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Auction: 20009 - World Banknotes
Lot: 170

(x) Bank of England, Basil Gage Catterns (1929-1934), £1000, London 15 November 1933, serial number 10/S 02266, black and white, ornate crowned vignette of Britannia top left, 'I promise to pay to Bearer on demand the sum of One Thousand Pounds' in text at centre, value in black tablet low left, printed serial number, date and signature,
(EPM B234, Pick 334), in PMG holder 35 Choice Very Fine, Pinholes; an extremely rare and iconic £1000. Very few examples remain extant - unsurprising given the high value, which represented a fortune in 1933! Ex Lou-Manzi collection

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Estimate
£26,000 to £30,000

Starting price
£25200