| million numbered banknotes |
| Million Serial Banknotes exist to keep the accounts balanced. |
| A million number banknote is special as it has seven digits, handset, |
| normally they have six digits. |
| In the Britannia period most million serial notes were issued. |
| Notes exist from earlier and later series but are not as common. |
| Most notes found are in a poor grade (condition). Probably taken |
| down the pub and shown around a few times. |
Bradbury one pound banknote of 1917. Million numbered (seven digits normal is six)
Britannia B271 Million serial banknote.
Britannia Million Serial Banknotes
| Cat No |
Value |
Prefixes seen |
| Mahon |
|
|
| B210 |
10/- |
|
| B212 |
£1 |
|
| Catterns |
|
|
| B223 |
10/- |
|
| B225 |
£1 |
|
| Peppiatt |
|
|
| B235 |
10/- |
|
| B236 |
10/- |
|
| B238 |
£1 |
45Y 85Y. |
| B239 |
£1 |
|
| B249 blue |
£1 |
B26E. |
| B251 mauve |
10/- |
K77D |
| B256 |
10/- |
|
| B258 |
£1 |
|
| B260 |
£1 |
W56A H36B. |
| B262 |
10/- |
|
| Beale |
|
|
| B265 |
10/- |
|
| B266 |
10/- |
K89Z N80Z |
| B268 |
£1 |
J66B M08B U36C. E93J |
| O'Brien |
|
|
| B271 |
10/- |
W78Y O07Y D27Y B80Y. A32Y |
| B273 |
£1 |
S94J Y77J D10K E90K. R26K S72J T38J T80K Y17K |
How Were They Made?
A normal numbering barrel on the numbering machine has only six digits.
To overcome the need for seven digits on a million numbered note a sheet of
notes would be specially printed with 100000 serials. Then a single '0' numeral would
be removed from a numbering barrel, inked up, and added by hand to each note in turn.
The best note would be used, the remainder destroyed.
Peppiatt green Britannia Million serial banknote.
Britannia B249 Million serial banknote.
Table of Other Millions Serial Banknotes
| Cat No |
Value |
Prefixes seen |
| Bradbury |
|
|
| T16 |
£1 |
A32 E94 |
| Fforde |
|
|
| B305 |
£1 |
S38K T37B. |
| Page |
|
|
| B322 |
£1 |
CS08. CS09 CS10 CS11 CS12 CW81 HX29 |
| B326 |
£10 |
B20. |
Modern £1 Page signature Million serial banknote.
Modern £10 Page signature Million serial banknote.
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