Queen Elizabeth portrait (Commonwealth) banknotes

Perennial popular Queen Elizabeth notes

We believe it is apt to dedicate a page to British Commonwealth notes and notably the issues with Queen Elizabeth portraits given my father’s early interest in banknotes arose from it. She is a well loved, long reigning female monarch (relatively scarce). The British empire extends from Asia to Africa continents over a century, so there is a vast selection of banknotes for collectors to choose from.

Our British commonwealth notes are mostly UNC and hence do not cover Malaya and North Borneo, which would be under ‘Banknotes by countries under M’.

We are using the SCWPM (Pick) catalogue, Modern issues, 21th Edition to reference the banknotes.

The photos are stock sample and you are getting a piece in the stated condition. We will provide running number of pieces if we have them and you are getting 2 or more pieces. We do not entertain special /lucky serial number requests.

Banknotes we have in quantity of 10 or more are marked with *

COUNTRY	IMAGE	PICK	DESCRIPTION	CONDITION	PRICE
Australia	Also see polymer issue
Australia *		42	1 dollar Johnston & stone sign	UNC	7
Australia		30	1 Pound Coombs & Wilson 1953-54 QEII (sign Commonwealth Bank of Australia governor)	Very fine	SOLD
Australia		34	1 Pound Coombs & Wilson 1960-61 QEII (sign Reserve Bank of Australia governor)	Very fine	70
Australia		34	1 Pound Coombs & Wilson	Fine	40
Bahamas		13	4 shillings prefix A/1	good VF	120
Bahamas		17	50 cents 1965 Bahamas Monetary Authority	EF pressed	SOLD
Bahamas		27a	1 dollar 1968 Bahamas Monetary Authority	UNC	SOLD
Bahamas		28	3 dollars 1968 Bahamas Monetary Authority	VF	25
Bahamas		35b	1 dollar 1974 Central Bank of Bahamas	EF	20
Bahamas		35a	1 dollar 1974 Central Bank of Bahamas	UNC TONE SPOT	45
Bahamas		37	5 dollars 1974	VF+	SOLD
Bahamas		42a	50 cents 1974 Central Bank of Bahamas	UNC	20
Bahamas		43b	1 dollar 1974 Central Bank Act (1984)	UNC foxing	20
Bahamas		44a	3 dollars 1974 Central Bank of Bahamas	UNC	13
Bahamas		45	5 dollars 1974 W.C.Allen	VF	SOLD
Bahamas		57 57	1 dollar 1996 Central Bank of Bahamas	EF	16
Bahamas		59	10 dollars 1996	VF	100
Bahamas		68	50 cents 2001 Central Bank of Bahamas	UNC	7
Bahamas		70	1 dollar 2002 Central Bank of Bahamas 2000	EF foxing	16
Bahamas		75	10 dollars 2005	EF	80
Bahamas		76	100 dollars 2009	UNC	280
Bahamas		Pnew	50 cents 2019	UNC	4
Bahamas		Pnew	3 dollars 2019	UNC	12
British Honduras		30	5 dollars 1970	VF	380
Belize		33	1 dollar 1976	VF foxing	SOLD
Bellize		35	5 dollars 1976	Fine prefix C/1	180
Belize		40	10 dollars 1980	EF	300
Belize		46	1 dollar 1987	UNC	30
Belize		51	1 dollar 1990	UNC	35
Belize		52a	2 dollars 1990	UNC	20
Belize		52b	2 dollars 1991	UNC	18
Belize		54b	10 dollars dd 1 June 1991	EF	SOLD
