Elizabeth II, £5 (Millennium) 1999 Proof Sterling Silver

Crisp Uncirculated examples of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation 10 dollars. (P191) All dated between 1989 and 1992 the arms of the bank are on the front. On the back a view of the new Head Quarters together with the famous lion statues and boats in the harbour. Uncirculated.

This uniface promotional sheet issued by De la Rue is quite large measuring 240mm x 150mm. These sheets were produced to show off the work of the company. Some of the swirly design is printed in intaglio and there is a profile portrait of Thomas de La Rue, founder of the company. Uncirculated.

To be honest we're not sure why or even when these notes were printed. But we're guessing that they are Test Notes which were subsequently cut using the Cut Pak 50 machine. We could be wrong of course! All we know is that they are interesting. They were produced by De La Rue Giori S A Bielomatik and are printed on one side only with a vignette of a young woman. They all appear to have been run through a machine at some time which is why we believe they are a Test note of some kind...