British and World Banknotes

ERROR: Bank of England, Cyril P. Mahon, 10 Shillings (2), 22 November 1928, both notes with serial number Z07 747097, both original very fine, an...

ERROR: Bank of England, Kenneth O. Peppiatt, 10 Shillings, 2 April 1940, serial number C06D 666512, with large flap of extra paper at low left, or...

ERROR: Bank of England, Percival S. Beale, £1, 17 March 1950, serial number X02C 469359, with a printing error at low left due to folded paper on ...

ERROR: Bank of England, Leslie K. O’Brien, 10 Shillings, 21 November 1955, serial number C93Z 198022, with ink transfer error on reverse at left, ...

ERROR: Bank of England, Leslie K. O’Brien, £1, 17 March 1960, serial number 73H 479032, with partial ink transfer error on reverse, several folds,...

ERROR: Bank of England, Jasper Q. Hollom, £1 (2), 27 February 1963, serial numbers D10N 076378-79, both notes with identical extra paper error in ...

ERROR: Bank of England, John S. Fforde, £1, 15 February 1967, serial number N24L 325654, with extra paper tab at top right, and blank paper undern...

ERROR: Bank of England, John S. Fforde, 10 Shillings, 15 February 1967, serial number 37S 639895, with paper concertina error at low left resultin...

ERROR: Bank of England, John S. Fforde, £10, 9 January 1967, serial number A68 957504, with three serial numbers printed at top left, one of which...

ERROR: Bank of England, John B. Page, £1, 1970, serial number W85H 002810, with completely blank reverse and fully printed obverse, extremely mino...

ERROR: Bank of England, John B. Page, £1, 1970, mismatched serial numbers BT06 788880 and 788890, uncirculated EPM B322 £80-£120In order to view f...

ERROR: Bank of England, John B. Page, £1, 1970, serial number CZ41 413086, with significant ink smudge vertically through the Queen’s face, origin...

ERROR: Bank of England, John B. Page, £10, 1975, serial number H01 103306, with several errors, including an extra flap of paper, a complete mis-c...

ERROR: Bank of England, John B. Page, £5, 1973, serial number 42Y 176421, obverse fully printed, reverse with only underprint present, original ex...

ERROR: Bank of England, John B. Page, £5, 1973, serial number 15Z 957464, with paper concertina error vertically across the centre of the note, go...

ERROR: Bank of England, John B. Page, £1, 1973, missing serial number, with part of the number printed on the reverse due to a paper folding error...

ERROR: Bank of England, David H. F. Somerset, £5 (2), June 1980, serial numbers DU57 448802 and DU57 448804, both with missing signatures, both or...

ERROR: Bank of England, David H. F. Somerset, £5 (2), June 1980, serial numbers DU70 447349 and DU72 446695, both with missing signatures, both or...

ERROR: Bank of England, David H. F. Somerset, £10, 1984, serial number 67B 148681, with complete ink transfer on obverse, very fine EPM B347 £1...

ERROR: Bank of England, David H. F. Somerset, £10, 1984, serial number 26E 179023, with complete ink transfer error on reverse, original good very...

ERROR: Bank of England, David H. F. Somerset, £10, 1984, mismatched serial numbers CN37 282024 and CN37 281824, original good very fine EPM B348 £...

ERROR: Bank of England, David H. F. Somerset, £20, 15 November 1984, serial number 73C 736252, with entirety of top print absent from the reverse,...

ERROR: Bank of England, David H. F. Somerset, £20, 15 November 1984, serial number 36A 372889, with shark fin/extra paper error at top right, smal...

ERROR: Bank of England, David H. F. Somerset, £50, 1981, serial number B16 986219, with top left serial number printed diagonally on reverse due t...

ERROR: Bank of England, George M. Gill, £10, 1988, serial number DZ74 804504, the note has two errors, the watermark is significantly higher than ...

ERROR: Bank of England, George M. Gill, £20, 1988, serial number 80R 122057, with significant extra paper error, including colour bars, resulting ...

ERROR: Bank of England, George M. Gill, £20, 1988, serial number 44W 544186, with significant wet paper/overinking error on left side of obverse, ...

ERROR: Bank of England, George M. Gill, £20, 5 June 1991, serial number A46 701018, with right half of the obverse print missing, but impression o...

ERROR: Bank of England, Graham E. A. Kentfield, £20, 27 September 1993, serial number X05 477180, with a significant cutting error resulting from ...

ERROR: Bank of England, Merlyn V. Lowther, £5, 1999, mismatched serial numbers EB61 013899 and EB61 013799, about uncirculated to uncirculated EP...

ERROR: Bank of England, Merlyn V. Lowther, £20, 1999, serial number BK40 135000, with a significant cutting error because of a fold in the paper d...

