Lockdales Auction 173 The Banknote Sale 8th Feb 2020

37 241 Congo Democratic Republic 1000 Francs dated 1st August 1964, scarce SPECIMEN note, serial AA000000, diagonal overprint 'specimen' on both sides, (TBB B205cs1, Pick8as) printers annotation in top border, in WBG holder graded 62 Uncirculated £40 - £60 242 Congo Democratic Republic 50 Francs 1961 issue, a rare Brown on multicolour underprint COLOUR TRIAL note with small 'SPECIMEN' overprint on both sides, punched cancellation hole, serial A/1 000000 (TBB B202t, Pick5ct) specimen trace number 85 printed in top corner on reverse, crisp Uncirculated £100 - £120 243 Congo Democratic Republic (2), 50 Makuta dated 2nd January 1981 (TBB B208a, Pick11a) in WBG holder graded 20 Very Fine, 10 Makuta dated 1st September 1968 (TBB B206b, Pick9a) in WBG holder graded 62 Uncirculated £50 - £70 244 Costa Rica 10 Colones issued 1901 - 1908, serial No. 22123 series C, unsigned remainder (PickS174r) in WBG holder graded 63 Uncirculated choice £25 - £40 245 Costa Rica (3) 20 Pesos, 10 Pesos & 5 Pesos all dated 1st April 1899, unsigned remainders, (PickS163r to PickS165r) all in WBG holders, the 20 Pesos graded 63 TOP Uncirculated choice, the 10 Pesos graded 58 TOP about Uncirculated choice, the 5 Pesos graded 64 Uncirculated choice, a lovely set of crisp high grade notes from the 19th Century £60 - £80 246 Cuba 20 Pesos (100) dated 1949, a bundle of circulated notes (TBB B804a, Pick80a) mixed grades £50 - £100 247 Cuba 50 Centavos dated 1869, serial No. 3148 plate P, (Pick54) tiny edge tear, in WBG holder graded 62 Uncirculated £40 - £70