collector’s Series Sale The “Agathon” Collection of the First Issue of Russia The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain King Edward VII Essays, Proofs and Issued Stamps
London Singapore London London
11038 11016 11031 11037
London London New York London
11041 11033 137 11034
London
11035
London
11019
15/16 November 8 December
World Banknotes British Banknotes Featuring The Brian Ascroft and Alasdair Macdonald Collections and Other Properties The Collector’s Series Sale World Banknotes
London New York London
11040 311 11020
Bonds and Shares 21 October 15/16 November
Bonds & Share Certificates of the World The Collector’s Series Sale
London New York
11022 311
Coins 6 October 6/7 October 15/16 November 13 December
The Frank Brady Collection of English Hammered Groats Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals The Collector’s Series Sale Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
London London New York London
11039 11023 311 11024
Medals 24 November
Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
London
11011
9/10 November 15/16 November 29 November 6 December
Banknotes 27/28 September 3 October
Your Asia Team Gary Tan
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British Banknotes featuring the Brian Ascroft and the Alasdair Macdonald Collections and Other Properties Monday 3 October 2011 at 10.00 a.m. (Lots 1-453) and 2.00 p.m. (Lots 501-911) 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET, UK and on
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ORDER OF SALE Morning Session at 10.00 a.m. THE BRIAN ASCROFT COLLECTION OF BRITISH BANKNOTES Bank of England Black and White Notes ...................................................................................................... Treasury Series .................................................................................................................................................................... Bank of England .............................................................................................................................................................. A Selection of Errors ......................................................................................................................................................
1 – 38 39 40 – 322 323 – 336
OTHER PROPERTIES English Provincial Banks ............................................................................................................................................ Bank of England Trials ................................................................................................................................................ Advertising Notes ............................................................................................................................................................ Guernsey .................................................................................................................................................................................. Ireland/Northern Ireland .......................................................................................................................................... Isle of Man ............................................................................................................................................................................ Jersey .......................................................................................................................................................................................... American Banknote Company Promotional Albums ............................................................................ Advertising Notes ............................................................................................................................................................
337 351 403 405 408 415
– – – – – –
350 402 404 407 414 445 446 448 450 – 453
Afternoon Session at 2.00 p.m. THE ALASDAIR MACDONALD COLLECTION OF SCOTTISH BANKNOTES ..............................................................................................................................
501 – 813
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
814 – 911
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THE BRIAN ASCROFT COLLECTION OF BRITISH BANKNOTES FOREWORD I was born at University College Hospital in London’s Gower Street in 1946 and have lived in London all my life, but for a 5 year stay in Southend-on-Sea. I’m afraid (but secretly pleased!) that I have collecting in my blood and I just can’t help myself! Like so many other collectors – I know – my lovely wife is not interested in collecting at all, but does a wonderful job of looking after me. We have raised our two lovely girls who are both happily married and have given us four wonderful granddaughters who fortunately, do not live far away from us so we get to see them regularly. From the age of six I started collecting things such as stamps and matchbox tops etc. The only holidays I had as a child was camping with the Cubs and Scouts all over the country. I collected the pennants (cloth triangular flags) from these trips (which of course, I still have). I also collected foreign coins which my father used to give me of an evening after sorting his change out after a hard day’s work as a London Musher (a cab driver who owned his own Black London Taxi). Although we had no money, we always had shoes on our feet and we were very happy. One day my father gave me an old tobacco tin full of coins that he had put to one side. They were all English coins such as Half Crowns, Two Bobs, Shillings and Sixpences etc. and that is what got me started collecting English coins. As the years went by I started working as an apprentice cabinet maker. There was only the two of us – my boss and I, but I got lots of experience. (As luck would have it, there was a little record shop near the workshop – so this meant I could start collecting 45rpm records as well! I used to buy 2 or 3 every week on the way home from work.) We would be making furniture for people in Golders Green and the surrounding areas and also making joinery such as staircases and window frames for the local builders. As time went by I became very skilled. When I was 20 I started my own carpentry and building company. When I was 26 I priced and won a large job and all of a sudden I had about 30 tradesmen working for me – I was the governor and the youngest person on site! I worked hard and then got a contract to convert the big old ABC Cinemas all over the country into 3 and 4 cinemas. This I did for about 15 years or so, with the most famous one being the Empire Leicester Square. During this time I used to go to Spink’s who were then in King Street, St. James’s and buy at least 2 Sovereigns a week. I used to go to auctions and other companies such as Stanley Gibbons in the Strand and buy coins. It was at one of these auctions – Christies – that I saw a £1 million Treasury Note sell for the first time…for about £24,000! It was about 35 years ago that I was in Stanley Gibbons looking at a Gothic Crown for my coin collection when I noticed for sale a pair of £5 notes with consecutive serial numbers but with different Cashiers’ signatures. I bought those notes and from then on I have been hooked on collecting British Banknotes. I sincerely hope that whoever buys any of my Notes will get as much pleasure from them as I’ve had. Brian Ascroft www.spink.com
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MONDAY 3 OCTOBER 2011 Morning Session commencing at 10.00 a.m. All Sales are subject to the Conditions of Business printed at the back of this catalogue Estimates The estimated selling price of each lot is printed below the lot description and does not include the Buyer’s Premium. Bidders should bear in mind that estimates are prepared well in advance of the sale and are not definitive. They are subject to revision.
BANK OF ENGLAND BLACK AND WHITE NOTES
Henry Hase (1807-1829) 1 Bank of England, Henry Hase, £1, London, 9 March 1819, serial number 91755, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left, manuscript signature low right (B201c), damage at right thus poor, scarce £150-200
J.G. Nairne (1902-1918)
2 Bank of England, J.G. Nairne, £1 ‘gold note’, serial number A/1 000000, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B208a), uncirculated, rare £4,500-5,500 Page 5
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3 Bank of England, J.G. Nairne, £5, London, 28 April 1913, serial number 46A 18852, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B 208b), bank stamp low centre, good very fine and scarce £600-700
6 Bank of England, J.G. Nairne, £100, Manchester, 28 May 1914, serial number 7/Y 16383, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B208), ink numeral top left, extremely fine, rare £1,500-2,000
E.M. Harvey (1918-1925)
4 Bank of England, J.G. Nairne, £5, London, 4 January 1916, serial number 80/D 14037, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B208b), small numerals on reverse, good very fine, rare £500-700
5 Bank of England, J.G. Nairne, £10, London, 416 April 1915, serial number 30/K 87764, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B208c), extremely fine, scarce £700-800 www.spink.com
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7 Bank of England, E.M. Harvey, £5, London, 31 August 1921, serial number C/6 16342, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B209a), extremely fine £300-350
8 Bank of England, E.M. Harvey, £5, London, 31 July 1923, serial number 231/D 52734, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B209a), about extremely fine £250-300
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C.P. Mahon (1925-1929)
9 Bank of England, E.M. Harvey, £10, London, 13 February 1919, serial number 58/K 00026, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B209b), extremely fine, scarce £500-600
10 Bank of England, E.M. Harvey, £20, London, 19 June 1922, serial number 30/M 25803, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B209c), good very fine, rare £900-1,200
11 Bank of England, E.M. Harvey, £50, Manchester, 14 November 1923, serial number 38/X 15568, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B209d), good very fine, rare £2,000-2,500
12 Bank of England, C.P. Mahon, £5, London, 27 April 1927, serial number 019/H 01805, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B215), ink numerals top left, good very fine £200-250
13 Bank of England, C.P. Mahon, £10, London, 16 March 1927, serial number 127/L 69524, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B216), ink numerals top left, good very fine, scarce £400-500
14 Bank of England, C.P. Mahon, £20, London, 14 June 1927, serial number 39/M 94767, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B217), lower left tip missing, pinhole top left, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £1,200-1,400 Page 7
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B.G. Catterns (1929-1934)
15 Bank of England, B.G. Catterns, £5, London, 10 January 1930, serial number 314/H 61327, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B228), good extremely fine £300-400
16 Bank of England, B.G. Catterns, £10, London, 17 April 1929, serial number 154/L 32194, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B229), extremely fine, scarce £500-600
17 Bank of England, B.G. Catterns, £20, London, 15 December 1931, serial number 45/M 16030, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B230), uncirculated, rare £1,500-1,700 www.spink.com
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18 Bank of England, B.G. Catterns, £50, London, 15 August 1931, serial number 46/N 69844, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B231), pinholed at left, about extremely fine, rare £800-1,000
19 Bank of England, B.G. Catterns, £100, London, 15 January 1931, serial number 39/O 77312, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B232), good extremely fine, scarce £900-1,200
K.O. Peppiatt (1934-1949)
20 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £5, London, 15 September 1934, serial number A/122 41568, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B241), ink numeral on reverse, extremely fine £200-250 21 No lot
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22 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £10, Birmingham, 11 January 1937, serial number 167/V 06007, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B242), uncirculated, scarce £1,200-1,400
24 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £50, Liverpool, 19 January 1936, serial number 85/X 29910, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B244), uncirculated, rare £1,000-1,200
23 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £20, London, 15 August 1935, serial number 51/M 93678, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B243), almost uncirculated £900-1,200
25 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £50, London, 15 May 1935, serial number 54/N 89951, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B 244), thinned at centre otherwise about very fine, scarce £300-400
26 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £100, Liverpool, 29 September 1936, serial number 96/Y 23641, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B245), uncirculated £1,000-1,200
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A Rare £500 Liverpool Branch Note
27 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £500, Liverpool, 30 September 1936, serial number 43/Z 02555, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B246), bank stamp on reverse, marginal good very fine to extremely fine, rare and a handsome note £4,500-5,500
28 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £5 (2), London, 23 September 1944, prefix E19 and £5, 14 march 1945, prefix H66, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B255), uncirculated (2) £250-300
30 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £5 (2), 16 November 1945, prefix K79, £5, 7 January 1947, prefix L08, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B255, 264), almost uncirculated (2) £200-250
29 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £5, London, 5 May 1945, prefix J11, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B255), uncirculated £150-180
31 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £5, 12 December 1945, serial number L02 002911, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B255), last date of issue for type, almost uncirculated £300-400
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L.K. O’Brien (1955-1962)
32 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £5, 20 May 1947, prefix M22, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B2641), uncirculated £140-160
35 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £5 (2), 9 February 1955, 30 March 1955, prefixes Y91, Z34, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B275), uncirculated (2) £220-280
P.S. Beale (1949-1955)
33 Bank of England, P.S. Beale, £5 (2), 1949, prefixes M85, N45, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B270), good extremely fine (2) £200-250
34 Bank of England, P.S. Beale, £5, 7 June 1952, prefix Y01, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B270), uncirculated £140-180
36 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £5 (2), 18 June 1955, 15 December 1955, prefixes A03A, B58A, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B276), good extremely fine (2) £220-280
37 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £5 (2), 7 May 1956, 12 September 1956, prefixes C81A, D92A, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B276), good extremely fine (2) £250-300
‘Bernhard’ 38 A group of ‘Operation Bernhard’ World War II forgeries, comprising £5, 1936, £10, 1938, £20, 1930 and £50, 1934, generally about extremely fine (4) £200-250 Page 11
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TREASURY SERIES N.F. Warren-Fisher (1919-1928)
39 Treasury Series, N.F. Warren-Fisher, £1, serial number N1/100 539955, brown, green, lilac and white, George V at right, Saint George and the dragon at left (T 31), good extremely fine and a rare three digit prefix £100-200
BANK OF ENGLAND C.P. Mahon (1925-1929)
40 Bank of England, C.P. Mahon, 10/-, ND (1928), serial number A01 178771, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 210), uncirculated, a rare A01 prefix, from the inaugural run £1,000-1,200
41 Bank of England, C.P. Mahon, 10/-, ND (1928), serial number Z01 746953, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 210), a rare first prefix, uncirculated £800-1,000 www.spink.com
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42 Bank of England, C.P. Mahon, 10/-, ND (1928), serial number Z39 084801, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 210), creased, about extremely fine £150-200
43 Bank of England, C.P. Mahon, 10/-, ND (1928), serial number W71 695898, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 210), soft central crease, extremely fine £100-150
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44 Bank of England, C.P. Mahon, 10/-, ND (1928), serial number V11 619204, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 210), V a rare last prefix, fine £300-350
47 Bank of England, C.P. Mahon, £1 (2), prefixes A53 and H01, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 210), extremely fine and good very fine (2) £150-180
45 Bank of England, C.P. Mahon, £1, serial number A01 286641, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 212), fresh, good extremely fine and a rare note from the inaugural run £800-1,000
48 Bank of England, C.P. Mahon, £1, serial number E96 436824, H16 453298, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 212), fresh, good extremely fine (2) £200-250
46 Bank of England, C.P. Mahon, £1, serial number A10 281543, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 212), uncirculated and a scarce first series £150-200
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A Parchment Pair with Serial Number A01 000020
49 Bank of England, C.P. Mahon, a parchment pair in vellum envelope with title in black ‘BANK OF ENGLAND 22 NOVEMBER 1928’ and comprising 10/-, serial number A01 000020, brown, Britannia at left, value at right, and £1, serial number A01 000020, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right, also two original plastic sleeves for the notes (B 214), uncirculated and unusually low serial number for this rare iconic set £5,500-6,500
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B.G. Catterns (1929-1934)
50 Bank of England, B.G. Catterns, 10/-, ND (1929), serial number V58 150320, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 223), uncirculated and a scarce first series £250-300
51 Bank of England, B.G. Catterns, 10/- (2), ND (1929), serial numbers M77 173537, K38 330522, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 223), uncirculated (2) £200-250
52 Bank of England, B.G. Catterns, £1, ND (1929), serial number H78 212049, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 225), a scarce first prefix, uncirculated £120-160
53 Bank of England, B.G. Catterns, £1 (2), ND (1929), serial number J41 237131, Z43 750874, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 225), one number maroon, one red, uncirculated (2) £140-180 54 No lot
55 Bank of England, B.G. Catterns, £1, ND (1929), serial number 40A 687703, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 225), the A suffix scarce, especially in this grade, uncirculated £200-250
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56 Bank of England, B.G. Catterns, £1, ND (1929), serial number 99A 101224, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 226), very fine and a rare last of series £80-100
59 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, 10/- (2), ND (1934), prefixes C46, A85, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 235), good extremely fine (2) £140-180
K.O. Peppiatt (1934-1949)
57 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, 10/-, ND (1934), serial number J01 745878, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 235), very fine and a rare first run £300-350
58 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, 10/-, ND (1934), serial number J03 659286, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 235), uncirculated and scarce a first series £100-140
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60 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, 10/-, ND (19-), serial number 01Z 642969, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 236), soft central crease otherwise good extremely fine and a scarce first prefix £300-350
61 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, 10/-, prefix 86Z, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 236), uncirculated and a scarce first series £100-150
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Guernsey Overprints During World War II
62 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, 10/- (2), ND (193-), prefixes 87S, 43O, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 236), uncirculated (2) £120-160
63 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1 (3), ND (193-), prefixes 85B, 89M, 08Z, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 238), the 89M good extremely fine, balance uncirculated (3) £150-200
64 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1 (3), ND (19-), prefixes A91A, C65A, L30A, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 239), first good extremely fine, balance uncirculated (3) £160-200
65 Bank of England, C.P. Mahon, £1, 1941, serial number F96 876774, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right, purple handstamp at centre, ‘Withdrawn from circulation September 18th 1941’ (B 212A), good fine and one of the rarest of the Guernsey overprints £800-1,000
66 Bank of England, B.G. Catterns, £1, 1941, serial number S48 969768, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right, purple handstamp at centre, ‘Withdrawn from circulation September 18th 1941’ (B 225A), almost very fine, scarce £300-400
67 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1, 1941, serial number 46W 689736, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right, purple overprint ‘Withdrawn from circulation September 18th 1941’ (B 238A), extremely fine, rare £800-1,200
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68 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1, 1941, serial number E15A 763213, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right, purple handstamp at centre, ‘Withdrawn from circulation September 18th 1941’ (B 239A), uncirculated, scarce £600-800
71 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1, 1941, serial number A04D 611424, blue and pale brown-pink, Britannia at left, value at right, purple overprint ‘Withdrawn from circulation September 18th 1941’ (B 249A), good very fine, rare £600-800
69 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1, 1941, serial number E03A 007331, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right, purple handstamp at centre, ‘Withdrawn from circulation September 18th 1941’ (B239B), uncirculated, scarce £600-800
72 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1, 1941, serial number C61D 080705, blue and pale brown-pink, Britannia at left, value at right, purple overprint ‘Withdrawn from circulation September 18th 1941’ (B 249A), almost uncirculated thus very rare £800-1,000
70 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1, 1941, serial number E15A 781706, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right, purple handstamp at centre, ‘Withdrawn from circulation September 18th 1941’ (B 239C), uncirculated, scarce £500-600
73 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1, ND (1940), serial number A01D 002652, blue and pale brownpink, Britannia at left, value at right (B 249), uncirculated and a low number, scarce £200-300
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74 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1 (10), ND (1940), prefixes A09D, B63D, Z70D, A01E, A49E, E10E, W28D, A97H, D91H, X82H, blue and pale brown-pink, Britannia at left, value at right (B 249), generally extremely fine to uncirculated (10) £150-200
75 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1, ND (194-), serial number S02D 995832, blue and pale brownpink, Britannia at left, value at right (B 250), uncirculated and a rare prefix £200-300
76 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, 10/-, ND (194-), serial number Z01D 038251, violet, Britannia at left, value at right (B 251), uncirculated and a rare first prefix of the run £300-400
77 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, 10/- (3), ND (194-), prefixes Z48D, H45D, A58D, violet, Britannia at left, value at right (B 251), uncirculated (3) £150-200
78 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, 10/- (3), ND (194-), prefixes Z97E, Y92E, X11E, violet, Britannia at left, value at right (B 251), the first extremely fine, balance uncirculated (3) £200-220
79 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, replacement 10/-, ND (194-), serial number T01D 026667, violet, Britannia at left, value at right (B 252), fine and rare £300-400
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A Rare Emergency Issue 2/6
80 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, 2/6, ND (194-), no serial numbers, blue and black, value on top, at low centre and at left and right (B 254), quite presentable, good fine and above average for this rare type £2,500-3,000
81 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, 10/-, ND (194-), serial number 53O 739432, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 256), uncirculated £150-200
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82 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, 10/-, serial number 71L 544233, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 238A), last prefix traced, uncirculated, scarce £250-300
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83 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1, ND (194-), serial number R01A 965695, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 258), uncirculated and a scarce first run £200-250
86 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1, ND (194-), serial number Z99A 514282, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 260), last of run, uncirculated, scarce £150-200
84 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1 (3), ND (194-), prefixes R54A, S14A, S48A, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 258), the S48A last of run, uncirculated, last note good very fine (3) £150-200
87 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1 (3), ND (194-), prefixes A02B, C20B, H04B, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 260), uncirculated (3) £100-120
85 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1 (3), ND (194-), prefixes S49A, U64A, Z78A, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 260), uncirculated (3) £120-160
88 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1, ND (194-), serial number S01S 734262, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 261), very fine and a rare first of run for this replacement series £200-250
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89 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1, ND (194-), serial number S03S 107662, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 261), uncirculated and rare in this grade for type £250-300
90 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1, ND (194-), serial number S09S 745728, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 261), extremely fine, scarce £180-240
91 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, 10/-, (194-), serial number 73L 253157, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 262), uncirculated and rare £250-300
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92 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, 10/- (2), (194-), prefixes 65H, 37E, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 262), uncirculated (2) £100-140
93 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, 10/-, ND (194-), serial number 01A 773022, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 263), very fine and a rare first run £350-450
94 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, 10/-, ND (194-), serial number 03A 569342, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 263), quite fresh, almost extremely fine and a rare last of series replacement note £500-600
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P.S. Beale (1949-1955)
95 Bank of England, P.S. Beale, 10/-, ND (1949), serial number 97E 337574, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 265), uncirculated, scarce £140-180
96 Bank of England, P.S. Beale, 10/- (2), ND (1949), prefixes 20D, 17B, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 265), uncirculated (2) £70-90
97 Bank of England, P.S. Beale, 10/-, ND (1949), serial number Z01Z 994380, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 266), uncirculated and a rare first of run £500-600
98 Bank of England, P.S. Beale, 10/- (3), ND (1949), prefixes Z54Z, J63Z, D41Z, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 266), uncirculated (3) £80-100
99 Bank of England, P.S. Beale, 10/-, ND (1949), serial number 18A 710970, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 267), uncirculated, scarce £180-220
100 Bank of England, P.S. Beale, £1 (8), ND (195-), prefixes H61B, M34B 000006, Z48B, A01C, A22C, Z39J, A39C, L50J green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 268), generally uncirculated (8) £80-120
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L.K. O’Brien (1955-1962)
101 Bank of England, P.S. Beale, £1, prefix L63J, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 268), the last prefix of the run, uncirculated and rare £150-200
102 Bank of England, P.S. Beale, £1, ND (195-), S10S 782229, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 269), a rare first run replacement note, good extremely fine £220-260
103 Bank of England, P.S. Beale, £1, ND (195-), S38S 277710, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 269), uncirculated and a scarce replacement note £150-180
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104 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, 10/-, ND (1955), D92Z 951470, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 271), uncirculated £120-140
105 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, 10/-, ND (195-), Z01Y 702902, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 271), uncirculated and a scarce first run of the sub series £140-180
106 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, 10/- (6), ND (195-), prefixes C80Z, Z48Y, B20Y, A06Y, Z59X 100001 Y15X, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 271), uncirculated (6) £120-160
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107 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, 10/- (2), ND (195-), serial number Z01X 842888/889, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 271), a rare consecutive pair for the first run of this sub series, uncirculated (2) £250-300
110 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £1, ND (195-), serial number L64J 240745, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 273), uncirculated and a scarce first of run £150-200
108 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, 10/-, ND (195-), serial number Y25X 111471, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 271), almost uncirculated and a rare last prefix of run £200-250
111 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £1, ND (195-), prefixes L73J, Y883, A4SK, X31K 666666, A03L, C84L, K02L, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 273), almost uncirculated to uncirculated (7) £100-120
109 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, 10/-, ND (195-), serial number 62A 480142, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 272), central crease, otherwise extremely fine, scarce £100-150
112 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £1, ND (195-), serial number K13L 794713, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 273), almost uncirculated, and a scarce last of run £200-250 113 No lot Page 25
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114 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £1 (2), ND (195-), prefixes S73S, S21T, green and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right (B 274), uncirculated and almost uncirculated £70-80
116 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £5 (3), ND (1957), prefixes A06, B93, E21, blue and multicoloured helmeted head of Britannia at left, Saint George and the dragon low centre (B 277), uncirculated (3) £150-180
115 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £5, ND (1957), serial number A01 119450, blue and multicoloured helmeted head of Britannia at left, Saint George and the dragon low centre (B 277), first of run, uncirculated and rare £300-400
117 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £5, ND (1957), serial number E37 885852, blue and multicoloured helmeted head of Britannia at left, Saint George and the dragon low centre (B 277), last of run, good extremely fine, scarce £140-180
118 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £5, ND (1957), serial number H01 874441, blue and multicoloured helmeted head of Britannia at left, Saint George and the dragon low centre (B 280), good extremely fine and a rare first of run £500-600
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119 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £5 (3), ND (195-), prefixes H66, J21, K42, blue and multicoloured helmeted head of Britannia at left, Saint George and the dragon low centre (B 280), uncirculated (3) £120-160
122 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £1 (6), ND (1959), prefixes A76, K16, Z01, 09A, A2L, 96Z, green (B282), also £1 (2) prefixes B70N, M43, green (B284, 285), also 10/- (3) prefixes A37, B01, K48, brown (B286), extremely fine to uncirculated (11) £60-80
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120 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £5, ND (195-), serial number K45 024467, blue and multicoloured helmeted head of Britannia at left, Saint George and the dragon low centre (B 280), extremely fine and rare last of run £250-300
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121 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £1, ND (1959), serial number A01 000043, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 281), uncirculated and a very low number £220-280
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123 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £1, ND (196-), serial number A01N 600958, green, Elizabeth II at left, small R (long tail) on reverse (B 283), about extremely fine, above average grade for type, rare £200-300
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124 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £1, ND (196-), serial number A01N 638289, green, Elizabeth II at left, small R (mid tail) on reverse (B 283), uncirculated and rare in this grade £400-500
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125 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £1, ND (196-), serial number A05N 032876, green, Elizabeth II at left, small R (short tail) on reverse (B 283), uncirculated, rare in this grade £450-550
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126 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £1, ND (196-), serial number A06N 304581, green, Elizabeth II at left, small R (short tail) on reverse (B 283), almost very fine, scarce £80-100
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127 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £1, ND, serial number B01N 705675, green, Elizabeth II at left (B 284), good extremely fine and rare first of run £250-300
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128 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £1, ND (19-), serial number M01 175036, green, Elizabeth II at left (B 285), uncirculated, and rare first of run for this replacement series £250-300
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129 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, 10/-, ND (1961), serial number A01 000092, brown, Elizabeth II at right (B 286), uncirculated and a rare very low serial number £200-250
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130 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, 10/-, ND (1961), serial number K64 284355, brown, Elizabeth II at right (B286), good extremely fine, a rare last of series £140-180
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131 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, 10/-, ND (1961), serial number M01 398985, brown, Elizabeth II at right (B287), uncirculated and a rare first for this replacement series £160-200
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132 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, 10/-, ND (1961), serial number M02 548578, brown, Elizabeth II at right (B287), uncirculated, replacement series £100-120
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134 Bank of England, J.Q. Hollom, £1, ND (19-), serial number 01M 721900, green, Elizabeth II at right (B290), extremely fine, rare first prefix of this replacement series £140-180
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135 Bank of England, J.Q. Hollom, £1 (3), ND (19-), prefixes M70, 96M, M07R, A12N, D96T, green, Elizabeth II at right (B290, 291, 292), almost uncirculated to uncirculated (5) £150-180
J.Q. Hollom (1962-1966)
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133 Bank of England, J.Q. Hollom, £1 (3), ND (1962), prefixes B79N, A44X, B06Y, green, Elizabeth II at right (B288), uncirculated (3) £100-120
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136 Bank of England, J.Q. Hollom, £1, ND (196-), serial number M01R 301338, green, Elizabeth II at right (B291), first of run for this replacement series, uncirculated and rare £200-220
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137 Bank of England, J.Q. Hollom, £1, ND (19-), serial number L29X 666666, green, Elizabeth II at right (B292), uncirculated £100-120
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138 Bank of England, J.Q. Hollom, £1, ND (19-), serial number M01N 738376, green, Elizabeth II at right (B293), good extremely fine and a scarce first run for this replacement series £140-160
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139 Bank of England, J.Q. Hollom, £1, ND (196-), serial number M24N 164688, green, Elizabeth II at right (B293), light central crease, otherwise uncirculated and a last of run, scarce £150-200
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140 Bank of England, J.Q. Hollom, £1, serial number M28N 030504, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 293), last of run, central fold otherwise about uncirculated and rare £250-300
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141 Bank of England, J.Q. Hollom, 10/-, serial number K65 188160, brown, Elizabeth II at right (B 294), a rare first of run, uncirculated £250-300
142 Bank of England, J.Q. Hollom, 10/- (3), prefixes K94 (first), T99 666666, Z66, brown, Elizabeth II at right, also 10/- (3), prefixes 29A, 01L, 11R, brown, Elizabeth II at right (B 294, 295), uncirculated, the sixes a great number (6) £80-100
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143 Bank of England, J.Q. Hollom, 10/-, serial number Z99 256155, brown, Elizabeth II at right (B 294), uncirculated and a rare last of run £180-220
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144 Bank of England, J.Q. Hollom, 10/-, serial number 01A 950760, brown, Elizabeth II at right (B 295), almost uncirculated and a rare first of run £120-160
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145 Bank of England, J.Q. Hollom, 10/-, serial number M19 681394, brown, Elizabeth II at right (B 296), erxtremely fine and a rare first of run £200-250
146 Bank of England, J.Q. Hollom, 10/-, serial number M43 433032, brown, Elizabeth II at right (B 296), uncirculated £60-80
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147 Bank of England, J.Q. Hollom, £5, serial number A01 858596, blue, Elizabeth II at right (B 297), uncirculated and a scarce first of run £150-180
148 Bank of England, J.Q. Hollom, £5 (3), prefixes A75, D25, R10, blue Elizabeth II at right (B 297), uncirculated (3) £70-90
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149 Bank of England, J.Q. Hollom, £5, serial number M02 441015, blue, Elizabeth II at right (B 298), uncirculated and a scarce replacement note £250-300
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150 Bank of England, J.Q. Hollom, £10 (2), prefixes A01, A32, brown, Elizabeth II at right (B 299), uncirculated and almost uncirculated (2) £140-180
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J.S. Fforde (1966-1970)
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152 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £1, serial number B11Y 011111, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 301a), about uncirculated, a most desirable number and a very rare first run £350-400 153 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £1 (3), prefix B80Y, low serial number A52Z 000006, prefix L23Z, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 301b, B 301c, B 301d), uncirculated (3) £70-90
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154 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £1 (5), prefix M15R, first run E01Y, first run K01Z, E82Y, K62Z, green, Elizabeth II at right [B 302b, B 303a, B 303b, B 303c (2)], the E01Y about very fine, the K01Z extremely fine, the remainder uncirculated (5) £150-200
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155 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £1, serial number M29N 946940, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 304), uncirculated, and a rare first run replacement £200-240 www.spink.com
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156 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £1, serial number M42N 120109, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 304c), about uncirculated to uncirculated, and a rare last run £180-220 157 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £1 (4), prefix M38N, N25A, T59A, X03C, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 304b, B 305b, B 305c, B 305d), the N25A about uncirculated and a very scarce first series note, the remainder uncirculated (4) £100-150
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158 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £1, serial number X42C 843051, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 305e), about extremely fine and an extremely rare last run £350-450
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A Fforde/Page £1 Pair
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159 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde/J.B. Page, a consecutive pair of £1 with different signatures, serial numbers T38H 586501/586502, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 305p), uncirculated and a very scarce pair (2) £320-360
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160 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £1, serial number S01M 840045, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 306c), uncirculated, a first run replacement, extremely rare in this grade and, unlisted above extremely fine in Duggleby £450-500
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161 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £1 (3), serial number S01M 743416 and prefix R15M, S04M, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 306b, B 306c, B 306d), the S01M fine and rare, the remainder uncirculated (3) £100-120
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162 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £1, serial number T02M 166024, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 306f), uncirculated, a rare replacement issue £220-260
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163 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £1, serial number U01M 094608, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 306g), uncirculated, a rare replacement issue £300-400
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164 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £1 (3), prefix, R63B, first run R01L, R69L, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 307b, B 307c, B 307d), uncirculated, the R01L scarce (3) £100-140
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165 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £1 (3), prefix first run U01E, U02E, last run U45E, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 307e, B 307f, B 307g), the U45E, good extremely fine and a very rare last run, the remainder uncirculated (3) £260-320
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166 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £1, serial number N01M 896693, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 308a), good extremely fine and a very rare first run replacement £240-320
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167 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £1 (2), prefix N08M, last run NM14, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 308b, B 308c), about uncirculated to uncirculated, the last run replacement very scarce (2) £240-320
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168 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £1, first run serial number T29M 093592, green, Elizabeth II at right [B 308d], uncirculated and rare £150-200
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169 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £1, serial number T32M 128898, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 308), central crease otherwise extremely fine and a rare last of run £100-150 170 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, 10/- (9), prefix 99R, 03Y, 85Z, A88N, B74N 000066, C01N, D10N, D38N (2), brown, Elizabeth II at right [B 309b, B 309c (2), B 310b (4), 310c (2)], about uncirculated to uncirculated (9) £100-150
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171 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, 10/- serial number 99Z 370889, brown, Elizabeth II at right (B 309d), uncirculated, unlisted above extremely fine in Duggleby and a very rare last run £240-280
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172 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, 1/- serial number A01N 177586, brown, Elizabeth II at right (B 310d), about uncirculated to uncirculated and a scarce first run £100-140
