Romania, Republic Mint Set

Issued in 2012 to commemorate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee with special prefix TQDJ

In 1993 the Bank of England celebrated the 200th Anniversary of the issue of the first £5 note. At the same time, the Bank of England was changing over from printing their notes from a web fed roll to smaller individual sheets. 25 years ago the Bank issued 1500 uncut sheets of 3 of each type of the £5 note. We are offering Uncut sheets of the £5 note printed by the Sheet Fed Process. (C108) The sheetfed notes have the first of the new prefix. In fact, we have seen the AC01 Prefix sell for £110 on its own. Another dealer is selling this Uncut Sheet of 3 for £200 – our price is just £95. Remember only 1500 sheets were ever issued!

The Golden Jubilee was celebrated with a £5 note (B362) The front followed the usual design for the bank with a portrait of Lord Ilay, first Governor of the bank. The prefix was changed to TQGJ (The Queen’s Golden Jubilee) and a gold crown motif was added to the front left. The back shows the Queen as a young woman and then as she was in 2002 when the note was issued. All in all, a lovely design and popular with collectors.