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Auction: 19038 - The Lou Manzi Collection of English Banknotes - Part II
Lot: 3076

Bank of England, John Gordon Nairne (1902-1918), £5, Plymouth 21 July 1914, serial number 40/T 65107, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, 'I promise to pay to Bearer on demand the sum of Five Pounds' in text at centre, value in black tablet low left, printed serial number, date and signature,
(EPM B208bh, Pick 304i), in PMG holder 30 Very Fine. All Nairne notes are scarce, especially branch notes and Plymouth the seventh-rarest branch of issue (Bristol the rarest), a rare note

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Sold for
£5,800

Starting price
£2100