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173 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, 10/- (3), first run serial number M56 342478, prefix M76, last run serial number M80 862845, brown, Elizabeth II at right (B 311), the M56 about uncirculated and a very scarce first run replacement, the remainder uncirculated (3) £250-300
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174 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £5, first run serial number R20 236068, blue, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Britannia (B 312a), uncirculated and very scarce in grade £140-180
175 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £5 (5), prefix R44, Y37, Z37, 79A, 57C, blue, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Britannia [B 312b, B312c (2), B314b (2)], uncirculated (5) £80-120
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176 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £5, serial number M12 604403, blue, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Britannia (B 313), good extremely fine and a scarce replacement £100-140
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177 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde/J.B. Page, £5, a consecutive pair with different signatures, serial numbers 60C 356299/356300, blue, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Britannia (B 314p), uncirculated and very rare (2) £600-700
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178 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £5, serial number 01M 172785, blue, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Britannia (B 315a), good very fine and a rare first run replacement £100-130
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179 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £5, serial number 05M 951203, blue, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Britannia (B 315b), uncirculated and a scarce replacement £140-180 www.spink.com
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180 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £10 (2), first run serial number A41 240321, prefix A43, brown, Elizabeth II at right, reverse lion and key (B 316a, B 316b), about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £160-200
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181 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £10, last run serial number A95 274204, brown, Elizabeth II at right, reverse lion and key (B 316c), about uncirculated £160-200
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182 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde/J.B. Page, £10, a consecutive pair with different signatures, serial numbers A92 463448/463449, brown, Elizabeth II at right, reverse lion and key (B 316p), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, only six pairs believed extant thus extremely rare, ex Karouni Collection (2) £2,000-2,500
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183 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £20, first run serial number A01 285659, purple, Elizabeth II at right, St George and the dragon at centre, reverse Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (B 318a), uncirculated, scarce £220-280
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184 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £20, prefix A04, purple, Elizabeth II at right, St George and the dragon at centre, reverse Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (B 318b), small grease mark lower right, otherwise good extremely fine £100-140
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185 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £20, last run serial number A05 243495, purple, Elizabeth II at right, St George and the dragon at centre, reverse Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (B 318a), about uncirculated, scarce £220-280
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186 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £20, replacement serial number M01 142286, purple, Elizabeth II at right, St George and the dragon at centre, reverse Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (B 319), about uncirculated to uncirculated and the only prefix for this scarce replacement series £320-360 Page 37
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187 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1, first series serial number S89L 033733, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 320b), fine and an extremely rare prefix in any grade £280-340
188 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1 (7), prefix U39B, X69A 666666, Z21L, R53M, S61M, W37M, X18M, green, Elizabeth II at right [B 320c, B 320d (2), B 321a, B 321b, B 321d, B 321f], about uncirculated to uncirculated, the 666666 solid number very scarce (7) £120-160
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189 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1, first replacement prefix serial number W01M 084074, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 321c), uncirculated £140-180
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190 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1, first replacement prefix serial number X01M 160287, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 321e), uncirculated £140-180
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191 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1, first run serial number AN01 872276, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 322a), uncirculated and scarce £180-240
192 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1 (9), prefix AN25, CW01, BZ22, HZ12, MR22, MS43, MT02, MU03, MW08, green, Elizabeth II at right [B 322b, B 322c (2), B 322d, B 323b, B 323e, B 323h, B 323j, B 323l], about uncirculated to uncirculated (9) £80-100
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193 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1, last run serial number HZ63 832740, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 322d), uncirculated, the very last prefix for the £1 note, Series “C”, rare £300-400
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194 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1, first run replacement serial number MR01 026214, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 323a), uncirculated and very scarce £200-250
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195 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1, last run replacement serial number MR48 038187, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 323c), uncirculated and very scarce £180-250
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196 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1, first run replacement serial number MS01 250181, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 323c), uncirculated, scarce £100-120
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197 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1, serial number MS84 938824, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 323), uncirculated and a scarce last of run £80-120
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198 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1, first run replacement, serial number MT01 219134, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 323), uncirculated £80-120
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199 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1, first run replacement, serial number MU01 695747 green, Elizabeth II at right (B 323), uncirculated, scarce £30-40
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200 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1, first replacement run, serial number MW01 732017, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 323), uncirculated and scarce £80-100
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201 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1, last of the prefix run, serial number MW19 671911, green, Elizabeth II at right (B 323), uncirculated and scarce £100-120
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203 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £5, serial number 08M 274362, blue, Elizabeth II at right, reverse child Britannia (B 325), uncirculated and a very scarce replacement £260-320
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204 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £10, first series prefix, serial number A92 440006, brown, Elizabeth II at right, reverse lion and key (B 326a), attractive, original, crisp good very fine to extremely fine and an excessively rare note, missing from most collections £500-700
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202 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £5 (3), first series prefix 34C, mid prefix 63E, last series prefix 22H, blue, Elizabeth II at right, reverse child Britannia (B 324b, B 324c, B 324d), uncirculated (3) £120-160
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205 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £10 (3), prefix B47, C37, replacement serial number M11 000492, brown, Elizabeth II at right, reverse lion and key [B 326b (2), B 327b], the C37 extremely fine, remainder uncirculated (3) £70-90
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206 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £10, first run replacement serial number M01 506654, brown, Elizabeth II at right, reverse lion and key (B 327a), uncirculated, very scarce £140-180
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207 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £20, first run serial number A06 655738, purple, Elizabeth II at right, St George and the dragon at centre, reverse Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (B 328a), good extremely fine, very scarce £180-220
208 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £20, first series prefix A60, mid series prefix C37, last series prefix D19, purple, Elizabeth II at right, St George and the dragon at centre, reverse Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet [B 328b, B 328c (2)], the first good extremely fine, the second uncirculated, the third about uncirculated (3) £100-140
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209 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £20, first run replacement serial number M01 336205, purple, Elizabeth II at right, St George and the dragon at centre, reverse Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (B 329a), uncirculated, very scarce £220-280
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210 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £20, replacement prefix M02, M03, purple, Elizabeth II at right, St George and the dragon at centre, reverse Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (B 329b), the first good extremely fine, the second tear in top margin, otherwise extremely fine (2) £100-140
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211 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £20, last run replacement serial number M04 383478, purple, Elizabeth II at right, St George and the dragon at centre, reverse Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (B 329c), good extremely fine, rare £200-240
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212 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £10, first run serial number A01 144134, brown, Elizabeth II at right, lily emblem at centre, reverse Nightingale, hospital scene (B 330a), uncirculated, scarce £140-180
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213 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £10 (3), first series prefix A05, mid prefix B59, last series prefix T11, brown, Elizabeth II at right, lily emblem at centre, reverse Nightingale, hospital scene (B 330b, B 330c, B 330d), the B59 good extremely fine, the remainder uncirculated (3) £100-150
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214 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £10, first run replacement serial number M01 089000, brown, Elizabeth II at right, lily emblem at centre, reverse Nightingale, hospital scene (B 331a), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, scarce £180-220
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215 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £10 (2), replacement prefix M03, last run replacement serial number M50 351446, brown, Elizabeth II at right, lily emblem at centre, reverse Nightingale, hospital scene (B 331b, B 331c), the M03 uncirculated, the M50 choice original about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare in this grade (2) £280-360 www.spink.com
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216 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £5 (4), first run serial number A01 998767, first series prefix A12, mid prefix H64, last series prefix L09, blue, Elizabeth II at right, Victory in biga top centre, reverse Wellington, battle scene (B 332a, B 332b, B 332c, B332d), the A01 pressed, otherwise good extremely fine, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated (4) £150-200
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217 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £5, first run replacement serial number M01 833213, blue, Elizabeth II at right, Victory in biga top centre, reverse Wellington, battle scene (B 333a), about uncirculated to uncirculated, very rare in this grade £280-360
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218 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £5, replacement serial number M04 812822, blue, Elizabeth II at right, Victory in biga top centre, reverse Wellington, battle scene (B 333b), about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce £160-220
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219 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £5, first run serial number 01A 661143, blue, Elizabeth II at right, Victory in biga top centre, reverse Wellington, battle scene (B 334a), uncirculated, very scarce £150-200
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220 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £5, serial number 07A 000001, blue, Elizabeth II at right, Victory in biga top centre, reverse Wellington, battle scene (B 334b), about uncirculated, very desirable number 1 £120-160
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221 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £5 (7), mid prefix 06H, 68K, 75R, 10U, last series prefix 45Z, last run 95Z (2), blue, Elizabeth II at right, Victory in biga top centre, reverse Wellington, battle scene [B 334c (4), B 334d (3)], the two 95Z notes extremely fine and rare, the remainder uncirculated (7) £160-220
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222 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £5, first run replacement serial number 01M 840721, blue, Elizabeth II at right, Victory in biga top centre, reverse Wellington, battle scene (B 335a), about uncirculated, very rare in this grade £240-320
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223 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £5, replacement serial number 05M 461410, blue, Elizabeth II at right, Victory in biga top centre, reverse Wellington, battle scene (B 335b), about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce £150-200
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224 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £5, last run replacement serial number 08M 068744, blue, Elizabeth II at right, Victory in biga top centre, reverse Wellington, battle scene (B 335b), about uncirculated to uncirculated, an extremely rare note in this grade and unpriced in Duggleby £320-380
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225 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £5 (4), first run serial number AN01 334494, first series prefix AN15, mid prefix AZ08, last series prefix EZ17, blue, Elizabeth II at right, Victory in biga top centre, reverse Wellington, battle scene (B 336a, B336b, B 336c, B 336d), the first about uncirculated to uncirculated the last good extremely fine, the remainder uncirculated (4) £260-320
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226 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1 (5), first run serial number A01 054270, first series prefix A45, mid prefix B29, last series prefix Z03, last run serial number Z80 773872, green, Elizabeth II at right, caduceus at centre, reverse Newton [B 337a, B337b (2), B 337c, B 337d], the Z80 about extremely fine and rare, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated (5) £120-160
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227 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1, replacement serial number M01 440667, green, Elizabeth II at right, caduceus at centre, reverse Newton (B 338), uncirculated and very scarce £240-280
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228 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1 (8), first run serial number 01A 804107, first series prefix 22A, mid prefix 01W, last series prefix 20Y, first run serial number AN01 692978, first series prefix A35N, mid prefix C01N, last series prefix E58N, green, Elizabeth II at right, caduceus at centre, reverse Newton [B 339a, B339b (2), B 339c, B 340a, B 340b (2), B340c], uncirculated (8) £80-100
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229 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1, first run experimental note, serial number 81A 996060, green, Elizabeth II at right, caduceus at centre, reverse Newton (B 339Aa), original good very fine and very rare in any grade £150-220
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230 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1, experimental note, serial number 81E 446324, green, Elizabeth II at right, caduceus at centre, reverse Newton (B 339Ab), uncirculated, rare £220-260
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231 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1, last run experimental note, serial number 81Z 361694, green, Elizabeth II at right, caduceus at centre, reverse Newton (B 339Ac), uncirculated, rare £250-300
D.H.F. Somerset (1980-1988)
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232 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £1 (6), first run serial number AN01 592547, first series prefix AN19, mid prefix serial number BW21 000001, CX67 000666, last series prefix DY01, last run serial number DY21 989668, green, Elizabeth II at right, caduceus at centre, reverse Newton [B 341a, B341b (3), B 341c], the number 1 note pressed, biro figures, otherwise very fine, the remainder uncirculated, the DY21a very desirable high number at end of run (6) £100-140
233 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £5, first run serial number DN01 397021, blue, Elizabeth II at right, Victory in biga top centre, reverse Wellington, battle scene (B 343a), uncirculated, scarce £100-150
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234 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £5 (5), first series prefix DN08, mid prefix serial number KW36 656666, last series prefix LZ74, mid prefix NB05, last run serial number NC90 247297, blue, Elizabeth II at right, Victory in biga top centre, reverse Wellington, battle scene [B 343b (3), B 343c, B 343e, B 343f], uncirculated (5) £60-80
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235 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £5, serial number DU69 446703, blue, Elizabeth II at right, Victory in biga top centre, reverse Wellington, battle scene, missing signature of D.H.F. Somerset (B 343A), uncirculated, scarce £160-200
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236 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £5, first run experimental O.C.R. note, serial number AN91 951035, blue, Elizabeth II at right, Victory in biga top centre, reverse Wellington, battle scene (B 344a), fresh, crisp, original extremely fine, very rare £600-800
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237 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £5, last run experimental O.C.R. note, serial number LZ91 957135, blue, Elizabeth II at right, Victory in biga top centre, reverse Wellington, battle scene (B 344c), fresh, crisp, about uncirculated, a very rare last run of a rare series £800-1,000
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238 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £5 (4), first run series number RA01 010239, mid prefix RB42, RC42, last run serial number RC90 766607, blue, Elizabeth II at right, Victory in biga top centre, reverse Wellington, battle scene [B 345a, B 345b (2), B 345c], uncirculated (4) £60-80
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239 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £10, first run serial number U01 013407, brown, Elizabeth II at right, lily emblem at centre, reverse Nightingale, hospital scene (B 346a), small split on central crease, fine, very rare in any grade £150-200
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240 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £10 (3), first series prefix U50, mid prefix Y48, last series prefix Z65, brown, Elizabeth II at right, lily emblem at centre, reverse Nightingale, hospital scene [B 346b, B 346c (2)], about uncirculated to uncirculated (3) £100-150
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241 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £10, first run serial number 01A 902964, brown, Elizabeth II at right, lily emblem at centre, reverse Nightingale, hospital scene (B 347a), uncirculated, scarce £160-200
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242 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £10 (3), first series prefix 20A, mid prefix 01D, last series prefix 06L, brown, Elizabeth II at right, lily emblem at centre, reverse Nightingale, hospital scene [B 347b (2), B 347c], uncirculated, the last L prefix scarce (3) £90-120
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243 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £10, last run serial number 40L 731904, error 40L of serial number printed at an angle on reverse, brown, Elizabeth II at right, lily emblem at centre, reverse Nightingale, hospital scene (B 347d), good fine, a rare error on a very rare last run £220-280
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244 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £10, first run serial number AN01 000112, brown, Elizabeth II at right, lily emblem at centre, reverse Nightingale, hospital scene (B 348a), uncirculated, and a very desirable low number £200-250
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245 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £10 (4), first run serial number AN01 197069, first series prefix AN03, mid prefix BY58, CR28, brown, Elizabeth II at right, lily emblem at centre, reverse Nightingale, hospital scene [B 348a, B 348b (3)], the first about uncirculated, the remainder uncirculated (4) £150-200
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246 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £10, last run serial number CR90 815760, brown, Elizabeth II at right, lily emblem at centre, reverse Nightingale, hospital scene (B 348c), uncirculated, and rare in this grade £200-250
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247 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £10 (4), first run serial number CS01 541651, first series prefix CS77, mid prefix CT17, last series prefix DN01, brown, Elizabeth II at right, lily emblem at centre, reverse Nightingale, hospital scene [B 349a, B 349b (2), B349c], the first about uncirculated, the remainder uncirculated (4) £160-220
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248 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £20, first run serial number E01 995577, purple, Elizabeth II at right, St George and the dragon at centre, reverse Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (B 350a), good extremely fine, very rare and missing from most collections £450-550 Page 47
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249 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £20 (4), first series serial number E21, mid prefix H51, H67, last series prefix J16, purple, Elizabeth II at right, St George and the dragon at centre, reverse Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet [B 350b, B350c (3)], the H51 about uncirculated to uncirculated, the remainder uncirculated (4) £280-360
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250 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £20, first run serial number 01A 302514, purple and blue-green, Elizabeth II at right, St George and the dragon at centre, reverse Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (B 351a), uncirculated £110-140
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251 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £20 (4), first series prefix 33A, mid prefix 75B, 64C, last series prefix 01K, purple and blue-green, Elizabeth II at right, St George and the dragon at centre, reverse Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (B 351b (3), B 351c), (B 351b (3), B 351c), the 33A good extremely fine, the remainder uncirculated (4) £180-240 www.spink.com
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252 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £50, first run serial number A01 000666, grey-green and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, phoenix at centre, reverse Wren, St Paul’s Cathedral (B 352a), uncirculated and an interesting low number £240-280
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253 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £50 (2), first series prefix A05, last series prefix B11, grey-green and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, phoenix at centre, reverse Wren, St Paul’s Cathedral [B 352b (2)], uncirculated (2) £160-250
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254 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £50, last run serial number B90 961536, grey-green and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, phoenix at centre, reverse Wren, St Paul’s Cathedral (B 352c), uncirculated £170-230
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255 Bank of England, G.M. Gill, £5 (6), first run series number RD01 762040, first series prefix RD38, mid prefix, RL01, SA01, last series prefix SE21, last run serial number SE90 675421, blue, Elizabeth II at right, Victory in biga top centre, reverse Wellington, battle scene [B 353a, B 353b (4), B 353c], uncirculated, the SE90 not from a collector’s pack and thus scarce (6) £150-200
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256 Bank of England, G.M. Gill, £10 (4), first run serial number DR01 788026, first series prefix DR81, mid prefix ER11, last series prefix JR04, brown, Elizabeth II at right, lily emblem at centre, reverse Nightingale, hospital scene [B 354a, B 354b (3)], the JR04 about uncirculated, the remainder uncirculated (4) £80-120
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257 Bank of England, G.M. Gill, £20, first run serial number 01L 182211, purple and blue-green, Elizabeth II at right, St George and the dragon at centre, reverse Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (B 355a), uncirculated £150-180
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258 Bank of England, G.M. Gill, £20 (5), first series prefix 68L, mid prefix 12N, mid prefix serial number 39S 000006, mid prefix 56W, last series prefix 14X, purple and blue-green, Elizabeth II at right, St George and the dragon at centre, reverse Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet [B 355b (5)], uncirculated (5) £260-320
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259 Bank of England, G.M. Gill, £20, last run serial number 20X 999922, purple and blue-green, Elizabeth II at right, St George and the dragon at centre, reverse Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (B 355c), uncirculated £130-160
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260 Bank of England, G.M. Gill, £50, first run serial number C01 186599, olive-green and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, phoenix at centre, reverse Wren, St Paul’s Cathedral (B 356a), uncirculated, scarce £200-250
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261 Bank of England, G.M. Gill, £50, first series prefix C12 933233, olive-green and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, phoenix at centre, reverse Wren, St Paul’s Cathedral (B 356b), uncirculated £110-150
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262 Bank of England, G.M. Gill, £50, last official run serial number D90 183082, olive-green and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, phoenix at centre, reverse Wren, St Paul’s Cathedral (B 356c), uncirculated, scarce £180-220
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263 Bank of England, G.M. Gill, £50, column sort serial number D93 652923, olive-green and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, phoenix at centre, reverse Wren, St Paul’s Cathedral (B 356d), about uncirculated to uncirculated, scarce £160-220
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264 Bank of England, G.M. Gill, £50, last series prefix E25, olive-green and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, phoenix at centre, reverse Wren, St Paul’s Cathedral (B 356e), uncirculated, scarce overlap with Kentfield £150-200
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265 Bank of England, G.M. Gill, £50, last run serial number E30 940980, olive-green and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, phoenix at centre, reverse Wren, St Paul’s Cathedral (B 356f), lightly pressed, otherwise extremely fine, very scarce overlap with Kentfield £140-180
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266 Bank of England, G.M. Gill, £5 (4), first run serial number A01723060, first series prefix A50, mid prefix D27, last series prefix N01, blue-green, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Stephenson, Rocket locomotive [B 357a, B 357b (2), B 357c], uncirculated (4) £60-90
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267 Bank of England, G.M. Gill, £20 (5), first run serial number A01 006331, first series prefix A02, mid prefix B68, D23, overlap prefix E19, purple and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Faraday, lecture theatre [B 358a, B 358b (3), B 358d], uncirculated, the overlap prefix scarce (5) £220-280
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270 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £50, first series prefix serial number E02 000007, olive-green and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, phoenix at centre, reverse Wren, St Paul’s Cathedral (B 361b), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated and a desirable low number £160-240
G.E.A. Kentfield (1991-1998)
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268 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £10 (4), first run serial number KN01 771726, first series prefix serial number KN05 000001, last series prefix KR02, last run serial number KR30 722569, brown, Elizabeth II at right, lily emblem at centre, reverse Nightingale, hospital scene [B 360a, B 360b (2), B 360c], uncirculated, the number 1 very desirable (4) £260-320
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269 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £50, first run serial number E01 765650, olive-green and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, phoenix at centre, reverse Wren, St Paul’s Cathedral (B 361a), uncirculated £140-180
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271 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £50, last run serial number E30 722544, olive-green and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, phoenix at centre, reverse Wren, St Paul’s Cathedral (B 361c), uncirculated £140-180
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272 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £5 (4), first run serial number R01 000066, first series prefix serial number R03 000391, mid prefix S52, last run serial number W18 999937, blue-green, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Stephenson, Rocket locomotive [B 362a, B 362b (2), B 362c], uncirculated (4) £240-280
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273 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £5 (4), first run serial number AA01 006772, first series prefix AA90, last series prefix serial number AB16 999765, last run serial number AB18 999079, blue-green, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Stephenson, Rocket locomotive [B 363a, B 363b (2), B 363c], the AB16 about uncirculated, the remainder uncirculated (4) £100-130
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274 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £5 (2), first run serial number AC01 727077, replacement prefix LL20, blue-green, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Stephenson, Rocket locomotive (B 364a, B 365), uncirculated, the AC01 not from a pack, the replacement very scarce (2) £160-220
275 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £5 (11), first series prefix serial number AC02 000556, mid prefix AE66, BA01, BC75, CC51, CD21, DA82, DB31, last series prefix DC02, last special run serial number DL99 999874, H.M. Queen 70th birthday prefix HM70, blue-green, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Stephenson, Rocket locomotive [B 364b (6), B 364d, B 364e, B 364f, C119], the AE66 good extremely fine, the BA01 very fine, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated and a useful group (11) £100-140
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276 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £10 (5), first run serial number A01 006666, first series prefix A12, mid prefix K01, official last run serial number X40 999009, last series prefix Y87, brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Dickens, cricket match [B 366a, B 366b (2), B 366c, B 366d], uncirculated, the last series prefix scarce (5) £150-200
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277 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £10, serial number Z90 362081, brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Dickens, cricket match (B 367), an experimental note only extant in Z90, uncirculated, and now very scarce £100-140
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278 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £10 (2), first run replacement serial number M01 802246, replacement prefix M26, brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Dickens, cricket match [B 368 (2)], uncirculated, the M01 rare (2) £300-350
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279 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £10 (8), official first run serial number DD01 000066, first series prefix DA80, mid prefix DC01, DL01, HB01, last series prefix KK75, special last run prefix KK99 999809, H.M. Queen 70th birthday prefix serial number HM70 000874, brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, value in both corners, reverse Dickens, cricket match [B 369a, B 369c (3), B 369f (2), B 369h, C120], uncirculated (8) £180-260
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281 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £10 (2), first run column sort prefix serial number EL01 686042, replacement serial number LL24 958036, brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, value in both corners, reverse Dickens, cricket match (B 369e, B 370), uncirculated, scarce (2) £180-220
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280 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £10, later printing first run serial number DA01 218814, brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, value in both corners, reverse Dickens, cricket match (B 369b), uncirculated and very scarce £160-220
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282 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £10, last run serial number KK80 964182, brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, value in both corners, reverse Dickens, cricket match (B 369g), good extremely fine, missing from most collections and very rare £180-260 283-284 No lots
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285 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £20, first run serial number E01 001449, purple and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Faraday, lecture theatre (B 371a), uncirculated, scarce £110-140
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286 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £20 (2), first series prefix serial number E02 000006, last run serial number W35 999789, purple and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Faraday, lecture theatre (B 371d, B 371e), uncirculated (2) £220-260
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287 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £20 (2), column sort prefix serial number A82 502721, B88 608042, purple and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Faraday, lecture theatre (B 371b, B 371c), uncirculated, very scarce (2) £150-200
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288 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £20 (2), mid prefix serial number Z33 990448, last run serial number Z90 974559, both experimental notes, purple and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Faraday, lecture theatre (B 372a, B 372b), the Z33 uncirculated and very scarce, the Z90 very fine and rare in any grade (2) £200-300
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289 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £20, mid series replacement serial number M04 957254 with error missing line in watermark area on obverse, purple and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Faraday, lecture theatre (B 373), original about extremely fine and a rare minor error on a very scarce replacement note £80-120
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290 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £20 (5), first run serial number X01 002824, first series prefix X09, last series prefix Y62, column sort prefix X92, Y71, purple and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, value in both corners, reverse Faraday, lecture theatre [B 374a, B 374b (2), B 374c (2)], the X92 very fine, the Y71 good very fine, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated, the column sort notes very scarce (5) £200-260
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291 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £20, first run serial number AA01 897219, purple and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, value in both corners, reverse Faraday, lecture theatre (B 375a), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce £140-180
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292 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £20 (4), first series prefix AA25, mid series prefix BA08, column sort prefix CL34, special last run serial number CL99 999812, purple and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, value in both corners, reverse Faraday, lecture theatre [B 375b (2), B 375d, B 375e], the CL34 good extremely fine, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated (4) £130-160
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293 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £20 (2), first run replacement serial number LL01 969370, mid series replacement serial number LL26 984798, purple and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, value in both corners, reverse Faraday, lecture theatre (B 376a, B 376b), uncirculated, the LL01 rare (2) £280-360
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294 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £50, first run serial number A01 000657, red and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Houblon, house (B 377a), uncirculated £100-130
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295 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £50 (2), last series prefix H01, special last serial number H99 001123, red and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Houblon, house (B 377b, B 377e), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £130-160
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296 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £50 (2), experimental prefix serial numbers A99 550636, A99 578228, red and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Houblon, house [B 378a (2)], the first choice about uncirculated to uncirculated, the second uncirculated (2) £250-300
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297 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £50 (2), column sort prefix L13, mid series replacement prefix LL08, red and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Houblon, house (B 377f, B 379), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated (2) £240-280
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298 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £50, experimental prefix serial number M99 949034, red and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, reverse Houblon, house (B 378b), uncirculated, rare £280-320
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300 Bank of England, Merlyn Lowther, £20 (3), prefixes DA01, DA69, DA80, purple, Elizabeth II at right (B384), uncirculated, first, middle and last of series (3) £200-250
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301 Bank of England, Merlyn Lowther, £50, serial number J01 000666, red and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right (B385), uncirculated and a scarce low number first £150-200
Merlyn Lowther (1999-2003)
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299 Bank of England, Merlyn Lowther, £5 (5), prefixes EA01, CL31, ED61, EH05, LL10, blue and green, Elizabeth II at right (B380, 381), also £10 (3), prefixes KL01, KL60, LA80, brown, Elizabeth II at right (B382), LA80 last of run, uncirculated (8) £140-180
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302 Bank of England, Merlyn Lowther, £50 (2), prefixes K17, L53, red and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right (B385), uncirculated (2) £150-180
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303 Bank of England, Merlyn Lowther, £50 (2), prefixes M01, M35, red and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right (B385), the M35 last of run, uncirculated and almost uncirculated (2) £180-220
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304 Bank of England, Merlyn Lowther, £20 (8), prefixes AA01, AA06, AC01, AL40, BA78, CC80, DE53, LL05, purple and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right (B386), about uncirculated to uncirculated (8) £220-260
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305 Bank of England, Merlyn Lowther, £20, serial number DE80 801884, purple and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right (B386), uncirculated, last of run, scarce £150-180
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306 Bank of England, Merlyn Lowther, £10 (7), prefixes AA01, AA68, AC01, EL18, LL24, brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right (B388, 389), generally extremely fine to uncirculated, LL24 ‘The Company’, (5) £100-150
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307 Bank of England, Merlyn Lowther, £10, prefix AH80, brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right (B 388), extremely fine and a scarce last of run £120-160
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308 Bank of England, Merlyn Lowther, £10, a lst prefix for column sort, prefix EL40, brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right (B 388), uncirculated and scarce £100-120
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309 Bank of England, Merlyn Lowther, £10 (7), prefixes AA01, AJ18, BB38, BK01, CC01, EL30, LL03, brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right (B390, 391), some wrinkling otherwise uncirculated (7) £100-120
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310 Bank of England, Merlyn Lowther, £10, prefix CC40, brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right (B 390), almost extremely fine and a rare last of run £120-160
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311 Bank of England, Merlyn Lowther, £10, serial number MM09 998884, brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right (B392), uncirculated and a scarce experimental note £150-200
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312 Bank of England, Merlyn Lowther, £5, serial number HA01 000006, blue and green, Elizabeth II at right (B393), a very low number, envelope included, uncirculated £300-400
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313 Bank of England, Merlyn Lowther, £5, serial number HA01 000066, blue and green, Elizabeth II at right (B393), a very low number, envelope included, uncirculated £120-160
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314 Bank of England, Merlyn Lowther, £5 (13), blue and green, Elizabeth II at right, one note prefix XB12, an experimental issue (B393. 394, 395, 396, 397), uncirculated (13) £160-180
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Andrew Bailey (2004 - ) 315 Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, £5 (5), blue and green, Elizabeth II at right (B398, 399), including JB46, a first prefix, also £10 (7), brown, Elizabeth II at right, including a prefix CC41, first (B400), almost uncirculated to uncirculated (12) £140-180
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316 Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, £10, serial number LL01 837456, brown and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right (B401), uncirculated and a scarce replacement note £100-140
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317 Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, £20, serial number DE41 089114, purple and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, (B402), uncirculated and a rare first of run £100-150
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318 Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, £20 (4), purple and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right (B402), includes a EH40, last prefix recorded, uncirculated (4) £140-160
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319 Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, £50 (3), prefixes M01, M30, L66, red and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right (B404), M01 a first, L66 a column sort, uncirculated (3) £200-250