Belize		61b	5 dollars 2002 dd 1 Jan 2002	UNC	20
Belize		63	10 dollars dd 1 June 1997	UNC	80
Belize	Looks like P-52	66b	2 dollars 2003 dd Jan 2005	UNC	10
Belize	Looks like P-52	66c	2 dollars 2003 dd 1 Jan 2007	UNC	8
Belize	Looks like P-61	67	5 dollars  dd 1 July 2009	UNC	13
Belize		68c	10 dollars dd 1 Sep 2007	VF	25
Belize		68c	10 dollars dd 1 Sep 2007	UNC	35
Belize		69d	20 dollars dd 1 Aug 2010	UNC	60
Belize		70	50 dollars 2009	VF	SOLD
Belize		70	50 dollars 2013	UNC	130
Belize		71	100 dollars 2017	UNC	SOLD
Bermuda		18	5 shillings 1957	VF	SOLD
Bermuda		19	10 shillings 1957	VF	SOLD
Bermuda		28	1 dollar  1 April 1978	UNC	25
Bermuda		30	10 dollars 1978	VF	150
Bermuda		34	2 dollars 1 Oct 1988 prefix B/1	EF	SOLD
Bermuda		34	2 dollars June 1997	UNC	25
Bermuda		36	10 dollars 1989 low serial number	UNC	180
Bermuda		35	5 dollars 1997	UNC	SOLD
Bermuda		51	5 dollars 2000 dd 24 May 2000	UNC	50
Bermuda		52	10 dollars 2000 dd 24 May 2000	UNC	SOLD
British Caribbean Territories		7	1 dollar	VF top margin tear	60
British Caribbean Territories		7c	1 dollar 1960	AUNC-PMG 58	260
Britannia		PNL	70 pounds private issue to commemorate Platinum Jubilee	UNC (either prefix A1 or A2)	$25 per piece for $45 for a pair
Cayman Islands		5	1 dollar Cayman Islands Currency Board 1974	UNC	25
Cayman Islands		7	10 dollars ND 1971 prefix A/1	VF	280
Cayman Islands		18	10 dollars Cayman Islands Currency Board 1998	UNC	SOLD
Cayman Islands		20	100 dollars 1996	UNC	SOLD
Cayman Islands		26	1 dollar Cayman Islands Monetary Authority 2001 series	UNC	18
Cayman Islands		30	1 dollar 2003 commemorative issue	UNC	20
Cayman Islands		32	50 dollars 2003 issue prefix C/2	UNC	SOLD
Cayman Islands		33	1 dollar Cayman Islands Monetary Authority 2006 series	UNC	12
Cayman Islands		34	5 dollars Cayman Islands Monetary Authority 2005 prefix C/1	UNC	35
Cayman Islands		36	25 dollars Cayman Islands Currency Board 2006	UNC	90
Cayman Islands		38	1 dollar Cayman Islands Monetary Authority 2010	UNC	6
Cayman Islands		39	5 dollars Cayman Islands Monetary Authority 2010	UNC low serial number	35
Cayman Islands		40	10 dollars Cayman Islands Monetary Authority 2010	UNC	30
Cayman Islands		41	25 dollars Cayman Islands Monetary Authority 2010	UNC	SOLD
Cayman Islands		42	50 dollars Cayman Islands Monetary Authority prefix D/1 low serial no.	UNC	150
Cayman Islands		Pnew	1 dollar Cayman Islands Monetary Authority 2018	UNC	4
Cayman Islands		Pnew	1 dollar  2018/2019 60th anniversary commemorative  prefix Q/2	UNC	SOLD
Canada	Also see polymer issues
Canada		58	20 dollars Thissen-Crow 1991	UNC	60
Canada		74b	1 dollar Beattie Rasminsky	UNC	25
Canada		75d	1 dollar Lawson Bowey	UNC	SOLD
Canada		76b	2 dollars Beattie Rasminsky	AUNC	30
Canada		77	5 dollars Beattie Rasminsky	Fine	SOLD
Canada		78	10 dollars Beattie Rasminsky	Fine+	SOLD
