Catalogue
India, Reserve Bank of India, five rupees, undated (1937) (P.18a) G/41 595296/7 consecutive pair. The usual staple holes at left edge, smudge and tone marks at top right corner, centre fold, otherwise fresh uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $230
India, Reserve Bank of India, George VI, five rupees, undated (issued 1943), signature C.D.Deshmukh, K89 880214/6 consecutive trio (P.18b; Jhun.3.2). Staple holes at left, uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
India, Reserve Bank of India, George VI, five rupees, undated (issued 1944), signature Deshmukh, N/94 413832 (P.18b; Jhun.3.2). Staple holes at left, extremely fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
India, The Reserve Bank of India, George VI, one hundred rupees, signature C.D.Deshmukh, undated (issued 1943), Bombay, B/4 742958, watermark profile head (P.20b; Jhun.7.2A). Two staple holes and spindle hole at left, extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $280
India, Reserve Bank of India, George VI, ten rupees, signature C.D.Deshmukh, undated (issued 1944), F/48 082441 (P.24; Jhun.6.1). Staple holes at left, uneven left margin, otherwise good extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
India, Reserve Bank of India, ten rupees, signature B.Rama Rau (1950), C/80 716952 (P.37a; Jhun.4.1.2). Staple holes at left, uneven top edge, flat, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
India, Reserve Bank of India, ten rupees, undated issue (1962-67), P.C.Bhattacharyya, U/8 730118 (underprint A) H/18 634162/3 consecutive pair, P/50 648130 (underprint B) (P.cf39, Jun.4.4.1B). Staple holes at left, nearly uncirculated, the pair illustrated. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
India, Reserve Bank of India, Second Series, one thousand rupees, undated (1975) (P.65a) A/3 099608/9 consecutive pair. The usual staple holes at left edge, creasing at left side and centre fold, otherwise uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,200
India, Reserve Bank of India, one thousand rupees, (1975), Bombay, N.C.Sengupta signature, A/3 099612/3 consecutive pair (P.65a; Jhun.9.4.1). Staple holes at left, good extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,150
India, Reserve Bank of India, five rupees, 2010, two bank bundles of one hundred notes with bundle wrappers for BRBNMPL - Mysore, 72B 042201/300 with red wrapper and 77B 311701 with black wrapper (P.-). The end note of the first bundle with small stain spot at back edge, otherwise uncirculated. (200)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
India, Persian Gulf, Reserve Bank of India, ten rupees (1959), signature H.V.R.Iengar, Z/4 938277 'A' (P.R3; Jhun.12.3.1). Staple holes at left, nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $1,200
Passed in
India, The Henry Archer Collection of designs for Indian and Hyderabad banknotes, 1928 - 1952, consisting of Reserve Bank of India, George VI, black and white, uniface photographs of proofs (14) for, one, two, two rupees eight annas, five, ten, one hundred (two types), and one thousand rupees, plus various vignettes and photos of George VI, animals, dhows, the Ashoka Column, hand drawn sketches and memos (31); Hyderabad, uniface black and white photographs of proofs (12) for one, five, ten, and one hundred rupees, plus photos of vignettes, memos (5), also black and white photographs of the pages from the inauguration ceremony brochure for the opening of the currency note press in 1928 (6). Most photos of proofs show signs of being removed from a book or album, several small repairs, nearly all the other vignettes, photos and other items show no faults, mostly very fine - extremely fine. (68)
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $5,000
India, Reserve Bank of India, shipwreck recovered unprinted banknote paper sheets with watermark by Portals in England, one with watermark of crowned bust of George VI, two figure fives, and Reserve/Bank/of/India in centre, five across and ten down, the other has watermark of crowned bust of George VI and Ten Rupees/Reserve Bank/of/India/Ten Rupees in centre, five across and eight down. Some paper loss around edges, surprisingly little water staining, as recovered. (2 sheets)