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320 Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, £20, serial number AA01 000666, purple and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right (B405), uncirculated and a rare early number £180-240 321 Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, £20 (5), prefixes AA77, AB01, AL01, AL21, CD51), purple and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right (B405), uncirculated (5) £140-180
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323 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £1, prefix U64K, green, Britannia at left, value at right (B273), small flap of extra paper low left, extremely fine, rare £140-180
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324 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £1, serial number A01 000226, green, Elizabeth II right (B281), colour missing, good extremely fine, scarce £140-180
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325 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £1, prefix T58B, green, yellow plastic band attached top left and Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1, serial numbers W66E 384455/W77E 384455 (B305, 320), extremely fine and uncirculated, scarce (2) £200-250
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326 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1, prefix AN48, green, Elizabeth II at right (B322), concertina fold low right, uncirculated, rare £250-300
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327 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1 (2), serial number MU02 068054 at top left, MU02 068055 low right, green, Elizabeth II at right (B323), uncirculated, rare (2) £200-300
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328 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £5, prefix A38, blue, mirror image printing error on reverse, also £5, prefix DU68, signature omitted (B332, 343a), about extremely fine to uncirculated, scarce (2) £150-200
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329 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £1, prefix T47, green, Elizabeth II at right (B337), ‘sharks fin’ low left, uncirculated, rare £140-200
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332 Bank of England, G.M. Gill, £10 (3), prefixes ER11, EZ37, ER29, brown, first misaligned thread, second thread on surface, third two paper errors at centre (B354), uncirculated, good very fine, almost extremely fine, scarce (3) £150-200
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330 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £20 (2), prefixes 67C, 67A, purple and multicoloured, first missing Shakespeare, second missing Romeo and Juliet (a matching pair!) (B351), good very fine, scarce (2) £150-200
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331 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £20, prefix 80J, purple and multicoloured, extra paper with colour bars low right (B351), uncirculated, rare, attractive £250-300
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333 Bank of England, G.M. Gill, £20, prefix 63N, purple and green, Saint George omitted reverse Romeo and Juliet omitted (B355), almost uncirculated, rare £150-200
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334 Bank of England, G.E.A. Kentfield, £5 (2), prefix E90, blue and green, reverse a colour omitted, also £5, prefix CL38, numbers blurred, out of register (B357, 364), uncirculated, scarce (3) £180-220
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Birmingham
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335 Bank of England, G.M. Gill, £20, prefix 69N, purple and multicoloured, ghosting image of Shakespeare on reverse (B355), uncirculated, rare £150-200
336 Advertising note errors, comprising four Nelson notes (c.1995) in the style of a series C pound note, no numbers, A Walsall security press note (c.1993) with number missing on reverse and a Bradbury Wilkinson note (c.1992) with number missing on reverse uncirculated (6) £30-40
338 Birmingham Bank, £1, 9 July 1824, serial number 332B, black and white, allegorical classical figures at centre, for Gibbins, Wynne Smith and Goode (Outing 169), VG and rare £300-400
Carlisle
OTHER PROPERTIES ENGLISH PROVINCIAL BANKS Andover 339 Carlisle & Cumberland Banking Company Limited, Carlisle, unissued £5, ND, black and white, bridge top centre, arms at left and right, reverse blue and white, Queen Victoria at centre, lion and unicorn, arms at left and right (Outing 444 for type), red manuscript ‘Cancelled’ in low field, extremely fine and very fine, rare £600-800
337 Andover Old Bank, £1, 3 October 1871, serial number 5049, black and white, arms top left (Outing 36), fine £80-120
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340 Chatham Bank, £1, 19 October 1804, serial number M10, black and white, sailing ship top left, for Waddington and Co. (Outing 475), VG, scarce £200-300
Deal
341 Deal Bank, a printers trial for a mythical issue for £5, 18- (c.1820-1830), black, white and red, Fountains abbey top left, the arms of Deal and for the Whitby partnership of Simpson, Chapman and Co (Outing 2340), also three Commercial Bank trials fine to very fine (4) £150-200
Durham
342 Durham Bank, unissued £1, 18-, black and white, maiden and allegorical symbols at left, for Jonathan Backhouse and Compy. (Outing 722), extremely fine £60-80
Hadleigh
343 Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, £5, Hadleigh, 6 January 1890, serial number 1699, black and white, fortified gate house top left, arms top left, for Mills, Bawtree, Dawnay, Curzon and Co, two manuscript signatures below, reverse black and white, arms at centre (Outing 867), an original good very fine, attractive and rare £800-1,200
Hitchin & Hertfordshire Bank 343A Hitchin & Hertfordshire Bank, 16 May 1844, a document entitled ‘Joint Creditors of Pierson & Son to Mr. J.M. Pierson the younger: Release of Partnership Debts.’ Hitchen and Hertfordhire Bank was founded in 1793 by Joseph Margetts Pierson and three associates. Upon his death in 1842, his family no longer wished to carry on running the bank. This document, signed by creditors of the bank, releases the remaining family members from further debts, despite only 68.5% of the money being paid back in dividends. 8 large format vellum sheets, sewn together and including wax seals for each signature. In an excellent state of preservation, highly unusual and most interesting, rare (8) £150-200 Page 63
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Leighton Buzzard
Newton Abbot
344 Leighton Buzzard Bank, Bedfordshire, £5, 25 August 1886, serial number 66630, black and white, value in blue at centre, maiden and cornucopia top left (Abundance), for Bassett Son and Harris (Outing 1176b), ink cancellation, VG to fine £150-200
347 Newton Bank, £5, 14 July 1834, serial number 71263, black and white, crowned head of William IV at left, for Wise, Farwell, Baker and Bentall (Outing 1564), punch cancelled, VG £40-60
Nottingham
345 Leighton Buzzard Bank, Bedfordshire, £10, 9 August 1878, serial number 18783, black and white, value in blue at centre, maiden and cornucopia top left (Abundance), for Bassett Son and Harris (Outing 1176d), CANCELLED handstamp at left and right, fine £200-250
Newmarket
346 Newmarket Bank, £10, 16 February 1903, serial number 4456, black and white, value at centre in blue, hand written signautres, reverse blue, black ink stain on obverse, red CANCELLED overprint, ink annotations on reverse and date overprint ‘4 OCT 1906’ £200-250 www.spink.com
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348 Nottingham Bank, unissued £1, 18-, grey and white, maiden with ship and anchor at upper left, for William Nunn & Compy. (Outing 1616), very good to fine £200-250
Worcestershire
349 Worcestershire Bank, £5, Kidderminster, 1 May 1855, serial number 6644, black and white, arms top left, for Farley, Turner and Co. (Jones) (Outing 1066), the Jones excised and manuscript Co. inserted, a presentable VG and rare £350-450
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Workington
350 Workington Bank, 5 guineas, 4 December 1809, serial number 22/790, black and white, Workington Hall in oval frame top left, for Wood, Smiths, Stein and Co. (Outing 2428), good fine and much rarer than the 1 guinea £250-350
BANK OF ENGLAND TRIALS
351 Bank of England, a Bradbury & Evans trial £100, 1 January 1856, black and white, maiden top centre, also a Lambert trial £1, black and white, ‘pay to Henry Hase’ in text at centre, Europa at centre the first thinned in several places, otherwise good very fine, scarce (2) £200-250
352 A book on the ‘Preventing of forgery’, on behalf of the Society of Arts, 1819, and containing proofs of £1, 3 February 1819, black and white, allegorical figures at left and right, £1, black and white, Europa at centre, £1, black and red, Britannia top left and right, RIPPON low centre, £1, black and white, 4 June 1818, Athena at centre, £5, black and white with a multicoloured central panel, Britannia top left and a £5 as previous but no panel at centre the cover distressed but proofs in excellent condition, annotation inside dated 27 June 1865 and purchased 18 August 1862, rare and interesting £600-800
353 Perkins, Fairman and Heath, a siderographic trial for the prevention of forgery, Britannia at centre a fresh about extremely fine £150-180
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BANK OF ENGLAND An Exceptional Matthew Marshall £5 of 1843
354 Bank of England, Matthew Marshall, £5, London, 13 March 1843, serial number V/G 64880, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B 203a), a lovely fresh and original example, good very fine, attractive and very rare £9,000-11,000
A.G. Bowen (1893-1902)
TREASURY SERIES John Bradbury (1914-1919)
355 Bank of England, A.G. Bowen, a copy of a £5, London, 2 January 1900, serial number E/70 77325, black and white (B 186), very fine, rare £150-200 www.spink.com
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356 Treasury Series, John Bradbury, £1, ND (1914), Serial number C.422116, black and white, head of George V left centre, value in black tablet at centre, (T1), heavy crease at centre almost very fine, a rare type £450-550
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357 Treasury Series, John Bradbury, first issue £1, prefix E/26, black and white, 10/-, prefix A/4, red and white, 10/-, 3rd issue, green, lilac and white, all George V portrait (T. 3.3, 9) first taped very good, balance almost very fine (3) £150-250
358 Treasury Series, John Bradbury, second issue 10/-, prefix L/44, red and white, also a £1, prefix G/31, black and white, ND (1914/1915), (T 11.1, 12.1), small tear low on £1 otherwise about very fine (2) £150-180
x359 Treasury Series, John Bradbury, 10/-, ND (1914), serial number Y/1 084599, red and white, crowned head of George V top left, arms top right, value in black tablet at centre, red Arabic overprint ‘PIASTRES SILVER 60’ (T.15), very good, scarce £240-280
360 Treasury Series, John Bradbury, 10/-, ND (1915), serial number Z/6 027468, red and white, crowned vignette of George V top left, arms top right, black Arabic overprint PIASTRES SILVER SIXTY (T 15), good fine, above average for type, scarce £350-450
x361 Treasury Series, John Bradbury, £1, ND (1914), serial number J/60 60353, black and white, crowned head of George V top left, arms top right, value in black tablet at centre, red Arabic overprint ‘PIASTRES SILVER 120’ (T.14), very good, rare £1,200-1,500
362 Treasury Series, John Bradbury, £1, ND (1915), serial number J/57 59005, black and white, crowned head of George V top left, arms top right, red Arabic overprint ‘PIASTRES SILVER 120’ at centre, also an envelope with ink desciption of the note also a silk map of the Mediterranean and Middle east areas of World War II vintage (T 14), repair top centre otherwise good fine, rare (3) £3,200-3,400 Page 67
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363 Treasury Series, John Bradbury, 10/-, third issue, ND (1918), red serial number B/28 350952 (dash), green, lilac and white, George V at right, Britannia at left, also Warren-Fisher 10/-, ND (1919), prefix D/97 (T 20, 26), extremely fine, good very fine, scarce (2) £150-200
366 Treasury Series, N.F. Warren-Fisher, £1, ND (1923), a pair of consecutive serial numbers D1/3 000001-2, green and brown on white paper, Saint George and the dragon at left, George V at right, value at centre and low left, reverse brown, Westminster (T 31), central crease otherwise good very fine and wonderful numbers (2) £300-400
364 Treasury Series, John Bradbury, £1 (2), ND (1917), prefixes D/72 and F/71, green, brown, lilac and white, George V at right, Saint George and the dragon at left (T 16), central crease, good very fine to about extremely fine (2) £80-120
367 Treasury Series, John Bradbury, £1, ND (1914), second issue, prefix B1/73, black and white, Bradbury £1, third issue, G/32, N.F. Warren-Fisher £1 (3) includind a prefix S1/10 (first), also a 10/-, red prefix D/88 (T11.2, 16, 31, 34, 26), fine to very fine (6) £100-120
N.F. Warren-Fisher
365 Treasury Series, John Bradbury, £1, ND(1917), prefix F/90 and N.F. Warren-Fisher £1 (2), ND(1919, 1922), prefixes V/44, H1/95, all green, lilac and white, Saint George and the dragon at left (T16, 24, 31) first good very fine, last two about very fine (3) £80-120
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368 Treasury Series, N.F. Warren-Fisher, £1, ND, (1927), prefix T1/62, brown, green, lilac and white, Saint George and the dragon at left, crowned head of George V at right, reverse Houses of Parliament (T35), edge tear top margin, otherwise original very fine and the first note collected by Alasdair Macdonald and the reason this fine collection was put together. £20-30
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BANK OF ENGLAND E.M. Harvey (1918-1925) £5 Plymouth
369 Bank of England, E.M. Harvey, £5, Plymouth, 26 January 1920, serial number U/53 52636, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B 209a), oval bankstamp low centre otherwise an original example, extremely fine and a rare branch £1,400-1,600
x370 Bank of England, E.M. Harvey, £10, London, 13 May 1919, serial number 63K 82385, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B 209b), a pleasing good extremely fine thus scarce £250-350
371 Bank of England, E.M. Harvey, £10 (2), London, 16 January 1923, serial number 040/L 87169/170, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B 209b), fresh, about extremely fine and a scarce consecutive pair (2) £400-600
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C.P. Mahon (1925-1929)
372 Bank of England, C.P. Mahon, 10/-, ND(1928), Serial number A01 178751, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B210), uncirculated, a rare first prefix £550-700
373 Bank of England, C.P. Mahon, £1, ND (1928), serial number A01 549910, green, white and pale blue, Britannia at left, value at right, reverse green (B 212) an original good very fine and the rare first issue £500-600
A Rare C.P. Mahon £5 Plymouth
374 Bank of England, C.P. Mahon, £5, Plymouth, 23 August 1926, serial number 307U 75978, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B 215), extremely fine, original and very rare combination of signature and branch, a lovely note £4,500-5,500
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K.O. Peppiatt (1934-1949)
375 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, specimen 10/-, ND (1948), serial number R 00 000000, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 262s), black SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, rare £500-700
378 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1, ND (1948), red serial numbers R00000000, green, Britannia at left (B260s), red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare £500-700
Guernsey Overprints
376 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, specimen 10/-, ND (1940), serial number Z00D 000000, mauve, Britannia at left, value at right (B251s), red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, rare £700-900
379 Bank of England, B.G. Catterns, £1, 1941, red serial number S49 975826, green and lilac, Britannia top left, value top right, dark purple overprint ‘Withdrawn from Circulation September 18th.1941.’ (B 225A), about fine and a rarer signature for the Guensey overprint £220-280
377 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1, ND (1940), red serial numbers A00D 000000, blue and pale pinkbrown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 249s), red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare £600-800
380 States of Guernsey Overprints, K.O. Peppiatt, £1, November 10th 1941, Serial number E03A 006574, green, Britannia at left, black overprint “WITHDRAWN FROM CIRCULATION NOVEMBER 10th, 1941.” (B239B), good very fine £180-220
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381 States of Guernsey Overprints, K.O. Peppiatt, £1, November 10th 1941, Serial number E03A 008155, green, Britannia at left, black overprint “WITHDRAWN FROM CIRCULATION NOVEMBER 10th, 1941.” (B239B), about extremely fine £200-250
x384 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £100, Liverpool, 29 September 1936, serial number 96/Y 23640, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B.245), a fresh good extremely fine and a lovely example, scarce £900-1,200
‘Bernhard’
382 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £1, ND(1948) Serial number S08S 278245, green, Britannia at left, value at right (B261), central crease otherwise about extremely fine, scarce £150-200
383 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £5, London, 14 April 1938, prefix B/209, black and white, Britannia top left (B 241), a fresh very fine £60-80
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385 A set of Operation Bernhard notes during World war II, comprising £5, 1936, £10, 1935, £20, 1937 and £50, 1930, all black and white, Britannia top left damage low right on £10, balance about extremely fine (4) £300-400
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P.S. Beale (1949-1955)
386 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, specimen £5, London 5 December 1944, serial number E 00 000000, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B 255s), red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, rare £1,800-2,400
387 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, specimen £5, London, 24 January 1947, serial number L 00 000000, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B 264s), black SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, rare £900-1,200
388 Bank of England, P.S. Beale, 10/-, suffix 22A, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B 276), original good very fine, scarce £80-100
389 Bank of England, P.S. Beale, 10/-, ND(1950), Serial number 97E 337588, brown, Britannia at left, value at right (B265), uncirculated, rare £150-180
L.K. O’Brien (1955-1962) 390 Bank of England, L.K. O’Brien, £5, London 19 October 1955, serial number B09A 084166, black and white, Britannia top left (B 276), annotation on reverse, extremely fine £70-90
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J.B. Page (1970-1980)
EN M CI E SP
EN M CI E SP
391 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £5, ND, prefix 02M, blue and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right (B 335), uncirculated and scarce £150-200
EN M CI E SP
EN M CI E SP
394 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £50 (19), all prefix A01, green and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, phoenix at centre (B 352), mostly consecutive, uncirculated (19) £1,000-1,200
J.S. Fforde (1966-1970)
EN M I EC SP
EN M I EC SP
392 Bank of England, J.S. Fforde, £20, serial number A03 006714, purple and multicoloured, Saint George and the dragon top centre, Elizabeth II at right (B 318), a short prefix run, A01-A05, fresh and original, almost uncirculated and scarce £150-200
D.H.F. Somerset (1980-1988)
EN M CI E SP
EN M CI E SP
393 Bank of England, D.H.F. Somerset, £20, ND (1984), serial number 01A 000560, purple and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right (B 351), uncirculated and a scarce low number £200-250 www.spink.com
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EN M CI E SP
395 Bank of England, D.H.F. (1981), green, Elizabeth II at G.E.A. Kentfield £50, red and serial number J01 000807, uncirculated (4)
EN M CI E SP
Somerset, £50, ND right, G.M. Gill £50, Merlyn Lowther £50, red (B 352, 356), £200-250
Miscellaneous 396 Bank of England, a selection including C.P. Mahon, £1, prefix F67, B.G. Catterns, £1, prefix O94, K.O. Peppiatt 10/-, mauve, prefix H96D, K.O. Peppiatt £5, 1944, a Bernhardt £5, 1935, L.K. O’Brien, £5, prefix J46, Hollom £5, prefix R10 (R a last series), D.H.F. Somerset £5 (2), serial numbers DN 12 and DN 16, both 401400 (B 212, 225, 251, 255, 280, 297, 343), the Peppiatt £5 good very fine, the Mahon and Catterns £1 about extremely fine, balance uncirculated (9) £200-250 397 Bank of England, K.O. Peppiatt, £5, 18 June 1945, also P.S. Beale £5 (2), 1949, 1951, all black and white, O’Brien £5 (3), blue, Britannia £1 (11), Mahon(2), Catterns (2), Beale (5), O’Brien (2), 10/- (13), Mahon, Catterns (3), Peppiatt, Beale (6), O’Brien (2), Peppiatt 10/-, mauve, £1 (8), blue, also Newcastle upon Tyne £1 and £5, 1803 and various cheques (9), mixed grades, a useful lot (50) £200-250
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EN M CI E SP
EN M CI E SP
EN M I EC P S
EN M I EC P S
398 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £10 (50), ND (1971), serial number B70 027601-650, brown, Elizabeth II at right, Britannia at left, reverse brown, lion and key (B 326), generally uncirculated (50) £750-1,000
EN M CI E SP
EN M CI E SP
401 Bank of England, P.S. Beale, 10/-, prefix M062, L.K. O’Brien 10/- (2), D89Z, S65Y, 10/-, A27, J.Q. Hollom 10/- (3), J.S. Fforde 10/- (2), (B266, 271, 286, 294, 309, 310), also £1, L.K. O’Brien, J.Q. Hollom £1 (3), 2 replacements, J.S. Fforde £1, J.B. Page £1 (3) and D.H.F. Somerset £1 (B282, 288, 289, 290, 305, 322, 339, 341), generally extremely fine (18) £100-150
399 Bank of England, J.B. Page, £5 (12), prefix A57, blue, Elizabeth II at right, also J.S. Fforde £1 (10), 10/- (12), including a prefix M80, the last prefix of the series, O’Brien 10/- and a Page and a Somerset £1 (B 332, 311 ff), the £5 uncirculated and first prefix, balance mixed, the M80 uncirculated (37) £150-200 400 Bank of England, a selection of errors comprising J.B. Page £1 (3), with ink smudges, £1 with no rosettes in field, £1 with numbers 788965 and 788975, £1 (2), prefix HR 16/17 and identical number 222222 (not error!), Page £5, serial number AS 52 843968/843986, and D.H.F. Somerset £5 with no signature (B343a), generally extremely fine to uncirculated (9) £150-200
†402 British Armed Forces, specimen 5 new pence, 10 new pence and 50 new pence, ND (1972), 6th series (Pick M47s, 48s, 49s), mounting traces otherwise extremely fine, rare (3) £250-300
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ADVERTISING NOTES
GUERNSEY
403 Waterlow and Sons Limited, a selection of advertising notes (6) comprising maiden and steam ship, purple, c.1930, Sir Philip Waterlow, brown, c.1931, Yeoman of the Tower in brown, c.1945, George III in blue, c. 1950, Saint George and the dragon, violet, c.1954 and a young girl, dark green, c.1958, attractive and scarce (6) £160-220
405 States issue, 1/3, 16 October 1941, serial number F0001, black, yellow and brown, value at centre and at left and right, reverse brown, arms at centre (McCanmmon GN37), a great number, almost extremely fine £230-260
404 Bradbury Wilkinson, a selection of advertising notes (11), comprising Hephaestion in green, c.1929, Elizabeth I in violet, c.1940, in green and also in purple, c.1946, Nelson in brown, c. 1958 and also in blue-violet (2), c.1963, and another in dark green, c.1965, also Newton, 1969 and Hogarth, 1974, Charles Dickens, c.1974 attractive (11) £250-300
406 States of Guernsey, 10 shillings, 1st January 1943, serial number R/1 0472, blue and white, value in pale red at centre (Pick 32, McCammon GN 40), ink numeral at left and annotations on reverse otherwise very fine and scarce £200-300
407 States issue, 10/-, 1 June 1952, serial number 4/E 3093, lilac and green, value at centre and at each corner, (McCammon GN43), pressed, good very fine, scarce £100-150 www.spink.com
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IRELAND/NORTHERN IRELAND
x408 Irish Republic, a 6% bond for US$10, 23 January 1866, red serial number A272-2229, redeemable 6 months after the ‘Independence of the Irish Nation’, issued by the Fenian Republican brotherhood of America, black, white and green, Hibernia and soldier and wolfhound top centre, man at left and right (Wolfe Tone and Robert Emmet?), manuscript signature low right of John O’Mahony (PS 102a), borders trimmed otherwise almost very fine £150-200
409 Provincial Bank of Ireland, proof £10 on card, Galway, 18-, black and white, George IV top left, Britannia and Hibernia top centre extremely fine, rare £200-300
410 Bank of Ireland, £1, Dublin, 13 May 1891, serial number B/64 83316, black and white, date, serial numbers and Bank branches in pink-red at centre, value in oval low left and right, Hibernia at left and right, heads of Medusa at top, printed signature of Vereker low centre (PMI BA 52), this date unrecorded in PMI, a pleasing and original fine, the paper retaining body, rare £1,000-1,500
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x411 Bank of Ireland, £1, 15 November 1943, serial number B21 547650, Adams signature, black on green and blue underprint, woman with harp at left and right, Mercury at centre, reverse bank crest (Pick 55b), uncirculated £40-60
414 Ulster Bank Limited, £100, 1 March 1977, serial number F 071957, red and multicoloured, Hamilton signature (Pick 330a), uncirculated £250-350
ISLE OF MAN Private Banks
412 Belfast Banking Company Limited, proof £5, ND (c.1896-), black and white, arms top centre and at left, value in oval at top left and right, 39 bank branch names at left and right (PMI BB51b proof) perforated SPECIMEN C SKIPPER & EAST, good extremely fine and scarce £150-250
413 Ulster Bank Limited, proof £1, Belfast, 1 December 1902, black and white, allegorical symbols top centre, value top left and right, 60 branch names at left and right (PMI UB 27), perforated C.SKIPPER & EAST, extremely fine and scarce £150-250
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415 Barclays Bank Limited, £1, Douglas, 15 January 1952, serial number 29247, brown, green and white, triskeles in green at centre, manuscript signature low left and right, reverse brown, view of Douglas harbour in oval frame at centre (Quarmby 388), about very fine and scarce £300-400
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Government Issues
416 Isle of Man Commercial Banking Company, £1, 1 May 1848, serial number A6865, black and white, ships top centre, maiden at left and right, manuscript signatures of Dickie and Jackson, reverse black and white, Peel Castle and triskeles at centre, (Quarmby 242), Quarmby states 3 believed extant, handstamp PAID low right, a pleasing and attractive good fine, the paper retaining some body, rare £1,000-1,200
417 Isle of Man and Liverpool Joint Stock Banking Company, unissued £1, Douglas, 18- (1836 -), black and white, view of Douglas harbour top centre, arms at left, value in black tablet at right, reverse black and white, triskeles at centre, cherubs and allegorical symbols top centre, Maidens low centre (Quarmby 239), good very fine, attractive and rare £500-700
x418 Government Issue, specimen 10/-, ND (1961), serial number 000000, red and lilac, Elizabeth II at right, triskeles low centre, Garvey signature, (Pick 24s1), also 10/- (2), ND (1961), serial number A 178678, 151102, as last (Pick 24a), and 10/-, ND (1969), serial number A 508216, Stallard signature (Pick 24b, Quarmby 467, 464, 477), uncirculated (4) £200-250
419 Government Issue, 50 pence (2), ND (1969), serial number 071648/049, blue-green, 10/- (2), serial number both prefix A, red, all ND (1969), all Elizabeth II and triskeles, Stallard signature (Pick 27a, 24b, Quarmby 478, 477), about uncirculated (4) £120-160
x420 Government Issue, specimen £1, ND (1961), serial number 000000, violet, purple, pink and green, Elizabeth II at right, triskeles at centre, Garvey signature, (Pick 25S1), also £1, ND (1961), 92697, as previous (Pick 25a), and £1 (2), ND (1967/1970), serial number B967218, C034129, as previous but Stallard signature (Pick 25b, Quarmby 468, 465, 479), uncirculated (4) £300-350
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x421 Government Issue, specimen £5, ND (1961), serial number 000000, blue, green and pink, Elizabeth II at right, green triskeles at centre, Garvey signature (Pick 26 S2, Quarmby 469), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, scarce £180-220
x422 Government Issue, £5, ND (1961), serial number 002844, blue, green and pink, Elizabeth II at right, green triskeles at centre, Garvey signature (Pick 26a, Quarmby 466), uncirculated, scarce £550-650
x423 Government Issue, £5, ND (1961), serial number 002845, blue, green and pink, Elizabeth II at right, green triskeles at centre, Garvey signature (Pick 26a, Quarmby 466), uncirculated, scarce and a consecutive note to the previous lot £550-650
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x424 Government Issue, £5, ND (1961), serial number 396893, blue, green and pink, Elizabeth II at right, green triskeles at centre, Stallard signature (Pick 26b, Quarmby 480), about uncirculated £450-500
x425 Government Issue, 50 New Pence, 1969 ND, serial number 364273, Stallard signature, and 50 New Pence, 1969 ND, specimen, serial number 000000, one punch hole, Stallard signature, specimen overprint in red on obverse, both blue on multicoloured underprint, Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, triskeles at lower centre, reverse sailing ship (Pick 27a, 27s, Quarmby 481, 478), uncirculated (2) £180-220
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x426 Government Issue, 50 New Pence, 1972 ND (4), comprising serial number A200300, Stallard signature, specimen 50 new pence, serial number A000000, one punch hole, Stallard signature, specimen overprint in red on obverse, serial number B312301, Paul long signature, and serial number C126780, Paul short signature, all blue on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, triskeles at centre, reverse sailing ship (Pick 28a, 28s1, 28b, 28c, Quarmby 501, 497, 512), the 28b about uncirculated, the first the 300th note printed for type, the remainder uncirculated (4) £200-250
429 Government Issue, £5, ND (1972), serial number 580085, blue and red-purple, Elizabeth II at right, triskeles at centre, Stallard signature (Pick 30a, Quarmby 499), uncirculated £300-400
x430 Government Issue, £5, 1972 ND, serial number 591401, Stallard signature, blue and violet on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, triskeles at centre, reverse grey-green, Castle Rushen (Pick 30a), uncirculated, scarce £150-200 427 Government issue, specimen 50 pence, blue-green, £1, violet, £5, blue and red-purple and a £10, brown and green, all ND (1972), (Pick 28as, 29as, 30as, 31as, Quarmby 501-504, ) perforated, 100 sets printed, red SPECIMEN overprint, about uncirculated and scarce (4) £400-600
428 Government Issue, £5, ND (1972), serial number 580058, blue and red-purple, Elizabeth II at right, triskeles at centre, Stallard signature (Pick 30a, Quarmby 499), uncirculated £300-400
x431 Government Issue, £1 (2), (ND) 1972, comprising serial number E266949, Paul long signature and serial number H032901, Paul short signature, both purple on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, triskeles arms at centre, reverse Tynwald Hill, and £5, 1975 ND, serial number A880883, Paul long signature, blue and violet on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, triskeles arms at centre, reverse grey-green, Castle Rushen (Pick 29c, 29e, 30b, Quarmby 517, 515), the 30b good extremely fine, the remainder uncirculated (3) £150-200 Page 81
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x432 Government Issue, specimen £10, ND (1972), serial number 000000, brown, green, purple and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, triskeles in green at centre, Stallard signature (Pick 31s, Quarmby 504), two perforations, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and scarce £350-400
433 Government issue, £10 (2), ND (1972), serial numbers 000678, 000700, brown, green and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, triskeles at centre, Stallard signature (Pick 31a, Quarmby 500), almost extremely fine and scarce (2) £300-400
x434 Government Issue, £10, ND (1972), serial number 001816, brown, green, purple and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, triskeles in green at centre, Stallard signature (Pick 31a, Quarmby 500), counting flick top margin otherwise uncirculated and rare £900-1,000
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x435 Government Issue, £10, ND (1972), serial number 120743, brown, green, purple and multicoloured, Elizabeth II at right, triskeles in green at centre, Paul signature (Pick 31b, Quarmby 518), uncirculated and rare £250-300
x436 Government Issue, 50 New Pence, 1979 ND (2), comprising serial number C414570, and specimen, serial number C701511, one punch hole, red specimen overprint on obverse and reverse, the Pick plate note, both Dawson signature, blue on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse sailing ship, £1, 1979 ND (2), comprising serial number Q891206, and specimen serial number P000000, ND (1987)one punch hole, red specimen overprint on obverse and reverse, both Dawson signature, purple on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse Tynwald Hill, £5, 1979 ND (2), comprising serial number C340827, and specimen serial number D096711, one punch hole, red specimen overprint on obverse and reverse, the Pick plate note, both Dawson signature, blue and violet on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, reverse greygreen, Castle Rushen (Pick 33a, 33s, 34a, 34s, 35a, 35As, Quarmby 520, 523, 524, 525), the specimens glue marks at top and bottom, otherwise uncirculated, the remainder uncirculated, the specimens very scarce (6) £450-550
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x437 Government Issue, £10, 1979 ND, specimen with serial number A403311, one punch hole, red specimen overprint on obverse and reverse, the Pick plate note, Dawson signature, brown and green on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, triskeles at centre, reverse Peel Castle (Pick 36s2, Quarmby 525), glue marks at top and bottom, otherwise uncirculated, very scarce £200-250
x438 Government Issue, £20, 1979 ND, specimen serial number 000000, one punch hole, red specimen overprint on obverse and reverse, Dawson signature, orange and brown on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, triskeles at centre, reverse Laxey Wheel (Pick 37 unlisted variety, Quarmby 527s), uncirculated, rare £300-350
x439 Government Issue, £20, 1979 ND, specimen serial number 074911, one punch hole, red specimen overprint on obverse and reverse, the Pick plate note, Dawson signature, orange and brown on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, triskeles at centre, reverse Laxey Wheel (Pick 37s, Quarmby 527), glue marks at top and bottom, otherwise uncirculated, very scarce £250-300
x440 Government Issue, £1, 1983 ND (2), serial number M158260, Dawson signature, and specimen, serial number M000000, one punch hole, Dawson signature, specimen overprint in red on obverse and reverse, both green on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, triskeles at centre, reverse Tynwald Hill and printed on Bradvek plastic (Pick 38a, 38s, Quarmby 523), uncirculated, the specimen very scarce (2) £180-220
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x441 Government Issue, £50, 1983 ND, specimen, serial number 000000, one punch hole, Dawson signature, specimen overprint in red on obverse and reverse, blue, green and olive on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, triskeles at centre, reverse Douglas Bay (Pick 39s, Quarmby 530s), uncirculated, rare £400-500
x442 Government Issue, £50, 1983 ND (2), serial number 004224, Dawson signature, and specimen, serial number 005311, one punch hole, Dawson signature, specimen overprint in red on obverse and reverse, the Pick plate note, both blue, green and olive on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, triskeles at centre, reverse Douglas Bay (Pick 39a, 39s, Quarmby 530), the specimen glue marks at top and bottom, otherwise uncirculated, the issued note uncirculated, the specimen very scarce (2) £450-550
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x443 Government Issue, £1, 1983 ND (2), comprising prefix S, Dawson signature, and prefix V, Cashen signature, both purple on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, triskeles at centre, reverse Tynwald Hill, £5, 1983 ND, prefix J, Cashen signature, greenish blue and lilac-brown on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, triskeles at centre, reverse grey-green, Castle Rushen, £10, 1983 ND (2), serial numbers C000090 and H000035, both Cashen signatures, brown and green on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, triskeles at centre, reverse Peel Castle, and £20, 1983 ND, serial number D000162, Cashen signature, orange and brown on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, triskeles at centre, reverse Laxey Wheel [Pick 40a, 40b, 41b, 42 (2), 43b], uncirculated (6) £100-140
x444 Government Issue, a group of replacement notes of the 1983 ND issue, comprising £5, serial number Z008557, Cashen signature, greenish blue and lilacbrown on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, triskeles at centre, reverse grey-green, Castle Rushen, £10, serial number Z013701, Cashen signature, brown and green on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, triskeles at centre, reverse Peel Castle, and £20, serial number Z007672, Cashen signature, orange and brown on multicoloured underprint, Queen Elizabeth II at right, triskeles at centre, reverse Laxey Wheel (Pick 41br, 42r, 43br), uncirculated and scarce (3) £120-150
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AMERICAN BANKNOTE COMPANY PROMOTIONAL ALBUMS x448 American Banknote Company, Archive series, volume 1, brown cloth cover, title in gold and volume 2, green cloth cover, both containing multiple vignettes attractive (2) £100-150
445 Government Issue, £1 (2), serial number C850075/76, violet, Stallard signature, (Pick 29a, Quarmby 498), £1 (4), two consecutive pairs, violet, Paul signature, (Pick 29c, Quarmby 514, also £1 (4), green, Dawson signatures, (Pick 38, Quarmby 523), Dawson 50 pence, (Pick 33), Dawson £1 (3), £1 (3) Cashen signature, (Pick 40a, b), first six uncirculated, balance mixed (17) £200-300
JERSEY
x446 The States of Jersey, a group of the ND (1963-72) Issue, comprising 10 Shillings, prefix C, brown, £5, prefix C, Clennet signature, red, and £10, prefix A, purple, all Annigoni portrait of Elizabeth II at right, reverses St Ouen’s Manor (10/- and £10) and St Aubin’s Fort (£5) (Pick 7a, 9b, 10a), uncirculated (3) £120-160
x449 American Banknote Company, an advertizing note in black and white, children at corners, a £5 SPECIMEN BANK NOTE, 1892, printer unknown, and a Whitehead, Morris and Co. Limited £1 advertizing note, Chinese scene low left, also a Bankers Merchants etc £1 at 28 Chancery Lane, black and white extremely fine except the last which is about fine, rare (4) £200-300
AN EXCEPTIONAL GROUP OF ADVERTISING NOTES
450 An album, comprising advertising notes including Victor Aubert, Paris, Charles Skipper and East, Bradbury Wilkinson, National Bank note company, Desfosses, Giesecke & Devrient, Giori, Orell Fussli, Enschede, Hammersmith-Kortmeyer Co., Kendall and Co., and various Russian and French banknotes trials, extremely fine, many rare (19) £500-700 Page 85
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451 A group of advertising notes by Bradbury Wilkinson and Co, comprising 9 examples from the 1980s era, Elizabeth II (3) in various colours, Gallileo, the printing works, Industry (2), Charles I, Nelson (2), and five more with varous allegorical figures a lovely group, several scarce (24) £500-700
453 A group of advertising notes, from Waterlow and Sons limited and comprising Sir Sydney Waterlow (2) at centre, maiden and ships (2), George III, Liberty and lion, attractive and scarce (7) £400-500
452 An album including test notes (3) from Olivetti, an ABNC promotional card, various vignettes including Cordoba, De Albuquerque, Filipa de Lancastre, various vignettes of the printing works at Bradbury Wilkinson, George Washington, Kemal Ataturk (2), a vignette of King Faisal II of Iraq as a young man, an autograph of Spinner as on US banknotes, a Toppan, Carpenter and Co card, a pull of a Swedish 18th century note mixed grades but generally excellent, interesting and unusual (c.55) £400-600
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THE ALASDAIR MACDONALD COLLECTION OF SCOTTISH BANKNOTES
FOREWORD How I became a Note Collector Like many things in my life I became involved in Note collecting by accident rather than by design. In 1952 I entered the service of the Bank of Scotland at their branch in Troon, Ayrshier as an Apprentice straight from school. It was a small office with a Manager, a teller and myself and as a result one had to be versatile. The apprenticeship was for three years – all at the branch – by which time I had gained a good all-round knowledge of what branch banking entailed. It was a good grounding. The largest customer was the local Co-operative Society which paid in daily around £1,200, the bulk of which was in single notes. To avoid a hold-up in the service at the counter the practice was for the teller to count the large notes in the pay-in but to merely “score” the bundles of single notes which were then passed to the Apprentice to sort and make up into bundles for each bank and balance. One day amongst the notes, the note listed in this catalogue as Lot 368 turned up and I asked the teller what this was. He did not know but the Manager said it was “an old Treasury Note” and would have to be sent off to London “for Collection”. I shall not go into details of what all that entailed but I asked the Manager if he would object if I just bought it as a curio. He readily agreed. These were the days when the banks held local exchanges of notes thrice weekly and for security the Apprentices accompanied the tellers and assisted with the counting and balancing. I took along my acquisition to show the others there and still recall that it was only the older tellers who recognized the note for what it was. There matters remained until about 6 moths later when the Apprentice at the Clydesdale came round and told me their previous teller (who by that time had transferred to Penicuik branch) had written him, including the phrase, “tell Alasdair that 200 old notes have come in”. I immediately wrote him and sent him a cheque for £1.-.9d and asked him to send me a Bank of Scotland one. He did but sent me one for each bank and said he had changed my cheque for £6.-.9d!! These were Square notes which I had never seen before. Neither had the teller but the Manager showed little interest saying he remembered seeing these! (The notes were all dated around 1920 so it was hardly surprising I suppose). But I had another problem. Fortunately the letter and the notes arrived before the cheque and that night I went home and showed them to my parents. But I only had about £3 in my account and the bank specifically forbade any overdrafts on Staff Accounts without the prior approval of Head Office. So I knew I had to “turn in” three of these note the next morning before my cheque came through. Fortunately my father agreed to lend me the money and so the germ of the collection was saved. After that I collected haphazardly but by 1963 when we got married I had about 40 notes (all £1) and indeed my wife argued strongly that the notes should be turned in to help set up home. But I could not bear to part with these curios – which is what they were – as the hobby had still to be established. From time to time the opportunity to pick up an unusual specimen would turn up but it was not until the early 1970s when I met James Douglas who had arranged the display of the Note Collection for the Centenary of the Institute of Bankers in Scotland and thereafter became the “unofficial” Archivist of the Bank of Scotland that I met another collector. And it was he who gave my collection coherence whereas before it had been haphazard. He described the hobby as akin to stamp collecting (which I had done as a boy but gave up because they started to print too many new issues) with different sets of notes, signature varieties etc. He was about to publish his trailblazing book “Scottish Banknotes” and maintained it would establish the hobby properly – which it did. He also took the view that a number of notes had been secreted away during the War and as that generation passed away these notes would emerge and be destroyed. Once that reservoir of material disappeared it would be gone for ever. He was right again. My problem was as a young man with a growing family my ability to collect was always financially constrained – but is that not always the case for any serious collector! And so as I write these lines the best part of 60 years after my first acquisition, I look back on a unique hobby which has absorbed many happy hours. I have learned much, met many interesting people and admired these truly magnificent examples of the engraver’s art. Surely that is a fitting testimonial. www.spink.com
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Afternoon Session commencing at 2.00 p.m. Aberdeen, Montrose, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow
501 Aberdeen, Montrose, Dundee, Edinburgh & Glasgow, £1, 1 July 1825, serial number 21460, black and white, arms top centre, roses and thistles at left, two manuscript signatures below, also a reprint of a North British Bank £5, black and white and a contemporary forgery of a Paisley Banking Company 1 guinea, 2 May 1826, black and white, bishop top left, two manuscript signatures below (Douglas 3, cf Douglas 5, Douglas 4), VG, uncirculated and fine (3) £120-180
Banking Company In Aberdeen
502 The Banking Company in Aberdeen, £1 Sterling, 1. 1. 1825, serial number 531/81, apparently handsigned by Cashier and Teller, but endorsed “Forged” twice in black manuscript on obverse, arms of the bank at upper centre, hand-stamp on reverse “REMITTED By THE UNION BANK OF SCOTLAND LIMITED ABERDEEN” (Douglas 11; Pick not listed), split and rejoined, otherwise good, sold with a letter by James Douglas conjecturing the note may be genuine £280-320
