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Auction: 16008 - British and World Banknotes
Lot: 259

Bank of England, C.P.Mahon, 10 shillings, serial number A01 000093, brown, Britannia at left, value at right and £1, serial number A01 000093, green, Britannia at left, value at right, both ND (1928)
(EPM B214), the inaugural issue of the 'modern style' Bank of England note, usually issued with a vellum presentation envelope which is absent. 125 pairs were issued to dignitaries of which there are only thought to be about 40 or so pairs still extant. Uncirculated and extremely rare (2)

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