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Indonesia, Republik Indonesia, one rupiah, 1954 (P.72) (3), one rupiah, and two and a half rupiah, 1961 (P.78 [48], 79 [10]) (58); Bank Indonesia, twenty five rupiah, and one thousand rupiah, 1958 (P.57 [30], 61) (31), five rupiah, 1959 (P.65) (33), ten rupiah, 1963 (P.89), twenty five rupiah, and one hundred rupiah, 1964 (P.95 [35], 108a) (36), two and a half rupiah, and fifty rupiah, 1968 (P.103a [2], 107a [2]) (4). Many consecutive runs, some very fine but mostly uncirculated. (166)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Indonesia, Irian Barat, Bank of Indonesia, ten rupiah, 1960 (P.R4). Some foxing, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $70
Passed in
Indonesia, Bank Indonesia, fifty rupiah, 1964 (P.96) (100) JAV 025002/73, 77/93, 97/107. Uncirculated. (100)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Indonesia, Bank Indonesia, fifty rupiah, 1964 (P.96) JAV 025210/25, 231/314, LBP 008783/4, 787/8, 793/6 all consecutive runs. Uncirculated. (108)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Indonesia, Bank Indonesia, twenty thousand rupiah, 1995 (P.135a) includes one bank wrapped bundle of one hundred and other loose notes. Fine - very fine. (162)
Estimate $300
SOLD $250
Iran, Shah Reza, one hundred rials, AH1317, overprinted on back with purple date stamp AH1320 (1941) (P.36Ad). Good fine/fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Iran, Bank Markazi Iran, twenty rials (1953) (P.60), another (1954) (P.65); one hundred rials (1963) (P.77) and five hundred rials (1981) (P.128). Uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Iran, Central Bank of Islamic Republic of Iran, two thousand rials (P.141j). Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $30
Passed in
Iran, Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, ten thousand rials, undated (1992 -) (11) (P.146c [2] consecutive pair, P.146f [9] includes four consecutive pairs); twenty thousand rials, undated (2004-5) (P.147) (6) all consecutive. Uncirculated. (17)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Iraq, Central Bank of Iraq, twenty five dinars, (1986), portrait of S.Hussein on front, (P.73). Fine - nearly uncirculated. (100)
Estimate $80
SOLD $130
Ireland, Bank of Ireland, one pound, 24 Nov. 1909, Dublin, uniface red and black on white, number G/95 50490, Hibernias and Medusa Heads type, printed signature of W(illiam) H(aughton) Baskin, (P.74 unlisted date, Blake and Callaway BA 65a unlisted date but of this type). Very fine and extremely rare, an unlisted date.
Estimate $600
SOLD $1,100
Ireland, Central Bank of Ireland, one pound, 1982-87 (P.70c), five pounds, 1982-87 (P.71c), ten pounds, 1978-81 (P.72a), twenty pounds, 1983-86 (P.73b). The five pounds with ink smudge on back, otherwise very fine - good very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Ireland, Northern Ireland, Ulster Bank Limited, C.McCarthy, 25th November 2006, five pounds, GB119346/50 five consecutive (P.339) George Best commemorative issue in commemorative folder. Uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Isle of Man, Isle of Man Government, Elizabeth II, one pound (1972) (P.29a); fifty new pence (1979) (P.33a); one pound (1979) (P.34a); one pound (1983) (P.38a) and fifty pounds (1983) (P.39). Uncirculated, the last illustrated. (5)
Estimate $190
SOLD $260
Isle of Man, Isle of Man Government, Elizabeth II, one pound (2009) (P.40c); five pounds, undated (P.41b); ten pounds (2011) (P.44) and twenty pounds (2007) (P.45). Uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Italy, Banca d'Italia, five hundred lire, 31 March 1943, T8 084344 (P.69). Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Japan, Bank of Japan, 1950-58 issues, five thousand yen, ten thousand yen (P.93b, 94b) (2); 1963-69 issues, five hundred yen (3), one thousand yen (3) (P.95b [3], 96b [3]) (6). High face value, very fine - nearly uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $200
SOLD $140