Bank of Scotland
503 Bank of Scotland, 12 Pounds Scots, Edinburgh, 24. 6. 1723, serial number 89/54243, payable to David Spence or the Bearer, two manuscript signatures, black on white, watermarked paper “BANK OF SCOTLAND”, embossed seal of the Bank, uniface (Douglas 9; Pick 9), mounting paper at left, small hole in centre, a taped tear at lower centre and a 10mm tear along one crease, otherwise an attractive very fine and excessively rare in this grade £1,800-2,200
504 Bank of Scotland, 1 Guinea, Edinburgh, 2. 12. 1799, serial number S 32/270, manuscript signatures of the Accountant and Teller, black on white, scroll watermark, embossed seal of the Bank, uniface (Douglas 38: Pick 36), good to very good £280-350 Page 89
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505 Bank of Scotland, specimen proof £100 on paper, 18- (c1858), black, orange and olive on cream underprint, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, crowned vignette of Scotia at left, value upper and lower left (Douglas 64), black SPECIMEN overprint, a striking Bradbury & Evans proof, about uncirculated to uncirculated £100-150
506 Bank of Scotland, £1, 14. 1. 1884, serial number A/Z 98/12, black on white with red value protector, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, printed signature of the Accountant, manuscript signature of the Teller, uniface (Douglas 65; Pick 65-unlisted date), torn in half horizontally, discolouration as a result of ageing, otherwise good to very good and very rare £60-100
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507 Bank of Scotland, proof £1, ND (c1885), orangebrown and pale brown, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, value at top and bottom, printed signature of the secretary, Stormonth Darling, watermark of complex Celtic design (Douglas 71), the plate note in “20th Century Scottish Banknotes” Volume 1, 2nd Edition, page 14, a most attractive Waterston engraving, pencil annotation on obverse, ink annotation on reverse, good extremely fine and very rare £600-800
508 Bank of Scotland, £1, 12. 5. 1891, serial number 28/G 6430, orange-brown and grey, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, printed signature of the secretary, Stormonth Darling (Douglas 105-1; Pick 81a), ex McIntyre Collection, good fine to very fine and a rare early date £700-900
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509 Bank of Scotland, £1, 9. 6. 1896, serial number 83/K 2270, orange-brown and grey, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, printed signature of the secretary, Duncan McNeill (Douglas 105-2; Pick 81b), discolouration on reverse, otherwise an attractive, good fine, very scarce £300-400
510 Bank of Scotland, £1, 18. 1. 1915, serial number 91/AC 4042, orange-brown and grey, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, printed signature of the secretary, Peter Macdonald (Douglas 105-4; Pick 81c), an attractive, original very fine, scarce £180-220
511 Bank of Scotland, £5, 22. 6. 1914, serial number 1/G 8387, orange-brown and grey, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, printed signature of the secretary, Peter Macdonald (Douglas 106-4; Pick 82c), ink marks at right, otherwise good fine, scarce £150-200
512 Bank of Scotland, £5, 25. 1. 1916, serial number 9/G 5199, orange-brown and grey, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, printed signature of the secretary, Peter Macdonald (Douglas 106-4; Pick 82c), small ink mark top margin, otherwise a pleasing, original very fine, scarce £180-240
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513 Bank of Scotland, £10, 5. 11. 1919, serial number 8/B 9876, orange-brown and grey, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, printed signature of the secretary, Peter Macdonald (Douglas 107-4; Pick 83c), small ink mark top left corner, otherwise fine and a rare denomination £300-400
514 Bank of Scotland, £20, 6. 10. 1915, serial number 2/E 4037, orange-brown and grey, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, printed signature of the secretary, Peter Macdonald (Douglas 108-4; Pick 84c), small ink mark top left corner, otherwise fine and a rare denomination £250-350
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515 Bank of Scotland, £1, 6. 9. 1922, serial number 61/AN 7891, and £5, 12. 4. 1923, serial number 19/I 2261, both orange-brown and grey, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, printed signature of the secretary, A.J. Rose (Douglas 105-5, 106-5; Pick 81d, 82d), the £1 with crayon figure on reverse, otherwise both very fine, sold with a photograph of A.J. Rose (3) £160-220
516 Bank of Scotland, £10, 9. 3. 1929 (last date for this issue), serial number 1/C 5194, orange-brown and grey, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, printed signature of the secretary, A.J. Rose (Douglas 107-5; Pick 83d), pressed, ink figure top margin, otherwise about fine and a rare denomination £200-250
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517 Bank of Scotland, £1, 26. 9. 1929, serial number C0201806, orange-brown and grey, arms of the Bank at left, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, reverse black on white, Bank building at centre, and £5, 11. 10. 1932, serial number 20/L 4412, orange-brown and grey, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, both printed signatures of Elphinstone and Scott (Douglas 110-1, 106-6; Pick 86, 87), the £1, the plate note in “20th Century Scottish Banknotes” Volume 1, 2nd Edition, page 47, about very fine, the £5 nick in top margin, good fine (2) £80-120
519 Bank of Scotland, £5, 20. 3. 1935, serial number 12/M 4967, Elphinstone and Beveridge signatures, £5, 8. 6. 1939, serial number 20/N 1587, Elphinstone and Macfarlane signatures, and £5, 26. 9. 1944, serial number 14/R 0303, Elphinstone and Crawford signatures, all orange-brown and grey, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre (Douglas 112-1, 112-2, 112-3; Pick 92a, 92b, 92c), generally good fine to very fine, the 1939 note missing top right hand corner, the 1944 note writing on reverse (3) £200-240
518 Bank of Scotland, £1, 15. 9. 1937, serial number Q0999593, Elphinstone and Beveridge signatures, £1, 1. 3. 1941, serial number X0689940 and £1, 7. 5. 1941, link serial number Y0679852, both Elphinstone and Macfarlane signatures, and £1, 2. 6. 1942, serial number Z0227476, Elphinstone and Crawford signatures, all orange-brown and grey, arms of the Bank at left, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, reverse black on white, Bank building at centre [Douglas 111-1, 111-2 (2), 111-3; Pick 91a, 91b (2), 91c], the first very fine, the second extremely fine, the third about fine, the fourth good extremely fine (4) £60-80
520 Bank of Scotland, £10 (2), both dated 28. 6. 1938, serial numbers 3/C 0123 and 3/C 6462, orangebrown and grey, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, Elphinstone and Beveridge signatures [Douglas 113-1 (2); Pick 93a (2)], the first, the plate note in “20th Century Scottish Banknotes” Volume 1, 2nd Edition, page 52, ink figures at top, otherwise about very fine, the second, in a deeper shade, pencil figures at top, nicks in margins, otherwise good fine and rare (2) £400-600
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521 Bank of Scotland, £20, 15. 4. 1938, serial number 6/G 0765, orange-brown and grey, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, Elphinstone and Beveridge signatures (Douglas 114-1; Pick 94a), very fine £220-260
522 Bank of Scotland, £20, 12. 9. 1939, serial number 9/G 2657, orange-brown and grey, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, Elphinstone and Macfarlane (Douglas 114-2; Pick 94b), signatures ink marks on reverse, small piece out of top margin, otherwise fine £140-180
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523 Bank of Scotland, £10 (2), both dated 16. 7. 1942, serial numbers 4/C 5606 and 4/C 7420, orangebrown and grey, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, Elphinstone and Crawford signatures [Douglas 113-2 (2); Pick 93b (2)], the first, edge tears, fine, the second, bank stamp, ink and pencil annotations on reverse, otherwise good very fine and rare (2) £450-650
524 Bank of Scotland, £20, 4. 12. 1947, serial number 10/H 2154, orange-brown and grey, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, Elphinstone and Crawford signatures (Douglas 114-3 Pick 94c), 7mm edge tear, otherwise an attractive good very fine £120-160
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525 Bank of Scotland, specimen trial £1 (2), ND (c1943), both serial number AA962582, issued in connection with the 250th anniversary of the Bank, one orange-brown and dark olive-grey and one orange-brown and light olive-grey, both with a different coat of arms at left than the 1935-43 issue, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, black SPECIMEN overprint, reverse black on white, Bank building at centre with additional arms at right and left, Elphinstone and Crawford signatures (Douglas and Pick not listed), about uncirculated to uncirculated and rare (2) £150-250
526 Bank of Scotland, specimen trial £1 (2), 1. 1. 1945, both serial number S0247528, issued in connection with the 250th anniversary of the Bank, one orangebrown and dark olive-grey and one orange-brown and light olive-grey, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, both overprinted CANCELLED in purple, reverse arms, Elphinstone and Crawford signatures (Douglas 116-1 and Pick 96a for type), uncirculated and scarce (2) £100-150
527 Bank of Scotland, specimen trial £5 (2), 21. 1. 1945, both serial number 8/Q 4233, issued in connection with the 250th anniversary of the Bank, both orangebrown and grey, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, both overprinted CANCELLED in purple, reverse one in deep grey, the other in pale olive-grey, arms, Elphinstone and Crawford signatures (Douglas 117-1 and Pick 97a for type), extremely fine to good extremely fine and scarce (2) £140-180
528 Bank of Scotland, £1, 4. 1. 1945, prefix A and £1, 6. 2. 1945, serial number B0477137, both orangebrown and grey, reverse brown, and £1, 6. 2. 1945, serial number B0874302, orange-brown and grey, reverse light brown, and £5, 3. 1. 1945, serial number 1/A 5815, orange-brown and grey, reverse dark brown, £5, 4. 6. 1945, serial number 1/B 1624, and £5, 24. 5. 1949, serial number 9/F 9656, both orange-brown and grey, reverse light brown, all Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, reverse arms, Elphinstone and Crawford signatures [Douglas 116-1 (2), 116-2, 117-1, 117-2, 117-3; Pick 96a (2), 96b, 97a, 97b] the £5 prefixes 1/B and 9/F the plate notes in “20th Century Scottish Banknotes” Volume 1, 2nd Edition, generally good very fine to about extremely fine, the £5 prefix 1/A, pressed, otherwise fine (6) £80-120
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529 Bank of Scotland, £1, 9. 11. 1953, prefix T and £5, 8. 1. 1953, prefix 14/M, both orange-brown and grey, Scotia in grey circular frame at centre, reverse light brown, arms, Elphinstone and Watson signatures (Douglas 116-3, 117-4; Pick 96c, 98b), the £1 uncirculated, the £5 good very fine (2) £40-60
530 Bank of Scotland, £1, 1. 3. 1955, serial number A0096315, on Portals paper, £1, 2. 3. 1955, serial number B0595121, and £1, serial number C0864538, both on Cowans paper, all light brown and blue, Scotia in medallion at centre, reverse ship, shield and thistles, and £5, 1. 3. 1955, serial number 8/A 7229, on Portals paper, and £5, 2. 3. 1955, serial number 18/B 9029, on Cowans paper, both light brown, grey and blue, Scotia in medallion at centre, the Great Seal of Scotland at left, reverse arms, Elphinstone and Watson signatures, and Cowans watermarked paper for the £1 and £5 notes, [Douglas 118-1, 118-2 (2), 119-1 (2); Pick 99b (2), 100a (3)], the £1 notes extremely fine to good extremely fine, the £5 notes very fine to good very fine and an interesting lot showing paper varieties (7) £80-120
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531 Bank of Scotland, £1, 4. 3. 1955, link prefix serial number D0380416, Elphinstone and Watson signatures, £1, 1. 9. 1955, serial number E0070098, Craig and Watson signatures, both light brown and blue, Scotia in medallion at centre, reverse ship, shield and thistles, and £5, 6. 4. 1955, serial number 14/C 6866, Craig and Watson signatures, light brown, grey and blue, Scotia in medallion at centre, the Great Seal of Scotland at left, reverse arms, and £5, 10. 4. 1956, serial number 5/H 8510, Craig and Watson signatures, light brown, grey and blue, Scotia in medallion at centre, the Great Seal of Scotland at left, reverse arms and ship, [Douglas 118-3 (2), 119-2, 119-3; Pick 99b, 100a, 100b, 101a], generally extremely fine or better, the1955 £5 good very fine (4) £70-90
532 Bank of Scotland, £20, 12. 6. 1956, serial number 4/B 0359, orange-brown grey and blue, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in medallion at centre, Craig and Watson signatures (Douglas 121-1, Pick 94e), ex Macmillan Collection, a scarce signature combination, choice extremely fine £200-250
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533 Bank of Scotland, £1, 1. 10. 1957 (5), consecutive serial numbers P0831700/01/02/03/04, and £1, 30. 11. 1960, serial number B/A 2920302, all light brown and blue, Scotia in medallion at centre, reverse ship, shield and thistles, £5, 9. 5. 1957, serial number 6/R 2301, and £5, serial number 12/GA 6752, both light brown, grey and blue, Scotia in medallion at centre, the Great Seal of Scotland at left, reverse arms and ship, all Bilsland and Watson signatures, [Douglas 118-4 (6), 120-2 (2); Pick 100c (6), 101b (2)], the £1 notes good extremely fine or better, the £5 notes good very fine (8) £80-120
534 Bank of Scotland, £10, 26. 9. 1963, serial number 6/C 3531 and £10, 27. 9. 1963, serial number 7/C 2172, both orange-brown, grey and blue, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in medallion at centre, Bilsland and Watson signatures, [Douglas 126-1 (2); Pick 93c (2)], the first minor ink marks on reverse, otherwise about very fine, the second fresh good very fine to extremely fine and a very scarce pair (2) £300-400
535 Bank of Scotland, £20, 14. 9. 1960 (last date for deckle edge), serial number 3/F 1353, and £20, 3. 10. 1963 (last date for guillotine edge), serial number 1/H 2458, both orange-brown grey and blue, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in medallion at centre, Bilsland and Watson signatures [Douglas 121-2, 121-3; Pick 94f (2)], fresh, good very fine to extremely fine (2) £220-260
536 Bank of Scotland, £100, 15. 11. 1962, serial number 7/M 0516, orange-brown grey and blue, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in medallion at centre, Bilsland and Watson signatures (Douglas 1222; Pick 95e), ink numerals in top margin, otherwise good very fine £500-700
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537 Bank of Scotland, £100, 16. 11. 1962, serial number 8/M 0872, orange-brown grey and blue, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in medallion at centre, Bilsland and Watson signatures (Douglas 1222; Pick 95e), bank stamp on reverse, otherwise fresh good very fine £600-800
538 Bank of Scotland, specimen £1, ND (1961), no serial numbers, light brown and blue, Scotia in medallion at centre, imprint ends “LD”, reverse ship, arms and thistles, Bilsland and Watson signatures (Douglas 123 for type; Pick 102as), uncirculated and scarce £100-150
539 Bank of Scotland, £1, 16. 11. 1961, serial number A0000060, £1, 11. 2. 1964, prefix A/G, £5, 14. 9. 1961, prefix 19/A, unshaded values, £5, 25. 9. 1961, prefix 1/H and £5, 7. 10. 1963, prefix A, both shaded values, all light brown and blue, Scotia in medallion at centre, reverse ship, arms and thistles, Bilsland and Watson signatures, [Douglas 123-1 (2), 124-1, 124-2 (2); Pick 102a (2), 103, 106a (2)], good very fine or better (5) £50-70
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540 Bank of Scotland, £5 colour trials (2), both dated 14. 8. 1962, both serial number 10/N 1234, the first with blue margins and pale blue underprint, the second with white margins and pale blue underprint, both shaded values, Scotia in light brown medallion at centre, blue seals at left, reverse brown, ship, arms and thistles, two punch holes, Bilsland and Watson signatures, [Douglas 124 for type (2); Pick 106a for type (2)], uncirculated and rare (2) £150-250
541 Bank of Scotland, £5, 8. 3. 1966, prefix F, Polwarth and Watson signatures, £1 (2), 1. 6. 1966, prefix A/P and last prefix A/U before encoding, £1, 3. 3. 1967, prefix A/V with encoding, £1, 3. 3. 1967, prefix B/B, with encoding on thistle watermarked paper, all light brown and blue, Scotia in medallion at centre, reverse ship, arms and thistles, Polwarth and Letham signatures, [Douglas 124-3, 123-5 (2), 123-6, 123-7; Pick 106b, 105a (2), 105b (2)], the £5 note, ink figure, otherwise very fine, the £1 notes about extremely fine to good extremely fine (5) £40-60
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542 Bank of Scotland, £5 (2), 2. 2. 1967, consecutive serial numbers H268917/18, without encoding symbols, and £5, 1. 11. 1967, serial number I 000399, with encoding symbols, all light brown and blue, Scotia in medallion at centre, reverse ship, arms and thistles, Polwarth and Letham signatures, [Douglas 124-4 (2), 124-5; Pick 106c (2), 106d], generally good extremely fine to about uncirculated (3) £60-80
543 Bank of Scotland, £20 (3), 5. 5. 1969 prefixes 7/H, 8/H and 9/H, all orange-brown grey and blue, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, obverse and reverse of the Great Seal of Scotland at left, Scotia in medallion at centre, security thread added, emergency printing on thistle watermarked paper, Polwarth and Letham signatures [Douglas 121-4 (3); Pick 94f (3)], prefix 7/H writing on reverse, otherwise good very fine, prefix 8/H about extremely fine, prefix 9/H extremely fine (3) £220-260
544 Bank of Scotland, £1, 17. 7. 1968, serial number A/1 0000026, small Edinburgh and date, £1 (2), 18. 8. 1969, prefix A/7 and last prefix B/4, both large Edinburgh and date, all ochre blue and green on multicoloured underprint, arms flanked by two maidens at centre, reverse arms, thistles and ship, and £5, 1. 11. 1968, prefix A, small Edinburgh and date, and £5, 8. 12. 1969, prefix C, large Edinburgh and date, both green on multicoloured underprint, arms flanked by two maidens at centre, reverse arms, thistles and ship, all Polwarth and Letham signatures, [Douglas 127-1, 127-2 (2), 128-1, 128-2; Pick 109a, 109b (2), 110a, 110b], the first about uncirculated to uncirculated, the second uncirculated, the remainder generally extremely fine (5) £100-140
545 Bank of Scotland, £1, 10. 8. 1970, serial number A/1 0000060, green on multicoloured underprint, £5, 10. 8. 1970, serial number A 219851 and £5, 2. 9. 1971, link prefix serial number K718666, both blue on multicoloured underprint, and £20, 1. 10. 1970, serial number A000189, purple on multicoloured underprint, all Polwarth and Walker signatures, Sir Walter Scott at right, reverse arms, [Douglas 129-1, 130-1 (2), 132-1; Pick 111a, 112a (2), 114a], the first uncirculated, the second very fine, the third about extremely fine, the fourth good very fine (4) £80-120
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546 Bank of Scotland, £1, 1. 11. 1972, prefix C/14, £1, 30. 8. 1973, prefix C/27, both Clydesmuir and Walker signatures, £1, 28. 10. 1974, replacement prefix Z/1, £1, 26. 11. 1975, replacement prefix Z/2, £1, 8. 9. 1976, prefix C/69, £1, 8. 9. 1976, replacement prefix Z/2, £1, 25. 8. 1977, replacement prefix Z/2, £1, 3. 10. 1978, prefix D/1, £1, 3. 10. 1978, replacement prefix Z/2, all Clydesmuir and Russell signatures, green on multicoloured underprint, and £5, 4. 12. 1972, prefix L, Clydesmuir and Walker signatures, blue on multicoloured underprint, all Sir Walter Scott at right, reverse arms, [Douglas 129-2 (2), 129-3 (2), 129-3R (5), 130-2; Pick 111b (2), 111c (2) 111cR (5), 112b], generally about uncirculated to uncirculated, the replacement notes very scarce (10) £150-250
547 Bank of Scotland, Error £1, 25. 8. 1977, serial number C/75 0409494, missing serial number at lower right with part of serial number on reverse, green on multicoloured underprint, Sir Walter Scott at right, reverse arms, Clydesmuir and Russell signatures [Douglas 129-3 (error); Pick 111c (error)], about uncirculated to uncirculated and a rare error £60-100
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548 Bank of Scotland, £1, 25. 8. 1977, serial number C/84 0543115, green on multicoloured underprint, Clydesmuir and Russell signatures and hand signed by both of them, and £5, 1.12.1975, serial number AM 209179, blue on multicoloured underprint, Clydesmuir and Russell signatures and hand signed by both of them, both Sir Walter Scott at right, reverse arms (Douglas 129-3, 130-3; Pick 111c, 112c), uncirculated and very scarce hand signed (2) £140-180
549 Bank of Scotland, £5, 4. 11. 1974, serial number AD 755500, £5, 4. 11. 1974, replacement serial number ZA 595006, £5, 1. 12. 1975, serial number AP 545502, and £5, 1.12.1975, replacement serial number ZA 750763, all Clydesmuir and Russell signatures, blue on multicoloured underprint, Sir Walter Scott at right, reverse arms, [Douglas 130-3 (2), 130-3R (2); Pick 112c (2), 112cr (2)], the £5 prefix AP very fine, the remainder uncirculated, the replacement notes rare (4) £120-180
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550 Bank of Scotland, Error £10, 12. 1. 1977, serial number G 683491, with £10 ultra violet device showing at upper right and lower right serial number showing through on reverse, and £10, 2.12.1977, serial number H534659, both brown on multicoloured underprint, Sir Walter Scott at right, reverse arms [Douglas 131-1 (2); Pick 113a (2)], the first good extremely fine to about uncirculated, the second uncirculated, the error rare (2) £100-150
551 Bank of Scotland, a low numbered set of the 197086 issue comprising £1 (2), 15. 10. 1979, serial number D/2 0000009, and replacement prefix Z/2, both green on multicoloured underprint, £5, 28. 9. 1979, serial number BB 000009, blue on multicoloured underprint, hand-signed by Bruce Pattullo, £10, 10. 10. 1979, serial number M000021, brown on multicoloured underprint, £20, 16. 7. 1979, serial number A900009, purple on multicoloured underprint, and £100, 26. 1. 1981, serial number A070008, red on multicoloured underprint, all Clydesmuir and Pattullo signatures, Sir Walter Scott at right, reverse arms (Douglas 129-4, 129-R, 130-4, 131-2, 132-4, 133-4; Pick 111d, 111dr, 112d, 113a, 114d, 115d), uncirculated, and a very desirable set, the £100 is the plate note in “20th Century Scottish Banknotes” (6) £500-700
552 Bank of Scotland, £1 (5), all dated 4. 11. 1980, all Clydesmuir and Pattullo signatures, comprising serial number D/27 0838579, replacement prefixes Z/2 and Z/3, consecutive pair link prefix D/31 0991833/34, all green on multicoloured underprint, Sir Walter Scott at right, reverse ship, arms and medallion, and £5, 28. 11. 1980, serial number BS 974718, blue on multicoloured underprint, Clydesmuir and Pattullo signatures, Sir Walter Scott at right, reverse ship, arms and medallion (Douglas 1294, 129-4R, 130-4; Pick 111d, 111dr, 112d), uncirculated, the £5 about uncirculated to uncirculated (6) £80-100
553 Bank of Scotland, a low numbered set of the 197086 issue, comprising £1, 30. 7. 1981, serial number D/32 0000106, green on multicoloured underprint, £5, 27. 7. 1981, serial number BT000026, blue on multicoloured underprint, hand-signed by Tom Risk and Bruce Pattullo, £10, 22. 7. 1981, serial number X000016, brown on multicoloured underprint, £20, 4. 8. 1981, serial number B750006, purple on multicoloured underprint, and £100, 10. 6. 1982, serial number A095006, red on multicoloured underprint, all Risk and Pattullo signatures, Sir Walter Scott at right, reverse arms (Douglas 129-5, 130-5, 131-3, 132-5, 133-5; Pick 111e, 112e, 113c, 114e, 115e), uncirculated, and a very desirable set, (5) £400-600
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554 Bank of Scotland, £1 (4), 30. 7. 1981, comprising a consecutive trio of first prefixes, serial numbers D/32 0000108/09/10, and replacement prefix Z/3, £1, 30. 7. 1981, serial number D/42 0041491, link prefix with encoding symbols on reverse, £1, dated 7. 10. 1983, serial number D/43 0227968, link prefix without encoding symbols on reverse, and £1, 9. 11. 1984, serial number D/66 0281911, folding error with part reverse on obverse, all green on multicoloured underprint, all Risk and Pattullo signatures, Sir Walter Scott at right, reverse ship, arms and medallion (Douglas 129-5, 129-5R, 129-6;, Pick 111e, 111er, 111f ), uncirculated, the error note very scarce (7) £100-150
555 Bank of Scotland, £5, 25. 6. 1982, serial number CK480094, link prefix with encoding symbols on reverse, £5, 13. 10. 1983, serial number CL605095, link prefix without encoding symbols on reverse, £5 (4), 27. 7. 1981, replacement serial numbers ZB 237697/98/99/700, with encoding symbols on reverse, £5, 13. 10. 1983, replacement serial number ZB344186 and £5, 15. 1. 1987, replacement serial number ZB553225, both without encoding symbols on reverse, all Risk and Pattullo signatures, blue on multicoloured underprint, Sir Walter Scott at right, reverse ship, arms and medallion, [Douglas 130-5, 130-6, 130-5R (4), 130-6R (2); Pick 112e, 112er (4), 112f, 112fr (2) 111er, 111f (2)], uncirculated (8) £200-300
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556 Bank of Scotland, £1 (4), 18. 11. 1986, link prefixes, serial numbers E/1 0649997/98/99/500, green on multicoloured underprint, £5 (2), 29. 2. 1988, link prefixes, serial numbers DZ999899/900, blue on multicoloured underprint, £10, 16. 6. 1982, replacement prefix ZB, brown on multicoloured underprint, and £20, 15. 12. 1987, link prefix, serial number K149500, purple on multicoloured underprint, all Risk and Pattullo signatures, all Sir Walter Scott at right, reverse ship, arms and medallion, [Douglas 129-6 (4), 130-6 (2), 131-3R, 132-5; Pick 111f (4), 112f (2), 113c, 114e], the £10 good very fine, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated, the first four £1 are the last four notes of this signature combination (8) £150-200
557 Bank of Scotland, a group of low numbers for the 1988-90 issues, comprising £1 (4), 19. 8. 1988, serial numbers E/1 0650101/02/03/04, green on multicoloured underprint, £5 (2), 20. 6. 1990, serial numbers EA000032/33, blue on multicoloured underprint, one hand-signed by Tom Risk, £10 (2), 1. 9. 1989, serial numbers CX604026/27, the first 5 notes being retained by the bank, brown on multicoloured underprint, and £100, 14. 2. 1990, serial number A225009, red on multicoloured underprint, all Risk and Burt signatures, Sir Walter Scott at right, reverse arms [Douglas 129-7 (4), 1307 (2), 131-4 (2), 133-6; Pick 111g (4), 116a (2), 113d (2), 118Aa], about uncirculated to uncirculated, and a very desirable ultra low numbered group (9) £450-650
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558 Bank of Scotland, a group of last prefixes for the 1988-90 issues, comprising £1 (6), 19. 8. 1988, serial numbers E/13 0649877/78/80 and E/13 0649894/95, the latter two notes referred to in “20th Century Scottish Banknotes” 2nd ed, and replacement prefix Z/3, all green on multicoloured underprint, £5 (3), 20. 6. 1990, serial numbers EJ999991/92/95, blue on multicoloured underprint, £10 (2), 31. 10. 1990, serial numbers EP999993/94, brown on multicoloured underprint, and £100, 14. 2. 1990, serial number A259995, red on multicoloured underprint, all Risk and Burt signatures, Sir Walter Scott at right, reverse arms [Douglas 129-7 (5), 1297R, 130-7 (3), 131-4 (2), 133-6; Pick 111g (5), 111gr, 116a (3), 113d (2), 118Aa], about uncirculated to uncirculated, and a very desirable ultra high numbered group (12) £400-600
559 Bank of Scotland, a group of low numbers for the 1991-92 sterling issues comprising, £5 (3), 6. 11. 1991, serial numbers EK000017/20/21, one handsigned by Bruce Pattullo, blue on multicoloured underprint, £10 (2), 7. 5. 1992, serial numbers EQ000008/09, brown on multicoloured underprint, £20, 1. 7. 1991, serial number K150018, and £100, 22. 1. 1992, serial number A260007, red on multicoloured underprint, all Pattullo and Burt signatures, Sir Walter Scott at right, reverse arms [Douglas 130-8 (3), 131-5 (2), 132-7, 133-7; Pick 116b (3), 117a (2), 118, 118Ab], about uncirculated to uncirculated, and a very desirable ultra low numbered group (7) £350-450
560 Bank of Scotland, a group of last prefixes for the 1993-94 issues comprising £5, 7. 1. 1994, serial number FB999997, blue on multicoloured underprint, £10 13. 4. 1994, serial number GG999997, brown on multicoloured underprint, £20, 12. 1. 1993, serial number AU149997, purple on multicoloured underprint and £100, 9. 2. 1994, serial number A389997, red on multicoloured underprint, also £10, 7. 5. 1992, replacement prefix ZB, and £20, 12. 1. 1993, replacement prefix Z, all Pattullo and Burt signatures, Sir Walter Scott at right, reverse arms (Douglas 130-8, 131-5, 132-7, 133-7, 131-5R, 132-7R; Pick 116b, 117a, 118, 118Ab, 117ar, 118r), the £20 replacement very fine, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated, and a very desirable ultra high numbered group (6) £300-400
561 Bank of Scotland, a set of the Bank of Scotland Tercentenary Issue, all with matching first prefix serial numbers AA000010, comprising £5, 4. 1. 1995, blue and purple on multicoloured underprint, £10, 1. 2. 1995, brown and olive-green on multicoloured underprint, £20, 1. 5. 1995, violet and brown on multicoloured underprint, £50, 1. 5. 1995, green on multicoloured underprint, and £100, 17. 7. 1995, red on multicoloured underprint, all Pattullo and Burt signatures, Sir Walter Scott at left, reverse scenes illustrating the Bank of Scotland’s work with the Scottish community (Douglas 134-1, 135-1, 136-1, 137-1, 138-1; Pick 119a, 120a, 121a, 122a, 123a), uncirculated, and a very desirable ultra low numbered set (5) £600-800
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562 Bank of Scotland, Tercentenary Issue, £10, 1. 2. 1995, special serial number AB654321, £10, 1. 2. 1995, replacement serial number ZZ003919, both brown and olive-green on multicoloured underprint, and £20, 1. 5. 1995, replacement serial number ZZ035405, violet and brown on multicoloured underprint, all Pattullo and Burt signatures, Sir Walter Scott at left, reverse scenes illustrating the Bank of Scotland’s work with the Scottish community (Douglas 135-1, 135-1R, 136-1R; Pick 120a, 120ar, 121ar), the first uncirculated, the second pressed, otherwise extremely fine, the third pressed, otherwise good very fine (3) £60-80
563 Bank of Scotland, a group of link prefixes for the Bank of Scotland Tercentenary Issue, comprising £5 (4), 4. 1. 1995, serial numbers AM999803/ 04/05/06, blue and purple on multicoloured underprint, £10 (4), 1. 2. 1995, serial numbers BM999942/43/44/46, brown and olive-green on multicoloured underprint, £20 (4), 1. 5. 1995, serial numbers AY999984/85/86/87, violet and brown on multicoloured underprint, £50 (4), 1. 5. 1995, serial numbers AA799995/96/97/ 99, green on multicoloured underprint, and £100 (2), 17. 7. 1995, serial numbers AA249998 and AA250000, red on multicoloured underprint, all Pattullo and Burt signatures, Sir Walter Scott at left, reverse scenes illustrating the Bank of Scotland’s work with the Scottish community [Douglas 134-1 (4), 135-1 (4), 136-1(4), 137-1 (4), 138-1 (2); Pick 119a (4), 120a (4), 121a (4), 122a (4), 123a (2)], about uncirculated to uncirculated, and a very desirable group of link prefixes (18) £700-900
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564 Bank of Scotland, a group of low numbers for the Bank of Scotland Tercentenary Issue, comprising £5 (4), 13. 9. 1996, serial numbers AN000021/22 /23/24, blue and purple on multicoloured underprint, £10 (4), 5. 8. 1997, serial numbers BN000022/24/25/26, brown and olive-green on multicoloured underprint, £20 (4), 25. 10. 1996, serial numbers AZ000021/22/23/24, violet and brown on multicoloured underprint, and £100 (2), 18. 8. 1997, serial numbers AA250007/09, number 6 was placed in the bank’s museum, red on multicoloured underprint, all Bruce Pattullo and Masterton signatures, Sir Walter Scott at left, reverse scenes illustrating the Bank of Scotland’s work with the Scottish community [Douglas 134-2 (4), 135-2 (4), 136-2 (4), 138-2 (2); Pick 119b (4), 120b (4), 121b (4), 123b (2)], uncirculated, and a very desirable ultra low numbered group for this signature combination (14) £600-800
565 Bank of Scotland, £5, 13. 9. 1996, serial number AN126517, hand-signed by Bruce Pattullo and Gavin Masterton, £5, 13. 9. 1996, replacement serial number ZZ035030, both blue and purple on multicoloured underprint, and £10, 5. 8. 1997, replacement serial number ZZ056081, brown and olive-green on multicoloured underprint, all Bruce Pattullo and Masterton signatures, Sir Walter Scott at left, reverse scenes illustrating the Bank of Scotland’s work with the Scottish community (Douglas 134-2, 134-2R, 135-2R; Pick 119b, 119br, 120br), the first uncirculated, the second good fine, the third edge tear, otherwise fine (3) £40-60
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566 Bank of Scotland, a group of link prefixes for the Bank of Scotland Tercentenary Issue, comprising £5 (3), 13. 9. 1996, consecutive serial numbers AZ999997/98/99, blue and purple on multicoloured underprint, £10 (2), 5. 8. 1997, consecutive serial numbers CF999996/97, brown and olive-green on multicoloured underprint, £20 (3), 1. 4. 1998, serial numbers CE549996/97/99, violet and brown on multicoloured underprint, all Bruce Pattullo and Masterton signatures, Sir Walter Scott at left, reverse scenes illustrating the Bank of Scotland’s work with the Scottish community [Douglas 134-2 (3), 135-2 (2), 136-2 (3); Pick 119b (3), 120b (2), 121b (3)], about uncirculated to uncirculated, and a very desirable group of ultra high numbered link prefixes (8) £200-300
567 Bank of Scotland, a trio of very last serial numbered link notes of the Bank of Scotland Tercentenary Issue, comprising £5, 13. 9. 1996, serial number AZ1000000, blue and purple on multicoloured underprint, £10, 5. 8. 1997, serial number CF1000000, brown and olive-green on multicoloured underprint, and £20, 1. 4. 1998, serial number CE550000, violet and brown on multicoloured underprint, all Bruce Pattullo and Masterton signatures, Sir Walter Scott at left, reverse scenes illustrating the Bank of Scotland’s work with the Scottish community (Douglas 134-2, 135-2, 136-2; Pick 119b, 120b, 121b), about uncirculated to uncirculated, and a unique opportunity to acquire three very last million serial numbers (3) £150-250
568 Bank of Scotland, a group of very low numbers for the Bank of Scotland Tercentenary Issue, comprising £5 (4), 5. 8. 1998, consecutive serial numbers BA000016/17/18/19, blue and purple on multicoloured underprint, £10 (4), 18. 8. 1998, serial numbers CG000061/63/64/65, brown and olivegreen on multicoloured underprint, £20 (4), 22. 3. 1999, serial numbers CE000021/22/24/25, violet and brown on multicoloured underprint, £50 (4), 15. 4. 1999, serial numbers AA800001/03/04/05, green on multicoloured underprint, and £100, 19. 5. 1999, serial number AA550101, red on multicoloured underprint, all Grant and Masterton signatures, Sir Walter Scott at left, reverse scenes illustrating the Bank of Scotland’s work with the Scottish community [Douglas 134-3 (4), 135-3 (4), 136-3 (4), 137-2 (4), 138-3); Pick 119c (4), 120c (4), 121c (4), 122b (4), 123c], uncirculated, and a very desirable low numbered group for this signature combination (17) £600-800
569 Bank of Scotland, £10, 18. 8. 1998, replacement prefix ZZ, brown and olive-green on multicoloured underprint, and £20, 22. 3. 1999, replacement prefix ZZ, both Grant and Masterton signatures, Sir Walter Scott at left, reverse scenes illustrating the Bank of Scotland’s work with the Scottish community (Douglas 135-3R, 136-3R; Pick 120cr, 121cr), the first fine with ink figure on obverse, the second uncirculated (2) £40-60
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570 Bank of Scotland, a group of last serial numbered link notes of the Bank of Scotland Tercentenary Issue, comprising £5 (4), 5. 8. 1998, consecutive serial numbers BR999992/93/94 and 96, blue and purple on multicoloured underprint, £10 (4), 18. 8. 1998, consecutive serial number DT099995/96/97 and 99, brown and olive-green on multicoloured underprint, and £100 (4), 19. 5. 1999, consecutive serial numbers AA849974/75/76 and 78, red on multicoloured underprint, all Grant and Masterton signatures, Sir Walter Scott at left, reverse scenes illustrating the Bank of Scotland’s work with the Scottish community [Douglas 134-3 (4), 135-3 (4), 138-3 (4); Pick 119c (4), 120c (4), 123c (4)], uncirculated, and a very desirable group of high numbered link prefixes (12) £700-900
571 Bank of Scotland, a group of first and last prefixes for the Bank of Scotland Tercentenary Issue, comprising £10 (4), 18. 6. 2001, first serial numbers DU000066/68/69/70, £10 (4), 18. 6. 2001, consecutive last link serial numbers EU999991/92/93/94, all brown and olive-green on multicoloured underprint, £20 (5), 18. 6. 2001, consecutive last link serial numbers DW899986/87/88/89 and replacement prefix ZZ, all violet and brown on multicoloured underprint, all Shaw and Mitchell signatures, and £5 (4), 25. 6. 2002, first serial numbers BS000065/67/68/69, all Burt and Mitchell signatures, blue and purple on multicoloured underprint, Sir Walter Scott at left, reverse scenes illustrating the Bank of Scotland’s work with the Scottish community [Douglas 135-4 (8), 136-4 (4), 136-4R, 134-4 (4); Pick 120d (8), 121d (4), 121dr, 119d (4)], the £20 replacement very fine, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated, and an interesting group (18) £350-450 www.spink.com
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572 Bank of Scotland, a group of low number first prefixes for the Bank of Scotland Tercentenary Issue, comprising £10 (4), 26. 11. 2003, consecutive serial numbers EV000041/42/43/44, brown and olivegreen on multicoloured underprint, £20 (4), 26. 11. 2003, consecutive serial numbers DW900042/43/44/45, violet and brown on multicoloured underprint, £50 (4), 29. 1. 2003, serial numbers AB400039/41/42/43, green on multicoloured underprint, and £100 (4), 26. 11. 2003, serial numbers AA850046/48/49/50, red on multicoloured underprint, all Mitchell signature, Sir Walter Scott at left, reverse scenes illustrating the Bank of Scotland’s work with the Scottish community [Douglas 135-5 (4), 136-5 (4), 137-4 (4), 138-4 (4); Pick 120e (4), 121e (4), 122c (4), 123d (4)], uncirculated, and a very desirable low numbered group for this signature (16) £900-1,200
573 Bank of Scotland, a group of last serial numbered link notes and replacements of the Bank of Scotland Tercentenary Issue, comprising £10, 24. 9. 2004, serial number FM999976, brown and olive-green on multicoloured underprint, £20, 24. 9. 2004, serial number FN999968, £20, 26. 11. 2003, replacement prefix ZZ, £20, 24. 9. 2004, replacement prefix ZZ, £20, 26.11.2003, all violet and brown on multicoloured underprint, and £50 (4), 24. 9. 2004, consecutive serial numbers AC490986/87/88/89, green on multicoloured underprint, all Mitchell signature, Sir Walter Scott at left, reverse scenes illustrating the Bank of Scotland’s work with the Scottish community [Douglas 135-5, 136-5, 136-5R (2), 137-4 (4); 120e, 121e, 121er (2), 123d (4)], the £20 2003 replacement fine, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated, and an interesting group of high numbered link prefixes, (8) £300-400
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574 Bank of Scotland, a group of low number first prefixes for the Bank of Scotland Tercentenary Issue, comprising £5, 1. 1. 2006, serial number CC000012, blue and purple on multicoloured underprint, £10, 1. 1. 2006, serial number FN000007, brown and olivegreen on multicoloured underprint, £50 (4), 1. 1. 2006, consecutive serial numbers AC500060/61/62/63, green on multicoloured underprint, and £100, 1. 1. 2006, serial number AB400049, red on multicoloured underprint, all Stevenson and Matthew signatures, Sir Walter Scott at left, reverse scenes illustrating the Bank of Scotland’s work with the Scottish community [Douglas 134-6, 135-6, 137-5 (4), 138-5; Pick 119e, 120f, 122d (4), 123e], about uncirculated to uncirculated, and a very desirable low numbered group for this signature combination (7) £400-600
576 Bank of Scotland, a low numbered set of the 2007 issue, all with matching first prefix serial numbers AA000009, comprising £5, blue and multicoloured, Sir Walter Scott at centre, arms lower right, reverse Brig o’Doon, £10, brown and multicoloured, Sir Walter Scott, arms lower right, reverse Glenfinnan Viaduct, £20, purple and multicoloured, Sir Walter Scott at centre, arms lower right, reverse Forth Bridge, £50, green and multicoloured, Sir Walter Scott, arms lower right, reverse Falkirk Wheel, and £100, red and multicoloured, Sir Walter Scott at centre, arms at lower right, Kessock Bridge, all dated 17 September 2007, also a £20, 2007, replacement serial number ZZ 013283 uncirculated and a very desirable low numbered set, the £20 is handsigned by Lord Stevenson and Colin Matthew (6) £1,000-1,500
British Linen Company
575 Bank of Scotland, a group of high number last prefixes for the Bank of Scotland Tercentenary Issue, comprising £5, 1. 1. 2006, serial number CH599966, blue and purple on multicoloured underprint, £10, 1. 1. 2006, serial number FX999966, brown and olivegreen on multicoloured underprint, £50, 1. 1. 2006, serial number AD099975, green on multicoloured underprint, and £100, 1. 1. 2006, serial number AB719974, red on multicoloured underprint, all Stevenson and Matthew signatures, Sir Walter Scott at left, reverse scenes illustrating the Bank of Scotland’s work with the Scottish community (Douglas 134-6, 135-6, 137-5, 138-5; Pick 119e, 120f, 122d, 123e), uncirculated, and a very desirable high numbered group of last prefixes for this series, (4) £250-350
577 British Linen Company, £5, 1 August 1780, serial number 56/22278, black and white, vertical panel of thistles and roses at left, circular vignette of Pallas top left, two manuscript signatures and verification of amount low right (Douglas 11), annotations and date 1802 on reverse, about fine and rare ex Phillips 1997 £800-900
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578 British Linen Company, possibly a contemporary forgery of a 1 guinea, 1 September 1815, serial number 69/7350, black and white, border of thistles at top, Pallas top left, two manuscript signatures low right (Douglas 15), on watermarked paper so this a positive but style dubious, see Scottish Banknotes, 1975, page 57, extremely fine, scarce, ex Banking Memorabilia 1993 £150-200
580 British Linen Company, £1, 12 November 1900, serial number D 14/503, blue and white, bank initials in red-brown low centre, arms top centre, flanked by value, Pallas left centre, one manuscript signature, one printed signature below (Douglas 32-1 for similar), very good, rare, ex Keith Austin 1999 £400-500
British Linen Bank
579 British Linen Company, a contemporary forgery of a 1 pound, 1 March 1829, serial number 30/236, black and white, arms top right, value top left and right, Pallas left centre, two manuscript signatures below (Douglas 21), red ‘forgery’ top left, very good, rare, ex Banking Memorabilia 1993 £50-80
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581 British Linen Bank, £1, 15 July 1910, serial number W 90/996, blue and white bank initials in pale red at centre, Pallas left centre, one manuscript signature and one printed signature below (Douglas 42a-5), very good, ex Banking Memorabilia 1983 £180-240
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582 British Linen Bank, £5, 31 October 1912, serial number I/3 8/101, blue and white bank initials in pale red at centre, Pallas left centre, two manuscript signatures low centre (Douglas 43b-1), very good, rare £250-350
585 British Linen Bank, £1, 10 May 1915, serial number B 415/259, blue, red sunburst design at centre, bank initials in red at centre, arms top centre flanked by value, Pallas left centre, printed signature of Galletly and manuscript signature low centre (Douglas 47-1), fine, scarce £120-160
583 British Linen Bank, £5, 31 October 1912, serial number I/3 15/64, blue and white bank initials in pale red at centre, Pallas left centre, two manuscript signatures low centre (Douglas 43b-1), very good to fine and pleasing, rare £250-350
586 British Linen Bank, £1, 18 July 1917, serial number E 269/491, blue, red sunburst design at centre, bank initials in red at centre, arms top centre flanked by value, Pallas left centre, printed signature of Galletly and manuscript signature low centre (Douglas 47-1), good fine, scarce £150-200
584 British Linen Bank, £20, 31 October 1911, serial number B/3 5/130, blue and white bank initials in pale red at centre, Pallas left centre, two manuscript signatures low centre (Douglas 45a-1), a pleasing very good to fine and rare £300-400
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587 British Linen Bank, £1, 19 August 1919, serial number H 264/225, blue, red sunburst design at centre, bank initials in red at centre, arms top centre flanked by value, Pallas left centre, printed signature of Grant and manuscript signature low centre (Douglas 47-2), almost very fine, scarce £150-200
588 British Linen Bank, £1, 19 March 1923, serial number K 544/31, blue, red sunburst design at centre, bank initials in red at centre, arms top centre flanked by value, Pallas left centre, printed signature of Grant and manuscript signature low centre (Douglas 47-2), good fine £120-160
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589 British Linen Bank, £1, 15 October 1925, serial number M 102/317, blue, red sunburst design at centre, bank initials in red at centre, arms top centre flanked by value, Pallas left centre, printed signature of Waugh and manuscript signature low centre (Douglas 47-4), fine £120-160
590 British Linen Bank, £5, 17 June 1924, serial number S/4 6/364, blue, red sunburst design at centre, arms top centre flanked by value, Pallas left centre, reverse blue, Pallas at centre (Douglas 48-1), this is the plate note on page 166 of the 2nd edition of Douglas volume I ex O’Grady 1980, crisp, two soft creases otherwise extremely fine and rare thus £300-400
