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Germany, Reichsbank, various issues from the Empire and Weimar Republic including hyperinflation notes and notgeld. Poor - fine. (45)
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
Germany, Federal Republic, 1960 issue, 50 marks, M 20622344E (P.21); 1970 issue, 50 marks, M 9821849W, 10 marks, CA 5273863S, 5 marks, B 1466423L (P.33, 31, 30). Very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Ghana, Republic, Bank of Ghana, five pounds, 1st July 1962, A/1 858882 (P.3d). Uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Great Britain, Queen Anne, 1709, Exchequer Bill for ?100, interest at 2d per day, for enlarging the capital stock of the Bank of England, signed Halifax with embossed exchequer seal bottom right, ink cancellation on face, slight nibble on right margin. Very fine and scarce, an important piece.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,300
Great Britain, Bank of England, One Pound, No 71245, 17 December 1817, signed Henry Hase, Chief Cashier, stamped FORGED 4 times on front and once on back, ink notation on reverse. Original note poor, on a contemporary backing, historically and numismatically interesting.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Great Britain, Provincial issues, Newcastle on Tyne one pound, Surtees and Brandly, 1/8/1800 (Grant 2055D) Durham five pounds 18/3/1887 Jonathan Backhouse & Company, another, Darlington Bank five pounds, 16/11/1883 (both cut cancelled); Consolidated Joint Stock share 27th January 1829, paper repair ?13.8.5 to Miss Catherine Gildart; Solicitor's cheque 19 March 1852, Messrs Prescott, Grote, Cave & Cave, Threadneadle St London; Bank of England twenty pounds 20 September 1930 Operation Bernhard forgery; National Savings Certificate ?1x6 (c.1923) Warren Fisher (ex John Pettit). Fair - very fine. (7)
Estimate $400
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Great Britain, Dartmouth General Bank, one pound, 7 Feb 1822, No 135887, handsigned by John Hines, ink notation on front 11/29/33, two notations on back. Centrefold, pinhole, very fine.
Estimate $100
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Great Britain, Hereford City & Country Bank, Frederick Hoskyns Matthews & Co, five pounds, 7 May 1853, H 723 (Outing 934). Centrefold, bottom left corner off, fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
Great Britain, Elizabeth II, Bank of England five pounds, Hollom (P.375a); New Zealand, Fleming ten shillings and mm part (1965) (P.158, 9d). Extremely fine; good very fine; fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Hong Kong, HK & SBC, one hundred dollars, 2/1/1934, No. B490, 347 (P.176d). Perforation and folds, otherwise very good.
Estimate $300
SOLD $800
Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, five dollars 27th March 1969, No 257 001/100 CT (P.181c) an original pack of one hundred consecutive notes. Uncirculated. (100)
Estimate $800
SOLD $700
Hong Kong, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, ten dollars, 1988, 1991 (3) (P.191); Standard Chartered Bank, ten dollars, 1981, 1990, 1991; Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, fifty dollars, 1983. Poor - very fine. (14)
Estimate $50
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India, Hundi notes, British India, Queen Victoria (1864-1868), six annas, wmk. part crowned royal arms with lion and unicorn, 'Government of India Bill of Exchange' (KM.SAC H13.3); another 23.7.1870, for three annas, similar wmk., blue seal, (KM.SAC H8.8); another 1869-1870, one rupee eight annas, same wmk., (KM.SAC H.6.5); another 5.5.1869, eight annas, (KM.SAC H7.5a, illustrated p.533); others four annas and one rupee eight annas, dated 22.2.1889 and 24.6.1889, another nd. c.1890 (KM.SAC H20.2 and 20.8) another twelve annas 18.4.1910; (KM.SAC. H21.6). Mostly very fine, all with detailed descriptive cards, first rare. (9)
Estimate $250
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India, Hundi notes, British India, Queen Victoria 6.3.1876, one rupee eight annas, wmk. part crowned royal arms with lion and unicorn, 'Government of India Bill of Exchange' with revenue stamps overprinted eleven times; (KM.SAC H10.1); another 29.9.1887, and another 20.3.1888, (both KM.SAC H20.8), another three rupees, wmk. Hundi India, (KM.SAC H20.9); another Edward VII, three rupees, same wmk., (KM.SAC H.21.9); another 4.4.1938, four rupees eight annas, (KM.SAC H22c); others ten annas 24.4.1940, (KM.SAC 23A); another pair payment to Messrs Gopal Das Mehra Calcutta, two annas, dated 11.12.1950 (KM.SAC H23.1) and 29.11.1950 (a Republic issue!) not in KM but see p.539 at top [this example confirms issue of KGVI after independence]. Mostly very fine, all with detailed descriptive cards, last two rare. (9)