ERROR: Bank of England, Merlyn V. Lowther, £20 (2), 1999, serial numbers CB40 109842 and C39 109842, both notes from adjacent spots on the same sh...

ERROR: Bank of England, Andrew J. Bailey, £10, 15 March 2004, serial number EL76 492574, with half of the print missing from the Queen’s face, ori...

ERROR: Bank of England, Andrew J. Bailey, £20, 15 March 2004, serial number DH52 388749, with all top print missing from obverse, original extreme...

ERROR: Bank of England, Andrew J. Bailey, £20, 15 March 2004, serial number DH569 388740, with all top print missing from obverse, graffiti on rev...

ERROR: Bank of England, Chris Salmon, £10 (2), 12 September 2012, serial numbers LB50 518295-96, both with last four digits missing from upper lef...

Abergavenny Bank, for Thos Hill, Sam Hopkins and Lewis Osborne, a payment order for £84.6.6 two months after date, 24 April 1811, serial number B3...

Boston Bank, William Inglelow & Sons, £1, 1 June 1824, serial number C6885, two cancellation holes, foxing, large tear at top right, very good Ou...

Bromsgrove Bank, Rufford, Biggs & Company, £5, 4 November 1848, serial number A2338, signed George Biggs, annotations on reverse, pinholes, presen...

Chipping Norton Bank, Corgan, Paget & Mathews, £5, 14 March 1816, serial number 3134, very good Outing 543b £120-£160In order to view full detai...

Gloucester Old Bank, Charles Evans & Sir James Jelf, £1, 10 September 1814, serial number 213, original fine and an attractive example Outing 822f...

Gloucester Old Bank, Charles Evans & James Jelf, 1 Guinea, 29 November 1813, serial number W3161, original good fine Outing 822h £100-£150In orde...

Halifax Commercial Banking Company Limited, die proof on thin card for £5, 188-, pencil date ‘July 1883’, rough lower edge, otherwise uncirculated...

Lynn Regis & Norfolk Bank, for Jarvis & Jarvis, £10, 6 August 1886, serial number A10144, a fresh and original good fine Outing 1075g £80-£120In ...

Warwick & Warwickshire Bank, for Greenway, Smith & Greenways, £50, 1 July 1880, serial number 214, manuscript signature of Greenway, printed by Ro...

Loughborough Bank, Edward & C.Middleton, Tho Cradock & Edward W C Middleton, £5, 30 September 1861, serial number A270, two manuscript signatures,...

Ludlow & Bishops Castle Bank, for Coleman & Wellings, £1, 5 December 1825, serial number F 9820, signed by Willings, thinning along hard folds, a ...

Richmond and Swaledale Bank, for Hutton, Other and Simpson, a two month sight bill for £45 11 Shillings, 13 November 1807, serial number tg528 (?)...

Stoodley Bridge near Halifax, for John Sutcliffe, Thomas Sutcliffe and James Sutcliffe, £1, 24 April 1823, serial number R1, with signatures of Th...

Warwick Old Bank, for John Tomes, Richard Tomes & John Russell, £5, 7 September 1832, serial number 8,790, Russell signature, pinholes, very good ...

Warwick Old Bank, a pair of payment orders (2), for £25 and £35-10-0, good (2 notes) £80-£120In order to view full details and any additional ima...

Montgomeryshire Old Bank, for Sir Arthur Davies Owen and Robert Griffiths, a sight note for £50, Welshpool, 24 February 1815, serial number C189, ...

Windsor & Eton Bank, for Coombs, Brown, Coombs & Co., unissued £10, 18-, no serial number, arms at left, right margin slightly toned, several fold...

Wisbech Bank, for James Hill & Sons, £5, 12 September 1825, serial number 940, signed by Hill, about fine Outing 2384c £120-£160In order to view ...

National Equitable Labour Exchange, Birmingham, unissued 2 Hours, 22 July 1833, no signatures or serial number, good extremely fine Outing 3010i ...

National Equitable Labour Exchange, Birmingham, unissued 5 Hours, 22 July 1833, no signatures or serial number, good extremely fine Outing 3010j ...

The Fisheries Bank, a skit note for £ Fish, ND, reading, “please pay a visit to the Great Central Fried Fish Restaurant, where the Best Quality Fi...

Treasury Series, John Bradbury, £1, 7 August 1914, serial number G/35 007142, several tears in upper and lower margins, each repaired with tape on...

Treasury Series, John Bradbury, 10 Shillings, 14 August 1914, serial number S/35 025225, mounting remains and one tiny nick in top right, but a fr...

Treasury Series, John Bradbury, 10 Shillings, 16 December 1918, serial number C/4 106378 (dash), a lovely fresh and original example with good emb...