Catalogue
Zaire, Banque du Zaire, specimen notes, five zaires, 30.11.1974, B 0000000 B (P.21s Asa); ten zaires, 30.6.1972, no serials (P.23s Asa); fifty zaires, 4.2.1980, E 0000000 A (P.25s), overprinted 'SPECIMEN' in red on front and back of first two notes, in red on front and black on back of third note. Ten zaire with light fold right bottom corner, nearly uncirculated - uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Zambia, Bank of Zambia, specimen ten shillings, undated (1964), A/1 000000, Proof No. 872/29 printed at left in lower margin. (P.1s). Uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Zambia, Bank of Zambia, ten shillings, undated (1964), A/1 421676 (P.1a). Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Zambia, Bank of Zambia, one pound, undated (1964), B/4 145279 (P.2a). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $250
Zambia, Bank of Zambia, one pound, undated (1964), B/6 976095 (P.2a). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Zambia, Bank of Zambia, fifty ngwee, undated (1968), 6/A 783627 (P.4a). Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Zambia, Bank of Zambia, one kwacha, undated (1968), 12/B 434502 (P.5a); fifty ngwee, undated (1969), 11/A 312753 and 11/A 409262 (P.9a) (2). The first very fine, the last two uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $80
SOLD $120
Zambia, Bank of Zambia, de la Rue specimen ten kwacha, undated (1968), 1/D 000000, 'Specimen DE LA RUE & CO LTD No Value' oval stamp on two diagonal corners front and back and SPECIMEN diagonally front and back, all these in red, single punch cancelled on signature (P.7s). Remnants of glue marks at right on back having been fixed in an album, otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Zambia, Bank of Zambia, fifty ngwee, undated (1973), 1/A 000022 (P.14a) and 1/Z 135913, replacement note (P.14ar). Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Zambia, Bank of Zambia, one kwacha, undated (1973), 1/B 000022, 3/B 964399, 4/B 187561 and 5/B 686442 (P.16a). Uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $140
Zambia, Bank of Zambia, twenty kwacha, undated (1974), 2/H 416380 (P.18a). Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Zambia, Bank of Zambia, twenty kwacha, undated (1974), 4/H 545290 (P.18a). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Zambia, Bank of Zambia, replacement notes, one kwacha, undated (1976), 1/Y 160735 (P.19ar); two kwacha, undated (1974), 1/X 549765 (P.20ar); five kwacha, undated (1976), 1/U 201020 (P.21ar); ten kwacha, undated (1976), 1/W 018361 (P.22ar). The first three uncirculated, the last very fine. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $120
Zambia, Bank of Zambia, replacement notes, all undated (1980), one kwacha, 1/Z 346988 (P.23ar); two kwacha, 1/Z 078692 and 1/Z 369464 (P.24ar, 24br); five kwacha, 1/Z 221119 (P.25br); ten kwacha, 1/Z 607327, 1/Z 742362 and 1/Z 760294 (P.26cr, dr (2)) (3); twenty kwacha, 1/Z 122299, 1/Z 222062 (P.27br, dr) (2). Uncirculated, some scarce. (9)
Estimate $400
SOLD $340
Zambia, Bank of Zambia, all undated (1980), five kwacha, 23C 206247 (P.25b); ten kwacha, 24/D 029569, 36/D 475813, 8, 52/D 957959, 69/D 626021, 75D 324195 (P.26a, c (2), d (3)) (6); twenty kwacha, 7/E 001677, 9/E 875132, 40, 26/E 541441, 28E 658289/90 consecutive pair, 34/E 567054 (P.27a, b (2), d (4)) (7). Uncirculated some scarce. (14)
Estimate $500
SOLD $540
