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Auction: 5022 - Adil Karouni Part II
Lot: 38

Bank of England, J. G. Nairne, £100, Portsmouth, 27 March 1912, serial number Y/29 12500, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, value in black tablet low left (B.208f), red SPECIMEN overstamp on an issued note, this note believed to be a presentation note given to commemorate the closing of the Portsmouth branch and overstamped to circumvent the giving of cash. The Portsmouth branch excessively rare, only two other issues from this branch believed extant. An important note, fresh and bright with good body, uncirculated and most attractive Estimate £ 20,000-25,000

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