Auction Report

13 April 2010

Starting at 10:00 AM

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The Banknote Collection of the Late Edward Barnby

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

The Banknote Collection of the Late Edward Barnby (13 April 2010)


Gross Total £430,285 (£516,342 including buyers’ premium)
Number of lots 995
Exchange rate of the GB pound US $1.53 and €1.13

Principal Lots
Lot no.

1-421 The Collection of British and Irish Banknotes formed by the late Edward Barnby, £230,928 (£277,113)
550-946 The Collection of World Banknotes formed by the late Edward Barnby, £151,945 (£182,334)
271 Bank of England, Abraham Newland, £70, 1783, £28,000 (£33,600)
793 Japan, Central Bank of Western India, 5 Dollars, Yokohama, £11,000 (£13,200)
745 Hungary, Penzjegy, London, One Forint, 1860, £8,500 (£10,200)
287 Bank of England, Basil Catterns, £50, 1931, Newcastle-upopn-Tyne, £6,000 (£7,200)
273 Bank of England, Ernest Harvey, £5, 1919, Bristol, £5,000 (£6,000)

Saleroom Notices
The following were amendments to the catalogue descriptions
Lot no.
Lot 703 Withdrawn
Lot 704 Withdrawn
Lot 801 Banque de Syrie, not as stated
Lot 802 Banque de Syrie, not as stated
Lot 803 Banque de Syrie, not as stated
Lot 804 Banque de Syrie, not as stated
Lot 953 Withdrawn
Lot 974 Withdrawn

The following lots were withdrawn before the auction:
703, 704, 953 and 974.

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