Bank Notes of Great Britain.
Bank Notes covering WW I - WW II, also Prisoner of War and Concentration Camp Money.


Grading Your Bank Notes.

  • UNC...Uncirculated.......(A Perfect note.)
  • EF.......Extremely Fine...(Showing signs of cirulation,
  • few light light folds or 1 heavy crease.)
  • VF......Very Fine...........(More evidence of cirulation,
  • several folds or wrinkles, still clean.)
  • F.........Fine...................(Many folds, wrinkling, etc, but
  • still presentable.)
  • VG......Very Good........(Quite worn, well used with
  • many faults but still acceptable.)
  • G........Good.................(Pretty worn, with many faults
  • faded, holed, damage etc.)
  • P.........Poor..................(A total "rag".)




    • Abbreviations Used On This Site.

    P# ..... Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (3 volumes).
    PS ..... indicates an item from Volume 1 of the above catalog, (Special Editions).
    C .... Campbell,L. POW and Concentration camp money.
    S&B ... Schwan and Boling WW 2 Remembered.

    i / a ..... Ink annotation
    Ovpt ............ Overprint
    Obv ............... Obverse
    Rev ................ Reverse
    Phs ............... Pinholes
    Canx ........... Cancelled
    Ovpt ............ Overprint
    W / ..................... With
    W / O ........... Without
    Sm ..................... Small

    mn = maroon ..... or = orange
    blu = blue .......... pu = purple
    blk = black ........ gn = brown
    vi = violet ............. li = cream
    pk = pink ................. rd = red
    bf = buff .................. tn = tan
    b/w = black + white
    sl = metallic silver
    mc = multicolour



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