Canada		79	20 dollars Beattie Rasminsky	VF	SOLD
Canada		80	50 dollars ND 1954	VF	SOLD
Canada		84	1 dollar 1967 commemorative	UNC	12
Canada		85	1 dollar 1969-75 Lawson Bowey, Crow Bowey	UNC	9
Canada		86	2 dollars 1974 Lawson Bowey .Crow Bowey	UNC	20
Canada		89	20 dollars 1969-75	VF+	45
Canada *		94	2 dollars 1986-91 Benin-Thiessen	UNC	8
Canada		97	20 dollars ND 1991	UNC	65
East Africa		33	5 shillings 1955	VF	200
East Africa		40	100 shillings ND 1968-60	VF tear at right corner	250
East Africa		41	5 shillings 1962-63	VF	SOLD
East Africa		43	20 shillings 1961	VF	220
Eastern Caribbean		Also see polymer issue
Eastern Caribbean		13e	1 dollar 1965 Antigua and barbuda	UNC	45
Eastern Caribbean		13g	1 dollar 1965 signature variety 10	UNC	45
Eastern Caribbean		14	5 dollars 1965	UNC	90
Eastern Caribbean		15	20 dollars 1965 suffix G/L/K	EF	250
Eastern Caribbean		17	1 dollar 1985-88 Suffix K/U/A	UNC	35
Eastern caribbean		18	5 dollars 1985-88	UNC	45
Eastern Caribbean		19	20 dollars 1985-87  Suffix V	VF+	120
Eastern Caribbean		26	5 dollars 1993 suffix L/St Lucia	UNC	25
Eastern Caribbean		27	10 dollars 1993 suffix L/St Lucia	UNC	SOLD
Eastern Caribbean		48	10 dollars 2008 issue	UNC	18
Eastern caribbean		49	20 dollars 2008 issue	UNC	35
Eastern Caribbean	Look like 48 silver security stripe	52	10 dollars 2015 issue	UNC	15
Eastern Caribbean		54	50 dollars ND 2016	UNC	80
Falkland Islands		7a	10 shillings 1960	VF	350
Falkland Islands		12	5 pounds 150th anniversary 1833-1983 (looks like P17)	UNC	80
Falkland Islands		14	10 pounds 1 Sep 1986 (looks like P18)	UNC	SOLD
Falkland Islands		16	50 pounds 1 July 1990	UNC	180
Falkland Islands		17	5 pounds 14 June 2005	UNC	25
Falkland Islands		18	10 pounds 1 Jan 2011	UNC	65
Falkland Islands		19	20 pounds 1 Jan 2011	UNC	80
Fiji		60	2 dollars Government of Fiji 1968	EF	SOLD
Fiji		71	1 dollar 1974	AUNC	50
Fiji		72	2 dollars 1974	EF	70
Fiji		73	5 dollars 1974	EF	180
Fiji		74	10 dollars 1974	VF	100
Fiji		75	20 dollars 1974	VF	SOLD
Fiji		76	1 dollar ND 1980	AU foxing	25
Fiji		83	5 dollars ND 1986	EF	60
Fiji		84	10 dollars ND 1986	VF	SOLD
Fiji		87a	2 dollars 1987-88 Swatibau sign	UNC	20
Fiji		88	20 dollars ND 1988	VF	55
Fiji		88	20 dollars ND 1988	UNC	120
Fiji		89	1 dollar ND 1993	UNC	10
Fiji *		96b	2 dollars ND 1992-95 double prefix	UNC	7
Fiji		105b	5 dollars 2002 double letter prefix	UNC	15
Fiji		106a	10 dollars 2002 double letter prefix	UNC	25
Fiji		107a	20 dollars 2002 double letter prefix	UNC	35
Fiji		108	50 dollars ND 1996 scarce sign	UNC	100
Fiji *		109	2 dollars 2007 issue	UNC	5
Fiji		110	5 dollars 2007 issue	UNC	10
Fiji		111	10 dollars 2007 issue	UNC	15
Fiji *		112	20 dollars 2007 issue	UNC	25
Fiji		113	50 dollars 2007 issue	UNC	60
Fiji		114	100 dollars 2007 issue	UNC	130