Zambia, Bank of Zambia, fifty kwacha, undated (1986), 1/F 772701, 8/F 743609, 25/F 363438 (P.28a) (3); another, undated (1989), A/E 0697196 (P.33a) and A/S 4693014 (P.33b). Uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Zimbabwe, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, two dollars, 1980, AA 1717081, 3 A (P.1a) (2); 1983, AA 0401806 U (P.1b); five dollars, 1980, BA 0313862/2 A consecutive pair, BW 0000026 A replacement note; 1982, BA 9358476/8 A consecutive trio, BA 5976117 B, BA 4571702 E (P.2a (2), ar, b (4), c) (7). Uncirculated. (11)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Zimbabwe, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, ten dollars, 1980, CA 3144699 A and CA 0316253/5 B consecutive trio (P.3a). Uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Zimbabwe, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, ten dollars, 1982, CA 1292153/5 E consecutive trio (P.3c). Uncirculated and scarce. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
World banknotes, twenty first century, includes Afghanistan, Bolivia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Jamaica, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vietnam. In one black and one green album, very fine - uncirculated. (235)
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
World banknotes, includes Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bermuda, Bhutan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile and Colombia, a wide selection nearly all different. Uncirculated. (96)
Estimate $130
SOLD $90
World banknotes, a selection including Albania, Angola, Bahamas, Brazil, Burma, China, Estonia, Italy, Namibia, Zimbabwe; Angola, twenty escudos, 1973 (P.104a) and Yemen, Democratic Republic, South Arabian Currency Authority, five dinars (1965) (P.4b) noted. Fine - uncirculated. (27)
Estimate $130
Passed in
World banknotes, a small Middle Eastern selection from Algeria (1), Egypt (6), Lebanon (3), Syria (1), Tunisia (2), Turkey (1). Fair - extremely fine. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
World banknotes, Algeria, Banque Central d'Algerie, one hundred dinars, 1.1.1964 (P.125a); Biafra, Bank of Biafra, ten pounds, undated (1968-69) (P.7a); Guinea, Banque Centrale De La Republique De Guinee, five sylis, 1 March 1960 (1980) (P.27a); Guinea-Bissau, Banco Nacional Da Guine-Bissau, five thousand pesos, 12 September 1984 (P.9); Haiti, Republic, Treasury 5th Issue, two gourdes, L.1827 (P.34); Lesotho, Central Bank of Lesotho, two maloti, (19)81 (P.4a); Rwanda, Banque Nationale Du Rwanda, fifty francs, 1.1.76, one hundred francs, 1.01.1978, 1.08.1982 (P.7c, 12a, 18) (3); St Thomas & Prince, Banco Nacional de S.Tome e Principe, fifty dobras, 30 September 1982 (P.59). Very good - uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $90
SOLD $180
World banknotes, all specimen issues in Thomas De La Rue & Co Limited book, all notes glued on pages at either left or right back edge and all notes printed SPECIMEN diagonally on front and back as well as SPECIMEN DE LA RUE NO VALUE in oval cartouche at corners, includes Angola, one hundred angolares, 1 March 1951, 26PM00000, specimen no.28 (P.85s); Bolivia, five thousand bolivianos, Series P, Law of 20 December 1945, 000000, specimen no.10 (P.145s), one thousand bolivianos, 2nd issue, Series A, Law of 20 December 1945, 000000, specimen no.33 (P.149s); Brazil, twenty cruzeiros, Series 370A, undated (1955-61), 000000, series no.12 (P.160s), one hundred cruzeiros, Series 115A, undated (1960), 000000, specimen no.78 (P.161s); Burma, five rupees, undated (1948), IX 000000, specimen no.26 (P.35s); Cambodia, ten riels, undated (1955), 00000, specimen no.24 (P.3s); Belgian Congo, twenty francs, 01.12.56, A000000, specimen no.22 (P.31s); Cuba, one peso, Series 1956, B 000000 A, specimen no.22 (P.87as), ten pesos, Series 1956, A 000000 A, specimen no.24 (P.88as); Scotland, Clydesdale & North of Scotland Bank, twenty pounds, 1 June 1955, A000000, specimen no.12 (P.193as), punch hole cancelled on signatures; Dominican Republic, ten pesos, undated (1952), A 000000 A, specimen no.35 (P.69s); Ecuador, fifty sucres, Series