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591 British Linen Bank, £5, 3 December 1935, serial number Z/5 5/93, blue with red sunburst design, arms top centre flanked by value, Pallas left centre, manuscript signature low left, printed signature of Dempster low right, reverse blue, Pallas at left (Douglas 48-1), fresh, about extremely fine, scarce, ex Banking Memorabilia 2008 £300-350
592 British Linen Bank, £10, 15 February 1916, serial number T/1 7/249, blue, red sunburst design at centre, arms top centre flanked by value, Pallas left centre, reverse blue, Pallas at centre (Douglas 49-1), very good but presentable and very rare £300-500
593 British Linen Bank, £20, 6 April 1929, serial number R/3 5/257, blue, red sunburst design at centre, arms top centre flanked by value, Pallas left centre, reverse blue, Pallas at centre (Douglas 50-1), good fine, scarce £200-300
594 British Linen Bank, £20, 9 March 1931, serial number S/3 5/210, blue, red sunburst design at centre, arms top centre flanked by value, Pallas left centre, reverse blue, Pallas at centre (Douglas 50-1), numeral on reverse, good fine £150-250
595 British Linen Bank, £20, 6 August 1935, serial number Y/3 4/20, blue, red sunburst design at centre, arms top centre flanked by value, Pallas left centre, manuscript signature low left, printed signature of Dempster low right, reverse blue, Pallas at centre (Douglas 50-1), a pleasing extremely fine, scarce, ex Spink McIntyre 2005 £600-700
596 British Linen Bank, £1 (4), 1926, 1928, 1937, 1942, prefixes N, P, R, N/1, all blue and red, Waugh signature (Douglas 52-1, 53a-1, 53a-2), the 1926 uncirculated, the 1937 plain paper, good very fine, balance very fine. 1926 and 1937 ex Banking Memorabilia 1997 (4) £120-160 Page 111
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597 British Linen Bank, £5 (2), 10 July 1940, 10 December 1942, prefixes L/6, A/7, blue with red sunburst design, arms top centre flanked by value, Pallas left centre, both manuscript signatures low left, printed signature of Dempster on 1940, of Mackenzie on 1942 (Douglas 54a-1, 54a-2), generally fine, scarce (2) £300-350
598 British Linen Bank, £5, 10 July 1943, serial number H/7 7/412, blue with red sunburst design, arms top centre flanked by value, Pallas left centre, two printed signatures below of Mackenzie and Waugh, reverse blue, Pallas at centre (Douglas 54b-1), this is the plate note in Douglas Vol I second edition p.183, extremely fine £150-200
599 British Linen Bank, £20, 31 July 1939, serial number A/4 1/223, blue, red sunburst design at centre, arms top centre flanked by value, Pallas left centre, manuscript signature low left, printed signature of Dempster low right, reverse blue, Pallas at centre (Douglas 56a-1), good very fine, ex Banking Memorabilia 2008 £300-350 www.spink.com
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600 British Linen Bank, £100, 3 March 1943, serial number Q/3 1/220, blue, red sunburst design at centre, arms top centre flanked by value, Pallas left centre, manuscript signature low left, printed signature of Mackenzie low right, reverse blue, Pallas at centre (Douglas 57a-1), two soft creases otherwise a pleasing extremely fine, rare, ex Spink McIntyre 2005 £1,800-2,200
601 British Linen Bank, £5 (2), 30 June 1944, 3 November 1944, prefixes Q/7, U/7, blue with red sunburst design, arms top centre, Pallas at left, Waugh and Mackenzie signatures (Douglas 58-1), also £1, 1949, prefix L/2, Mackenzie signature, (Douglas 53b-1), generally fine to good very fine (3) £50-60
602 British Linen Bank, a selection of £1 (6), 1951 (2), 1955, 1958, 1960 (2), blue and red, all Anderson signatures, (Douglas 53b-2, 53b-3), three examples (S/2, I/3, P/3) are ‘overs’ (numbers in excess of 1, 000, 000), fine to very fine, the 1955, 1958 extremely fine (6) £80-120
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603 British Linen Bank, £5 (4), 1946, 1949, 1959 (2), prefixes V/7, L/8, W/11, X/11, blue and red, first two Mackenzie, last two Anderson signatures (Douglas 58-1, 58-2), the V7 links with the U/7, in lot 601, generally very fine, the last note extremely fine (4) £80-120
604 British Linen Bank, £20, 4 August 1949, serial number Q/4 7/326, blue with red sunburst design, arms top centre flanked by value, Pallas left centre, Mackenzie signature (Douglas 56b-1), an original very fine, ex Spink McIntyre 2005 £250-300
606 British Linen Bank, £100, 5 April 1951, serial number R/3 1/112, blue with red sunburst design, arms top centre flanked by value, Pallas left centre, Anderson signature (Douglas 57b-1), ink numeral top centre, a pleasing fine and rare £400-600
607 British Linen Bank, £100, 27 November 1957, serial number T/3 01/439, blue with red sunburst design, arms top centre flanked by value, Pallas left centre, Anderson signature (Douglas 57b-1), two soft creases otherwise an original fresh almost extremely fine, rare in this grade £500-700
605 British Linen Bank, £20, 12 May 1952, serial number R/4 06/413, blue with red sunburst design, arms top centre flanked by value, Pallas left centre, Anderson signature (Douglas 56b-2), first date of issue for type and this is the Douglas Vol. I second edition plate note, page 195, two soft creases, extremely fine £200-250 Page 113
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608 British Linen Bank, specimen £1, 30 September 1961, serial number Q/3 000000, blue with red sunburst design, arms top centre, Pallas at left, Anderson signature, also an issued example with prefix Q/3 together with £5 (2), 2 January and 3 February 1961, prefixes Z/11, A/12, blue and red, Anderson signature (Douglas 59-2, 59-1, 60-1), these notes printed by De la Rue subsequent to the takeover of Waterlow by De la Rue in January 1961, the first note uncirculated, balance about extremely fine (4) £100-150
609 British Linen Bank, specimen £1, 31 March 1962, serial number U/3 000000, blue with red sunburst design, arms top centre, Pallas at left, also an issued example with prefix U/3, Anderson signatures, also a specimen £1, 1 July 1963, serial number Z/3 000000 and a specimen £1, dated 13 June 1967, serial number P/4 000000, also £1 (3), 13 June 1967, prefix P/4, Q/4, T/4, all blue and red, Walker signature, the last two encoded (Douglas 63-2, 63-1, 63-4), the specimens uncirculated, issued notes good very fine, the specimens ex Stanley Gibbons, 1968 (7) £120-160
610 British Linen Bank, a ‘CANCELLED TEST NOTE’ for £1, 31 March 1962, no serial numbers, blue with red sunburst design, arms top centre, Pallas left centre, Anderson signature (Douglas 63-3 for type), uncirculated, experimental codings on reverse, unusual and rare, ex Stanley Gibbons 1978 £100-120
611 British Linen Bank, £20, 14 February 1962, serial number G/5 18/210 blue with red sunburst design, arms top centre, Pallas left centre, Anderson signature (Douglas 61-1), small split low centre margin otherwise good very fine £80-100
612 British Linen Bank, specimen £100, 9 May 1962, serial number U/3 00/000, blue with red sunburst design, arms top centre, Pallas left centre, Anderson signature (Douglas 62-1), red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated and rare £300-500
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October 3, 2011 - London 613 British Linen Bank, specimen £1, 29 February 1968, serial number U/4 000000, blue and red, also issued £1 (3), 1968, 1969, 1970, and £5 (4), 1962 and 1964, all blue and red, Walker signature-unencoded (Douglas 66-2, 66-1, 64-1, 64-3, 67-1), generally good very fine or better (8) £60-80
614 British Linen Bank, £5 (2), 17 July 1964, serial number H/12 141931(encoded), and 23 April 1968, prefix L/12, both blue and red, Walker signature (Douglas 64-4, 67-1), only 100000 printed of the H/12, rare, almost uncirculated. Both plate notes, 20th Century Scottish banknotes, pages 209 and 211. (2) £150-200
616 The Caledonian Banking Company Limited, £1, 15. 1. 1895, serial number L42 /237, hand-signed on behalf of the manager and the accountant, black with orange panel at lower centre, vignette of Inverness at top, allegorical figures of Scotland at left and agriculture at right, uniface, the plate note on page 269 of “20th Century Scottish Banknotes”, Volume 1, Edition 2 (Douglas 17-2; Pick unlisted), nice original fine with good body and very rare £1,000-1,500
Caledonian Banking Company
615 The Caledonian Banking Company Limited, 2 cheques drawn, the first in the sum of 6/-, dated 8th August 1877, drawn on Portree branch and the second, in the sum of £1 11/8, dated April 13th 1889, drawn on Bonar Bridge branch, also a cheque drawn on The Agent, Bank of Scotland, Portree, in the sum of £4 11/3, dated June 16th 1868, and an unused cheque for The Union Bank of Scotland, Perth Bank District, Coupar Angus, the first extremely fine, the remainder very fine (4) £20-30
617 The Caledonian Banking Company Limited, £1, 3. 1. 1898, serial number M56 /337, hand-signed on behalf of the manager and the accountant, black with orange panel at lower centre, vignette of Inverness at top, allegorical figures of Scotland at left and agriculture at right, uniface (Douglas 17-2; Pick unlisted), very good and very rare £500-700
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Central Bank of Scotland
Clydesdale Bank Limited
618 The Central Bank of Scotland, printer’s proof £1 on card, Perth 18- (c1834), black on white, uniface, vignette of Perth at upper centre, allegorical female figures representing agriculture and commerce at left and right (Douglas 1; Pick unlisted), about uncirculated to uncirculated and an attractive Lizars engraving £300-400
620 The Clydesdale Bank Limited, £1, Glasgow, 29. 6. 1910, serial number 9001701, black and red on white, arms of city of Glasgow flanked by two females at upper centre, allegorical maidens at left and right, one printed signature and one manuscript signature (Douglas 11-2; Pick 181a), uniface pressed, toned paper, otherwise very fine, 14 line poem with message “trust in God rather than banks” written on reverse, rare £250-350
City of Glasgow Bank
619 City of Glasgow Bank, £1, 15 May 1876, serial number F 878/212, black and white, Queen Victoria top centre, value in blue oval top left and right, value in blue underprint at centre, arms at left and right, arms low centre, two manuscript signatures low centre, reverse blue, arms and Bank initials at centre (Douglas 6), ex Trevor Jones, 1977. some damage but overall presentable, VG and rare £300-400
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621 The Clydesdale Bank Limited, £1 (2), Glasgow, 8. 11. 1911, serial number 9219269, and 19. 4. 1916, serial number A2129626, both black and red on white, arms of city of Glasgow flanked by two females at upper centre, allegorical maidens at left and right, one printed signature and one manuscript signature, uniface (Douglas 11-2, 11-3; Pick 181a, 181b), the first pressed very good, the second pressed fine (2) £140-180
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622 The Clydesdale Bank Limited, £1, Glasgow, 6. 10. 1915, serial number A1367801, black and red on white, arms of city of Glasgow flanked by two females at upper centre, allegorical maidens at left and right, one printed signature of Dewar low left and one manuscript signature of Dewar low right, also included in the lot is a family photograph which includes a portrait of Duncan Dewar, his wife and three of their five children. Dewar’s signature appears on Clydesdale notes from 1882 through to 1921 (Douglas 11-3; Pick 181b), fine and rare, the elusive double Dewar’s signature. Ex Spink Macmillan sale 2005. £250-350
624 The Clydesdale Bank Limited, £5, Glasgow, 5. 3. 1913, serial number D2/G 0000793, black and red on white, arms of city of Glasgow at upper centre, TCBL in ornate scrollwork at left, one printed signature and one manuscript signature, uniface (Douglas 12-2; Pick 182), pressed, otherwise very good to fine and rare £200-300
625 The Clydesdale Bank Limited, £5, Glasgow, 5. 8. 1914, serial number E2/S 0000442, black and red on white, arms of city of Glasgow at upper centre, TCBL in ornate scrollwork at left, one printed signature and one manuscript signature, uniface (Douglas 12-2; Pick 182), attractive, original good fine and rare £500-700 623 The Clydesdale Bank Limited, £1, Glasgow, 9. 2. 1921, serial number A4859119, black and red on white, arms of city of Glasgow flanked by two females at upper centre, allegorical maidens at left and right, one printed signature and one manuscript signature of joint general manager, uniface (Douglas 11-4; Pick 181c), pressed, very good to fine and a rare date £200-250
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626 The Clydesdale Bank Limited, £1 (2), Glasgow, 14. 6. 1922, serial number A 0635912, printed signatures of Swanson and Dewar, and 21. 1. 1925, serial number A 2282978, printed signatures of Swanson and Young, both blue and red on white, arms of city of Glasgow flanked by three females at upper centre, allegorical maidens at left and right, reverse blue, city arms at centre, value either side [Douglas 15-1, 15-2; Pick 185 (2)], the first pressed fine, the second pressed, 12mm tear at lower right, otherwise very fine (2) £100-140
627 The Clydesdale Bank Limited, £5, Glasgow, 10. 8. 1927, serial number T2/G 0003342, blue and red on white, arms of city of Glasgow at upper centre, TCBL in ornate scrollwork at left, printed signatures of Swanson and Young, reverse blue, city arms at centre, value either side (Douglas 16-2; Pick 186), ink numeral upper right, pencil figures obverse and reverse, good fine and rare £300-400
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628 The Clydesdale Bank Limited, £5, Glasgow, 13. 1. 1943, serial number Z2/N 0002319, blue and red on white, arms of city of Glasgow at upper centre, TCBL in ornate scrollwork at left, printed signatures of Mitchell and Young, reverse blue, city arms at centre, value either side (Douglas 16-4; Pick 186), attractive original good very fine and very scarce £320-360
629 The Clydesdale Bank Limited, £5 (2), Glasgow, 25. 5. 1938, serial number W2/L 0002647, and 16. 2. 1944, serial number B3/D 0003795, both blue and red on white, arms of city of Glasgow at upper centre, TCBL in ornate scrollwork at left, printed signatures of Mitchell and Young, reverse blue, city arms at centre, value either side the first about very fine [Douglas 16-4 (2); Pick 186 (2)], the second writing and hand stamp on reverse, otherwise good fine (2) £350-400
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630 The Clydesdale Bank Limited, £5, Glasgow, 3. 3. 1948, serial number AL 0001570, blue and red on white, arms of city of Glasgow at upper centre, TCBL in ornate scrollwork at left, printed signatures of Campbell and Pairman, reverse blue, city arms at centre, value either side (Douglas 16-6; Pick 186), pressed, otherwise about very fine £280-340
632 The Clydesdale Bank Limited, £20, Glasgow, 5. 7. 1944, serial number T/S 0000434, blue and red on white, arms of city of Glasgow at upper centre, TCBL in ornate scrollwork at left, printed signatures of Mitchell and Young, reverse blue, city arms at centre, value either side (Douglas 17-3; Pick 187), good fine, rare £300-400
631 The Clydesdale Bank Limited, £5 (2), Glasgow, both dated 12. 1. 1949, serial numbers ¿ 0002697, and BG 0002278, both blue and red on white, arms of city of Glasgow at upper centre, TCBL in ornate scrollwork at left, printed signatures of Campbell and Houston, reverse blue, city arms at centre, value either side [Douglas 16-6 (2); Pick 190 (2)], the first pressed, brown stains at lower left, otherwise fine, the second pressed, small chip out of right margin, otherwise very good to fine (2) £200-300
633 The Clydesdale Bank Limited, £20, Glasgow, 4. 6. 1947, serial number U/J 0000677, blue and red on white, arms of city of Glasgow at upper centre, TCBL in ornate scrollwork at left, printed signatures of Campbell and Pairman, reverse blue, city arms at centre, value either side (Douglas 17-5; Pick 187), circular bank stamp and ink annotation on reverse, otherwise fresh good very fine, and very rare in this condition, last date for type £550-650
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634 The Clydesdale Bank Limited, £100, Glasgow, 3. 6. 1931, serial number F/L 0000391, blue and red on white, arms of city of Glasgow at upper centre, TCBL in ornate scrollwork at left, printed signatures of Young and Swanson, reverse blue, city arms at centre, value either side (Douglas 18-2; Pick 188), 25mm tear upper right, three small holes on folds and blue crayon mark on reverse, otherwise about very fine, only 500 printed and thus excessively rare £1,200-1,600
635 The Clydesdale Bank Limited, £100, Glasgow, 26. 3. 1947, serial number G/F 0000426, blue and red on white, arms of city of Glasgow at upper centre, TCBL in ornate scrollwork at left, printed signatures of Young and Swanson, reverse blue, city arms at centre, value either side (Douglas 18-4; Pick 188), slightly ragged lower margin, otherwise an attractive very fine, extremely rare in this condition, last date for type £1,500-2,000
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636 The Clydesdale Bank Limited, £1, Glasgow, 17. 12. 1930, serial number A 4516231, blue and orange, arms of city of Glasgow flanked by three maidens at upper centre, allegorical females at left and right, printed signatures of Swanson and Young, reverse blue, city arms at centre, value either side (Douglas 19-1; Pick 189a), uncirculated £100-150
637 The Clydesdale Bank Limited, £1 (3), Glasgow, 7. 12. 1932, serial number A 6482171, Mitchell and Young signatures, 3. 9. 1947, serial number C 1373061, Campbell and Pairman signatures, 12. 1. 1949, serial number C 3101834, Campbell and Houston signatures, all blue and orange, arms of city of Glasgow flanked by three maidens at upper centre, allegorical females at left and right, reverse blue, city arms at centre, value either side [Douglas 19-2, 19-4, 19-5; Pick 189b (3)], about uncirculated to uncirculated (3) £150-200
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638 Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Limited, £1 (5), Glasgow, 1. 6. 1955, serial number M 971195, Campbell signature, 1. 11. 1956 (2), serial numbers A/N 372059 and A/Q 980677, Campbell signature, 1. 5. 1958, serial number A/R 385267, Fairbairn signature, and 1. 11. 1960, serial number A/U 379721, Fairbairn signature, all blue, red and orange, arms of the bank at upper centre, ships docked at left, landscape with sheaves at right, reverse blue, river scene with trees [Douglas 21-1 (3), 21-2 (2); Pick 191a (3), 191b (2)], the 1958 note pressed, otherwise good fine, the remainder good very fine (5) £40-60
639 Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Limited, £5 (3), Glasgow, 2. 9. 1953, serial number H145080, Campbell signature, 1. 11.1956, serial number A/R 153375, Campbell signature, 1. 3.1960, serial number A/Z 092247, Fairbairn signature, all purple on pale green and pink underprint, King’s College, Aberdeen at lower left, Glasgow Cathedral at lower right, reverse purple, arms of the bank at centre, value at either side [Douglas 22-1 (2), 22-2; Pick 192a (2), 192b], generally good very fine (3) £60-80
640 Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Limited, £20 (2), Glasgow, 2. 5. 1951, serial number A035864, Campbell signature, and 1. 8. 1962, serial number E 000459, Fairbairn signature, both green on multicoloured underprint, King’s College, Aberdeen at lower left, Glasgow Cathedral at lower right, reverse arms of the bank at centre, value at either side (Douglas 23-1, 23-2; Pick 193a, 193b), the first ink figure in top margin, otherwise very fine, the second good very fine (2) £70-90
641 Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank Limited, £1, Glasgow, 1.3. 1961, serial number B/A 873431, Fairbairn signature, green on multicoloured underprint, arms of the bank at right, value at left, reverse tug and ship on River Clyde, and £5, 1. 6. 1962, serial number B/H 133172, Fairbairn signature, blue on multicoloured underprint, arms of the bank at right, value lower left and right, reverse, King’s College, Aberdeen (Douglas 25-1, 26-1; Pick 195a, 196a), the first about uncirculated to uncirculated, the second good very fine (2) £30-40
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642 Clydesdale Bank Limited, £1 (3), Glasgow, 30. 3. 1966, serial number C/H 630902, 3. 4. 1967, serial number C/L 055079, first prefix with magnetic sorting marks, and undated Error Note, serial number C/S 985878, all green on multicoloured underprint, arms of the bank at right, value at left, reverse tug and ship on River Clyde, and £5, 1.5.1967, serial number C/R 021971, blue on multicoloured underprint, arms of the bank at right, value lower left and right, reverse King’s College, Aberdeen, and £10, 1.12. 1967, serial number C/D 076177, brown on multicoloured underprint, arms of the bank at right, value in all four corners, reverse University of Glasgow, and £20, 1. 12. 1967, serial number C/E 042108, red on multicoloured underprint, arms at right, value at left, reverse, George Square, Glasgow [Douglas 27-1, 272, 27-2 (error), 28-1, 29-1, 30-1; Pick 197, 198, 199, 200], generally very fine to good very fine, the £5 about uncirculated (6) £150-250
643 Clydesdale Bank Limited, £1 (3), 1. 3. 1971, first prefix D/A 000094, 1. 5. 1972, first prefix D/G 000096, 27. 2. 1981, last prefix D/BT, and Clydesdale Bank PLC, £1 (6), 29. 3. 1982 (2), first prefix D/BU and last prefix D/CD, 5. 1. 1983 (2), first prefix D/CE and last prefix, with sorting symbols, D/CR, 8. 4. 1985, first prefix without sorting symbols D/CS, and 9. 11. 1988, last prefix, D/DW, all deep olive-green on multicoloured underprint, Robert the Bruce at left, reverse scene from the Battle of Bannockburn [Douglas 32-1, 32-2, 32-3, 32-4 (2), 32-5 (2), 32-6, 32-7; Pick 204a, 204b, 204c, 211a (2), 211b (2), 211c, 211d], prefixes D/BT and D/BU fine to good fine, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated and an interesting group (9) £80-120 www.spink.com
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644 Clydesdale Bank PLC, £1 (2), both dated 29. 3. 1982, the first note serial number D/CC 063211 and a normal note, the second note an error with serial number D/CC 063212 at upper left and serial number D/CC 063211 at lower right, both deep olive-green on multicoloured underprint, Robert the Bruce at left, reverse scene from the Battle of Bannockburn [Douglas 32-4 (2); Pick 211a (2)], about uncirculated to uncirculated and a scarce error (2) £80-100
645 Clydesdale Bank Limited, £5 (2), 1. 8. 1973, prefix D/AA, Macmillan signature as General Manager and hand-signed by him on reverse, and 1. 2. 1980, prefix D/CU, Macmillan signature as Chief General Manager, and Clydesdale Bank PLC, £5 (2), 29. 3. 1982, prefix D/ED, Macmillan signature, and 28. 6. 1989, prefix D/LU, Cole Hamilton signature, all greyish-lilac on multicoloured underprint, Robert Burns at left, reverse harvest mouse (Douglas 33-2, 33-3, 33-4, 33-7; Pick 205b, 205c, 212a, 212d), prefix D/CU about extremely fine, prefix D/ED very fine, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated (4) £100-140
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646 Clydesdale Bank Limited, £5 (2), both dated 27. 2. 1981, the first note serial number D/DU 097845 and a normal note, the second note an error with serial number D/DU 097846 at upper left and serial number D/DU 097845 at lower right, both greyishlilac on multicoloured underprint, Robert Burns at left, reverse harvest mouse [Douglas 33-3 (2); Pick 205c, unlisted date, (2)], about uncirculated to uncirculated and a scarce error (2) £100-140
647 Clydesdale Bank Limited, £10 (3), two error notes both dated 31. 1. 1979, prefixes D/BE and D/BF, both with parts of the obverse value guilloches on the reverse, and £10, error note dated 1.2.1980, prefix D/BX, concertina error with extra paper caused by a crease within the sheet, and Clydesdale Bank PLC, £10, 29. 3. 1982, prefix D/FC, a normal note, all brown and pale purple on multicoloured underprint, David Livingstone at left, reverse Arab slave trader, dhow and slaves [Douglas 34-2 (3), 34-3; Pick 207b (3), 213a], prefix D/BE tear in bottom margin, pressed otherwise good fine, prefix D/BF good very fine, prefix D/BX good very fine, prefix D/FC extremely fine, the errors very scarce (4) £150-200
648 Clydesdale Bank PLC, £5 (5), 2. 4. 1990, first prefix E/AA and 2.4.1990, last prefix E/CM, both Cole Hamilton signature, 1.9.1994, first prefix E/CN and 1.9.1964, replacement prefix E/ZZ, both Cicutto signature and 21.7.1996, first prefix E/DP, Goodwin signature, all black, blue and grey on multicoloured underprint, Robert Burns at left, ship motif lower right, reverse harvest mouse [Douglas 37-1 (2), 37-2, 37-2R, 37-3; Pick 218a (2), 218b, 218br, 218c], the replacement prefix E/ZZ very fine, the remainder uncirculated (5) £130-160
649 Clydesdale Bank PLC, a set, in the original envelope, of the £5 Burns Commemorative Issue (4), all dated 21.7.1996, matched serial numbers R/B 0004218, R/B 1004218, R/B 2004218 and R/B 3004218, all Goodwin signature, also £5, both 19. 6. 2002, first prefix serial number E/DZ 000063 and last prefix serial number E/ED 986815, both Savage signature, all black, blue and grey on multicoloured underprint, Robert Burns at left, ship motif lower right, reverse harvest mouse [Douglas 37-4, 37-5, 37-6, 37-7, 37-8 (2); Pick CS1, 218d (2)], uncirculated (6) £75-100
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650 Clydesdale Bank PLC, £10 (6), 1. 3. 1990, prefix E/AK, Cole Hamilton signature, £10, 9. 11. 1990, last prefix for larger size note, serial number E/GR 024990, 3. 9. 1992, first prefix for smaller size note, serial number E/GR 025195, both Cole Hamilton signature, 3. 9. 1992, replacement prefix E/ZZ, signature Cole Hamilton, 27. 2. 1997, prefix E/WX, Goodwin signature, and error note, 9. 11. 1990, prefix E/CY, extra green ink at lower left on obverse, all dark brown on multicoloured underprint, David Livingstone at left, reverse Livingstone’s birthplace in Blantyre [Douglas 38-1 (4), 39-1R, 39-3; Pick 214 (4), 219a, 219c], prefixes E/AK, E/ZZ and E/CY all very fine, the remainder uncirculated, the error note scarce (6) £240-280
651 Clydesdale Bank PLC, £10 (8), 1. 5. 1997, first prefix A/AA, 1. 5. 1997, last prefix A/AK, both Goodwin signature, 1. 5. 1997 (2), both replacement prefixes E/ZZ, 1. 5. 1997, NAB prefix, non encapsulated, all three signature Goodwin, 5. 11. 1998, first prefix A/AK, 5. 11. 1998, last prefix A/CA, 1. 1. 2000, millennium prefix MM, all three Wright signature, all dark brown on multicoloured underprint, Mary Slessor at left, reverse map of Calabar, Nigeria at centre, woman with children at right, also a signed photograph of John Wright [Douglas 44-1 (2), 44-1R (2), 44-2, 44-3 (2), 44-4; Pick 226a (3), 226ar (2), 226b (2), 229A], the two replacement prefixes E/ZZ extremely fine, the remainder uncirculated (9) £200-250
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652 Clydesdale Bank PLC, £10 (6), 25. 4. 2003, last prefix A/CZ, signature Pinney, 21. 11. 2004, first prefix A/CZ, 21. 11. 2004, last prefix A/DS, 21. 11. 2004, replacement prefix E/ZZ, all three Thorburn signature, 14. 3. 2006 (2), both first prefixes A/DS showing redesigned bank logo, signature Thorburn, all dark brown on multicoloured underprint, Mary Slessor at left, reverse map of Calabar, Nigeria at centre, woman with children at right [Douglas 44-6, 44-7 (2), 44-7R, 44-8; Pick 226d, 226e (2), 226er, 226f (2)], the third note extremely fine, the fourth note pressed otherwise very fine, the remainder uncirculated (6) £80-120
653 Clydesdale Bank PLC, £10 (3), Commonwealth Games Scotland Commemorative Issue dated 15. 3. 2006, prefix CG/1 and a consecutive pair CG/3 233765/66, all dark brown on multicoloured underprint, Mary Slessor at left, reverse Commonwealth Games - Athletics [Douglas 48 (3); Pick 229E (3)], two notes good extremely fine the third uncirculated (3) £40-60
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654 Clydesdale Bank PLC, £20, 2. 8. 1990, last prefix serial number D/FV 049951, signature Cole Hamilton, lilac on multicoloured underprint, Lord Kelvin at left, reverse Kelvin’s lecture room at Glasgow University (Douglas 35-5; Pick 215c), the series ends at 050000, uncirculated £100-140
656 Clydesdale Bank PLC, £20 (9), 30. 11. 1990, first prefix serial number E/AA 000009, Cole Hamilton signature, 1. 9. 1994, replacement prefix E/ZZ, Cicutto signature, 2. 12. 1996, replacement prefix E/ZZ, Goodwin signature (plate note in “20th Century Scottish Banknotes Volume III), 1. 11. 1997, first prefix A/AA, Goodwin signature, 12. 10. 1999, prefix A/BL, Wright signature, 1. 1. 2000, millennium prefix serial number MM000310, 19. 6. 2002, prefix A/BN, Savage signature, 26. 1. 2003, first prefix A/BQ, Targett signature and 26. 1. 2003, last prefix A/BW, Targett signature, all purple, brown and orange on multicoloured underprint, Robert the Bruce at left, reverse equestrian statue at right, Stirling Castle and reliquary [Douglas 40-1, 40-3R, 40-4R, 40-5, 40-6, 40-7, 40-8, 40-9 (2); Pick 220a, 221ar, 221br, 228a, 228b, 228c, 228d (2), 229B], the two replacement notes biro figure, otherwise very fine and good very fine, the A/AA, A/BL and A/BW prefixes extremely fine, the remainder uncirculated (9) £280-360
655 Clydesdale Bank PLC, £20 (3), 30. 9. 1997, first prefix serial number F/BD 002509, 30. 9. 1997, replacement prefix E/ZZ, 30. 9. 1997, commemorative prefix serial number C/HG 001161, all Goodwin signature, all purple, brown and orange on multicoloured underprint, Robert the Bruce at left, reverse Edinburgh International Conference Centre [Douglas 45-1, 45-1R, 45-2; Pick 227 (3)], the replacement note good extremely fine, the remainder uncirculated (3) £120-140 657 Clydesdale Bank PLC, £20 (8), 25. 4. 2003, first prefix serial number A/BW, Pinney signature, 21.11.2004 (4), first prefix A/CS, last split prefix A/DK (2), replacement prefix E/ZZ, all Thorburn signature, all purple, brown and orange on multicoloured underprint, Robert the Bruce at left, reverse equestrian statue at right, Stirling Castle and reliquary, 6. 6. 2005 (3), first split prefix consecutive pair A/DK 950198/99 and replacement prefix E/ZZ, all as before but with Clydesdale Bank Exchange on reverse [Douglas 40-10, 40-11 (3), 4011R, 47-1 (2), 47-1R; Pick 228e, 228f (3), 228fr, 228g (2), 228gr], the two A/DK prefixes, good very fine and uncirculated, the two replacement notes very fine, the remainder uncirculated (8) £200-250 Page 125
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658 Clydesdale Bank PLC, £20 (3), 25. 3. 2006, first prefix, consecutive serial numbers RB/1 000080/81 and serial number RB/2 939629, all Thorburn signature, commemorative issue for the 700th anniversary of the enthronement of Robert the Bruce, and 24. 6. 2006, A/FH prefix, Thorburn signature, all purple, brown and orange on multicoloured underprint, Robert the Bruce at left, reverse equestrian statue at right, Stirling Castle and reliquary [Douglas 40-12 (3), 40-13; Pick 229G (3), 229H], the first two notes uncirculated, the third good extremely fine, the last good very fine (4) £100-120
659 Clydesdale Bank PLC, £20 (3), 1999 Commemorative Issue, Glasgow as UK City of Architecture and Design, 9. 4. 1999, first prefix A/AL, replacement prefix E/ZZ and commemorative prefix serial number G/AD 004122, of which only 30, 000 printed, all Wright signature, purple, brown and multicoloured, Alexander “Greek” Thomson at left, special text at lower right, reverse Holmwood House [Douglas 46-1, 46-1R, 46-2; Pick 229 (2), 229r], uncirculated, the replacement prefix very scarce in this grade (3) £250-300
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660 Clydesdale Bank PLC, £50, 1. 9. 1981, serial number D/B 015338, Macmillan signature, olive on multicoloured underprint, Adam Smith at left, reverse sailing ships with industrial and agricultural machinery (Douglas 41-1; Pick 209), about uncirculated to uncirculated and very scarce £200-250
661 Clydesdale Bank PLC, £100, 9. 11. 1991, last prefix serial number D/M 005454, signature Cole Hamilton, red on multicoloured underprint, Lord Kelvin at left, reverse Kelvin’s lecture room at Glasgow University (Douglas 36-5; Pick 217b), original extremely fine and very scarce £200-250
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662 Clydesdale Bank PLC, £50, 6. 1. 2001, serial number GU000965, Grimshaw signature, olive on multicoloured underprint, Adam Smith at left, reverse, sailing ships with industrial and agricultural machinery and £100, 6. 1. 2001, serial number GU000965, Grimshaw signature, red on multicoloured underprint, Lord Kelvin at left, reverse Glasgow University (Douglas 42-2, 43-2; Pick 229C, 229D), uncirculated and a very scarce matched pair (2) £200-250
663 Clydesdale Bank Limited, a selection of the 2009 World Heritage Issue, Thorburn signature, comprising £5 (2), serial number W/HS 041909 and replacement serial number E/ZZ 078161, both blue on multicoloured underprint, Alexander Fleming at right, reverse St Kilda, £10, replacement serial number E/ZZ 207809, brown on multicoloured underprint, Robert Burns at right, reverse old and new Edinburgh, £20 (2), serial number W/HS 000409 and replacement serial number E/ZZ 303926, purple on multicoloured underprint, Robert the Bruce at right reverse New Lanark, £50, serial number W/HS 015968, green on multicoloured underprint, Elsie Inglis at right, reverse Antonine Wall, and £100, serial number W/HS 147683, rose on multicoloured underprint, Rennie Mackintosh at right, reverse Neolithic Orkney (Douglas 48-1, 48-1R, 49-1R, 501, 50-1R, 51-1, 52-1; Pick 229I, 229Ir, 229Jr, 229K, 229Kr, 229L, 229M), about uncirculated to uncirculated (7) £300-400
664 The Commercial Banking Company of Scotland, £1 Sterling, 12.1 1. 1810, serial number 31/54, numbered by hand, payable to Edward Robertson or bearer, oval vignette of Edinburgh Castle at upper centre, embossed bank seal over manuscript signatures at lower right, uniface, illustrated in “Scottish Banknotes” by James Douglas (Douglas 1; Pick S281a), probably a contemporary forgery, taped tears, otherwise very good, ex James Douglas and Spink, Pringle sale 2003 and very rare £400-600
665 The Commercial Banking Company of Scotland, £1 Sterling (2), both contempory forgeries dated 1.4.1826, serial numbers L439/89 and L443/91 respectively, manuscript numbers and signatures, both payable to Robert Paul or bearer, oval vignette of Edinburgh Castle at upper left, uniface with endorsements on reverse, including payment of the first note in 1936 (cf Douglas 6b; Pick S286b), both taped tears, good (2) £100-140 Page 127
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666 The Commercial Bank of Scotland, £5, 1. 8. 1836, serial number 6A 1/170, black and white, vignette of Edinburgh Castle at upper centre, portrait of William IV in ornate scrolled border at left, manuscript numbers and signatures, embossed seal lower right, payable to J.S. Cunningham or bearer, uniface with revenue stamp on reverse (cf Douglas 6b; Pick S292), Douglas plate note with handwritten note by Dr Pringle, about fine, thought only two copies known, thus excessively rare £2,000-2,500
668 The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1 (2), 2. 1. 1914, serial numbers 19/K 193/103 and 19/N 42/360, both blue on yellow underprint, views of Head Office building at upper centre, left and right, frieze of allegorical figures from pediment of Head Office building at lower centre, one printed signature and one manuscript signature, reverse slate lilac, bank seal at centre [Douglas 44-3 (2); Pick S323a (2)], good very fine and about fine (2) £150-200
The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited
667 The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 4. 1. 1906, serial number 17/P 178/247, blue on buff underprint, frieze of allegorical figures from pediment of Head Office building in Edinburgh at upper centre, one printed signature and one manuscript signature, reverse green, Head Office building at centre (Douglas 36b-1; Pick S315b), ex Pringle Collection, good fine and rare £600-800
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669 The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 2. 1. 1918, serial number 21/A 833/483, blue on yellow underprint, views of Head Office building at upper centre, left and right, frieze of allegorical figures from pediment of Head Office building at lower centre, both signatures printed, reverse slate lilac, bank seal at centre (Douglas 44-5; Pick S323b), good extremely fine £190-220
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670 The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 2. 1. 1923, serial number 21/I 98/12, blue on yellow underprint, views of Head Office building at upper centre, left and right, frieze of allegorical figures from pediment of Head Office building at lower centre, both signatures printed, reverse slate lilac, bank seal at centre (Douglas 44-5; Pick S323b), very fine £80-120
671 The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 2. 1. 1913, serial number 13/B 169/184, blue on yellow underprint, views of Head Office building at upper centre, left and right, frieze of allegorical figures from pediment of Head Office building at lower centre, two manuscript signatures, reverse blue, bank seal at centre in ornate engraved pattern (Douglas 451; Pick S324), ragged edges, very good to fine £160-240
672 The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 2. 1. 1915, serial number 13/C 115/156, blue on yellow underprint, views of Head Office building at upper centre, left and right, frieze of allegorical figures from pediment of Head Office building at lower centre, one printed signature and one manuscript signature, reverse blue, bank seal at centre in ornate engraved pattern (Douglas 45-1; Pick S324), about fine £220-280
673 The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 2. 1. 1918, serial number 13/E 181/22, blue on yellow underprint, views of Head Office building at upper centre, left and right, frieze of allegorical figures from pediment of Head Office building at lower centre, one printed signature and one manuscript signature, reverse blue, bank seal at centre in ornate engraved pattern (Douglas 45-1; Pick S324), crisp, good very fine and rare in this grade £280-360
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674 The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £20, 3. 1. 1916, serial number 11/A 97/142, blue on yellow underprint, views of Head Office building at upper centre, left and right, frieze of allegorical figures from pediment of Head Office building at lower centre, one printed signature and one manuscript signature, reverse blue, bank seal at centre in ornate engraved pattern (Douglas 46-1; Pick S325), choice original very fine and very rare £400-600
675 The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £100, 2. 1. 1919, serial number 10/A 30/74, blue on yellow underprint, views of Head Office building at upper centre, left and right, frieze of allegorical figures from pediment of Head Office building at lower centre, one printed signature and one manuscript signature, reverse blue, bank seal at centre in ornate engraved pattern (Douglas 47-1; Pick S326), the Douglas Plate Note, ragged edges, holed along fold, very good to fine and excessively rare £1,000-1,200
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676 The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1 (2), 31. 10. 1924 (first date), serial number 22/Z 430703, and 1. 11. 1926, serial number 22/W 225661, both blue on yellow and orange underprint, frieze of allegorical figures from pediment of Head Office building at upper centre, portrait of John Pitcairn at lower centre, reverse blue, Head Office portico at centre, value on either side [Douglas 48-1 (2); Pick S327 (2)], the first fine, the second corner missing lower right, writing on reverse, otherwise very good (2) £50-60
677 The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £5 (2), 31. 10. 1924 (first date), serial number 14/Z 28661, and 1. 8. 1931, serial number 14/R 05481, both blue on yellow and orange underprint, frieze of allegorical figures from pediment of Head Office building at upper centre, portrait of John Pitcairn at lower centre, reverse blue, Head Office portico at centre, value on either side [Douglas 49-1 (2); Pick S328a (2)], the first pressed about fine, the second crisp original very fine (2) £100-150
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678 The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £5 (2), 20. 11. 1937, serial number 14/M 04535, and 5. 1. 1943, serial number 15/S 21117, both blue on yellow and orange underprint, frieze of allegorical figures from pediment of Head Office building at upper centre, portrait of John Pitcairn at lower centre, reverse blue, Head Office portico at centre, value on either side [Douglas 49-3, 49-5; Pick S328b (2)], the first pressed, otherwise good very fine, the second slight stains on reverse, otherwise crisp original very fine (2) £160-220
679 The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £20, 31. 10. 1924 (first date), serial number 12/Z 03116, blue on yellow and orange underprint, frieze of allegorical figures from pediment of Head Office building at upper centre, portrait of John Pitcairn at lower centre, reverse blue, Head Office portico at centre, value on either side (Douglas 50-1; Pick S329a), pressed, hole along fold, some surface dirt, otherwise about fine £80-100
680 The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £20, 25. 10. 1937, serial number 12/V 01949, blue on yellow and orange underprint, frieze of allegorical figures from pediment of Head Office building at upper centre, portrait of John Pitcairn at lower centre, reverse blue, Head Office portico at centre, value on either side (Douglas 50-4; Pick S329b), slight nick lower margin, otherwise very fine £140-180
681 The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £20, 2. 3. 1942, serial number 12/T 01118, blue on yellow and orange underprint, frieze of allegorical figures from pediment of Head Office building at upper centre, portrait of John Pitcairn at lower centre, reverse blue, Head Office portico at centre, value on either side (Douglas 50-5; Pick S329b), fresh, crisp good very fine £220-280
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682 The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £100, 30. 9. 1937, serial number 11/Z 03632, blue on yellow and orange underprint, frieze of allegorical figures from pediment of Head Office building at upper centre, portrait of John Pitcairn at lower centre, reverse blue, Head Office portico at centre, value on either side (Douglas 51-3; Pick S330b), fine and very rare £1,400-1,800
683 The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1 (2), 1. 12. 1927 (first date), gothic serial number 23A 929262, and 1. 12. 1928, gothic serial number 23C 764225, both blue on yellow and orange underprint, frieze of allegorical figures from pediment of Head Office building at upper centre, portrait of John Pitcairn at lower centre, reverse blue, Head Office portico at centre, value on either side [Douglas 52-1, 52-3; Pick S331a (2)], the first about very fine, the second pressed, otherwise very fine (2) £60-80
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684 The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1 (5), 31. 7. 1933, serial number 23J 112524, 4. 5. 1939, serial number O/24 047420, 6. 8. 1940, serial number T/24 232961, 4. 6. 1941, serial number A/25 172071, 4. 6. 1941, serial number 25C 076225 followed by solid triangle, all blue on yellow and orange underprint, frieze of allegorical figures from pediment of Head Office building at upper centre, portrait of John Pitcairn at lower centre, reverse blue, Head Office portico at centre, value on either side [Douglas 52-4, 52-5, 52-6 (3); Pick S331a (2), S331b (3)], the first very fine, the second pressed, otherwise extremely fine, the third good very fine, the fourth very fine, the fifth good extremely fine ( 5) £80-120
685 The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, a group of the 1947-58 Issue comprising £1, 2. 1. 1947, prefix 26A, purple, £1, 2. 1. 1954, prefix 27A, blue, £1, 2. 1. 1958, prefix 27Q, blue, all Lord Cockburn at upper right, cameo head of Scotia, supported by allegorical females representing agriculture and commerce, reverse arms, and £5 (2), 3. 1. 1952, prefix 16S, 3. 1. 1955, prefix 17K, both purple, Lord Cockburn at upper centre flanked by allegorical females, cameo head of Scotia at lower left, reverse Head Office portico and people [Douglas 531, 54-1 (2), 55-1; Pick S332, S336 (2), S333 (2)], the first good extremely fine, the second very fine, the third extremely fine, the fourth fine to very fine, the fifth good very fine (5) £60-80
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Dumfries Commercial Bank
686 The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £100, 2. 1. 1947 (first date), serial number 12A 4564, green, Lord Cockburn at upper centre flanked by allegorical females representing agriculture and commerce, cameo head of Scotia at lower left, reverse Head Office portico and people (Douglas 57-1; Pick S335), good very fine, rare £700-900
Douglas Heron and Company
688 Dumfries Commercial Bank, 1 guinea (2), 1804 and 1805, black and white, DUMFRIES in black tablet top centre, three manuscript signatures low centre (Douglas 1, 2), ex Pentland 1977 and Jim Douglas 1977 respectively. Fine and VG, scarce (2) £250-350
Dundee Banking Company
687 Douglas Heron and Company (Air [Ayr] Bank), £1, 6 November 1769, serial number 200/9602, black and white, two manuscript signatures below, red handstamp 28 Sept.1772 top left, ex Stanley Gibbons. This date the date of the bank’s foundation, damage top centre otherwise fine and rare £300-400
689 Dundee Banking Company, contemporary forgeries (3) of £1, 1824, 1825 (2), black and white, arms top centre, Bank title at left, two manuscript signatures below (Douglas 14), first ex Trevor Jones, last two ex Spink Pringle sale, 2003. VG to fine, scarce (3) £200-300
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Dundee Commercial Bank
690 Dundee Commercial Bank, £1, 5 November 1832, serial number 225/34, black and white, view of Dundee harbour top centre, arms in vertical format at left, two manuscript signatures below possibly a contemporary forgery, ex Banking Memorabilia 1994. A T.Ivory design, about fine and rare £400-500
Falkirk Union Bank
690A Falkirk Union Bank, 1 guinea, 1 September 1813, black and white, roses and thistles, also a contemporary forgery of a Fife Banking Company £11 December 1820, black and white, knight on horseback top centre (Douglas 2, 1), good and poor, scarce (2) £100-150 www.spink.com
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Forbes, Hunter and Co.
