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Auction: 13004 - World Banknotes
Lot: 1583

Bank of England, an experimental design for a proposed issue (£1?), ND (ca 1963), serial number Z00A 994102, green and pink and lilac, Nelson at right in hexagonal frame, ship of the line (probably the Victory), printed signature of Nelson Bronte low centre, T in value oval low left and top right, EXPERIMENTAL in text low left, reverse pink and green, owl at centre, EXPERIMENTAL in text below
(EPM unrecorded), The background design as on the regular issue £1 of the period. Presumably a trial printing for a possible design for a £1, EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN in low margin, engraved and the printing of a high standard. cross cancelled in the print, uncirculated, highly unusual and excessively rare

Estimate
£500 to £700