Catalogue
British Honduras, The Government of British Honduras, uniface black and white printer's proof on card, undated (for 1895 series), no denomination, imprint of Thos. de la Rue & Co. London, printer's annotated tag attached at left, together with matching size piece of tissue paper signed by three signatories in line (cfP.7-12). Production stain in top margin, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $260
British Honduras, The Government of British Honduras, Elizabeth II, specimen one dollar, 1st October 1958, discordant serial numbers, G/3 300001 and G/3 500000 and 12345 in red top margin, SPECIMEN perforated below signatures, printer's instructions in pen top margin (P.28as). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
British Honduras, The Government of British Honduras, Elizabeth II, specimen one dollar, 1st November 1961, discordant serial numbers, G/3 575001 and G/3 775000 and 12345 in red top margin, SPECIMEN perforated in centre, printer's instructions in pen top margin (P.28bs). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Brunei, Government of Brunei, twenty five dollars, 25th Anniversary of Accession, A/1 0105545 and A/1 0453534 (P.21). Nearly extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Burma, Reserve Bank of India, George VI, ten rupees, undated (1938), A/39 637569 (P.5); State of Burma, Military Administration, 1945 Provisional Issue, ten rupees, overprinted on Reserve Bank of India, George VI, ten rupees (P.24), C/7 968047 (P.28); Ceylon, Government of Ceylon, George VI, five rupees, 24th June 1945, G/33 205715; Hong Kong, Government of Hong Kong, George VI, one dollar, 1st January 1952, J/5 552537 (P.324b). Very good - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
Burma, Burma State Bank, one hundred kyats, undated (1944), block [1] (P.21a). Small splits in margin, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $250
Burma, Peoples Bank of Burma, twenty kyat, undated (1965), consecutive pair (P.55). Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Cambodia, Banque Nationale du Cambodge, printer's proof for one hundred riels, undated (1973), uncut pair, without serial numbers (P.15). Uncirculated.
Estimate $120
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Cambodia, Banque Nationale du Cambodge, one hundred riels, replacement note (1973) o259655 (P.15r) and five thousand riels, replacement note (1974) o093144 (P.17Ar). Nearly uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $60
Cambodia, State Bank of Democratic Kampuchea, 1979, set of specimen notes for 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 riels, all prefixed and with serial number 0000000, SPECIMEN stamped in red diagonally both sides (P.25s-32s). Nearly uncirculated - uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $180
SOLD $160
Cambodia, National Bank of Cambodia, 1995 issue, specimen set of one hundred, two hundred, five hundred, one thousand and two thousand riels, prefixed and numbered 0000000, with SPECIMEN in red diagonally on fronts and backs (P.41s-45s). Uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Cambodia, National Bank of Cambodia, 1995-98 issue, specimen set of five, ten, twenty, fifty and one hundred thousand riels, prefixed C3 (0465), D4 (0465), E1 (1416), F2 (0465), G1 (1474) and numbered 0000000, with SPECIMEN in red diagonally on fronts and backs on the first four, the last perforated SPECIMEN vertically (P46s-50s). Uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $500
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Cambodia, National Bank of Cambodia, 2001-2006 issues, specimen set of fifty, one hundred, five hundred, one thousand, five thousand and ten thousand riels, all prefixed and numbered 0000000, with SPECIMEN in red diagonally on fronts and backs (P.51s-54s, 55cs, 56cs). Uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Cambodia, National Bank of Cambodia, 2001 issue, five thousand, ten thousand and fifty thousand riels, numbered 0000000, SPECIMEN in red diagonally on front (P.55s, 56s, 57s). Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $300
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Cambodia, National Bank of Cambodia, 2013 issue, specimen fifty thousand riels, numbered 0000000, SPECIMEN in red vertically at left on both sides (P.61s). Uncirculated.
Estimate $150
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Cambodia, National Bank of Cambodia, 2012 issue, specimen one hundred thousand riels, numbered 0000000, SPECIMEN perforated vertically at left (P.62s). Uncirculated.
