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| Million Serial Banknotes exist to keep the accounts balanced. |
| A million number banknote is special as it has seven digit serials, |
| handset, normally they have six digit serials. |
| In the Britannia period most million serial notes were issued by banks. |
| 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. |
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Bradbury one pound banknote of 1917. Million numbered (seven digits normal is six)
Britannia B271 Million serial banknote.
Britannia Million Serial Banknotes
Please send in prefixes of unrecorded 'B' numbers
| Cat No |
Denom. |
Prefixes seen |
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| Peppiatt |
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| B238 |
£1 |
45Y 85Y. |
| B249 Blue |
£1 |
B26E. |
| B251 Mauve |
10s |
A99D K77D Z99D |
| B260 |
£1 |
W36A W56A A37B H36B. |
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| Beale |
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| B265 |
10s |
73C. |
| B266 |
10s |
N76Z N80Z K89Z J14Z E42Z |
| B268 |
£1 |
J66B M08B |
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N24C S39C U36C. Z94C |
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D78J E93J K81J |
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| O'Brien |
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| B271 |
10s |
W78Y O07Y D27Y B80Y. A32Y Z89X |
| B273 |
£1 |
R27J S52J S72J S94J T38J Y77J |
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A45K A88K B89K C28K D10K E90K. R26K T80K Y17K |
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H44L K13L |
Mauve 10/- Million B251
How Were They Made?
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A single numbering barrel on the numbering machines has only six digits.
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| To overcome the need for seven digits on a 1,000,000 serial note. |
| A single numeral '0' would be removed from a numbering barrel. |
| A sheet of notes would be specially printed with 100,000 serials. |
| The '0' would be inked up and added by hand to each serial in turn. |
| The best impression would be used, the remainder destroyed. |
Peppiatt green Britannia Million serial banknote B238
Britannia B249 Million serial banknote.
Table of Other Millions Serial Banknotes
| Cat No |
Denom. |
Prefixes seen |
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| Bradbury |
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| T16 |
£1 |
A32. E94 |
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| Fisher |
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| T31 |
£1 |
B1/78 |
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| Fforde |
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| B305 |
£1 |
S38K T37B. T69H T85J |
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| Page |
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| B322 |
£1 |
BZ23 |
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CS08. CS09 CS10 CS11 CS12 CW81 |
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HS40 HX29 |
| B326 |
£10 |
B20. |
Modern £1 Page signature Million serial banknote.
Modern £10 Page signature Million serial banknote
Buying Similar Items
Bank of Ireland £20 2008, raised last nought top left
Bank of Scotland first prefix million of 1970
RBS Million signed by Fred Goodwin (Fred the shred)
Look how close the last '0' is to its neighbour
Last nought to close to edge of note and thinner
Last nought under signature seams to have slid down & lost its shape
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