24th February 2020
Our first Banknotes auction of 2020 drew a considerable crowd with 144 lots for keen bidders to choose from.
We began with our British banknotes section and this Bradbury 1915 type 1 10 shillings which realised £144.
This lovely Catterns 1929 (28 Dec) £5 graded as nearly extremely fine sold for £252.
There was a range of 4 scarce Page 1970 £1 first series notes which sold for a whopping combined total of £4,950!
And this Lowther 2002 £5 experimental issue achieved for three times its estimate at £504.
In the world banknotes section this Iraq 1950 Faisal II quarter dinar realised £372.
And this Seychelles 1973 (1 Aug) 50 rupees achieved £132.
Our next banknote auction will be held on Wednesday 22nd April 2020. Look out for the full catalogue for this sale, which will appear on our website in the next few weeks. Also keep an eye on our Twitter and Facebook pages which will include updates of our latest auction news.
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