691 Sir William Forbes, James Hunter & Co, £1 Sterling, 2. 1. 1820 on watermarked paper, serial number 48/506, dated and numbered by hand, payable to Robert Borrowman or bearer, equestrian statue of Charles II at upper centre, uniface (Douglas 5; Pick not listed), ink smudges, otherwise about fine, ex Spink, Keith Austin sale 1999, when described as “probably a contempory forgery” £80-120
692 Sir William Forbes, James Hunter & Co, 1 Guinea, 1. 1. 1820 on watermarked paper, serial number 95/130, dated and numbered by hand, payable to Robert Borrowman or bearer, equestrian statue of Charles II at upper left, uniface (Douglas 6; Pick not listed), top left corner missing, otherwise very good to fine £150-200
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Greenock Banking Company
693 Greenock Banking Company, a contemporary copy (?) of a £1, Greenock, 4 November 1831, serial number B 131/2522, black and white, bank title in green at left, oak tree in green top centre, ship and coastline behind, two manuscript signatures below (Douglas 4), ex Spink Pringle sale 2003. Red ‘Forged note’ at left but the quality of engraving good.On backing paper, VG, presentable and rare £350-450
695 Leith Banking Company, 20/- (2), 1824, 1833, prefixes 46/97, 85/247, black and white, the arrival of George IV at the Port of Leith top centre, payable to Alex. Macdonald and to Henry Johnston in text at centre respectively, two manuscript signatures below (Douglas 6a, 6b), VG and almost fine (2) £140-180
Leith Banking Company
694 Leith Banking Company, £20, 1 June 1825, serial number 20/143, black and white, ship in oval frame top left, three manuscript signatures below (Douglas 4), blue handstamp top left, numeric annotations on reverse, a fresh good fine, scarce £300-400
696 Leith Banking Company, 1 guinea, 1 June 1825, prefix 10/145, black and white, the arrival on shore at Leith of George IV, two manuscript signatures below (Douglas 7), a fresh almost very fine, scarce in this condition £200-300
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697 Leith Banking Company, £5, 1 August 1825, prefix 22/274, black and white, the arrival of George IV at the Port of Leith top centre, payable to Alex. Macdonald in text at centre, three manuscript signatures below, allegorical figure at left and right (Douglas 8), pleasing and fresh, very fine, scarce in this grade £300-400
National Bank of Scotland
699 National Bank of Scotland, £1, 11 November 1862, serial number U 164/128, black and white, value in maroon concentric circles at centre, arms top centre, value in oval top left and right, two manuscript signatures below (Douglas 12 ), this is the Douglas plate note page 159, ex James Douglas collection, a Perkins Bacon, very good, rare £500-700
National Bank of Scotland Limited
698 National Bank of Scotland, subscription receipts to the capital of the Bank (2), Edinburgh, 1825, black text on grey parchment like paper extremely fine (2) £40-50
700 National Bank of Scotland Limited, a specimen £1, 11 November 1889, no serial numbers, blue, orangebrown and yellow, the Marquess of Lothian at left, arms at centre, Clyde shipping low left, Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood House at right, printed signature of Shaw, reverse blue, Princes Street (Douglas 20-1), pinholes top left, ex Spink Austin sale 1999, low right tip missing otherwise good very fine, rare £300-400
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701 National Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 1 January 1903, serial number D399-662, blue, orange-brown and yellow, the Marquess of Lothian at left, arms at centre, Clyde shipping low left, Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood House at right, printed signature of Shaw, manuscript signature below, reverse blue, Princes street (Douglas 20-1), fine, the Douglas plate note, rare, ex Spink Pringle sale 2003 £500-600
702 National Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 11 November 1913, serial number G666-424, blue, orange-brown and yellow, the Marquess of Lothian at left, arms at centre, Clyde shipping low left, Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood House at right, printed signature of Shaw, manuscript signature below, reverse blue, Princes street (Douglas 24-1), very fine, rare, ex Hamilton £140-180
703 National Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 15 May 1917, serial number A329-720, blue, brown and yellow, the Marquess of Lothian at left, Clyde scene below, arms at centre, Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood House at right, two manuscript signatures low centre, reverse blue, Princes Street (Douglas 251), very good, scarce £100-150
704 National Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 15 May 1923, serial number M 975-157, blue, orange-brown and yellow, the Marquess of Lothian at left, arms at centre, Clyde shipping low left, Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood House at right, printed signature of Samuel, manuscript signature below, reverse blue, Princes Street (Douglas 24-3), very good £80-100
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705 National Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 8 July 1920, serial number A516-535, blue, brown and yellow, the Marquess of Lothian at left, arms at centre, Clyde shipping low left, Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood House at right, printed signature of Samuel, manuscript signature below, reverse blue, Princes Street (Douglas 25-3), very good £80-120
706 National Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 15 May 1925, serial number N563-133, blue, orange-brown and yellow, the Marquess of Lothian at left, arms at centre, Clyde shipping low left, Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood House at right, two printed signatures of Lethbridge and Mckissock, reverse blue, Princes Street (Douglas 28-1), original very fine £140-180
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707 National Bank of Scotland Limited, £5 (2), 1 July 1927, 11 November 1932, prefix A, both blue, brown and yellow, the Marquess of Lothian at left, Clyde scene below, arms at centre, Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood House at right, reverse blue, Princes Street, first printed signature of Lethbridge, second of Drever (Douglas 29-1, 29-2), fine and good fine (2) £140-180
708 National Bank of Scotland Limited, £1 (6), 1929, 1931 (two notes by different printers with the same prefix and date) (2), 1932, 1942, 1943, black, pale red and yellow, arms at centre, Glasgow Cathedral at left, Palace of Holyrood House at right, printed signature of Lethbridge, Drever (4), Leggat (Douglas 32-1, 323, 33-1, 34-1, 38a-1), first three very fine, last three extremely fine (6) £60-80
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709 National Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 1 July 1936, serial number A956-574, blue, brown and yellow, the Marquess of Lothian at left, Clyde scene below, arms at centre, Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood House at right, printed signature of Drever, manuscript signature below, reverse blue, Princes Street (Douglas 35-1), fine £80-100
710 National Bank of Scotland Limited, £20, 1 July 1936, serial number A111-006, blue, pale red, lilac and yellow, the Marquess of Lothian and Clyde shipping at left, arms top centre, Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood House at right, printed signature of Drever, manuscript signature below, reverse blue, Princes Street (Douglas 36-1), an original good very fine, scarce £150-250
711 National Bank of Scotland Limited, £5 (2), 1 August 1939, prefix B, 6 July 1942, prefix B, blue, brown and yellow, the Marquess of Lothian at left, Clyde scene below, arms at centre, Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood House at right, both printed signatures of Drever (different designations), reverse blue, Princes Street (Douglas 35-2, 35-3), fine and an original good very fine (2) £100-150
712 National Bank of Scotland Limited, £5 (2), 11 January 1943, 2 January 1945, prefixes B, C, blue, brown and yellow, the Marquess of Lothian at left, Clyde scene below, arms at centre, Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood House at right, printed signatures of Dandie and Leggat, reverse blue, Princes Street (Douglas 35-4, 35-5), fine and almost extremely fine, the last ex Edinburgh Stamp Shop (2) £100-150
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713 National Bank of Scotland Limited, £5 (2), 1 September 1948, prefix C, 31 December 1956, prefix E, blue, brown and yellow, the Marquess of Lothian at left, Clyde scene below, arms at centre, Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood House at right, first Dandie and Brown signatures, second Dandie and Alexander, reverse blue, Princes Street (Douglas 35-6, 35-8), good extremely fine and good very fine, the 1956 ex Edinburgh Stamp Shop (2) £140-180
714 National Bank of Scotland Limited, £20, 2 June 1947, serial number A170-952, blue, pale red, lilac and yellow, the Marquess of Lothian and Clyde shipping at left, arms top centre, Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood House at right, printed signature of Dandie and Brown, manuscript signature below, reverse blue, Princes Street (Douglas 36-4), good very fine, scarce, ex Spink 2007 £300-400
715 National Bank of Scotland Limited, £100, 2 June 1947, serial number A025-036, blue, pale red, lilac and yellow, the Marquess of Lothian and Clyde shipping at left, arms top centre, Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood House at right, printed signature of Drever, manuscript signature below, reverse blue, Princes Street (Douglas 37-3), a pleasing fine and rare, ex Spink Pringle 2003 £750-950
716 National Bank of Scotland Limited, £1 (4), 11.11.1953, 15.7.1955, 1.8.1957, 1.5.1959 prefixes B/I, C/A, B/M, B/T 1000-810, black, pale red and yellow, arms at centre, Glasgow Cathedral at left, Palace of Holyrood House at right, the B/T a numbering ‘over’ and the 1959, C/A the last prefix printing for the bank (Douglas 38b-1, 38b-2, 38b-3), uncirculated, last note extremely fine and rare (4) £60-100
717 National Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 1 November 1957, prefix A, green and mauve, and £20, 1 November 1957, prefix A, red and mauve, arms at left, value at right, Dandie and Alexander signatures (Douglas 39-1, 40-1), good very fine and almost very fine, small numerals in field on £20 £100-140 www.spink.com
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National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited
718 National Commercial Bank of Scotand Limited, £1 (2), 1959, prefixes T and 1D, blue, the Forth Rail Bridge at centre, Alexander signature, (Douglas 1-1), £5, 1959, prefix A, green and mauve, £20, red and mauve, Alexander signature, (Douglas 2-1, 3a-1) very fine to good very fine (4) £80-100
721 National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £5 (2), blue, 1966, 1968, blue, also £10, 18 August 1966, brown, all arms and Alexander signature, also £1, 1968, green, the Forth road bridge, Burke signature and a low number (Douglas 7a-1, 7b-1, 8-1, 9-1), good very fine, last uncirculated, the £10 rare and the date is the same as the official openings of the Tay Road bridge on the reverse. The £10 ex Banking Memorabilia Sale 2006 (4) £400-450
North of Scotland & Town and County Bank Limited
719 National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £100, 16 September 1959, serial number A 020099, violet, pale green and orange, arms low right, Alexander signature, reverse violet, the Forth rail bridge (Douglas 4a-1), an original very fine, rare, ex Spink sale 2007 £500-700
720 National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £5 (2), 1959, 1961, prefixes G, green and mauve, arms low left, Alexander signature, the second a smaller format, (Douglas 2-1, 5-1), also £1 (2), 1961, 1963, green, Forth rail bridge, prefixes B, 1D, Alexander signatures, (Douglas 6a-1), good very fine, the £5 1959 fresh about extremely fine (4) £50-60
722 The North of Scotland & Town & County Bank Limited, £1, Aberdeen, 1. 5. 1907, serial number 3874/606, hand-signed on behalf of the manager and the secretary, black on white, view of Aberdeen at upper centre, Head Office of the bank in panel at left, value at centre, overprint in red of new bank title on issue of Town & County Bank Limited, uniface (Douglas 11-3; Pick unlisted), about fine and rare £400-600
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North of Scotland Bank Limited
723 The North of Scotland & Town & County Bank Limited, £1, Aberdeen, Provisional Issue, 1. 11. 1906, serial number A/W 2/496, Paton and Campbell signatures, black on white, King’s College Aberdeen at upper centre, value at centre, overprint in red of new bank title on issue of The North of Scotland Bank Limited, reverse blue, arms of the bank at centre (Douglas 10-2; Pick unlisted), about fine and rare £400-600
724 The North of Scotland & Town & County Bank Limited, £1, Aberdeen, 1. 3. 1910, serial number A 0590/0032, two manuscript signatures on behalf of Accountant and General Manager, blue and green on yellow underprint, Marischal College Aberdeen at upper centre, arms of the bank, the county and city of Aberdeen in panel at left, value at centre, reverse arms of the bank at centre (Douglas 15-1; Pick S629), attractive, good fine and rare £300-400
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725 The North of Scotland Bank Limited, £5, Aberdeen, Provisional Issue 1.3.1918, serial number A 0316/0103, two manuscript signatures on behalf of Accountant and General Manager, blue and green on yellow underprint, Marischal College Aberdeen at upper centre, arms of the bank, the county and city of Aberdeen in panel at left, value at centre, overprint in red of new bank title on issue of The North of Scotland & Town & County Bank Limited, reverse arms of the bank at centre (Douglas 16-4; Pick S634), pencil annotations on obverse and reverse, otherwise fine and rare £500-700
726 The North of Scotland Bank Limited, £1, Aberdeen, 1. 3. 1926, serial number D 0950/0860, printed signature on behalf of General Manager and manuscript signature on behalf of Accountant, and £1 (2), 1. 3. 1932, serial number H 0791/0331, and 1. 3. 1935, serial number J 0556/0646, both printed signatures, modified issue without £ signs in upper panels, all blue and green on yellow underprint, Marischal College Aberdeen at upper centre, arms of the bank, the county and city of Aberdeen in panel at left, value at centre, reduced size, reverse arms of the bank at centre (Douglas 27-1, 28-1, 28-2; Pick S638a, S639), the first pressed, otherwise attractive very fine, the second original very fine, the third very good to fine (3) £120-160
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727 The North of Scotland Bank Limited, £5, Aberdeen, 1. 3. 1932, serial number A 0799/0406, and £5, 1. 3. 1934, serial number A 0853/0606, both printed signature of General Manager and manuscript signature on behalf of Accountant, blue and green on yellow underprint, Marischal College Aberdeen at upper centre, arms of the bank, the county and city of Aberdeen in panel at left, value at centre, reverse arms of the bank at centre [Douglas 29-1 ; Pick S640a ], both attractive, original, very fine, scarce (2) £200-250
729 The North of Scotland Bank Limited, a group of the 1938-49 Issue comprising £1 (3), Aberdeen, 1. 7. 1940, prefix C, Harvey Smith signature, 1. 7. 1945, first prefix D, Webster signature, 1. 7. 1949, last prefix F, Webster signature, all blue on yellow underprint, £5, 1. 7. 1949, prefix EE, Webster signature, red on lilac underprint, and £20, 1. 7. 1949, prefix LT, Webster signature, green on lilac underprint, all King’s College Aberdeen at upper centre, arms of the bank, the county and city of Aberdeen, value at right, reverse arms of the bank at centre [Douglas 30-1, 30-2 (2), 31-2, 32-2; Pick S644 (3), S645, S646], the £1 notes very fine, the £5 and £20 fine (5) £80-120
Perth Banking Company
728 The North of Scotland Bank Limited, £20, Aberdeen, 1. 3. 1930, serial number gothic A 0108/0114, and £20, 1. 3. 1934, gothic serial number A 0115/0744, both printed signature of General Manager and manuscript signature on behalf of Accountant, purple and brown on pale olive-green underprint, Marischal College Aberdeen at upper centre, arms of the bank, the county and city of Aberdeen in panel at left, value at centre, reverse arms of the bank at centre [Douglas 25-1 (2); Pick S641 (2)], about fine and fine, scarce (2) £220-260
730 Perth Banking Company, proof £5 on thin card, 185-, black and white, arms top centre, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on horseback at left and right, arms low centre (Douglas 12), ex Lizars sale 1976. Good extremely fine and an attractive Lizars engraving, rare £300-500
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Renfrewshire Banking Company
731 Renfrewshire Banking Company, £1 (2), Greenock, 1832 and 1836, prefixes 122/821 and 9/4359, black and white, maiden (Abundance) top centre, thre manuscript signatures below, red oval RANKED handstamp in top centre field (Douglas 3), VG (2) £200-300
733 Royal Bank of Scotland, 20/- (2), 7 June 1824, serial number U784/894 and 1 March 1826, serial number R36/150, black and white, crown and sunburst top centre, bank title at left, two manuscript signatures below, ‘Andrew Bogle’ in text, bank seal low left (Douglas 22b), good fine and very good, both probably contemporary forgeries, rare, ex Spink Pringle sale 2003 (2) £200-250
Royal Bank of Scotland
732 Royal Bank of Scotland, 20/-, date indistinct, serial number R 791/68, black and white, crown and sunburst top centre, bank title at left, two manuscript signatures below, ‘Andrew Bogle’ in text, bank seal low left (Douglas 22b), very good and probably a contemporary forgery, rare, ex Phillips Edinburgh 1981 £150-200
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734 Royal Bank of Scotland, 20/-, 9 November 1833, serial number 263/403, black and white, arms top centre, maiden low left and right, two manuscript signatures low centre (Douglas 30a), poor, rare, ex Spink Austin sale lot 1999 £150-200
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735 Royal Bank of Scotland, £1, 1 May 1865, serial number 409/316, black and white, arms top centre, maiden low left and right, two manuscript signatures low centre (Douglas 31a), annotation on reverse, about fine, rare, ex Spink Austin sale 1999 £400-500
736 Royal Bank of Scotland, £1, 2 January 1895, serial number U912/408, blue and white, bank initials in brown at centre, arms top centre, arms top centre, maiden low left and right, printed signature of Templeton, manuscript signature below (Douglas 46c-1), good fine, rare, this is the Douglas plate note Vol II p.119, ex Spink Pringle sale 2003 £350-450
737 Royal Bank of Scotland, £1, 2 May 1911, serial number L325/343, blue and white, bank initials in brown at centre, arms top centre, maiden low left and right, printed signature of Lunan, manuscript signature below (Douglas 46d-1), fine, scarce £150-200
738 Royal Bank of Scotland, £1, 14 May 1920, serial number A1001/342, blue and white, bank initials in brown at centre, arms top centre, maiden low left and right, printed signature of Speed, manuscript signature below (Douglas 46e), fine, quite pleasing, scarce and an unusual number, ex Banking Memorabilia 1994 £100-150
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739 Royal Bank of Scotland, £1, 20 February 1922, serial number E 988/295, blue and white, bank initials in brown at centre, arms top centre, maiden low left and right, printed signature of Speed, manuscript signature below (Douglas 46e), good fine, scarce £100-150
740 Royal Bank of Scotland, £1 (2), 1917, 1920, prefixes U, A, blue and white, bank initials in brown at centre, arms top centre, maiden low left and right, first printed signature of Lunan, second of Speed (Douglas 46d, e), very good to fine (2) £150-200
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741 Royal Bank of Scotland, a trial £1, 7 July 1913, no serial numbers, blue, bank initials in brown at centre, arms top centre, maiden low left and right, reverse green and multicoloured, bank building at centre, title above and below (Douglas unrecorded), uncirculated and rare £400-500
742 Royal Bank of Scotland, £1, 2 February 1927, serial number 087363A, blue and white, Bank initials in brown at centre, arms top centre, maiden low left and right, Speed and a manuscript signature of Guthrie below (Douglas 47-1), a rare suffix issue, only 275000 printed. Very fine £100-150
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743 Royal Bank of Scotland, £1, 31.10.1933, prefix H, printed signature of Accountant Speed, manuscript signature of Cashier, £1, 1. 7. 1942, prefix G/1, printed signature of Chief Accountant Speed, £1, 1. 3. 1943, prefix H/1, Brown signature, and £1, 11. 10. 1948, prefix O/1, Brown signature and hand signed by him on reverse, all blue on pale orange underprint, arms at top centre, allegorical figures at right and left, reverse Bank buildings, [Douglas 47-2, 48-1, 48-2 (2); Pick 321, 322a, 322b (2)], the first very fine, the second, about fine, the third good very fine, the fourth good extremely fine (4) £60-80
744 Royal Bank of Scotland, £1, 1. 3. 1960, prefix AY, Ballantyne signature, £1, 1.3.1962, prefix BH, Ballantyne signature, manuscrippt message on reverse, £1, 1.6.1965, prefix CG, Ballantyne signature, and £1, 2. 8. 1965, prefix CH, Robertson signature, all black on yellow underprint, arms at top centre, allegorical figures at right and left, reverse Bank buildings, [Douglas 49-1 (2), 51-1, 51-2; Pick 324b (2), 325a, 325b), the first about extremely fine, the second, uncirculated (message on reverse), the remainder good extremely fine (4) £30-40
745 Royal Bank of Scotland, Error £1, 1. 7. 1964, serial number BS 439717, Ballantyne signature, black on yellow underprint, arms at top centre, allegorical figures at right and left, reverse Bank buildings, design inverted, misplaced and shifted 15mm to the left with part of adjoining note showing at right (a much rarer error than a miscut), and watermark misplaced (Douglas 49-1; Pick 324b), an excessively rare error type, possibly unique, all Scottish errors are much rarer than English ones, good very fine and an exceptional opportunity £240-280
746 Royal Bank of Scotland, £5, 2. 2. 1925, serial number E2110/1892, blue and pale yellow, value in red-brown underprint at centre, royal arms top centre, blue vertical panel at left, manuscript date, printed signature of Speed and manuscript signature on behalf of the Cashier (Douglas 42b; Pick 317b), pencil figures on reverse, otherwise fresh, an attractive good very fine £220-280
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747 Royal Bank of Scotland, £5, 3. 3. 1934, serial number E3545/8846, blue and pale yellow, value in red-brown underprint at centre, royal arms top centre, blue vertical panel at left, manuscript date, printed signature of Speed and manuscript signature on behalf of the Cashier (Douglas 42b; Pick 317b), presentable, fine £80-120
748 Royal Bank of Scotland, £5, 3. 1. 1939, serial number E4563/2529, blue and pale yellow, value in red-brown, underprint at centre, royal arms top centre, blue vertical panel at left, manuscript date, printed signature of Speed and manuscript signature on behalf of the Cashier (Douglas 42b; Pick 317b), good fine £100-140
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749 Royal Bank of Scotland, £5 (2), 1952-64 smaller format, comprising £5, 1.7.1952, serial number G1996/9136, Thomson and Dick signatures, and £5, 2. 1. 1964 (last date for signature combination), serial number G34264/2703, Ballantyne and Campbell signatures, both blue and yellow, value in red-brown underprint at centre, royal arms top centre, blue vertical panel at left, (Douglas 50-1, 50-4; Pick 323a, 323c-unlisted date), the first fine, the second very fine (2) £50-70
750 Royal Bank of Scotland, £5, 1952-64 smaller format, 1.7.1953, serial number G5222/4227, signatures of Watt and Ballantyne as Cashiers and General Managers and Dick as Chief Accountant, blue and yellow, value in red-brown underprint at centre, royal arms top centre, blue vertical panel at left (Douglas 50-3, 50-4; Pick 323a), uncirculated £70-90
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751 Royal Bank of Scotland, £5 (2), 1964-65 smaller format, comprising £5, 2.11.1964, serial number H2896/9093, Ballantyne and Campbell signatures, and £5, 2. 8. 1965, serial number H6681/6055, Robertson and Campbell signatures, both blue and yellow, value in red-brown underprint at centre, royal arms top centre, blue vertical panel at left (Douglas 52-1, 52-2; Pick 326a, 326b), the first good extremely fine, the second about very fine (2) £50-70
752 Royal Bank of Scotland, £10, 4. 7. 1931, serial number D89/7651, blue and pale yellow, value in red-brown underprint at centre, royal arms top centre, blue vertical panel at left, manuscript date, manuscript signatures on behalf of the Accountant and Cashier (Douglas 43b; Pick 318b), ink figures, very good and rare £120-160
753 Royal Bank of Scotland, £20, 1. 10. 1918, serial number D108/1518, blue and pale yellow, value in red-brown underprint at centre, royal arms top centre, blue vertical panel at left, manuscript date, manuscript signatures on behalf of the Accountant and Cashier (Douglas 43b; Pick 318b), ex McIntyre Collection, a presentable fine and very rare £400-600
754 Royal Bank of Scotland, £20 (2), 1. 12. 1952, consecutive serial numbers F113/2578/79, Thomson and Dick signatures, and £20, 1.5.1957, serial number G128/5508, Ballantyne and Campbell signatures, all blue and pale yellow, value in red-brown underprint at centre, royal arms top centre, blue vertical panel at left, [Douglas 44d (2), 44e; Pick 319c(3)], the first two extremely fine (one with ink figure on obverse), the third ink figure on obverse, otherwise very fine, the consecutive pair very scarce (3) £340-380
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755 Royal Bank of Scotland, £100, 1. 7. 1940, serial number D36/7046, blue and pale yellow, value in red-brown underprint at centre, royal arms top centre, blue vertical panel at left, manuscript date, manuscript signatures on behalf of the Accountant and Cashier (Douglas 45b; Pick 320b), ink figures on obverse and reverse, otherwise a presentable fine and one of only 8000 notes issued for Series D between 1912 and 1949, thus excessively rare £700-900
756 Royal Bank of Scotland, £100, 1. 10. 1949, serial number E4/668, blue and yellow, value in red-brown underprint at centre, royal arms top centre, blue vertical panel at left, printed signatures of Thomson and Brown (Douglas 45c; Pick 320b), ink figures on obverse and reverse, otherwise about very fine, one of only 1073 notes issued for Series E between 1949-52, thus very rare £300-400
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757 Royal Bank of Scotland, £100, 1. 10. 1960, serial number F3/462, blue and yellow, value in red-brown underprint at centre, royal arms top centre, blue vertical panel at left, printed signatures of Ballantyne and Campbell (Douglas 45d; Pick 320c), faint pencil figure at top, attractive good very fine, one of only 500 notes issued for Series F, thus very rare £350-450
758 Royal Bank of Scotland, £100, 3.2.1966, serial number G1/171, blue and yellow, value in red-brown underprint at centre, royal arms top centre, blue vertical panel at left, printed signatures of Robertson and Campbell (Douglas 45e; Pick 320c), fresh, crisp original extremely fine, one of only 500 notes issued for Series G, thus very rare and a handsome note £600-800
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759 Royal Bank of Scotland, £1, 1. 9. 1967, serial number A/1 015861, green, Dale at left, reverse Bank buildings, £5, 1. 11. 1966, prefix J/2, blue, Dale at left, reverse Bank building, £1, 19. 3. 1969, serial number A/1 000685, green, Forth Road Bridge, reverse arms, £5, 19. 3. 1969, prefix A/10, blue, arms at left, reverse Edinburgh Castle, £10 (2), 19. 3. 1969, serial numbers A/1 182876 and A/1 390784, brown, arms at low centre, reverse Tay Road Bridge, [Douglas 53, 54, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1 (2); Pick 327a, 328, 329a, 330, 331 (2)], the first about uncirculated and ex Pringle Collection, the second good very fine, the third uncirculated, the fourth about uncirculated to uncirculated, the fifth fine, the sixth very fine (6) £100-150
761 Royal Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 15.7.1970, first serial number A/46 000014, green on multicoloured underprint, Forth Road Bridge, reverse arms, and £5, 15. 7. 1970, first serial number A/15 00004, arms at left, reverse Edinburgh Castle (Douglas 6-1, 7-1; Pick 334a, 335), both ex Pringle Collection, uncirculated, and two very desirable first prefixes with ultra low numbers (2) £150-250
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760 Royal Bank of Scotland Limited, £20, 19. 3. 1969, serial number A/1 252319, purple on multicoloured underprint, arms at lower centre, reverse Forth Road Bridge, Robertson and Burke (Douglas 4-1; Pick 332), signatures fresh good extremely fine to about uncirculated, scarce £150-200
762 Royal Bank of Scotland Limited, a group of the 1972-81 Issue comprising £1, 5.1.1972, low first serial number A/1 000018, £1, 1.5.1981, link prefix high last serial number C/57 996689, both dark green, arms at right, reverse Edinburgh Castle, £5, 5.1.1972, first serial number A/1 000008, £5, 1.5.1981, link prefix serial number B/13 368927, both blue, arms at right, reverse Culzean Castle, £10, 1.12.1981, serial number A/48 923004, brown, arms at right, reverse Glamis Castle, and £20, 1. 5. 1979, serial number A/2 029300, purple, arms at right, reverse Brodick Castle, all Burke signature, (Douglas 8-1 (2), 9-1 (2), 10-1, 11-1; Pick 336a (2), 337a (2), 338a, 339), an interesting group of first and last prefixes including lucky serial number 8, the £10 very fine, the £20 good extremely fine, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated (6) £180-260
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763 Royal Bank of Scotland Limited, a group of errors of the £1, 1972-81 Issue, comprising £1, 2.5.1978, mismatched serial numbers B/59 155077 at upper right and B/59 155087 at lower left, £1, 2.5.1978, serial number B/59 477933, folding error without extra paper, showing blank area at lower right on obverse and part obverse on reverse, and £1, 2.5.1978, miscut at right with no serial numbers and no signature, all dark green, arms at right, reverse Edinburgh Castle [Douglas 8-1 (3); Pick 336a (3)], the first uncirculated, the second about extremely fine, the third uncirculated, and a very rare group of error notes (3) £200-300
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764 Royal Bank of Scotland Limited, a group of errors of the 1972-81 Issue, comprising £5, 1.5.1979, blue, arms at right, reverse Culzean Castle, no serial numbers and no signature, £20, 3.5.1977, serial number 887939 at upper right and serial number A/1 887939 at lower left, and £20, 3.5.1977, radar serial number A/1 977779, the inscription “at their head office here, Edinburgh, 3 May 1977, by order of the Board” missing from obverse and appears at an angle on reverse, both purple, arms at right, reverse Brodick Castle, [Douglas 9-1, 11-1 (2); Pick 337a, 339a (2)], the first note nick lower margin, bank stamp reverse, otherwise good fine, the second very fine, the third two pinholes top margin, otherwise good very fine to extremely fine, and another very rare group of error notes (3) £200-300
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Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
765 Royal Bank of Scotland plc, a group of the 1982-86 Issue £1, comprising £1 (2), 3. 5. 1982, consecutive pair link prefix, serial numbers C/58 358024/25, with encoding, £1, 1. 10. 1983, first prefix serial number C/67 371108, without encoding, £1, 3. 1.1985, last prefix serial number D/32 960123, without encoding, all Winter signature as Managing Director, £1 (2), 1. 5. 1986, first prefix serial numbers D/33 000001 and D/33 000011, both Winter signature as Chief Executive, all dark green, arms at right, reverse Edinburgh Castle [Douglas 13-1 (2), 13-3 (2), 13-4 (2); Pick 341a (2), 341b (2), 341Aa (2)], the fourth note fine, the fifth good extremely fine, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated (6) £160-220
766 Royal Bank of Scotland plc, a group of the 1982-85 Issue, comprising £5, 3. 5. 1982, link prefix, serial number B/13 444403, with encoding, £5, 3. 1. 1985, last prefix serial number B/58 563044, without encoding, and £5, 3. 5.1982, serial number B/24 232024, with encoding, error crease within the sheet, all blue, arms at right, reverse Culzean Castle, £10, 3. 5. 1982, link prefix serial number A/49 496146, and £10, 3. 1. 1985, last prefix serial number A/88 243241, both brown, arms at right, reverse Glamis Castle, all Winter signature as Managing Director, [Douglas 14-1 (2), 14-3, 15-1 (2); Pick 342a (2), 342c, 343a (2)], the first about uncirculated, the second good very fine, the third very fine, the fourth good extremely fine, the fifth very fine, the error note rare (5) £150-180
767 Royal Bank of Scotland plc, a group of the 1986 Issue, comprising £1 (3), 17. 12. 1986, serial numbers D/68 000330 and D/86 220874 and replacement serial number Z/1 203223, all green, arms at right, reverse Edinburgh Castle, £5, 17. 12. 1986, first link prefix, serial number B/59 000198, blue, arms at right, reverse Culzean Castle, £10 (2), 17. 12. 1986, first link prefix serial number A/89 000089, and last prefix serial number A/98 790082, both brown, arms at right, reverse Glamis Castle, all Maiden signature [Douglas 13-5 (2), 13-5R, 14-4, 15-3 (2); Pick 341A (2), 341Ar, 342d, 343b (2)], the third note very fine, the sixth about uncirculated, the remainder uncirculated, the replacement note rare (6) £80-120
768 Royal Bank of Scotland plc, a specimen set of the 1987 Issue, all dated 26. 3. 1987, Lord Ilay at right comprising £1, green, reverse Edinburgh Castle, £5, blue, reverse Culzean Castle, £10, brown, reverse Glamis Castle, £20, purple reverse Brodick Castle and £100 carmine red, reverse Balmoral Castle, all A/1 000000 serials [Douglas 18-1, 19-1, 20-1, 21-1, 22-1 (for type); Pick 346s, 347s, 348s, 349s, 350s], uncirculated and a very scarce set (5) £200-300
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769 Royal Bank of Scotland plc, a group of the 1987 and 1988 Issues, comprising £1 (4), 25. 3. 1987, first prefix serial number A/1 000170, last prefix serial number A/40 497400, replacement prefixes Z/1 001697 and Z/1 065556, and £1, reduced size, (3), 13. 12. 1988, first prefix serial number A/41 000048, consecutive pair last prefix serial numbers A/70 763324/25, all green, Lord Ilay at right, reverse Edinburgh Castle, [Douglas 18-1 (2), 18-1R (2), 182 (3); Pick 346a (2), 346r (2), 351a (3)], Z/1 065556 very fine, the remainder uncirculated (7) £50-70
770 Royal Bank of Scotland plc, a group of the 1987 and 1988 Issues, comprising £5 (3), 25. 3. 1987, first prefix serial number A/1 000230, replacement prefixes Z/1 119215 and Z/1 092362, and £5, reduced size, (3), 13. 12. 1988, first prefix serial number A/55 000057, replacement prefixes Z/1 169564 and Z/1 170029, all blue, Lord Ilay at right, reverse Culzean Castle, [Douglas 19-1, 19-1R (2), 192, 19-2R (2); Pick 347a, 347ar (2), 352a, 352ar (2)], Z/1 119215 good extremely fine, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated (6) £70-90
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771 Royal Bank of Scotland plc, a group of the 1987 and 1988-91 Issues, comprising £10, 25. 3. 1987, first prefix serial number A/1 000201, £10, 22. 2. 1989, replacement prefix Z/1 178018. and £10, 24. 1. 1990, last prefix serial number B/31 974224, all brown, Lord Ilay at right, reverse Glamis Castle, £20, 25. 3. 1987, first serial number A/1 000066 and £20, reduced size, 27. 3. 1991, first prefix serial number A/4 000031 [Douglas 20-1(2), 20-1R, 21-1, 21-2; Pick 348a (2), 348r, 349, 354a], £5 prefix B/31 very fine, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated (5) £120-160
772 Royal Bank of Scotland plc, £100, 25. 3. 1987, first prefix serial number A/1 000072, carmine red on multicoloured underprint, Lord Ilay at right, reverse Balmoral Castle, Maiden signature as Managing Director (Douglas 22-1; Pick 350a), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated and a very desirable low numbered note £150-250
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773 Royal Bank of Scotland, £1, 1. 9. 1967, serial number A/3 000001, green, Dale at left, reverse Bank buildings, hand signed by three Bank officials, Royal Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 5. 1. 1972, first prefix serial number A/1 000019, hand signed by J.B. Burke, Royal Bank of Scotland plc, £1, 3. 5. 1982, first prefix serial number C/58 358251, hand signed by Charles R. Winter, £1, 17. 12. 1986, serial number D/68 000498, hand signed by R.M. Maiden, all green, arms at right, reverse Edinburgh Castle, and £1, 26. 3. 1987, serial number A/2 378129, green, Lord Ilay at right, reverse Edinburgh Castle, hand signed by R.M. Maiden, (Douglas 53, 8, 13-1, 13-5, 18-1; Pick 327a, 336a, 341a, 341Ab, 346a), the first about extremely fine, the second extremely fine, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated (5) £150-200
774 Royal Bank of Scotland plc, a group of £1 notes comprising £1 (4), 8. 12. 1992, European Summit Commemoratives, £1 (3), 24. 2. 1993, prefix C/24 and two replacement prefixes Z/1, £1 (5), 23. 3. 1994, serial numbers C/28 751889/90/91, C/31 429682 and C/31 873929, all without watermark, £1, 3. 12. 1994, R.L. Stevenson Commemorative, £1, 3. 3. 1997, Alexander Graham Bell Commemorative, £1 (2), 30. 3. 1999, replacement prefixes Z/1, £1 (2), 12. 5. 1999, Scottish Parliament Commemoratives, all green, Lord Ilay at right, Matthewson signature, [Douglas 18-4, 18-4R (2), 18-5 (4) 18-6, 18-7 (5), 18-8, 18-9 (2), 18-10R (2); Pick 351c, 351cr (2), 351- no watermark PNL (5), 351dr (2), 356a (4), 358a, 359, 360 (2)], sold with a press cutting and a letter concerning the unwatermarked notes, the replacement notes good fine or better, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated, the five unwatermarked notes very rare (18) £150-250
775 Royal Bank of Scotland plc, a group of £5 and £10 notes comprising £5, 23. 3. 1994, serial number B/25 088870, major error-everything missing from reverse except underprint, £5, 26. 3. 1997, replacement prefix Z/1, £5, 30. 3. 1999, first link prefix serial number B/66 170094, all blue, Lord Ilay at right, reverse Culzean Castle, and £10, 28. 1. 1992, first link prefix serial number B/32 000305, £10, 28. 1. 1992, replacement prefix Z/1, and £10, 24. 2. 1993, replacement prefix Z/1, all brown, Lord Ilay at right, reverse Glamis Castle, Matthewson signature, [Douglas 19-3R, 19-3, 19-4, 20-2, 20-2R (2); Pick, 352br, 352b, 352c, 353a, 353ar (2)], the second note good fine, the third about uncirculated, the sixth fine, the remainder uncirculated, the uncirculated error rare (6) £250-350
776 Royal Bank of Scotland plc, a group of £20 notes comprising £20, 28. 1. 1992, prefix A/21, £20, 28. 1. 1992, replacement serial Z/1, £20, 24. 2. 1993, replacement prefix Z/1, £20 (2), 30. 3. 1999, both replacement prefixes Z/1, all purple, Lord Ilay at right, reverse Brodick Castle, Matthewson signature [Douglas 21-3, 21-3R (2), 21-4R (2); Pick, 354b, 354br (2), 354cr (2)], the first note extremely fine, the third about fine, the remainder uncirculated (5) £160-220
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776A Royal Bank of Scotland plc, £100, 30. 9. 1998, replacement prefix serial number Z/1 011646, carmine red on multicoloured underprint, Lord Ilay at right, reverse Balmoral Castle, Matthewson signature as Chief Executive (Douglas 22-2R; Pick, 350br), choice about uncirculated to uncirculated and scarce £200-250
777 Royal Bank of Scotland plc, £100, 30. 9. 1998, replacement prefix serial number Z/1 011660, carmine red on multicoloured underprint, Lord Ilay at right, reverse Balmoral Castle, Matthewson signature as Chief Executive (Douglas 22-2R; Pick, 350br), about uncirculated to uncirculated and scarce £180-220
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778 Royal Bank of Scotland plc, a group of the 20002007 Issues comprising £1, 27. 6. 2000, first link prefix serial number C/83 001111, green, £5, 27. 6. 2000, first link prefix serial number B/68 001011, blue, £10 (2), 27. 6. 2000, first link prefix D/4 00101, hand signed by Sir Fred Goodwin, and replacement prefix Z/1, £10, 1. 10. 2001, replacement prefix Z/1, all brown, £20 (2), 27. 6. 2000, first link prefix B/29 001011 and replacement prefix Z/1, £20 (2), 20. 12. 2007 both Z/1 prefix, all purple, and £100, 27. 6. 2000, first link prefix serial number A/2 801011, carmine red, all Lord Ilay at right, reverses various Scottish Castles, Goodwin signature, [Douglas 18-11, 19-5, 20-3, 20-3R (2), 21-5, 21-5R (3), 22-4; Pick, 351e, 352d, 353b, 353br (3), 354d, 354dr (2), 350d], the replacement notes good fine to very fine or better, the remainder uncirculated, sold with a letter from Sir Fred Goodwin dated 30. 10.2008, shortly after he announced his resignation from the Bank (10) £250-350
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779 Royal Bank of Scotland plc, a group of commemorative notes 2000-2005 comprising £5, 6. 2. 2002, Queen’s Golden Jubilee, serial number TQGJ0001703, £5 (6), 14. 5. 2004, 250th Anniversary of St Andrew’s Royal & Ancient Golf Club, serial numbers R&A0999981/82/83/84/85 and R&A1625824, £5 (3), 1. 7. 2005, 500th Anniversary, Royal College of Surgeons, serial numbers RCS0249823, RCS0433236 and RCS0460902, £5 (3), 14. 7. 2005, Jack Nicklaus Retirement, JWN0632742, JWN1321175, JWN0218810, signed by Jack Nicklaus on reverse and £20, 4. 8. 2000, Birth Centennial of the Queen Mother, serial number QETQM0001820, [Douglas 19-6, 19-7 (6), 19-8 (3), 19-9 (3), 21-6; Pick 362, 363 (6), 364 (3), 365 (3), 361], two copies of RCS prefix extremely fine and about uncirculated, one copy of JWN prefix about uncirculated, the remainder uncirculated, sold with various commemorative folders. The Nicklaus hand signed note much sought after (14) £100-150
780 Royal Bank of Scotland plc, £50, 14. 9. 2005, serial number A/1 145312, green, Lord Ilay at right, reverse Inverness Castle and £50, 14. 9. 2005, Commemorative Issue, serial number RBS12001, green, Lord Ilay at right, reverse new Bank Headquarters at Gogarburn (Douglas 23-1, 23-2; Pick 366, 365), about uncirculated to uncirculated, the commemorative now scarce (2) £100-120
781 Tweed Bank, £5, Berwick, 1 January 1840, serial number B 2249, black and white, view of Berwick top centre, for Batson, Berry and Langhorn (Douglas 3), VG £40-60
Union Bank of Scotland
782 The Union Bank of Scotland, printer’s proof £5 on card, Edinburgh 184- (c1843), black on white, uniface, equestrian statues of Charles II at upper left and William III at upper right, allegorical female figures representing law and commerce at left and right (Douglas 2; Pick S752), mount marks in all four corners, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and an attractive Lizars engraving £350-450
