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Auction: 4031 - The Adil Karouni Collection of English Banknotes
Lot: 294

Bank of England, L. K. O'Brien, £5, 16 June 1955, serial number A01A 007843, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B.276), first date of issue for type, bankstamp on reverse otherwise almost extremely fine. This note was used for the cover of the first edition of English Paper Money by Vincent Duggleby Estimate £ 300-400

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