LYN KNIGHT CURRENCY AUCTIONS UPDATE

Lyn Knight Currency Auctions (LKCA) just finished a successful virtual International Paper Money Show (IPMS, often called "Memphis") event. A future E-Sylum article will provide information about the wonderful IPMS presentations and strong viewing audience.

Our auctions produced some exceptional prices, including records; here are just a few results:

• Bahamas LOT 72954: realized 34,800
• Canada LOT 73070 block serial numbers Queen Elizabeth II modified portrait: realized 13,200
• Canada LOT 73071 low serial numbers Queen Elizabeth II modified portrait: realized 12,600
• Colombia LOT 73100: realized 2,400
• East Africa LOT 73122: realized 1920
• Greece LOT 73171: realized 10,200
• Greece LOT 73172: realized 9,000
• Guatemala LOT 73181: realized 9,000
• Iraq LOT 73311: realized 9,600

LKCA June Knight Live features several specialized sessions. Lots can be viewed and bids made at www.lynknight.com.

Here is the schedule:

• Military Items Tuesday, June 23, beginning at 10AM (CT)
• World Paper Money Tuesday, June 23, beginning at 5PM (CT)
• World Paper Money > Ireland, etc. Wednesday, June 24, beginning at 10AM (CT)
• Session 1 - US Currency Thursday, June 25, beginning at 10AM (CT)
• Session 2 - US Currency Thursday, June 25, beginning at 6:30PM (CT)

And here is information about the two specialized world sessions, Military Items and Ireland, et al.

The military items sale includes what I believe to be an UNPRECEDENTED offering: six Allied Military Currency booklets in the same auction!! Finding one booklet among Austria, France, Germany, and Italy is a significant accomplishment; to have all four at once may never happen again in any public venue. Japanese booklets are somewhat more available but still command competitive bidding. The quintessential source World War II Remembered contains a paucity of information on these booklets.

Here they are:

• LOT 74242: Austria: does not include 25 Schilling because made in the US
• LOT 74292: France: includes the rare 5000 Francs
• LOT 74305: Germany: includes the rare 1000 Mark eight digit serial with F
• LOT 74418: Italy: mix of 1943 and 1943A notes
• LOT 74424: Japan "A" Yen
• LOT 74427: Japan "B" Yen

The Irish session (which also includes Great Britain, Guernsey, Jersey, Northern Ireland, and Scotland) features many notes that portray Lady Lavery. So who was Lady Lavery? In 1918, Irish artist John Lavery became knighted and his wife Hazel Lavery (the former Hazel Martyn from Chicago) became Lady Lavery. Back in Chicago, Hazel Lavery was known by some as "the most beautiful girl in the Midwest". Lavery had painted Hazel in 1922; subsequently, the Irish government selected Lavery's work as an "emblematic female figure" for its new series of notes and the rest is history. Each river mask, found on the back of the notes, is part of the Dublin Custom House (there are actually 14 different masks but only half are utilized on bank notes).

Finding a collection of this scope in appealing condition is very difficult. Be sure to check out descriptions which relate surprisingly limited amounts made for some types/varieties. Many thanks to the phenomenal Paper Money of Ireland catalog for this information.

Here are a few highlights from this Irish session:

• LOT 74600 Great Britain: tough early British type in high grade
• LOT 74620 Guernsey: scarcer date for type
• LOT 74671, LOT 74802, and terrific specimen LOT 74803: Ireland: early dates of the highest denomination 100 Pounds; 100 Pounds was a fortune in those days!! Very few made
• LOT 74799, LOT 74800, and LOT 74801: Ireland: early 50 Pounds are seldom seen
• LOT 74870 N. Ireland; somewhat earlier type of this high denomination
• LOT 74949 Scotland: low serial number and high grade is good combination

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