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783 The Union Bank of Scotland, printer’s proof £5 on card, Edinburgh 184- (c1850), black on white, uniface, equestrian statue of William III at upper centre, allegorical female figures at left and right (Douglas 11; Pick S766a), uncirculated and a handsome Lizars engraving £250-300
785 The Union Bank of Scotland, £1, 1. 8. 1874, Plate C, serial number 205/228, black on white with green value panel at centre, uniface, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at left and Charles II at right, two manuscript signatures (Douglas 19; Pick S774a), choice original very fine and very rare £1,400-1,800
Union Bank of Scotland Limited
784 The Union Bank of Scotland, £1, 3. 4. 1871, Plate B, serial number 126/981, black on white with green value panel at centre, uniface, arms flanked by maidens at upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at left and Charles II at right, two manuscript signatures (Douglas 19; Pick S774a), interesting annotation on reverse, top left corner missing otherwise good to very good and rare £250-350
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786 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen £1, 20. 7. 1893, plate D, blue and white, red-brown value panel at centre, arms flanked by maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, SPECIMEN overprint, reverse blue and white (Douglas 33-2; Pick S799s), an attractive Perkins Bacon & Co engraving, good extremely fine, scarce £150-200
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787 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen £5, 3. 4. 1893, plate A, blue and white, red-brown value panel at centre, arms flanked by maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, SPECIMEN overprint, reverse blue and white (Douglas 34-1; Pick S800s), an attractive Perkins Bacon & Co engraving, good extremely fine, scarce £160-220
789 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen £20, 2. 4. 1891, plate A, blue and white, red-brown value panel at centre, arms flanked by maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, SPECIMEN overprint, reverse blue and white (Douglas 36-1; Pick S802), an attractive Perkins Bacon & Co engraving, about uncirculated, scarce £220-260
788 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen £10, 3. 4. 1893, plate A, blue and white, red-brown value panel at centre, arms flanked by maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, SPECIMEN overprint, reverse blue and white (Douglas 35-1; Pick S801), an attractive Perkins Bacon & Co engraving, about uncirculated, scarce £200-250
790 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen £100, 2. 4. 1891, plate A, blue and white, red-brown value panel at centre, arms flanked by maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, SPECIMEN overprint, reverse blue and white (Douglas 37-1; Pick S803), an attractive Perkins Bacon & Co engraving, about uncirculated, scarce £240-280
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791 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 20. 7. 1893, plate D, positional number 21 at upper left, blue and white, red-brown value panel at centre, arms flanked by maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, two manuscript signatures, reverse blue and white (Douglas 33-2; Pick S799a), this note referred to on page 222 of 20th century Scottish banknotes, pressed, otherwise very fine and extremely rare as an issued note £800-1,000
792 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen £1, 12. 4. 1912, serial run C950-C1000, blue and white, red value panel at centre, arms flanked by allegorical maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, overprinted CANCELLED twice in black on obverse, six punch holes, reverse blue and white (Douglas 38-3; Pick S805s), glue mounting stains at right, annotations in margins, otherwise good very fine £100-150
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793 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen £20, 31. 3. 1905, Plate A, blue and white, red value panel at centre, arms flanked by allegorical maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, marked Cancelled in black ink on obverse, fifteen punch holes, reverse blue and white (Douglas 41-1; Pick S808s), glue mounting stains at upper left on reverse, manuscript printer’s annotations in margins, otherwise good very fine £140-180
794 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen £100, 27. 3. 1906, Plate A, blue and white, red value panel at centre, arms flanked by allegorical maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, marked Cancelled in black ink on obverse, twelve punch holes, reverse blue and white (Douglas 42-1; Pick S809s), glue mounting stains at lower left on reverse, torn at left otherwise good very fine £140-180
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795 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 12. 4. 1912, serial number C 678/487, blue and white, red value panel at centre, arms flanked by allegorical maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, one manuscript signature and one printed signature, reverse blue and white (Douglas 383; Pick S805), attractive, an original good fine £140-180
796 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 4. 4. 1918, serial number F 161/445, blue and white, red value panel at centre, arms flanked by allegorical maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, one manuscript signature and one printed signature, reverse blue and white (Douglas 383; Pick S805), staining at left, otherwise fine £120-160
797 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 18. 8. 1920, serial number C 149/117, blue and white, red value panel at centre, arms flanked by allegorical maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, two manuscript signatures, reverse blue and white (Douglas 39-1; Pick S806), pressed, otherwise fine and rare £180-240
798 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, £20, 26. 8. 1918, serial number A 228/050, blue and white, red value panel at centre, arms flanked by allegorical maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, two manuscript signatures, reverse blue and white (Douglas 41-1; Pick S808), ink figure on obverse, very good to fine and very rare £250-350
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799 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 1. 10. 1921, serial number A736309, blue with orange and red sunburst underprint, value in red on blue panel at centre, arms flanked by allegorical maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, reverse blue and white (Douglas 43-1; Pick S810), this is the plate note in 20th century Scottish banknotes, page 241, Vol.1 second edition. Choice, original fine with good body, very scarce £200-250
800 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, printer’s proof £5, 4. 8. 1923, serial letter A, blue with orange and red sunburst underprint, value in red on blue panel at centre, arms flanked by allegorical maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, nine punch holes, uniface (Douglas 44-2; Pick S811b for type), ink and pencil annotations at left, otherwise very fine £120-160
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801 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 4. 8. 1923, serial number A 185/048, blue with orange and red sunburst underprint, value in red on blue panel at centre, arms flanked by allegorical maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, reverse blue and white (Douglas 44-2; Pick S811b), piece missing lower right, otherwise very good £40-60
802 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 6. 7. 1928, serial number B 264/056, blue with orange and red sunburst underprint, value in red on blue panel at centre, arms flanked by allegorical maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, reverse blue and white (Douglas 44-3; Pick S811c), pencil annotation on reverse, fine £70-90
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803 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 1. 11. 1935, serial number C 528/178, blue with orange and red sunburst underprint, value in red on blue panel at centre, arms flanked by allegorical maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, reverse blue and white (Douglas 44-4; Pick S811c), blue ink annotation on reverse, fine £70-90
804 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 24. 6. 1940, serial number D 531/043, blue with orange and red sunburst underprint, value in red on blue panel at centre, arms flanked by allegorical maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, reverse blue and white (Douglas 44-5; Pick S811d), ink annotation in top margin, otherwise, about very fine £80-120
805 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 31. 3. 1947, serial number G 827/046, blue with orange and red sunburst underprint, value in red on blue panel at centre, arms flanked by allegorical maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, reverse blue and white (Douglas 44-6; Pick S811d), ink annotation in top margin, otherwise, crisp, good very fine £90-120
806 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 3. 5 1949, serial number H 775/056, blue with orange and red sunburst underprint, value in red on blue panel at centre, arms flanked by allegorical maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, reverse blue and white (Douglas 44-6;Pick S811d), choice good very fine to extremely fine £100-140
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807 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, printer’s proof £10, 3. 8. 1923, serial letter A, blue with orange and red sunburst underprint, value in red on blue panel at centre, arms flanked by allegorical maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, overprinted CANCELLED in black on obverse and reverse, eleven punch holes, uniface (Douglas 451; Pick S812a for type), ink and pencil annotations and glue marks at left, otherwise good very fine £140-180
808 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, £20, 1. 6. 1940, serial number B 24/199, blue with orange and red sunburst underprint, value in red on blue panel at centre, arms flanked by allegorical maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, reverse blue and white (Douglas 46-1; Pick S813b), good very fine and scarce in this grade £220-280
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809 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, £20, 1. 9. 1947, serial number B 206/019, blue with orange and red sunburst underprint, value in red on blue panel at centre, arms flanked by allegorical maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, reverse blue and white (Douglas 46-4; Pick S813c), crisp, fresh, extremely fine and very scarce in this grade £250-350
810 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, a group of £1 (7), 1924-48 Issue, comprising 2. 6. 1924, serial number A 980899, very good to fine, 4. 1. 1926, serial number B 927573, about fine, 5. 12. 1931, serial number F 316745, uncirculated, 1. 6. 1933, serial number G 657578, good extremely fine, 5. 10. 1934, serial number H/40 992728, fine, 14. 1. 1942, serial number R/36 896893, good extremely fine, and 31. 7. 1947, serial number W/35 864245, good very fine, all blue with orange and red sunburst underprint, arms flanked by allegorical maidens upper centre, equestrian statues of William III at lower left and Charles II at lower right, value top left and right, reverse blue and orange, [Douglas 48-1 (2), 48-2 (3), 48-4, 48-5; Pick S815a (2), S815b (3), S815c (2)], (7) £140-180
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811 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, £1 (3), 1949-54 Issue, 1. 3. 1949, serial number A/33 816982, 1. 9. 1953, serial number G/10 233983, and 1. 6. 1954, serial number H/10 234810, all blue on red, orange and yellow underprint, arms at left, sailing ship at right, value in all four corners, reverse industrial and shipping scene [Douglas 49-1 (2), 49-2; Pick S816a (2), S816b], generally about extremely fine to good extremely fine (3) £100-150
813 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, £20, 6. 5. 1952, serial number A132/048, blue on red, orange and yellow underprint, arms at left, sailing ship at right, value in all four corners, reverse industrial and shipping scene (Douglas 51-1; Pick S818), very fine £140-180
VARIOUS PROPERTIES Bank of Scotland
812 The Union Bank of Scotland Limited, £5 (2), 3. 11. 1952, serial number B744/102, and 2. 4. 1954, serial number D112/197, both blue on red, orange and yellow underprint, arms at left, sailing ship at right, value in all four corners, reverse industrial and shipping scene (Douglas 50-1, 50-2; Pick S817a, S817b), the first about uncirculated to uncirculated, the second good very fine to extremely fine (2) £120-140
x814 Bank of Scotland, specimen/proof £100, ND (c.1858), orange-brown and red, arms top centre, Scotia left centre, value top and low left (Douglas 64 for type), a Bradbury and Evans engraving, handstamp SPECIMEN at centre, good extremely fine and scarce £150-200
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815 Bank of Scotland, £1, 18 July 1924, prefix 45/AQ, orange-brown, arms top right and at left, Scotia in grey circular frame at right centre, Rose signature low centre (Douglas 76b-2), VG to fine £60-100
816 Bank of Scotland, specimen £5, ND (c.1894-), no serial numbers, orange-brown, Scotia in grey circular panel at centre, arms top centre and at left, McNeill signature low centre (Douglas 77a-3 for type), red SPECIMEN overprint, about extremely fine, scarce £300-400
817 Bank of Scotland, £5, 10 December 1915, serial number 7/G 4952, orange-brown, Scotia in grey circular panel at centre, arms top centre and at left, MacDonald signature low centre (Douglas 77 ), an original good fine, scarce £200-250 www.spink.com
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818 Bank of Scotland, specimen £1, ND (c. 1943), serial number AA962582, pale brown, Scotia in grey circular panel at centre, arms at left, Elphinstone and Crawford signature (Douglas 86-4), black SPECIMEN handstamp, uncirculated, scarce £100-150 819 Bank of Scotland, £20 (2), 1960, 1963, prefixes 2/F, 3/H, circular seal in blue and printed signatures of Bilsland and Watson (Douglas 89b-1), ink numeral on first, good, very fine, second note about very fine (2) £100-150
820 Bank of Scotland, £20, 12 september 1960, serial number 8/D 0061, brown and pale grey, arms top centre and at left, Scotia in blue circular panel at centre, value in red lozenge top left and right, Bilsland and Watson signatures (Douglas 89b-3), a fresh good very fine £100-150
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821 Bank of Scotland, £20 (2), 5 May 1969, serial number 9/H 2629/2630, brown and pale grey, arms top centre and at left, Scotia in blue circular panel at centre, value in red lozenge top left and right, Polwarth and Letham signatures (Douglas 89c-1), creased otherwise a fresh and original extremely fine (2) £200-300 822 Bank of Scotland, £20, 5 May 1969, prefix 6/H, orange-brown, Polwarth and Letham signatures (Douglas 89c-1), good very fine £80-100
824 Bank of Scotland, specimen £1, 10. 8. 1970, serial number A/1 0000000, green on multicoloured underprint, and specimen £5, 10. 8. 1970, serial number A/1 000000, blue on multicoloured underprint, both Sir Walter Scott at right, reverse arms, two red specimen De La Rue ovals on both sides, two punch holes, both Polwarth and Walker signatures (Douglas 130-1 for type; Pick 112as), mounting marks at left or right, otherwise uncirculated (2) £100-140 825 Bank of Scotland, £20 (2), 1987, 1991, both prefix K, purple, Sir Walter Scott at right (Pick 114e, 118), uncirculated (2) £120-160 826 Bank of Scotland, a set of the 2006 series, ‘Sir Walter Scott’ and comprising £5, 10, 20, 50 and £100 (Pick 119e, 120f, 121f, 122d, 123e), uncirculated (5) £250-300 827 Bank of Scotland, a presentation folder for the ‘Bridges’ series containing a set of the 2007 issue, £5, 10, 20, 50 and £100, all serial number AA000148 (Pick 124-128), uncirculated (5) £300-400
823 Bank of Scotland, £5 (5), 1 November 1967, all serial prefix I, brown and pale orange, Scotia in pale blue circular frame at centre, Polwarth and Letham signatures (Douglas 99b-1, Pick 106d), fresh and original, generally extremely fine (5) £100-150
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British Linen Company
828 British Linen Company, £5, Edinburgh, 1 August 1780, red serial number 57/21273, black and white, Britannia top left, border of thistles and roses at left, two manuscript signatures low right, both verifying the value (Douglas 11), this is the Douglas plate note, fine, presentable and very rare £1,000-2,000
830 British Linen Company, specimen £1, 31 May 1904, and £1, 28 February 1905, serial number R 222/159, both blue and white, arms top centre, Britannia at left, both printed signature of F.Gordon Brown (Douglas 32-2, 37-1), both perforated, similar notes but several stylistic differences, extremely fine, rare (2) £500-700
British Linen Bank 831 British Linen Bank, £1, 1918, prefix G, blue, red sunburst design at centre, arms top centre, one printed of Galletly and one manuscript signature (Douglas 471), about very fine £140-180
829 British Linen Company, £1, 25 October 1899, serial number Z 87/331, blue and white, value in redbrown at centre, arms at top centre, Britannia at left, manuscript signature low centre with printed signature above (Douglas 32), a solid fine and rare, a pleasing example £400-600
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832 British Linen Bank, £5, Edinburgh, 15 August 1916, serial number 0/3 12/59, blue, red sunburst design at centre, arms top centre, value at left and right, Britannia left centre, two manuscript signatures below, reverse blue, Britannia at centre, value at left and right (Douglas 48-1), an original and fresh good very fine thus scarce £300-400
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833 British Linen Bank, £5, 14 July 1942, serial number W/6 9/165, blue, red sunburst pattern at centre, arms top centre, Britannia left centre, manuscript signature low left, printed signature Mackenzie low right, also £5 (2), 1959, 1964, and £1 (3), 1957, 1967, 1968, (Douglas 54a-2, 58-2, 64-3, 53b-2, 63-4, 66-1), the £5 1942, good very fine and scarce, balance generally good very fine or better (8) £150-200
834 British Linen Bank, £1 (7), 1947-1968, £5 (2), 1954, 1959, and a £5, 1943, all are blue with a red sunburst design at centre (Douglas 53b-1ff, 58-2, 54b-1), generally fine to very fine, the £5, 1943 pleasing very fine, scarce (10) £160-220
836 British Linen Bank, £20 (2), 11 December 1957, serial numbers F/5 06/172 and 173, blue and red, arms top centre, value in oval top left and right, Britannia left centre, printed signature of Anderson low centre, reverse blue, Britannia at centre, value at left and right (Douglas 56b-2), two soft creases (as there should be), fresh and original, good extremely fine and a scarce consecutive pair (2) £250-300
837 British Linen Bank, £20, 11 December 1957, serial number F/5 06/174, blue and red, arms top centre, value in oval top left and right, Britannia left centre, printed signature of Anderson low centre, reverse blue, Britannia at centre, value at left and right (Douglas 56b-2), good extremely fine and a consecutive number to the preceeding lot £150-200 838 British Linen Bank, £1, 1969, £5 (2), 1961, 1964, all blue, (Douglas 66-1, 60-1, 64-1), uncirculated (3) £80-100
835 British Linen Bank, £20, 15 November 1957, serial number E/5 16/085, blue and red, arms top centre, value in oval top left and right, Britannia left centre, printed signature of Anderson low centre, reverse blue, Britannia at centre, value at left and right (Douglas 56b-2), a fresh good very fine £100-150 Page 169
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Caledonian Banking Company Limited
839 Caledonian Banking Company Limited, £1, 4 January 1904, serial number O 5/200, black and white, orange and brown, allegorical Scottish man at left, maiden and dog at right, view of Inverness top centre, two faint signatures below (Douglas 17), two faint signatures below, pressed but a pleasing good very fine, rare £700-900
Clydesdale Bank Limited
841 Clydesdale Bank Limited, £1, 7 January 1920, serial number A 4408677, black and white, value and bank title in pale red underprint at centre, arms top centre, maidens at left and right, Dewar signature at left, manuscript signature of Watt at right (Douglas 11-3), good fine £120-180
842 Clydesdale Bank Limited, £5, 21 April 1943, prefix Z2/R, blue, white and red, arms top centre, all a partial proof for a British linen proof £20, 6 March 1902, black and white (Douglas 16b, 35 ), very fine and good very fine (2) £140-180 840 Caledonian Banking Company Limited, £1, Inverness, 4 January 1904, serial number O 97/215, black and orange-brown, view of Inverness top centre, allegorical figures at left and right, two manuscript signatures below (Douglas 17), an original and pleasing very fine and rare £400-600
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Clydesdale and North of Scotland Bank Limited
843 Clydesdale and North of Scotland Bank Limited, specimen £1, Glasgow, 1. 6. 1955, serial number M 000000, blue on red and yellow underprint, docks at left, landscape with sheaves at right, two red specimen De La Rue ovals on both sides, one punch hole, and specimen £5, Glasgow, 2. 5. 1951, serial number B 000000, purple, King’s College Aberdeen at left, Glasgow Cathedral at right, reverse arms, red specimen De La Rue oval on obverse, one punch hole, both Campbell signature (Douglas 21-1, 22-1 for type; Pick 191as, 192as), mounting marks at right on reverse, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and very scarce (2) £140-180
Clydesdale Bank Limited
845 Clydesdale Bank Limited, specimen £1, 1. 10. 1968, serial number C/N 000000, and specimen £1, 1. 9. 1969, serial number C/T 000000, both green, arms at left, reverse ship and tug on River Clyde, two red specimen De La Rue ovals on both sides, one punch hole, and specimen £5, 1. 11. 1968, serial number C/V 000000 and specimen £5, 1. 9. 1969, serial number C/FF 000000, both blue, arms at right, reverse King’s College Aberdeen, two red specimen De La Rue ovals on both sides, one punch hole, all Fairbairn signature, [Douglas 27-1 (2), 28-1 (2) for type; Pick 202s (2), 203s (2)], about uncirculated to uncirculated (4) £180-240 846 Clydesdale Bank Limited, a selection comprising £1 (2), green, 1977, 1985, 5 (10), blue, 1961-1982, £10 (2), brown, 1967, 1972, £20 (3), 1964 (2), 1967, red (Douglas various including 28-1, 29-1, 30-1), generally fine to very fine (17) £180-240 847 Clydesdale Bank Limited, £1, 1948, £5, 1943, blue, white and red, Mitchell and Young signatures, also Clydesdale and North of Scotland, £1, 1950, £5, 1961, blue, Clydesdale Bank, £1, 1963, Clydesdale Bank, £1, 1983, (Douglas 19-5, 16-4, 21-1, 26-1, 271, 32-5), generally very fine (6) £100-140
844 Clydesdale and North of Scotland Bank Limited, £100, 2 May 1951, serial number A 0001861, blue, pale green and orange, King’s College at left, Glasgow Cathedral at right, Campbell signature, reverse blue, arms and value (Douglas 24-1), about very fine and scarce £300-400
848 Clydesdale Bank Limited, specimen £5, 1. 3. 1971, serial number D/A 000000, Fairbairn signature, blue and multicoloured, Robert Burns at left, reverse harvest mouse and roses, two red specimen De La Rue ovals on both sides, one punch hole (Douglas 33-1 for type; Pick 205a), mounting marks at left and right, otherwise uncirculated £60-80 Page 171
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Clydesdale Bank plc 849 Clydesdale Bank plc, An attractively framed sheet of speciment £100 (35), 7 June 2009, s/n W/HS 000000, red-purple and multicoloured, Charles Rennie Mackintosh at righ, reverse red-purple, the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, a lovely presentation, extremely rare (35) £4,000-4,500
Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited 851 Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 2 January 1915, serial number 13/C 110/183, blue and orange, bank building at left and right, top centre, classical frieze low centre, printed signature of Mackay low left, manuscript signature low right, reverse blue, Scotia at centre (Douglas 45), good fine, scarce £200-250
†849A Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen colour trial £1, ND (1908-10 issue), no serial numbers, black on pale blue underprint, reverse green, three buildings and allegorical figures, reverse arms in ornate engraved pattern (Douglas 40-1, Pick S323 for type), pencil crossed lines on front, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare and attractive £200-250 852 Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, colour trial £1, 31 October 1924, brown, pale red and yellow, classical frieze top centre, John Pitcairn low centre, signatures of Thomson and Roberts, reverse brown (Douglas 48-1), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint at low left and right, uncirculated and rare, attractive £300-400
†850 Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen colour trial £1, ND (1908-10 issue), no serial numbers, black on pale yellow underprint, reverse grey-blue, three buildings and allegorical figures, reverse arms in ornate engraved pattern, blank counterfoil at left with pencil date May 21st 09 (Douglas 40-1, Pick S323 for type), perforated specimen about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare and attractive £250-300
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853 Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, colour trial £1, 1 December 1927, brown, pale orange and pale red, classical frieze top centre, Sir John Pitcairn low centre, Thomson and Roberts signature (Douglas 52a2ct), blue WATERLOW SPECIMEN overprint, perforated, uncirculated and rare £150-200
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854 Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 1924, £1 (4), 1937-1941, £5 (2), 1934, 1941, all blue and red and yellow, Sir John Pitcairn and classical frieze in field (Douglas 48-1, 52b-1, 52c-1, 52d-1, 49b-2/3), the first note very fine with Bank stamp, scarce, balance about fine to very fine (7) £200-250
†858 Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, printer’s archival specimen £100, 27 January 1953, serial run 12B 0001 to 12B 3000, green, Lord Cockburn at upper centre, reverse bank building and people (Douglas 57-1, Pick S335s), perforated specimen, ink annotations otherwise uncirculated £200-300
William Forbes Hunter and Co.
855 Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 1953, violet, also Clydesdale Bank £1, 1949, blue, British Linen Bank £1 (6), 5 consecutive, blue and pale red, Bank of Scotland £1(3), all A/1, blue and multicoloured (Douglas 53-1, 19-5, 66-1, 102a-1), generally extremely fine (11) £60-80 856 Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1 (2), 1949, 1953, £5 (6), 1949-1956, all purple and multicoloured, Lord Cockburn top right, also £20 (2), 1953, 1958, blue, Lord Cockburn top centre (Douglas 53-1, 55-1, 55-3, 56-1, 56-3), generally very fine, a few better (10) £150-200
859 William Forbes Hunter and Co., unissued 20/-, 181-, black and white, equestrian statue top centre, also unissued £1, 18- (c. 1820), black and white, equestrian statue top centre (Douglas 3, 5), extremely fine, rare (2) £500-600
Leith Banking Company 860 Leith Banking Company, 1 guinea, 1 September 1825, manuscript signature 21/418, black & white, the state visit of George IV top centre, two manuscript signatures low right (Douglas 7) a Perkins Heath engraving, good very fine £250-300 †857 Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, printer’s archival specimen £100, 3 January 1951, serial run 12A 5001 to 12A 8000, green, Lord Cockburn at upper centre, reverse bank building and people (Douglas 57-1, Pick S335s), perforated specimen, ink annotations otherwise uncirculated £200-300 Page 173
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National Bank of Scotland Limited
861 National Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen £1, 1 January 1898, no serial numbers, blue, brown and multicoloured, the Marquess of Lothian at left, Clyde low left, Holyrood House and Edinburgh Castle at right, Shaw and McKissock signatures low centre, reverse blue (Douglas 20-1), slight toning, perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, good extremely fine, rare £300-500
862 National Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen £5, ND (c. 1893), no serial numbers, blue, brown and multicoloured, the Marquess of Lothian at left, Clyde low left, Holyrood House low right, arms at centre, reverse blue (Douglas 21), perforated, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, rare and attractive £500-600
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863 National Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 15 May 1913, serial number G 562-479, blue, yellow and orange-brown, arms at centre, the Marquess of Lothian at left, Edinburgh Castle at right, printed signature of Samuel low centre, also a manuscript signature, reverse blue (Douglas 24-1), almost very fine £100-150 864 National Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 11 January 1943, blue, and Union Bank, £5, 3 October 1931, red and orange-yellow (Douglas 35-4, 37b-1), fine (2) £50-80
865 National Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 11 January 1943, serial number B715-230, blue and brown, the Marquess of Lothian at left, arms top centre, Drever and Leggat signatures (Douglas 35-4), uncirculated thus scarce, attractive £150-200
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866 National Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen £5, 1 November 1957, serial number A000.000, green and multicoloured, arms low left, Dandie and Alexander signatures (Douglas 39-2), small perforation, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, rare £200-300
867 National Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 1 November 1957, serial number A194-711, green and mauve, arms low left, Dandie and Alexander signatures (Douglas 39-1), uncirculated £140-180
868 National Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen £20, 1 November 1957, serial number A000.000, red and multicoloured, arms low left, Dandie and Alexander signatures (Douglas 40-2), small perforation, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, rare £400-600
869 National Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen £100, 1 November 1957, serial number A000.000, blue and multicoloured, arms low left, Dandie and Alexander signatures (Douglas 41-2), small perforation, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, rare £800-1,200
National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited
870 National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen £5 (2), 16 September 1959, and 3 January 1961, serial numbers A000000 and G000000, respectively green and multicoloured, arms low right, Alexander signature, large and small format respectively (Douglas 2-2, 5-2), small perforation, red SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, rare (2) £300-500
871 National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £100, 16 September 1959, serial number A 004968, purple, arms low right, Alexander signature, reverse purple, the Forth railway bridge (Douglas 4a-1), ink numeral on obverse and reverse, very fine and rare £250-350 Page 175
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872 National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £100, 16 September 1959, serial number A 009804, violet, pale pink and green, arms low right, Alexander signature (Douglas 4a-2), an original good very fine and rare £800-1,200 876 National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, a selection comprising £5, 1959, £5 (6), 1963-1966, £1 (5), 1963-1968, also £20 (2), 1959, red, also National Bank £1 (3), 1941, 1951, 1957 and a £5, 1957, prefix B, green (Douglas various including 3a-1, 39-1), generally fine to very fine (14) £150-200
873 National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 16 September 1959, prefix B, green and multicoloured, arms low right, Alexander signature, (Douglas 2-1), also £5, 1 August 1963, prefix F, blue and multicoloured, Alexander signature, (Douglas 7a1), uncirculated (2) £100-150 877 National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1 (3), 1959, 1961, 1968, specimen £5, 1963, blue, Alexander signature, also Commercial Bank, £1 (2), 1947, 1955 (Douglas 1-1, 6a-1, 9-1), generally good very fine or better, the specimen £5, uncirculated and rare (6) £300-400
x874 National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, colour trial £10, Edinburgh, 18 August 1966, serial number A000000, red, arms low centre, value at left, reverse red, Tay road bridge (Douglas 8.2), black SPECIMEN overprint, perforated, uncirculated, scarce £600-750 www.spink.com
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North of Scotland and Town and County Bank Limited
†878 North of Scotland & Town & County Bank, specimen £1, 1 March 1910, serial number A 0001/0001, blue and green on yellow underprint, Marischal College at top centre, reverse arms, perforated specimen ( Douglas 15-1, Pick S629s), pinholes, otherwise fresh good extremely fine to about uncirculated £200-400
†879 North of Scotland & Town & County Bank, specimen £1, 1 March 1910, serial number A 0001/0001, blue and green on yellow underprint, Marischal College at top centre, reverse arms (Douglas 15-1, Pick S629s), perforated specimen, pinholes, pencil annotation, otherwise good extremely fine £300-400
880 North of Scotland & Town & County Bank, £1, Aberdeen, 1 March 1910, serial number A 0787/0743, blue and yellow on plain paper, the Marischal College top centre, arms at left, two manuscript signatures below, reverse yellow and blue, arms at centre, Bank title at right (Douglas 15-1), good very fine, above average for type thus scarce £250-350
†881 North of Scotland & Town & County Bank, specimen £5, 1 March 1910, serial no A 0001/0001, blue and green on yellow underprint, Marischal College at top centre, reverse arms (Douglas 16-1, Pick S630s), perforated specimen, pencil annotation, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare and attractive £300-400
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†882 North of Scotland & Town & County Bank, specimen £20, 1 March 1910, serial number A 0001/0001, blue and green (not the issued purple and green) on yellow underprint, Marischal College at top centre, reverse arms (Douglas 17-1, Pick S631 for type), perforated SPECIMEN pencil annotation, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, very rare and a handsome note £400-600
North of Scotland Bank Limited
884 North of Scotland Bank Limited, £100, Aberdeen, 1 March 1930, serial number A 0008/0189, orangebrown and green, the Marischal College top centre, value top left and right, arms in vertical panel at left, manuscript signature of Chapman low left, printed signature of Harvey smith low right, reverse brownorange and pale green, arms and value in field, bank title at left (Douglas 25-1), a pleasing and original good fine, the paper retaining some strength, rare in this grade £2,500-3,500 885 North of Scotland Bank, £20, 1943, prefix JT, purple and green, the Marischal college top centre (Douglas 32), about very fine, scarce £200-250 886 No lot
883 North of Scotland Bank Limited, £5, 1 March 1934, serial number A 0952/0038, blue and yellow, the Marischal College top centre, arms at left, manuscript signature low left, printed signature of Harvey Smith low right (Douglas 24-1), faint central crease otherwise a fresh about uncirculated thus scarce £200-300
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Paisley Banking Company
887 Paisley Banking Company, 1 guinea, 2 May 1826, serial number 22/173, black an white, bishop in oval frame top left, ‘Pay to Alexander Watson’ in text at centre, arms at left in vertical panel, two manuscript signatures below, reverse revenue stamp (Douglas 4), damage low centre otherwise a presentable good fine and genuine thus most unusual and rare £500-700
Perth Banking Company
888 Perth Banking Company, proof £5 on card, 185-, black and white, arms top centre, Victoria at left, Albert at right, arms low centre (Douglas 15 for type), left 15% of note excised, about extremely fine, rare £150-200
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Royal Bank of Scotland
889 Royal Bank of Scotland, £1, 28 August 1922, serial number F462/523 blue and white, bank initials in brown low centre, arms top centre, maiden low left and right, printed signature of Speed and manuscript signature low centre (Douglas 46c-1), apart from a soft crease at centre an original and fresh extremely fine and rare in this grade £200-250
890 Royal Bank of Scotland, £5, 29 June 1923, serial number E 1889/7643, blue and white, value in brown panel at centre, arms top centre, printed signature of Speed and manuscript signature of Stewart low right (Douglas 42b-3), almost fine, scarce £200-250
891 Royal Bank of Scotland, £5 (2), 1942, blue and brown and cream, arms top centre, also £20 (2), 1943, 1957, also £1 (5), 1927, 1944, 1962, 1965 (2), the £1 1927 with serial number 007920A, £1 (5), 19671976, £5 (4), 1965-1980 (Douglas 42b-3, 42b-5, 44b-1, 44d-3, 47-1ff), VG to very fine, the 1927 with low number and good very fine (18) £150-200
892 Royal Bank of Scotland, £100, 1 July 1940, serial number D38/7512, blue and white, value in brown tablet at centre and top left and right, two manuscript signatures low right (Douglas 45b-1), quite fresh, numerals top centre, fine and rare £500-700
893 Royal Bank of Scotland, £100, 1 July 1940, serial number D/39 7679, blue and white, value in brown tablet at centre and top left and right, two manuscript signatures low right (Douglas 45b-1), quite fresh, numerals top centre, fine and rare £400-600
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Royal Bank of Scotland Limited
894 Royal Bank of Scotland Limited, £1 (2), 19 March 1969, serial number A/1 000021, and 5 January 1972, serial number A/1 000048, both green, Burke signature (Douglas 1-1, 8-1), uncirculated (2) £150-200
897 Royal Bank of Scotland Limited, £100 (2), 19 March 1969, serial number A/1 005061/011555, red and pale blue, arms low right, Robertson and Burke signatures (Douglas 5-1), ink numeral at right, very fine, scarce (2) £300-400
895 Royal Bank of Scotland Limited, £5, 19 March 1969, serial number A/1 000011, blue and multicoloured, arms at left, Burke signature (Douglas 2-1), uncirculated £200-250
898 Royal Bank of Scotland, £5, 5 January 1972, serial number A/1 000023, blue and multicoloured, arms at right, Burke signature (Douglas 9-1), uncirculated £150-200
Royal Bank of Scotland plc
896 Royal Bank of Scotland Limited, £10 (2), 1969, prefix A/1, brown and multicoloured, arms low centre, Robertson and Burke signatures, also £20 (4), all 19 March 1969, all prefix A/1. violet, arms low right, all Burke and Robertson signatures (Douglas 32, 4-1), generally very fine, scarce (6) £200-250
899 Royal Bank of Scotland plc, specimen £100, 3 May 1982, serial number A/1 000000, red and multicoloured, arms at right, Winter signature ( Douglas 17-2), black SPECIMEN overprint, uncirculated, rare £600-700
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Union Bank of Scotland
Union Bank of Scotland Limited
900 Union Bank of Scotland, specimen /proof £1, 2 November 1864, blue and white, value in green at centre, arms top centre, value in ornate spirographic design top left and right (Douglas 17 ), black and blue SPECIMEN handstamp, small split low centre margin otherwise almost extremely fine, rare £400-500
902 Union Bank of Scotland Limited, specimen £20, 26 August 1918, serial number A 220/200, blue and white, value in red at centre, arms top centre, equestrian statue low left and right (Douglas 34-1), small split top margin, ink ‘Cancelled 16/2/20’ in field, CANCELLED handstamp at centre, good very fine £200-250 903 Union Bank of Scotland Limited, a sheet of sixteen unissued uniface £1 (16), 5 December 1931, series F, blue, red and orange, arms top centre, equestrian statue low left and right, signatures of Hird and Mcrindle (Douglas 41b-1), perforated, printers adjustment marks, good very fine and unusual £200-300 904 Union Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 1944, £5, 1930, blue red and pale orange and yellow, arms top centre (Douglas 41a-3, 37b-1), fine (2) £50-60
901 Union Bank of Scotland, specimen £10, 2 May 1876, black and white, value in green at centre, arms top centre, equestrian statue low left and right (Douglas 21 ), black SPECIMEN handstamp, tear top margin otherwise extremely fine, scarce £200-300
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Mixed Lots 905 Bank of Scotland, £20 (2), 1942, 1953, orangebrown, value in red lozenge top left and right, £5 (4), 1955, 1957, 1960, 1967, £1 (4), 1932, 1943, 1964, 1967, £5, 1972 (Douglas 89a-3, 93-3, 95-195-3, 99a-1, 81-1, 86-4, 96-1, 98b-1, 105-4), generally fine to very fine (11) £120-160
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October 3, 2011 - London 909 Union Bank Limited, £1, 26 August 1913, prefix D, blue, white and maroon, arms top centre, equestrian statue low left and right, also a contemporary forgery of a Commercial Banking Company £1, 1 April 1826, black and white (Douglas 31, 6b) Vg and good very fine (2) £150-200
906 Bank of Scotland, £1 (4), 1957, 1967, 1969, 1977, £5 (2), 1947, 1961, also North of Scotland Bank, £1, 1949, £5, 1943, Royal Bank, £1, 1930, £5, 1953, £1 (8), 1987, 1988, 1994, including A/41 000030, and Union Bank, £1, 1949, £5, 1954, (Douglas 94-6, 98b-1, 102b-1, 104-7, 92-3, 47-2, 50a-1, 4-2-1, 433), generally very fine (12) £150-200 907 North of Scotland Bank Limited, £1 (3), 1928, 1939, 1940, all are blue and multicoloured, the Marischal College top centre, also £5, 1940, red and £20, 1949, green also Clydesdale and North of Scotland Bank Limited £1 (2)1952, 1958, £5 (3), 1955/1956 and £20 (2), 1958, 1961 green (Douglas various including 28-1, 30-1, 31-1, 31-2, 23-1), generally very fine (11) £140-180 908 Royal Bank of Scotland, £5, 30 April 1956, blue and yellow, Union Bank, £5, 3 November 1952, blue and yellow, Bank of Scotland £5, 12 April 1956, orangebrown and blue and Clydesdale and North of Scotland Bank Limited, £5, blue (Douglas 50, 43-1, 95-1, 261), uncirculated (4) £140-180
910 Isle of Man, Government Issue, 10/-, prefix A, red, Stallard signature, (Pick 24b, Quarmby 477), £1 (2), serial number C 651495/496, violet, Stallard signature, (Pick 25b, Quarmby 479), also 50 pence (4), Stallard (2), Paul (2), (Pick 28a, b), also Fforde 10/- (5), O’Brien, £1 (20), Peppiatt £1, Somerset £1 (36), and a BAF £1 Isle of Man, generally uncirculated, balance mixed (70) £200-250 911 A miscellaneous group, comprising Somerset £10 (2), Page £1, Gill £5, Scottish notes (6), Ireland 10/-, 1968, £1 1979, £5, 1979 and £10, 1978, Guernsey, Bull £1 and £5, National Commmercial Bank of Scotland £1, 1959, US $2, Northern Bank £1, 1978 and four minor world notes mixed but generally uncirculated (22) £80-100
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Written Bids Form This form should be sent or faxed to be received by Spink Commission Bids Office in advance of the sale. References should be supplied in good time to be taken up before the sale. Bids received later than one hour before the start of the sale may not be processed.