TL, undated (1966), 000000, specimen no.51 (P.116s); Honduras, ten lempiras, undated (1951-54), E 000000, specimen no.12 (P.47s); French Indo China, ten piastres, undated (1953), S3 00000, specimen no.8 (P.96bs); Iran, two hundred rials, undated (1951), 1/00000, specimen no.69 (P.58s); Pakistan, ten rupees, undated (1951), A000000, specimen no.88 (P.13s); Philippines, twenty pesos, undated, B000000, specimen no.15 (P.137s1), fifty pesos, undated, C000000, specimen no.4 (P.138s1); Saudi Arabia, ten riyals, undated (1954), 42/000000, specimen no.39 (P.4s); Thailand, one hundred baht, undated (1955), B/94 000000, specimen no.11 (P.78s); Mozambique, fifty escudos, 16 February 1950, 0000000, specimen no.26 (P.102s); South Vietnam, five dong, undated (1955), A1 000000, specimen no.46 (P.2s), ten dong, undated (1955), A1 000000, specimen no.33 (P.3s), also included in the book is a brief history of Thomas De La Rue and a selection of various mint postage stamps (86) by De La Rue from several countries all stuck on the book pages. As stated, all banknotes stuck to page at one edge, otherwise uncirculated and with mint stamps. (24 banknotes + 86 stamps)
Estimate $3,000
SOLD $7,500
World banknotes, a variety of issues, 1909-c1980, some items include Angola, one thousand escudos, 10 June 1973 (P.108); China, Republic, Taiwan Bank, ten yuan, 1976 (P.1984) (26, includes 19 consecutive and 2 pairs), Bank of Taiwan, one yuan, 1954 with overprint Matsu/Mazu Island (P.R119); Fiji, five shillings, 1 June 1951 (P.37k); Ghana, one - ten cedis, 1977-78 (P.13d, 14c, 15b, 16f) (4); Indonesia, five thousand rupiah, 1958 (P.63); Seychelles, ten rupees, twenty five rupees, undated (1979) (P.23a, 24a) (2); Spain, twenty five pesetas, 22 July 1954 (P.147a); a large number of other issues, noted many JIM notes including a quantity of unused for use in Malaya and Singapore, also WWII Malaya matchbook covers (7) and unused WWII Japanese postcards from Malaya (5) (a few with holes, discolouration at edges, otherwise fine). In a green banknote album, many extremely fine - uncirculated, overall poor - uncirculated. (approx 200)
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
World Banknotes, includes Angola, twenty escudos, 1973; Bahamas, fifty cents, 2001; Portuguese Guinea, 100 escudos 1971 (P.45a); Macedonia, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500, 1000 denar, 1992; South Yemen, South Arabian Currency Authority, five dinars, 1965 (P.45); Zimbabwe, bearer cheques 10,000, 20,000 dollars, 2003, 50,000 dollars, 2006 'AF', 'AG', 1000 dollars, 2003 'WS'. Mostly uncirculated. (15)
Estimate $130
SOLD $160
World banknotes, Angola, Banco Nacional Ultramarino, ten centavos, 5 November 1914 (P.40), National Bank of Angola, one thousand kwanzas, 11 November 1976 (P.113a); Macau, Banco Nacional Ultramarino, five, ten, twenty and fifty avos, 6 August 1946 (P.35r, 36r, 37r, 38r) (4); Timor, Banco Nacional Ultramarino, one thousand escudos, 21 March 1968 (P.30). Very good - uncirculated. (7)
Estimate $110
SOLD $250
World banknotes, a collection of mostly late 19th - mid 20th century issues, includes Argentina, Bermuda, Ceylon, Cyprus, Fiji, Gibraltar, Great Britain (including Tamworth Old Bank pound), Guernsey, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Malaya, Malta and USA Confederate (3) and silver certificate ten dollars, 1934. High catalogue value, good - extremely fine. (39)
Estimate $500
SOLD $480
World banknotes, South American issues from Argentina (7); Brazil (15) includes some consecutive numbers; Chile (15) noted Banco de Curico, twenty pesos, (c1882) unsigned remainder (PS.220); El Salvador (3), noted Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador, ten colones, 3 January 1951 (P.85a). Poor - uncirculated. (40)
Estimate $70
SOLD $60