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Auction: 7040 - Banknotes of the World
Lot: 347

Bank of England, Page and Somerset, £10 (2) , ND (1975- 80), consecutive Page- Somerset signatures, serial numbers U35 732159/160, brown, lily at centre, Elizabeth II at right, reverse brown, Florence Nightingale and a scene from the hospital at Scutari (B.330,346), Only two other copies of the £10 (B.330), with U prefix are known and neither has the benefit of a consecutive note signed by Somerset. The recent discovery of this unique pair of notes in the Bank of England series is a major event. They were withdrawn from a bank in 1980, put on one side in an envelope in a bureau and forgotten about until rediscovered last year. A lovely item. (B.330, 346), about uncirculated, unique Estimate £ 5,000-6,000

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