Coins, Banknotes and Medallions

Two rare Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency banknote die proof engraver's test strike portrait vignettes of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, each in black on miss-cut white paper/card with vertical plate margins (both extremely fine). Note: this style of portrait was used on notes issued circa early 1980s. Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

A rare Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency banknote die proof engraver's test strike portrait vignette of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia in black on white paper/card with four plate margins (extremely fine). Note: this style of portrait was used on notes issued circa early 1980s. Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

A rare Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency banknote die proof engraver's test strike portrait vignette of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia in black on white paper/card with four plate margins (extremely fine). Note: this style of portrait was used on notes issued circa 1980s. Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

A rare Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency banknote die proof engraver's test strike portrait vignette of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia in black on white paper/card with two vertical plate margins. Note: this style of portrait was used on notes issued circa early 1980s (extremely fine). Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

A rare Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency banknote die proof engraver's test strike portrait vignette of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia in black on white paper/card with two vertical plate margins. Note: this style of portrait was used on notes issued circa early 1980s. Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

A rare Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency banknote die proof engraver's test strike portrait vignette of King Fahd of Arabia in black on white paper/card with two vertical plate borders (good/very fine). Note: this style of portrait was used on notes issued circa early 1980s. Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

A rare Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency banknote die proof engraver's test strike portrait vignette of King Fahd of Arabia in black on white paper/card with two vertical plate borders (good/very fine). Note: this style of portrait was used on notes issued circa early 1980s. Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

A rare Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency banknote die proof engraver's test strike portrait vignette of King Fahd of Arabia in black on white paper/card with three plate margins (good/very fine). Note: this style of portrait was used on notes issued circa early 1980s. Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

A rare Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency banknote die proof engraver's test strike portrait vignette of King Fahd of Arabia in black on white paper/card with three plate margins (good/very fine). Note: this style of portrait was used on notes issued circa early 1980s. Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

A rare Bank Negara Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman partial banknote progressive die proof engraver's test strike for the obverse of a twenty ringgit note, circa late 1980s, in brown with portrait vignette of Abdul Rahman to right side, values in opposing corners, on oversized paper/card with virtually four plate margins (extremely fine, some light handling marks). Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

A very rare and striking Bank Negara Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman partial banknote progressive die proof engraver's test strike for the obverse of a five hundred ringgit note, in purple with portrait vignette of Abdul Rahman to right side, values in opposing corners, on oversized paper/card with virtually four plate margins, dated '30.6.82' in pencil to bottom right (extremely fine, some handling marks and creasing to outer edge). Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

A very rare and striking Bank of Negara Malaysia partial banknote progressive die proof engraver's test strike for the obverse of a one thousand ringgit note, in blue/black with portrait vignette of Tunku Abdul Rahman to right side, no values to corners but value 'Sa-Ribu Ringgit' to centre, on oversized torn paper/card with partial margins (extremely fine). Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

A very rare and striking Bank of Negara Malaysia partial banknote progressive die proof engraver's test strike for the obverse of a one thousand ringgit note, in blue/black with portrait vignette of Tunku Abdul Rahman to right side, no values to corners but value 'Sa-Ribu Ringgit' to centre, on oversized part-cut and part-torn paper/card with partial margins (extremely fine). Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

A group of four very rare Bank of Negara banknote die proof portrait vignettes of Tunku Abdul Rahman, colour trials in green, purple, blue and black on part-cut and part-torn paper/card with part or near full-plate margins (all extremely fine). Note: this style of portrait was used on notes issued 1967-1996. Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

A rare Bank of Negara Malaysia partial banknote progressive die proof engraver's test strike for the obverse of a one ringgit note, circa early 1980s, in blue with portrait vignette of Tunku Abdul Rahman to right side, values to lower corners, on oversized paper/card with four plate margins (extremely fine, some light handling marks). Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

Three very rare Bank of Negara Malaysia banknote die proof engraver's test strike portrait vignettes of Tunku Abdul Rahman, colour trials, comprising two in green and one in brown/black, all on part-cut and part-torn paper/card, one mounted stuck on paper/card base. Note: this style of portrait was used on notes issued 1967-1996. Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

A group of five very rare Bank of Negara Malaysia banknote die proof portrait vignettes of Tunku Abdul Rahman, colour trials in purple, blue, green, black and light brown on part-cut and part-torn paper/card with part or near full-plate margins (all extremely fine). Note: this style of portrait was used on notes issued 1967-1996. Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

A group of three very rare Bank of Negara Malaysia banknote die proof portrait vignettes of Tunku Abdul Rahman, colour trials in green, purple and black on part-cut and part-torn paper/card with part or near full-plate margins (all extremely fine). Note: this style of portrait was used on notes issued 1967-1996. Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.

Two very rare Central Bank of Ceylon partial banknote die proof engraver's test strikes for the obverse of a five rupees note, comprising one cut portrait vignette of S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike in brown, and one partial full-plate in brown with portrait vignette of S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike on right side (both extremely fine). Note: this design of note was not used on circulated currency. Provenance: from the personal archive of the late Alan Dow, master banknote engraver to Bradbury Wilkinson & Co and the Bank of England.