Great Britain		373c	10 shillings 1961-64 J.S.Ffode	UNC	25
Great Britain		374c	1 pound 1960-64 Hollom sign	UNC	SOLD
Great Britain		364g	1 pound 1960-64 J.B. page sign	UNC	25
Great Britain		375	5 Pounds ND 1966-70 Hollom sign	EF	60
Great Britain		377b	1 Pound J.B. Page	UNC	15
Great Britain		379	10 Pounds D.H Summer and G.M. Gill sign	VF	SOLD
Great Britain		380	20 Pounds D.H Summer/G.M.Gill	EF	150
Great Britain		389	10 pounds 2000	UNC	45
Great Britain		391d	5 Pounds Chris Salmon sign	UNC	25
Great Britain		392	20 Pounds Bailey & Andrew sign	UNC	60
Great Britain		388	50 pounds ND 2014	UNC	200
Great Britain		393	50 pounds ND 2010	VF /AUNC	130/160
Gibraltar		20b (looks like 20e)	1 Pound 15 Sep 1979	UNC foxing	35
Gibraltar *		20e	1 Pound 4 Aug 1988	UNC	12
Gibraltar		21b	5 Pounds 4 Aug 1988	UNC	45
Gibraltar		22	10 Pounds 21 Oct 1986	UNC	80
Gibraltar		24	50 Pounds 27 Nov 1986	UNC	200
Gibraltar		29	5 Pounds Millennium commemorative	UNC	35
Gibraltar		31	20 Pounds 2004 tercentenary commemorative	UNC	80
Gibraltar		32	10 Pounds 2006	UNC	50
Gibraltar		33	20 Pounds 2006	UNC	75
Gibraltar		34	50 Pounds 2006	UNC	180
Gibraltar		35	5 Pounds 1 Jan 2011	UNC	25
Gibraltar		36	10 Pounds 1 Jan 2011	UNC	45
Gibraltar		37	20 Pounds 1 Jan 2011	UNC	75
Gibraltar		38	50 Pounds 1 Jan 2010	UNC	170
Gibraltar		39	100 Pounds 1 Jan 2010	UNC	300
Gibraltar		P-new	5 pounds 2021	UNC	22
Guernsey		56	5 Pounds 1994-96	UNC	35
Guernsey		57	10 Pounds 1994-96	UNC	60
Guernsey		58	20 Pounds 1996 (looks like P61)	UNC	75
Guernsey		59	50 Pounds 1996	UNC	180
Guernsey		61	20 Pounds 2012 Diamond Jubilee	UNC	SOLD
Guernsey		Pnew	20 Pounds 2018 100th anniversary of WWI prefix TGW	UNC	85
Isle of Man		24	10 shillings ND 1961	EF	150
Isle of Man		25	1 Pound ND 1961	VF	45
Isle of Man		29	1 Pound ND 1972	UNC	50
Isle of Man		33	50 new pence ND 1979	UNC	50
Isle of Man		34	1 Pound ND 1979	UNC	SOLD
Isle of Man		35	5 Pounds ND 1979	VF PMG 30	90
Isle of Man		36	10 Pound ND 1979	EF	280
Isle of Man		38	1 Pound ND (1983) Bradvak polymer	VF toning	30
Isle of Man		38	1 Pound ND (1983)	UNC foxing spot	60
Isle of Man		39	50 Pounds 1983	UNC	200
Isle of Man		40b	1 Pound ND 1983 reduced size	UNC	15
Isle of Man		41b	5 Pounds ND 1983 reduced size	UNC	25
Isle of Man		45	20 Pounds ND 2000	UNC	100
Isle of Man		47	10 Pounds ND 2007	UNC foxing spot	50
Jamaica		49	5 shillings 1960(1964) English motto	AUNC	200
Jamaica		51Bb	10 shillings 1960(1964) English motto	EF	SOLD
Jamaica		51C	1 pound 1960(1964) English motto	AUNC	250
Jersey		7a	10 shillings 1963	EF foxing	60
Jersey		8	1 pound	VF	120
Jersey		11	1 Pound 1976 Leslie May sign	UNC	40
Jersey		11	1 Pound Lesile May sign	AUNC foxing	25
Jersey		12	5 Pounds LesieL May sign	UNC	150
Jersey		14	20 Pounds Leslie May	UNC	500
Jersey		25	1 Pound 50th anniversary 1995	UNC	20
Jersey		26	1 Pound Ian Black sign ND 2000	UNC	12