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I request Spink, without legal obligations of any kind on its part, to bid on the following Lots up to the price given below. I understand that if my bid is successful the Purchase Price payable will be the sum of the final bid and a Premium at the Rates of Premium as a percentage of the final bid (together with any VAT chargeable on the final bid and the Premium). The Rate of Premium is 20% of the final hammer price of each lot up to and including £3,000 and 17% of the excess of the hammer price above £3,000; VAT is chargeable on the purchase price of daggered (†) and (Ω) lots at the standard rate (currently 20%), and on lots marked (x) at the reduced rate (currently 5% on the hammer and 20% on the premium). VAT on Margin Scheme lots is payable at 20% on the premium only. All bids shall be treated as offers made on the Terms and Conditions of Buyers printed in the catalogue. I also understand that Spink provides the service of executing bids on behalf of clients for the convenience of clients and that Spink will not be held responsible for failing to execute bids. If identical commission bids are received for the same Lot, the commission bid received first by Spink will take precedence. Please note that you will not be notified if there are higher written bids received. If you require such notification then this is available on bids made via Spink’s online service.
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PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY IN BLOCK LETTERS AND ENSURE THAT BIDS ARE IN STERLING Lot Number (in numerical order)
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR BUYERS These conditions set out the terms on which we (Spink and Son Limited of 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury London WC1B 4ET (company no. 04369748)) contract with you (Buyer) either as agent on behalf of the Seller or as principal if we are the Seller. You should read these conditions carefully. 1
DEFINITIONS The following definitions in this condition apply in these conditions.
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3
Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme
means a VAT margin scheme as defined by HM Revenue & Customs;
Buyer’s Premium
means the charge payable by you as a percentage of the Hammer Price, at the rates set out in clause 5.1 below;
Certificate of Authenticity
means a certificate issued by an Expert Committee confirming the authenticity of a Lot;
Expert Committee
means a committee of experts to whom a Lot may be sent for an extension in accordance with clause 3.4.3;
Forgery
means a Lot constituting an imitation originally conceived and executed as a whole with a fraudulent intention to deceive as to authorship, origin, age, period, culture or source where the correct description as to such matters is not reflected by the description in the catalogue and which at the date of the auction had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been in accordance with the description in the catalogue. Accordingly, no Lot shall be capable of being a Forgery by reason of any damage and/or restoration work of any kind (including re-enamelling);
Hammer Price
means the amount of the highest bid accepted by the auctioneer in relation to a Lot;
Lot
means any item deposited with us for sale at auction and, in particular, the item or items described against any Lot number in any catalogue;
Reserve
the amount below which we agree with the Seller that the Lot cannot be sold;
Seller
means the owner of the Lot being sold by us;
Spink Group
Spink and Son Limited, our subsidiaries and associated companies.
VAT
value added tax chargeable under VAT and any similar replacement or additional tax; and
VAT Symbols
means the symbols detailing the VAT status of the Lot details of which are set out at the back of the catalogue.
SPINK’S ROLE AS AGENT 2.1
All sales undertaken by us either at auction or privately are undertaken either as agent on behalf of the Seller or from time to time, as principal if we are the owner of the Lot. Please note that even if we are acting as agent on behalf of the Seller rather than as principal, we may have a financial interest in the Lot.
2.2
The contract for the sale of the Lot will be between you and the Seller.
the first session of the sale. If accepted by us, such request shall have the same effect as notice of an intention to question the genuineness or description of the Lot for the purposes of clause 5.13 (Refund in the case of Forgery) of these Terms and Conditions and the provisions of clause 5.13 (Refund in the case of Forgery) shall apply accordingly. 3.4.2 Notice of a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity must give the reason why such opinion is required and specify the identity of your proposed expert which will be subject to agreement by us. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to refuse a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity including (without limitation) where the proposed expert is not known to us.
BEFORE THE SALE 3.1
3.2
Examination of goods You are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which you are interested, before the auction takes place. Condition reports are usually available on request. We provide no guarantee to you other than in relation to Forgeries, as set out in clause 5.13 of these Terms and Conditions.
3.4.3 If we accept a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity we will submit the Lot to the Expert Committee. You acknowledge and accept that the length of time taken by an Expert Committee to reach an opinion will vary depending on the circumstances and in any event is beyond our control.
Catalogue descriptions 3.2.1 Statements by us in the catalogue or condition report, or made orally or in writing elsewhere, regarding the authorship, origin, date, age, size, medium, attribution, genuineness, provenance, condition or estimated selling price of any Lot are merely statements of opinion, and are not to be relied on as statements of definitive fact. Catalogue illustrations are for guidance only, and should not be relied on either to determine the tone or colour of any item or to reveal imperfections. Estimates of the selling price should not be relied on as a statement that this price is either the price at which the Lot will sell or its value for any other purpose. 3.2.2 Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and the absence of such a reference does not imply that an item is free from defects or restoration nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. 3.2.3 Other than as set out in clause 5.13, and in the absence of fraud, neither the Seller nor we, nor any of our employees or agents, are responsible for the correctness of any statement as to the authorship, origin, date, age, attribution, genuineness or provenance of any Lot nor for any other errors of description or for any faults or defects in any Lot.
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3.4
Your Responsibility You are responsible for satisfying yourself as to the condition of the goods and the matters referred to in the catalogue description. Extensions – Stamps only 3.4.1 If you wish to obtain an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity on any Lot (other than a mixed Lot or Lot containing undescribed stamps) you must notify us in writing not less than forty-eight hours before the time fixed for the commencement of
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3.4.4 We will not normally accept a request for an extension on account of condition. Any Lot described in the catalogue as having faults or defects may not be returned even if an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity cites other faults or defects not included in the catalogue description, other than in the case of a Forgery. 3.4.5 Should Spink accept a request for an extension under the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the fact may be stated by the Auctioneer from the rostrum prior to the sale of the Lot. 3.4.6 It should be noted that any stamp accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity is sold on the basis of that Certificate only and not on the basis of any other description or warranty as to authenticity. No request for an extension will be accepted on such a stamp and the return of such a stamp will not be accepted. 4
AT THE SALE 4.1
Refusal of admission Our sales usually take place on our own premises or premises over which we have control for the sale, and we have the right, exercisable at our complete discretion, to refuse admission to the premises or attendance at an auction.
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Registration before bidding You must complete and sign a registration form and provide identification before making a bid at auction. Please be aware that we usually require buyers to undergo a credit check. Some lots may be designated, prior to the auction, as “Premium Lots”, which means a deposit may be required before placing a bid on the item for sale. Information will be posted on our website in such an event.
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Bidding as Principal When making a bid (whether such bids are made in person or by way of telephone bids operated by Spink, commission or online or email bids), you will be deemed to be acting as principal and will be accepting personal liability, unless it has been agreed in writing, at the time of registration, that you are acting as agent on behalf of a third party buyer acceptable to us. Commission Bids If you give us instructions to bid on your behalf, by using the form provided in our catalogues or via our website, we shall use reasonable endeavours to do so, provided these instructions are received not later than 24 hours before the auction. If we receive commission bids on a particular Lot for identical amounts, and at auction these bids are the highest bids for the Lot, it will be sold to the person whose bid was received first. Commission bids are undertaken subject to other commitments at the time of the sale, and the conduct of the auction may be such that we are unable to bid as requested. Since this is undertaken as a free service to prospective buyers on the terms stated, we cannot accept liability for failure to make a commission bid. You should therefore always attend personally if you wish to be certain of bidding. On-line Bidding We offer internet services as a convenience to our clients. We will not be responsible for errors or failures to execute bids placed on the internet, including, without limitation, errors or failures caused by (i) a loss of internet connection by either party for whatever reason; (ii) a breakdown or problems with the online bidding software and/or (iii) a breakdown or problems with your internet connection, computer or system. Execution of on-line internet bids is a free service undertaken subject to other commitments at the time of the auction and we do not accept liability for failing to execute an online internet bid or for errors or omissions in connection with this activity.
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Telephone Bids If you make arrangements with us not less than 24 hours before the sale, we shall use reasonable endeavours to contact you to enable you to participate in bidding by telephone, but in no circumstances will we be liable to either the Seller or you as a result of failure to do so.
4.7
Currency Converter At some auctions, a currency converter will be operated, based on the one month forward rates of exchange quoted to us by Barclays Bank Plc or any other appropriate rate determined by us, at opening on the date of the auction. Bidding will take place in a currency determined by us, which is usually sterling for auctions held in London. The currency converter is not always reliable, and errors may occur beyond our control either in the accuracy of the Lot number displayed on the converter, or the foreign currency equivalent of sterling bids. We shall not be liable to you for any loss suffered as a result of you following the currency converter.
4.8
4.9
Video images At some auctions there will be a video screen. Mistakes may occur in its operation, and we cannot be liable to you regarding either the correspondence of the image to the Lot being sold or the quality of the image as a reproduction of the original. Bidding Increments Bidding generally opens below the low estimate and advances in the following order although the auctioneer may vary the bidding increments during the course of the auction. The normal bidding increments are: Up to £100 by £5 £100 to £300 by £10 £300 to £600 £320-£350-£380-£400 etc. £600 to £1,000 by £50 £1,000 to £3,000 by £100 £3,000 to £6,000 £3,200-£3,500-£3,800-£4,000 etc. £6,000 to £20,000 by £500 £20,000 and up Auctioneer’s discretion
4.10 Bidding by Spink 4.10.1 We reserve the right to bid on Lots on the Seller’s behalf up to the amount of the Reserve (if any), which will never be above the low estimate printed in the auction catalogue. 4.10.2 The Spink Group reserves the right to bid on and purchase Lots as principal. 4.11 The Auctioneer’s Discretion The auctioneer has the right at his absolute discretion to refuse any bid to advance the bidding in such manner as he may decide to withdraw or divide any Lot, to combine any two or more Lots and, in the case of error or dispute, to put an item up for bidding again. Spink Uni (07/11) (20)
4.12 Successful Bid Subject to the auctioneer’s discretion, the striking of his hammer marks the acceptance of the highest bid, provided always that such bid is higher than the Reserve (where applicable), and the conclusion of a contract for sale between you and the Seller. 4.13 After Sale Arrangements If you enter into any private sale agreements for any Lot with the Seller within 60 days of the auction, we, as exclusive agents of the Seller reserve the right to charge you the applicable Buyer’s Premium in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, and the Seller a commission in accordance with the terms of the Seller’s agreement. 4.14 Return of Lot In the event that you have received a Lot and wish to return the Lot you must notify us in writing within 7 days of receipt of the Lot, stating the reason for the return. The Lot must then be returned to us within 14 days of receipt, in the same condition as at the auction date. Any such request is subject to our sole discretion. 5
AFTER THE AUCTION 5.1
Buyer’s Premium In addition to the Hammer Price, you must pay us the Buyer’s Premium at a rate of 20% of the final Hammer Price of each Lot up to and including £3,000 and 17% of the excess of the Hammer Price above £3,000.
5.2
Value Added Tax Other than in respect of Zero-rated Lots (o) (see VAT Symbols for details), VAT is payable on the Buyer’s Premium and on the Hammer Price, if the Lot has been marked with a sign to that effect in the catalogue (see VAT Symbols for details).
5.3
VAT Refunds General 5.3.1 As we remain liable to account for VAT on all Lots unless they have been exported outside the EU within 3 months of the date of sale, you will generally be asked to deposit all amounts of VAT invoiced. However, if a Spink nominated shipper is instructed, then any refundable VAT will not be collected. In all other cases credits will be made when proof of export is provided. If you export the Lot yourself you must obtain shipping documents from the Shipping Department for which a charge of £50 will be made. 5.3.2 If you export the Lot you must return the valid proof of export certificate to us within 3 months of the date of sale. If you fail to return the proof of export certificate to us within such period and you have not already accounted to us for the VAT, you will be liable to us for the full amount of the VAT due on such Lot and we shall be entitled to invoice you for this sum. 5.3.3 To apply for a refund of any VAT paid, the proof of export certificate must be sent to our Shipping Department clearly marked ‘VAT Refund’ within 3 months of the date of sale. No payment will be made where the total amount of VAT refundable is less than £50 and Spink will charge £50 for each refund processed. VAT Refunds - Buyers from within the EU 5.3.4 VAT refunds are available on the Hammer Price and Buyer’s Premium of Daggered (†) and Investment Gold (g) Lots. You must certify that you are registered for VAT in another EU country and that the Lot is to be removed from the United Kingdom within 3 months of the date of sale. 5.3.5 Where an EU buyer purchases a Lot on which import VAT has been charged, no refund of VAT is available from us. It may be possible to apply directly for a refund on form VAT 65 to HM Revenue & Customs Overeseas Repayment Section, Londonderry. VAT Refunds – Buyers from outside the EU 5.3.6 Where a Lot is included within the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme and evidence of export from the EU is produced within 3 months of the date of sale, the VAT element included within the Buyer’s Premium may be refunded. 5.3.7 Where the Lot is marked as a Daggered (†) or Investment Gold (g) Lot the VAT charged on the Hammer Price may be refunded where evidence of export from the EU is produced within 3 months of the date of sale. A refund of VAT charged on the Buyer’s Premium can also be made on receipt of proof of business as a collectibles dealer. 5.3.8 Where the Lot is marked as an Omega (Ω) Lot or an Import VAT (x) Lot and evidence of export from the EU is produced within 3 months of the date of sale, the VAT charged on both the Hammer Price and Buyer’s Premium may be refunded. Where required, we can advise you on how to export such Lots as a specific form of export evidence is required. Where we advise you on the export of the Lots, please be aware that the ultimate responsibility in respect of obtaining a valid proof of export certificate will lie with you and we will not be responsible for your failure to obtain such certificate.
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Payment 5.4.1 You must provide us with your full name and permanent address and, if so requested, details of the bank from which any payments to us will be made. You must pay the full amount due (comprising the Hammer Price, the Buyer’s Premium and any applicable VAT) within seven days after the date of the sale. This applies even if you wish to export the Lot and an export licence is (or may be) required. 5.4.2 You will not acquire title to the Lot until all amounts due to us have been paid in full to us, even in circumstances where we have released the Lot to you. 5.4.3 Payment should be made in sterling by one of the following methods: II(i) Direct bank transfer to our account details of which are set out on the invoice. All bank charges shall be met by you. Please ensure that your client number is noted on the transfer. i(ii) By cheque or bank draft made payable to Spink and Son Ltd and sent to Spink at 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET. Please note that the processing charges for payments made by cheques or bank drafts drawn on a non-U.K bank shall be met by you. Please ensure that the remittance slip printed at the bottom of the invoice is enclosed with your payment. (iii) By Visa or Mastercard. A charge of 2% will be applied. Payments exceeding £5,000 can normally only be made by the card holder in person whilst on our premises. 5.4.4 Payments should be made by the registered buyer and not by third parties, unless it has been agreed at the time of registration that you are acting as an agent on behalf of a third party. 5.5 Invoices Invoices may consist of one or more pages and will show: Zero rated Lots (o); no symbol Lots sold under the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme; Lots marked (g) special scheme Investment Gold; Daggered Lots (†), imported Lots marked (x) and (Ω), (e) Lots with Zero rated hammer for EU VAT registered buyers. 5.6 Collection of Purchases 5.6.1 Unless we specifically agree to the contrary, we shall retain items sold until all amounts due to us, or to the Spink Group, have been paid in full. 5.6.2 Unless we notify you to the contrary, items retained by us will be covered in accordance with our policy which is available for inspection at our offices from the date of sale for a period of seven days or until the time of collection, whichever is sooner. After seven days or from the time of collection, whichever is the earlier, the Lot will be entirely at your risk. 5.6.3 Our policy will not cover and we are unable to accept responsibility for damage caused by woodworm, changes in atmospheric conditions or acts of terrorism. 5.7 Notification We are not able to notify successful bidders by telephone. While Invoices are sent out by mail after the auction we do not accept responsibility for notifying you of the result of your bid. You are requested to contact us by telephone or in person as soon as possible after the auction to obtain details of the outcome of your bids to avoid incurring charges for late payment. 5.8 Packing and handling 5.8.1 We shall use all reasonable endeavours to take care when handling and packing a purchased Lot but remind you that after seven days or from the time of collection, whichever is sooner, the Lot is entirely at your risk. Our postage charges are set out at the back of the catalogue. 5.8.2 It is the responsibility of the Buyer to be aware of any Import Duties that may be incurred upon importation to the final destination. Spink will not accept return of any package in order to avoid these duties. The onus is also on the Buyer to be aware of any Customs import restrictions that prohibit the importation of certain collectibles. Spink will not accept return of the Lot(s) under these circumstances. Spink will not accept responsibility for Lot(s) seized or destroyed by Customs. 5.9 Recommended packers and shippers If required our shipping department may arrange shipment as your agent. Although we may suggest carriers if specifically requested, our suggestions are made on the basis of our general experience of such parties in the past and we are not responsible to any person to whom we have made a recommendation for the acts or omissions of the third parties concerned. 5.10 Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases 5.10.1 If you fail to make payment within seven days of your stipulated payment date set out in your invoice, we shall be entitled to exercise one or more of the following rights or remedies: 5.10.1.1 to charge interest at the rate of 2% per month compound interest, calculated on a daily basis, from the date the full amount is due; 5.10.1.2 to set off against any amounts which the Spink Group may owe you in any other transaction the outstanding amount remaining unpaid by you; 5.4
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5.10.1.3 we may keep hold of all or some of your Lots or other property in the possession of the Spink Group until you have paid all the amounts you owe us or the Spink Group, even if the unpaid amounts do not relate to those Lots or other property. Following fourteen days’ notice to you of the amount outstanding and remaining unpaid, the Spink Group shall have the right to arrange the sale of such Lots or other property. We shall apply the proceeds in discharge of the amount outstanding to us or the Spink Group, and pay any balance to you; 5.10.1.4 where several amounts are owed by you to the Spink Group in respect of different transactions, to apply any amount paid to discharge any amount owed in respect of any particular transaction, whether or not you so direct; 5.10.1.5 to reject at any future auction any bids made by you or on your behalf or obtain a deposit from you before accepting any bids. 5.10.2 If you fail to make payment within thirty-five days, we shall in addition be entitled: 5.10.2.1 to cancel the sale of the Lot or any other item sold to you at the same or any other auction; 5.10.2.2 to arrange a resale of the Lot, publicly or privately, and, if this results in a lower price being obtained, claim the balance from you together with all reasonable costs including a 20% seller’s commission, expenses, damages, legal fees, commissions and premiums of whatever kind associated with both sales or otherwise, incurred in connection with your failure to make payment; or 5.10.2.3 take any other appropriate action as we deem fit. 5.11 Failure to collect Where purchases are not collected within seven days after the sale, whether or not payment has been made, you will be required to pay a storage charge of £2 per item per day plus any additional handling cost that may apply. You will not be entitled to collect the Lot until all outstanding charges are met, together with payment of all other amounts due to us. 5.12 Export Licence 5.12.1 If required we can, at our discretion, advise you on the detailed provisions of the export licensing regulations. Where we advise you in relation to export licensing regulations the ultimate responsibility in respect of any export will lie with you and we will not be responsible for your failure to apply for any necessary licences. 5.12.2 If the Lot is going to be hand carried by you, you may be required to produce a valid export licence to us or sign a waiver document stating that a licence will be applied for. 5.12.3 You should always check whether an export licence is required before exporting. Export licences are usually obtained within two or three weeks but delays can occur. 5.12.4 Unless otherwise agreed by us in writing, the fact that you wish to apply for an export licence does not affect your obligation to make payment within seven days nor our right to charge interest on late payment. 5.12.5 If you request that we apply for an export licence on your behalf, we shall be entitled to recover from you our disbursements and out of pocket expenses in relation to such application, together with any relevant VAT. 5.12.6 We will not be obliged to rescind a sale nor to refund any interest or other expenses incurred by you where payment is made by you despite the fact that an export licence is required. 5.13 Refund in the case of Forgery 5.13.1 A sale will be cancelled, and the amount paid refunded to you if a Lot (other than a miscellaneous item not described in the catalogue) sold by us proves to have been a Forgery. We shall not however be obliged to refund any amounts if either (a) the catalogue description or saleroom notice at the auction date corresponded to the generally accepted opinion of scholars or experts at that time, or fairly indicated that there was a conflict of opinions, or (b) it can be demonstrated that the Lot is a Forgery only by means of either a scientific process not generally accepted for use until after publication of the catalogue or a process which at the date of the auction was unreasonably expensive or impracticable or likely to have caused damage to the Lot. Furthermore, you should note that this refund can be obtained only if the following conditions are met: 5.13.1.1 you must notify us in writing, within seven days of the receipt of the Lot(s), that in your view the Lot concerned is a Forgery; 5.13.1.2 you must then return the item to us within fourteen days from receipt of the Lot(s), in the same condition as at the auction date; and
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5.13.1.3 as soon as possible following return of the Lot, you must produce evidence satisfactory to us that the Lot is a Forgery and that you are able to transfer good title to us, free from any third party claims. 5.13.2 In no circumstances shall we be required to pay you any more than the amount paid by you for the Lot concerned and you shall have no claim for interest. 5.13.3 The benefit of this guarantee is not capable of being transferred, and is solely for the benefit of the person to whom the original invoice was made out by us in respect of the Lot when sold and who, since the sale, has remained the owner of the Lot without disposing of any interest in it to any third party. 5.13.4 We shall be entitled to rely on any scientific or other process to establish that the Lot is not a Forgery, whether or not such process was used or in use at the date of the auction. 6 LIABILITY Nothing in these Terms and Conditions limits or excludes our liability for: 6.1 death or personal injury resulting from negligence; or 6.2 any damage or liability incurred by you as a result of our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation. 7 COPYRIGHT 7.1 We shall have the right (on a non-exclusive basis) to photograph, video or otherwise produce an image of the Lot. All rights in such an image will belong to us, and we shall have the right to use it in whatever way we see fit. 7.2 The copyright in all images, illustrations and written material relating to a Lot is and shall remain at all times our property and we shall have the right to use it in whatever way we see fit. You shall not use or allow anyone else to use such images, illustrations or written material without our prior written consent. 8 VAT You shall give us all relevant information about your VAT status and that of the Lot to ensure that the correct information is printed in the catalogues. Once printed, the information cannot be changed. If we incur any unforeseen cost or expense as a result of the information being incorrect, you will reimburse to us on demand the full amount incurred. 9 NOTICES All notices given under these Terms and Conditions may be served personally, sent by 1st class post, or faxed to the address given to the sender by the other party. Any notice sent by post will be deemed to have been received on the second working day after posting or, if the addressee is overseas, on the fifth working day after posting. Any notice sent by fax or served personally will be deemed to be delivered on the first working day following despatch. 10 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS The following provisions of this clause 10 shall apply only if you are acting for the purposes of your business. 10.1 Limitation of Liability Subject to clause 6, we shall not be liable, whether in tort (including for negligence or breach of statutory duty), contract, misrepresentation or otherwise for any: 10.1.1 loss of profits, loss of business, depletion of goodwill and/or similar losses, loss of anticipated savings, loss of goods, loss of contract, loss of use, loss of corruption of data or information; or 10.1.2 any special, indirect, consequential or pure economic loss, costs, damages, charges or expenses. 10.2 Severability If any part of these Terms and Condition is found by any court to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that part may be discounted and the rest of the conditions shall continue to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. 10.3 Force majeure We shall have no liability to you if we are prevented from, or delayed in performing, our obligations under these Terms and Conditions or from carrying on our business by acts, events, omissions or accidents beyond our reasonable control, including (without limitation) strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving our workforce or the workforce of any other party), failure of a utility service or transport network, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm or default of suppliers or subcontractors. 10.4 Waiver 10.4.1 A waiver of any right under these Terms and Conditions is only effective if it is in writing and it applies only to the circumstances for which it is given. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right or remedy under these Terms and Conditions or by law shall constitute a waiver of that (or any other) right or remedy, nor preclude or restrict its further exercise. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall preclude or restrict the further exercise of that (or any other) right or remedy. 10.4.2 Unless specifically provided otherwise, rights arising under these Terms and Conditions are cumulative and do not exclude rights provided by law. Spink Uni (07/11) (20)
10.5 Law and Jurisdiction 10.5.1 These Terms and Conditions and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of England and Wales. 10.5.2 The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim that arises out of, or in connection with, Terms and Conditions or their subject matter.
Postal Charges Prices for books (items sent by this method are not covered by insurance) Weight
UK
EU
Rest of the World
Up to 1kg
£8 for any weight
£12
£15
Up to 2kg
£8 for any weight
£18
£25
Prices for all other items including postage and packaging Invoice Value
UK
EU
Rest of the World
Up to £1,500
£10
£15
£20
Above £1,501
£20
£30
£40
Shipments of more than 2kg or volumetric measurement of more than 2kg have to be sent by courier. Certain countries may incur extra charge when courier services are required by our insurance policy. For lots sent by courier please contact Auctionteam@spink.com for calculation of any further relevant cost in addition to the above charges. Value Added Tax (VAT) Charging of (VAT) at Auction The information shown on this page sets out the way in which Spink intends to account for VAT.
i.
Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme 1. Where possible, we will offer Lots for sale under the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme. Such Lots can be identified by the absence of any symbol next to the Lot number in the catalogue and will not be subject to VAT on the Hammer Price. 2. Where Lots are sold using the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme to VAT–registered businesses, the VAT included within the Buyers’ Premium is not recoverable as input tax. Upon request on sale day, we will issue invoices that show VAT separately on both the Hammer Price and the Buyer’s Premium. This will enable VAT-registered businesses to recover the VAT charged as input tax, subject to the normal rules for recovering input tax.
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Zero-Rated Lots Limited Categories of goods, such as books, are Zero-rated (o) for VAT in the United Kingdom. Such Lots are offered under the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme. In these circumstances no VAT element will be included within the Buyer’s Premium.
iii.
Daggered Lots Lots which are Daggered (†) in the catalogue are subject to VAT at 20% on both the Hammer Price and the Buyer’s Premium.
iv.
Starred and Omega Lots Lots which are marked (x) in the catalogue are subject to VAT at 5% on the Hammer Price and 20% on the Buyer’s Premium which is shown as inclusive of VAT. Lots which bear the Omega symbol (Ω) are subject to VAT at 20% on the Hammer Price and on the Buyer’s Premium. Such Lots bear VAT because the Lot is liable for VAT at this rate on importation into the EU.
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Investment Gold Lots Lots marked (g) in the catalogue are exempt from VAT on the Hammer Price and are subject to VAT at 20% on the Buyer’s Premium. A refund of VAT charged on the Buyer’s Premium can also be made on receipt of proof of business as a collectibles dealer.
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Imported Lots Lots which are marked (x) and Lots which bear the Omega symbol (Ω) have VAT charged on the Hammer Price and Buyers’ Premium because they have been imported into the United Kingdom from outside the EU. In these cases we have used a temporary importation procedure, which in effect means that the point of importation is deferred until the Lot has been sold. At this point the Buyer is treated as the importer and is liable to pay the import VAT due. We will collect the VAT from you and pay it to HM Customs and Excise on your behalf.
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Group Chairman and CEO Olivier D. Stocker
Coins, Stamps, Banknotes, Medals, Bonds & Shares, Autographs & Books
Your Specialists Banknotes, Bonds & Shares UK - Barnaby Faull Mike Veissid Francesca Girelli Andrew Pattison USA - Stephen Goldsmith Matthew Orsini Stamps UK - Tim Hirsch Guy Croton David Parsons Nick Startup Neill Granger Paul Mathews Dominic Savastano USA - Chris Anderson George Eveleth Andrew Titley Ed Robinson Coins UK - Paul Dawson Julie-Morgane Lecoindre Richard Bishop William MacKay Arthur Bryant John Pett George Champ USA - Stephen Goldsmith Matthew Orsini Normand Pepin Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria UK - Mark Quayle Oliver Pepys Books UK - Philip Skingley Rebecca Mason Autographs USA - Robert Litzenberger Your Europe Team Chairman’s Office Dennis Muriu Monica Kruber Directors Tim Hirsch Anthony Spink Auction & Client Management Team Emily Johnston Miroslava Adusei-Poku Luca Borgo Phillipa Brown Finance Alison Bennet Mina Bhagat Alison Kinnaird Shyam Padhiar Svitlana Qamarauli IT & Administration Berdia Qamarauli Darjet Shah Liz Cones Curlene Spencer John Winchcombe Your America Team Chairman Emeritus John Herzog Head of Numismatic Stephen Goldsmith Finance & Operations Manager Sam Qureshi Auction Administration Rick Penko Patricia Gardner Marketing & Design James McGuire Emily Cowin Shawn Barnes Clyde Townsend Finance & Administration Ingrid Qureshi Marcy Gottberg Ed Robinson Auctioneer Tracy Shreve
AUCTION CALENDAR 2011 Stamps 20 September 24/25 September 12 October 18/19 October 9 November
Great Britain Stamps Fine Stamps & Covers of South East Asia including the Stolz Collection Part II The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Surface Printed Issues Pearls of Arabia Philately The “Fordwater” Collection of Mint Australian Commonwealth with the Emphasis Being on Unmounted Mint Autumn Collector’s Series Sale The Collector’s Series Sale The “Agathon” Collection of the First Issue of Russia The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain King Edward VII Essays, Proofs and Issued Stamps
London Singapore London London
11038 11016 11031 11037
London London New York London
11041 11033 137 11034
London
11035
London
11019
15/16 November 8 December
World Banknotes British Banknotes Featuring The Brian Ascroft and Alasdair Macdonald Collections and Other Properties The Collector’s Series Sale World Banknotes
London New York London
11040 311 11020
Bonds and Shares 21 October 15/16 November
Bonds & Share Certificates of the World The Collector’s Series Sale
London New York
11022 311
Coins 6 October 6/7 October 15/16 November 13 December
The Frank Brady Collection of English Hammered Groats Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals The Collector’s Series Sale Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
London London New York London
11039 11023 311 11024
Medals 24 November
Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
London
11011
9/10 November 15/16 November 29 November 6 December
Banknotes 27/28 September 3 October
Your Asia Team Gary Tan
The above sale dates are subject to change Our Environmental Commitment: Paper from Sustainable Forests and Non Hazardous Ink For centuries Spink and its employees have been preserving and curating collectable items. We now wish to play a modest role in preserving our planet, as well as the heritage of collectables, so future generations may enjoy both. We insist that our printers source all paper used in the production of Spink catalogues from FSC registered suppliers (for further information on the FSC standard please visit fsc.org) and use inks containing non hazardous ingredients. Spink recycle all ecological material used on our premises and we would encourage you to recycle your catalogue once you have finished with it.
Spink offers the following services Valuations for insurance and probate for individual items or whole collections. Sales on a commission basis either of individual pieces or whole collections.
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SPINK LONDON
British Banknotes
3 October 2011 • London
STAMPS BANKNOTES MEDALS COINS BONDS & SHARES AUTOGRAPHS BOOKS
69 Southampton Row © Copyright 2011
Bloomsbury www.spink.com
London WC1B 4ET
BRITISH BANKNOTES
Featuring The Brian Ascroft and Alasdair Macdonald Collections and Other Properties LONDON, MONDAY 3 OCTOBER 2011