£50 & £100 Operation Bernhard
Friederich Walter BERNHARD Krueger. Chief of Police of the General Government
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Peppiatt £50 London Operation Bernhard Banknotes B244OB
Prefix | Date | The first two digits of the serial |
42 N * | 20 March 1930 | 63 64 |
44 N * | 30 June 1930 | 33 |
51 N | 20 June 1934 | 17 18 19 20 36 38 40 42 47 |
59 63 64 73 76 77 80 81 | ||
52 N | 20 July 1934 | 18 21 34 48 |
53 N | 15 April 1935 | 16 17 19 25 26 34 45 47 49 50 51 54 61 65 |
54 N # (50 N) | 15 June 1933 ^ | 41 |
54 N | 15 May 1935 | 01 08 13 15 16 18 19 21 22 24 25 29 30 34 |
55 N | 15 June 1935 | 70 76 80 82 |
56 N | 20 April 1936 | 22 30 33 34 37 39 41 42 45 46 48 50 58 |
57 N | 20 May 1936 | 46 61 70 |
58 N | 20 June 1936 | 31 32 33 34 48 49 59 60 |
59 N | 15 May 1937 | 03 05 30 31 52 55 57 59 |
60 65 66 67 68 69 76 88 | ||
60 N | 15 June 1937 | 32 34 36 39 |
61 N | 18 March 1938 | 37 39 77 82 85 86 90 95 96 |
62 N | 18 April 1938 | 56 70 73 75 76 78 |
* Prefix used for Catterns signature, Peppiatt did not start until 1934
^ Wrongly engraved date
# Actual Prefix or Date on genuine banknote in brackets
Prefixes claimed to have been printed in Stefano Poddi's article in IBNS Journal Vol 47, No 4 2008 |
N 51 to N 61 |
Peppiatt £100 London Operation Bernhard?
Prefix | Date | The first two digits of the serial |
57 O | 17 Jan 1938 | 25 57 73 74 |
Contemporary poor quality £100 fake logged 55/O 57362
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