Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Private Banknotes

A Collection of Private Banknotes and Promotional Issues including Welsh Interest - A collection of private, promotional, and commemorative banknotes and currency-related ephemera, housed in clear plastic protective sleeves. The collection features a significant group of issues relating to the Black Sheep Company of Wales Ltd, including notes for Ten Pounds, Twenty Pounds, and Fifty Pounds. These notes display monochrome vignettes featuring characters and scenes, such as a Ten Pounds note with a portrait identified as Private Pike and another depicting an ARP Warden. Other items include a note from the Bank of Walford for Five Pounds featuring a portrait of Queen Victoria, and a Five Lewes Pounds note featuring a portrait of Thomas Paine. A multi-coloured experimental test note is present, bearing the word EXPERIMENTAL and depicting a woman in a ruff. The collection also includes a 1954 coupon note from Herm Island for one shilling, and several promotional notes styled after the Bank of England and Bank of Scotland. A white printed booklet titled The Collectors' Guide to Modern Welsh Note Issues accompanies the currency. Notable printed serial numbers include 895627 and 000876.