Collection — Specimens, Proofs & Issued Banknotes

Poland 1919 1000 Złotych, Unissued, PMG 63 EPQ

Poland 1919 - 1000 Zlotych Unissued Note (Pick 59a)

Though technically an unissued type, the 1000 złotych is one of the most coveted of the 1919 notes. Survivors are few, and most show heavy folds or restoration. This example, graded PMG 63 EPQ, is a choice survivor combining originality, vibrant inks, and paper integrity - a rare high-grade representative of Poland’s monumental early złoty design and a cornerstone of any serious interwar collection. Read more →

PolandUnissued Note19191000 ZłotychPMG 63 EPQ EPQPolandSecond RepublicBanknoteMilczakZlotyUnissued NoteUnissued IssueBank PolskiWaterlowKosciuszkoTadeusz KosciuszkoKosciuszko PortraitTadeusz Kosciuszko WatermarkPortrait WatermarkWaterlow & SonsInterwar PeriodPMG 63 EPQChoice UncirculatedPick 59a1000 ZlotychUncirculated1919

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Poland 1940 10 Złotych Printing Remnants, forgery workshop underprint, PMG descriptive holder

Poland 1940 - 10 Zlotych Printing Remnants Forgery Workshop Underprint (Miłczak 94)

A rare artifact of WWII-era note production and forgery practice in occupied Poland, this piece offers a unique look into the methods of counterfeiters. For advanced collections, it provides not just a numismatic specimen, but also tangible evidence of the historical context in which Polish currency circulated under occupation. Read more →

PolandContemporary Counterfeit194010 złotychPMG Holdered (Descriptive, no numeric grade) Poland194010 ZlotychPick 94Milczak 94MilczakBank Emisyjny w PolsceEmission BankGeneral GovernmentGerman OccupationOccupationOccupation IssueWorld War IIWWIIWartimeCounterfeitContemporary CounterfeitForgeryWartime ForgeryForgery WorkshopCounterfeit WorkshopPrinting RemnantsWorkshop RemnantProduction RemnantSemi Finished PrintIntermediate PrintIncomplete PrintUnderprintObverse UnderprintGuillocheWatermarkBanknotePMG

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Poland 1940 500 Złotych Series A with counterfeit numbering link, PMG 15

Poland 1940 - 500 Zlotych, Series A with Counterfeit Numbering Issued Note (Pick 98a)

Reference: Miłczak 98a. Read more →

PolandIssued Note with Counterfeit Link1940500 ZłotychPMG 15 Choice Fine Poland1940500 ZlotychBank Emisyjny w PolsceGeneral GovernmentGerman OccupationWorld War IIWWIISeries APick 98aMilczak 98aOccupation IssueCounterfeit NumberingDiversionary ForgeryContemporary CounterfeitLondon CounterfeitPolish ResistanceWartime CounterfeitingCounterfeit WithdrawalPMG 15

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Poland 1933 - 25 Złotych Investment Fund Voucher, Series I, PMG 55 EPQ

Poland 1933 - 25 Zlotych Investment Fund Voucher, Series I Bon Funduszu Inwestycyjnego (Lucow 732)

Investment Fund Voucher for 25 złotych, dated 1 December 1933 and issued by the Ministry of the Treasury of the Second Republic of Poland. Series I, with an especially attractive serial number 38888*. Certified PMG 55 EPQ, confirming original paper quality and freshness. These vouchers were printed with two different watermark types - both positive and negative patterns - making them a fascinating technical product as well as a financial one. Read more →

PolandInvestment Fund Voucher193325 ZłotychPMG 55 EPQ About Uncirculated Bon Funduszu InwestycyjnegoLucow 732Bank PolskiSecond RepublicbanknotPolskaPolandMilczakBykowski 25zlotymiedzywojniezlotychII RPMazur E.33Moczydlowski B63Investment Voucher1933

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Poland 1940 20 Złotych Series N, WWII London Counterfeit, PMG 64

Poland 1940 - 20 Zlotych, Series N WWII London Counterfeit (Pick 95b)

Diversionary counterfeits were introduced in significant volume during the occupation, intended to erode public confidence in currency circulation. Today, genuine notes tied to these suspect serial ranges are both historically important and highly collectible, as they embody the unusual wartime interplay between monetary policy, sabotage, and survival. This Series N specimen captures that history in outstanding quality. Read more →

PolandContemporary Counterfeit194020 ZłotychPMG 64 Choice Uncirculated Poland194020 ZlotychBank Emisyjny w PolsceGeneral GovernmentGerman OccupationWWII London CounterfeitWorld War IIWWIISeries NPick 95bMilczak 95bMilczakLondon CounterfeitCounterfeitContemporary CounterfeitDiversionary ForgeryOccupation IssueCounterfeit NumberingPolish ResistanceWartime Counterfeiting

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Poland 1940 500 Złotych Series B, unfinished print fragment with partial obverse and full reverse, PMG holdered

Poland 1940 - 500 Zlotych Series B Unfinished Print Fragment (Pick 98)

As surviving production material, the note offers an unusual view into the manufacture of Bank Emisyjny w Polsce currency during the Second World War. The relationship between the surviving Highlander watermark and the absent printed Highlander portrait adds a particularly clear visual record of what had and had not yet been completed. Combined with the otherwise undocumented 20xxxxx Series B numbering, it makes the note a significant research piece for reconstructing the production history of the 1940 500 złotych issue. Read more →

