Welcome to the Biggest Website for Banknote Collectors

An easy to navigate site with up to date price lists

World Paper Money / Currency for Specialists British Notes Pam West 

The Website is divided into two main areas

•  Selling / Click: Browse Notes   on Top Bar 
•  Information / Click: News & Info   on Top Bar 

Selling / Browse Notes

Selling / Browse Notes is the main function of the website.  Notes are loaded up individually:- Catalogue number - Prefix - Grade 1 - Grade 2 - Price - Special Information (First, Replacement, Specimen, etc).  This information is displayed as text on lines for notes you see for sale. When the line is clicked this and the extra information and scans are picked up and displayed. Use the SEARCH box to find selected items. IE:- Mahon, Lowther, B307, etc                            

SECURITY  when buying is paramount. The site is protected by a secure server and your details are not shown until we accept your order and request the payment details.  We are also accredited with Security Metrics, the Credit Card company's security body.  All your purchases are 100% secure

How to find your banknote

Picture Library

Many notes featured, look for your note or similar, there should be a catalogue number under the scan. You can type anything into the Search Box (on the Browse Notes section of the site) click on GO. And it should come up. The Picture Library is to be found on the News & Info section of the site

English

Treasury  1914 to 1928

Notes have 'T' English Paper Money catalogue numbers  T1 to T35.  The notes are signed by two Treasurers, John Swanwick Bradbury and Norman Fenwick Warren Fisher. There are three designs, Firs and Second Issues both with red ten shillings and black one pound and Third Issue, brown and green George V to right.  Britannia or St George to left    

Bank of England  1694 to 2010

Notes have 'B' English Paper Money catalogue numbers  B200 to B410. All the notes are signed by the Chief Cashier. The list below shows the span of 'B' catalogue numbers, plus dates, for that particular signature / Chief Cashier

Town Banknotes / Provincials / Private Banks

Most main towns in England and Wales in the late eighteenth and nineteenth century opened their own Banks. A large majority went bankrupt. Some of the issued banknotes were redeemed but most went unpaid, 50% have dividend payment and or bankruptcy handstamps. See Surrey provincials on the Picture Library.

Signatures of the Bank of England Chief Cashiers

White Banknotes

Newland, Hase, Rippon, Marshall, May, Bowen  B200 to B207  1797 to 1902

  John Gordon Nairne      B208     1902 to 1918

  Ernest Musgrave Harvey       B209    1918 to 1925

Britannia Banknotes  

 Cyril Patrick Mahon      B210 to B222    1925 to 1929

  Basil Gage Catterns      B223 to B234    1929 to 1934 

  Kenneth Oswald Peppiatt     B235 to B264    1934 to 1949  

  Percival Spencer Beale      B265 to B270    1949 to 1955

Helmeted Britannia Banknote £5 only

  Leslie Kenneth O'Brien      B271 to B287    1955 to 1962

Portrait Banknotes 

  Jasper Quintus Hollom      B288 to B300    1962 to 1966 

  John Standish Fforde      B301 to B319    1966 to 1970

Pictorial Banknotes 

   John Brangwyn Page      B320 to B340    1970 to 1980  

  David Henry Fitzroy Somerset     B341 to B354    1980 to 1988  

  George Malcolm Gill      B353 to B359    1988 to 1991

Historical Banknotes  

  Greaham Edward Alfred Kentfield     B360 to B379    1991 to 1998  

  Merlyn Vivienne Lowther     B380 to B397    1999 to 2003  

  Andrew John Bailey     B398 to B406     2004 to 2011

  Chris Salmon     B407 to B410     2011 ongoing

Scottish

Notes have 'P' Pick catalogue numbers each Scottish Bank has its own set of numbers. All Scottish notes are dated, so go to the Bank you have, click any note, then click either side to progress to right date.  You can type anything into the Search Box (on the Browse Notes section of the site) then click on GO

Irish

Notes have 'P' Pick and 'PMI' Paper Money of Ireland catalogue numbers, each Irish Bank has its own set of numbers. Most Irish notes are dated, so go to the Bank you have, click any note, then click either side to progress to right date.  You can type anything into the Search Box (on the Browse Notes section of the site) then click on GO

All other Countries use 'P' Pick 

Information / News & Info

The News & Info section of the website is dedicated to banknote information including Replacements, Bernhard Forgeries, Prefix Updates, Pictures, Banknote History, Picture Library, etc,.  We welcome participation on this part of the site.  If you want an area covered just ask.

 About Pam

As a Dealer and Collector Pam enjoys going to shows and meeting clients – it is not a job, but, a lifestyle.

Pam is still involved with the IBNS (International Bank Note Society) after forty plus years and is at present Chairperson of the London Branch. In 2001 the Society had its fortyth anniversary where Pam was awarded the Silver Medal for services to the society.  In 2011 Pam was elected to the IBNS Hall of Fame and also received an award for services to the society over the past ten years.

Pam is proud to have published three editions of English Paper Money. The 6th edition winning IBNS book of the year, the 7th an honorary mention. In 2009 she published Paper Money of Ireland, which has not onlybecome the definitive work on the subject but also IBNS book of the year.

A profile by John Andrews, can be found on News & Info, it pretty much tells you everything about her. Have a look.

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