Estimate $250
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India, Hundi notes, Bikanir state, (1900-1926), one rupee eight annas, (KM.SAC SH3.12) another (1923-1947), twenty seven rupees [this denomination covers transactions of about 30,000 rupees making it one of the highest value hundi on record p.546 KM.SAC, value not stamped out], (KM. SAXC SH4.19); Datia state, one or two annas, (KM.SAC SH1.1); Hyderabad, Private Issue, 2500 rupees issued 23.10.1902, (KM. SAC H38.3); Indore State, 4 Feb. 1905, two annas, (KM.SAC SH2.1); Kotah State, (1925-1931), two annasm (KM.SAC SH1.1). Mostly very fine, all with detailed descriptive cards, second rare. (6)
Estimate $250
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India, Hundi notes, Bikanir state, twenty seven rupees [this denomination covers transactions of about 30,000 rupees making it one of the highest value hundi on record p.546 KM.SAC, value not stamped out], (KM.SAC SH4.19); Morvee State, 22.9.1914, two annas, (KM.SAC SH1.3 var.); British India Private Issue, Chitor Opium Agency, accepted by Bank of Bombay 4.11.1886, twelve rupees, (KM.SAC H20A) [this is the highest British India Hundi value noted in KM.SAC); another Mandsaur Opium Agency, 8th June 1901, six rupees, (KM.SAC H20A unpriced), others similar for three rupees 19.12.1900 and four annas, 18.7.1902; another Rutlum Opium Agency, three rupees (two complete Hundis for one rupee eight annas spliced together), 17.11.1903, (KM.SAC H20A). Mostly very fine, all with detailed descriptive cards, first rare. (7)
Estimate $250
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India, political funny money, Bank of Good Luck, Jai Hind, ten thousand good wishes (3 different) uniface (c.1947). Toned paper, extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $3,000
Indonesia, Japanese occupation, one and five roepiah. Very fine; fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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Iran, 500 rials (P.137k) original pack of 100 consecutive notes. Uncirculated. (100)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Iraq, Republic, Central Bank of Iraq (P.70a, 80e, 81, 83, 84b (2), 89 (run of 33)); Democratic Republic, (P.93a (9), 94a, 96a). Uncirculated. (50)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Italy, Allied Military Currency, AM-Lira, series of 1943, one lira (3), two lira (2), five lira, ten lira. Very good - nearly uncirculated. (7)
Estimate $100
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Italy, Republic, Bank of Italy, 1000 lire, 14/8/1947, W 3927 073166 (P.83). Bottom left tear, flattened of creases, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $100
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Japan, Bank of Japan, specimen 5, 19 and 100 yen (1930 and 1931), four punch hole cancels, small red overprint, block (96), (487) and (38) respectively, (P.39s2, 40s2, 42s). Nearly very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
Japan, Bank of Japan, specimen one thousand yen (1945), red 'Mi-hon' overprint, perforated, serial block 129 (P.45s1). Trace of paper clip rust top right margin otherwise nearly uncirculated and very rare.
Estimate $6,500
SOLD $5,200
Japan, Bank of Japan, specimen one thousand yen (1945) four punch hole cancellation, small red 'Mi-hon' overprint, serial 486079, block (5) (P.45s3). Trace of paper clip rust top right, nearly uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,500
Japan, Bank of Japan, specimen one yen (1944-45) red 'Mi-hon' overprint and perforated, serial block 56 (P.54s1). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
Japan, Bank of Japan, specimen five yen (1944) red 'Mi-hon) overprint and perforated, serial block 101 (P.55s1). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $500
SOLD $550
Japan, Bank of Japan, specimen ten yen (1944-45) red 'Mi-hon' overprint, and perforated, serial block 97 (P.56s1). Uncirculated.
Estimate $600
SOLD $420
Japan, Bank of Japan, 1945 issue, specimen 10 and 100 yen, four punch hole cancels small red overprint; block Nos. 31 and 54 respectively (P.77s2, 78As2). Good extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
Japan, Bank of Japan, one hundred yen, 1944, 761368 (P.57b); Japan, Bank of Japan, ten yen, 1930, 049210 (P.40a); China, The Central Bank of China, one hundred yuan, 1941 JC 602673 (P.243a); Korea, Bank of Chosen, 1945, no serial (P.39a). First two with centrefolds, third has a Japanese revenue stamp adhered to top right, fourth has light folds, otherwise nearly uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $150
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