Estimate $150
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Canada, Bank of Canada, Elizabeth II, 1954, one dollar, U/Z 7628726 and ten dollars, R/V 1726209 (P.74b, 79b); Jersey, Elizabeth II, ten shillings, undated (1963), B878673 and one pound, C907987 (P.7a, 8a). Good very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $70
SOLD $90
China, International Banking Corporation, one, five and ten yuan, Peking, two of each banknote cut horizontally across centre and joined together to make a mirror image, one yuan 1st July 1919 (151370 and 159370), five yuan 1st January 1910 (331422 and 346122), ten yuan 1st January 1910 (270936 and 270976) (P.S.413,414,417). First with very small tone spot, second with water stain at top right corner, last with water stain at bottom left corner, otherwise uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
China, Heilongjiang Province, 'Large Currency', ten yuan, No. 01596, vertical format. Fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $190
China, Bank of Chinan, 1939 five yuan (P.S3069A); ten yuan (P.S3069E); another different colour (P.S3070); 1945 500 yuan, light green (P.3091a); 500 yuan light blue; 1939 ten cents (P.S3064); 1942, 25 and 50 yuan (P.S3074-5). Mostly very fine or better. (8)
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
China, Canton Municipal Bank, ten cents, 1st Oct. 1931 (P.S2269a), scarce; Tung Pei Bank of China, 100 yuan 1947, (P.S3745, S3747); The Shantung Min Sheng Bank 1938 fifty cents, 1940 five yuan (P.S2740, S2742). Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $100
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China, Central Bank of China, Shanghai, specimen five dollars, 1930, joined vertical pair, serial numbers 00000 at left and right front and back and stamped SPECIMEN in red diagonally on front at left and right (P.200.S1), unsigned with punch hole cancellations in signature reserves, by American Bank Note Company. Uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $400
China, Republic, The Central Bank of China, 1936 Waterlow & Sons issue, one hundred yuan, B/L 566512C, B/M 307149C, C/P 837115C (P.220a). Nearly uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $150
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China, The Central Bank of China, one yuan 1936, five yuan 1941, twenty yuan 1942, 20 cents (1931) and twenty cents copper with O/P (P.211, 234, 248, 203, 194 O/P); one customs gold unit, 1000 gold units (P.325, 339); Central Reserve Bank of China, (Japan Puppet Bank), five yuan 1940, twenty cents 1940 (P.J11 [rare], J4). Nearly very fine - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $150
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China, The Farmers Bank of China, ten cents, 1937, LV 142655 (P.461); twenty cents, 1937, GA 441147 (P.462); ten yuan, 1940, BW 396477 (P.464). The first two extremely fine, the last very fine. (3)
Estimate $70
SOLD $60
China, The Farmers Bank of China, one yuan and five yuan (P.474, 475) nd. 1941; Bank of Communications, five yuan, 1914, Shanghai (P.117n); Maojgungs Liutungkyan, 1000 yuan, 1946 (P.S3642); Farmers Bank of Northwest China (Shansi), 10,000 yuan (1948), (P.S3324); Kwang Tung Provincial Bank, one dollar 1931, (P.S2411); Central Bank of China, 500 yuan 1947 (P.381); Central Bank of Manchukuo, one yuan 1937, another fifty fen 1935, (P.J129, 130); Federal Reserve Bank of China, one yuan, 1941 (P.J72); other notes uncertain but western China (2). Fine - very fine, several scarce. (12)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
China, Bank of Chang Chung, five hundred yuan, 1948, No. FJ 904895, LR 06393 (P.S3053, 3054). Extremely fine, the second with small nick in left margin. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
China, Kee Kwan Motor Road Co. Ltd., 5; 10; 20; 50 ND Cents (Pick -); a private issue printed by the Hong Kong Banknote Company and featuring a Portuguese legend due to Zhongshan City's proximity to Macau, (only the 10 Cent note is listed in Smith & Matravers with number C85-1). Uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
China, WWII, Shanghai Hong Kew, Lu Shin Lu China, advertising chit for brothel 'House No.106 Market Street' for U.S. servicemen. Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
China, WWII, Victory Bar, Shanghai, advertising chit for U.S. servicemen, c1946. Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
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