Jersey		27	5 Pounds Ian Black sign ND 2000	UNC	30
Jersey		28	10 Pounds Ian Black sign ND 2000	UNC	80
Jersey		29	20 Pounds Ian Black sign ND 2000	UNC	110
Jersey		31	1 Pound ND 2004 80th anniversary British crown	UNC	SOLD
Jersey *		32	1 Pound  Ian Black 2000 prefix AD	UNC	6
Jersey		33	5 Pounds Ian Black 2000 prefix AD	UNC	20
Jersey		34	10 Pounds Ian Black 2000 prefix DD	UNC	50
Jersey		35	20 Pounds Ian Black ND2000	UNC	80
Jersey		36	50 Pounds Ian Black ND 2000	UNC	150
Jersey		37	100 Pounds ND 2012 Diamond Jubilee	UNC	300
Malta		25	10 shillings ND 1963 prefix A1	Fine	70
Malta		28	10 shillings ND 1967	VF	120
Malta		30	5 pounds ND 1967	VF	250
Mauritius		30	5 rupees ND 1967	AUNC	60
Mauritius		31	10 rupees ND 1967	Aunc foxing	65
Mauritius		32	25 rupees ND 1967	VF	120
Mauritius		33	50 rupees ND 1967	VF	180
New Zealand		163	1 dollar 1967 Hardie /Knight sign	VF	15
New Zealand		163	1 dollar 1967 Hardie and Knight sign	UNC foxing	25
New Zealand		163	1 dollar 1967 Hardie star replacement	UNC foxing	35
New Zealand		164	2 dollars 1977-81 Hardie sign	UNC	30
New Zealand		164	2 dollars 1977-81 Hardie sign	VF	20
New Zealand		164	2 dollars 1977-81 Hardie star replacement	UNC	45
New Zealand		165	5 dollars 1975-77 Knight & Hardie sign	VF	40
New Zealand		165	5 dollars 1975-77 Hardie star replacement	AUNC	SOLD
New Zealand		166	10 dollars	VF	SOLD
New Zealand		167	20 dollars	VF	SOLD
New Zealand		169	1 dollar 1989-1992 Brash sign	AUNC	10
New Zealand		169	1 dollar 1989-1985 Hardie /Russell sign	AUNC foxing	13 (Hardie)/ 15 (Russell)
New Zealand		170	2 dollars 1981-85 Hardie and Brash sign	UNC	16
New Zealand		171	5 dollars 1989-92 Brash sign	UNC	35
New Zealand		171	5 dollars Russell sign	VF	30
New Zealand		172	10 dollars 1989-92 Russell sign	VF	25
New Zealand		172	10 dollars 1989-92 Russell sign	AUNC foxing	45
New Zealand		173	20 dollars 1989-92 Brash sign	AUNC	80
New Zealand		176	10 dollars Treaty of Waitangi 1990 comemorative prefix BBB, no folder	UNC	SOLD
New Zealand		183	20 dollars`	UNC	80
Rhodesia		25	1 Pound 1964	VF	250
Rhodesia		29	5 Pounds 1966	VF	550
Saint Helena		5	50 new pence 1976-79 issue	UNC	25
Saint Helena		7	5 Pounds 1976-79 issue	UNC	50
Saint Helena		9	1 Pound 1981-86 issue	UNC	20
Saint Helena	Looks like P7 7 but smaller	11	5 Pounds ND 1998	UNC	35
Saint Helena		10	20 Pounds ND 1986	UNC	150
Saint Helena		12	10 Pounds 2004	UNC	60
Scotland		362	5 pounds 2002 commemorative	UNC	120
Scotland		368	10 pounds 2012 diamond jubilee commemorative	UNC	85
Solomon Islands		P5a	2 dollars 1977	UNC	35
Solomon Islands		P6	5 dollars 1977	UNC on FDC	80
Solomon Islands		P7	10 dollars 1977	UNC PMG 66EPQ	180
Solomon Islands		P8	20 dollars ND 1981	VF	180
Trinidad and Tobago		26	1 dollar 1964	VF	35
Trinidad and Tobago		27	5 dollars 1964	EF	150