New Stock February 2023 (Banknotes)

We were recently able to restock this privately issued Bahamas Jubilee Wallet prepared to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.1952-2022 The illustrated descriptive folder contains an Uncirculated Half Dollar from the Bahamas set in an appropriately purple holder. It’s a wonderful souvenir of our longest reigning monarch.

These Bank of Scotland £10 notes are dated 1998 and feature a portrait of the author Sirn Walter Scott on the front.(P120c) In the banknote world, he was lauded because of his spirited defence of retaining the £1 note when it was in danger of being ditched. That is why he has appeared on notes from both the British Linen Bank and the Bank of Scotland. The back of the notes has a vignette from the distilling industry, an important sector in the Scottish economy. Crisp A Unc.

These Bank of Scotland £20 notes are dated 1999 (P121c) They are in Crisp Uncirculated and bear the last prefix DL for the signature combination of Grant as Governor and Masterton as Treasurer Managing Director. The portrait of Walter Scott is on the front and the back refers to the theme of Education and Research with a Laboratory Technician is depicted. Crisp Uncirculated DL Last prefix Bank of Scotland 1999 £20 notes at just £70 each. Limited availability.

A Crisp Uncirculated trio of notes from Brazil. Included are examples of the 2,5 and 10 reais. (P252-4) The fronts have a common design of an effigy of Republic while the backs feature animal and bird life – a marine turtle on the 2, the Great Egret on the 5, and the Greenwing Macaw on the 10 reais. Uncirculated.

Clydesdale Bank plc £10 1998 P226b Brown Mary Slessor at l/ Collage of life in Africa A/AK Prefix Wright as Chief Executive AU

D H F Somerset served as Chief Cashier at the Bank of England from 1980-1988. During that time there were 4 different £10 notes issued. We are delighted to be able to offer choice examples of the first variety with the reference B346. This was the issue with the least number of notes printed, maybe because the prefixes were a continuation from those issued with J B Page’s signature. The front has a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in State Robes while the back honours Florence Nightingale. A vignette of her work in Scutari during the Crimea War also appears. Choice AUnc examples of Somerset’s First £10 at just £75 each Limited availability.