Lockdales Auction 173 The Banknote Sale 8th Feb 2020

44 296 Fiji 1 Pound dated 1st January 1967, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, LAST RUN serial C/23 133804 (TBB B330i, Pick53i) in WBG holder graded 65 TOP Uncirculated gem, totally original paper £170 - £250 297 Fiji 10 Dollars issued 1989, signed J. Kuabuabola, serial C/1 717273 (TBB B504a, Pick92a) in PMG holder graded 66 EPQ Gem Uncirculated, exceptional paper quality £75 - £100 298 Fiji 20 Dollars issued 1986, signed Barnes & Siwatibau, serial B/7 113555 (TBB B416a, Pick85) in PMG holder graded 67 EPQ STAR, Superb Gem New, exceptional paper quality and a very rare STAR award only given to notes with exceptional eye appeal £220 - £300 299 Fiji 5 Dollars issued 1974, signed Barnes & Tomkins, portrait Queen Elizabeth II at right, serial A/5 603952, (TBB B404c, Pick73c) crisp UNC and scarce in this grade £120 - £150 300 France 10 Francs (9) dated 3rd October 1974, a consecutively numbered run, serial A.94 40412 to A.94 40420, (Pick150a) all Uncirculated, a rare run of early dates for this issue £40 - £60 301 France 100 Nouveaux Francs dated 7th February 1963, portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte at right, serial R.218 98505 (Pick144a), a few pinholes as usual on these notes, crisp clean VF/VF+ £45 - £60 302 France 5 Francs dated 1913, serial L.3443 825, (Pick70) one set of staple holes otherwise EF+ and rare in high grade £140 - £180 303 France 5 Francs dated 7th July 1966, portrait Louis Pasteur at left, serial O.20 23895, (Pick146a) in PCGS holder graded 65 OPQ Gem Uncirculated, optimal paper quality £80 - £120