Fforde £10 Portrait (B316) GEF/UNC

LK O’Brien was the last Chief Cashier to sign the Britannia 10 shillings. It was during his term that the Bank replaced the Britannia design with notes featuring the Queen’s Portrait. (B271) O’Brien Britannia Ten shillings available in Uncirculated.

It was while J B Page was Chief Cashier at the Bank of England that the so called Wellington £5 note was introduced in 1971. A portrait of Elizabeth II is on the front while a portrait of the Duke of Wellington dominates the back alongside a vignette from the Peninsular War. The very first of these Wellington £5 notes were printed in sheets of 18 and have the catalogue reference B332. The very first of these sheet printed Wellington £5 notes had the prefix A-. We were delighted to recently purchase a small group of these first Wellington £5 notes, all with the prefix A. Crisp Uncirculated.

When this Lowther £10 note was issued in November 2000, it took a bit of time before it was realised there was a mistake in the wording of the Copyright details around the watermark area. Somehow an extra THE had slipped in. So many had been printed before the error was noticed that is now regarded as a variety (B388) Eventually the error was corrected. We are delighted to be able to offer some of the first notes all with the prefix AA01. Uncirculated and always an important note!