PolandPrinting Remnant1940500 ZłotychPMG Holdered (Descriptive, no numeric grade) Printing RemnantPrinting RemnantsUnfinished PrintIncomplete PrintUnfinished BanknoteProduction MaterialProduction StagePrinting ProcessBanknote ProductionPrinter's SheetPrinter's Sheet FragmentSheet FragmentProduction Sheet500 Zlotych500 Zlotych 1940Bank Emisyjny w PolsceEmission BankEmission Bank in PolandPolandPolish BanknotePolish CurrencyGerman OccupationGerman Occupied PolandGeneral GovernmentGeneralgouvernementWorld War IIWWIIWartime CurrencyOccupation Currency19401 March 1940Pick 98Milczak 98MilczakSeries BB 2048322B2048322Serial B 2048322Serial B2048322Serial NumberSerial Number AnomalyUnrecorded Serial NumberUnrecorded Serial Range20xxxxx Serial RangeSeries B Serial NumberSeries B 20xxxxxAborted ProductionInterrupted ProductionIncomplete ProductionProduction AnomalyUnderprintObverse UnderprintGreen UnderprintMissing Main DesignMissing Obverse DesignMissing PortraitIncomplete ObverseReverse DesignMorskie OkoTatra MountainsTatrasWatermarkMan's HeadMan's Head WatermarkHighlanderHighlander PortraitHighlander WatermarkGoralGoral PortraitGoral WatermarkPortrait WatermarkObverse PortraitWatermarked PaperPMGPMG Printing RemnantsDescriptive HolderNo Numeric GradeZlotyZlotych

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Austria 1800 - Wiener Stadt Banco 1 Gulden Issued Note (Pick A29a)

The 1 Gulden occupied a central role in everyday commerce across the Habsburg lands. Unlike higher denominations intended primarily for wholesale settlement, the 1 Gulden functioned as a true transactional note, widely used for wages, market trade, and routine payments. Its survival in high grade is therefore exceptional, as most examples experienced heavy circulation during a period of persistent monetary instability. Read more →

AustriaIssued Note18001 GuldenPMG 63 Choice Uncirculated Issued NoteBanco-ZettelFiduciary Paper MoneyEarly State CurrencyTypographic BanknoteWiener Stadt BancoHabsburg Monetary SystemNapoleonic Era FinanceEveryday CirculationGaliciaZłoty ReńskiPolish Language TextAustrian Partition of PolandAustria1800PMG 63 Choice UncirculatedPick A29aMuseum Grade

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Austria 1800 - Wiener Stadt Banco 5 Gulden Issued Note (Pick A33)

Within the denomination hierarchy, 5 Gulden functioned as a true intermediary value. It was sufficiently substantial to serve for tax payments, rents, wholesale trade, and administrative settlements, yet not so high as to be confined exclusively to institutional or elite use. This made the denomination central to the functioning of the paper-money system, bridging the everyday transactional role of the 1 Gulden and the more capital-oriented function of higher denominations such as the 10 Gulden. Read more →

AustriaIssued Note18005 GuldenIssued Note (PMG graded example) Issued Note5 GuldenWiener Stadt BancoBanco-ZettelEarly Fiduciary Paper MoneyAustrian Paper CurrencyHabsburg MonarchyAustrian EmpireState-Backed Paper MoneyPre-Industrial Security PrintingGaliciaZłoty ReńskiPolish Lands under Austrian RuleValue Watermark Arabic and Roman NumeralsBlind Embossed SealsTypographic Banknote DesignAustria1800Pick A33Museum Grade

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Austria 1806 - Wiener Stadt Banco 10 Gulden Issued Note (Pick A39a)

Within the denomination structure, 10 Gulden functioned primarily as a high-value transactional instrument. While still legally equivalent to lower Banco-Zettel, notes of this value were more commonly used for wholesale trade, larger commercial settlements, tax remittances, and administrative payments rather than everyday retail exchange. This positioned the 10 Gulden at the boundary between circulating paper money and early forms of paper-based capital storage. Read more →

AustriaIssued Note180610 GuldenPMG 40 Extremely Fine Issued NoteBanco-ZettelFiduciary Paper MoneyEarly State CurrencyTypographic BanknoteWiener Stadt BancoHabsburg Monetary SystemNapoleonic Wars FinanceMultilingual DenominationImperial AustriaGaliciaZłoty ReńskiPolish Language TextAustrian Partition of PolandAustria1806PMG 40 Extremely FinePick A39aMuseum Grade

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Great Britain 1997 Thomas De La Rue 100 Units Test Note, PMG 66 EPQ Gem Uncirculated

Great Britain 1997 - Thomas De La Rue 100 Units Test Note Portal Watermark

A rare Thomas De La Rue test note, issued as a demonstration piece rather than circulating currency. Dated ND (1997), this 100 Units note was printed to showcase De La Rue’s advanced banknote security design, incorporating microtext, guilloche patterns, and the portal watermark. The obverse features a portrait of Thomas De La Rue with multicolor lathework and the company’s headquarters vignette. Test notes like this were produced for presentations, sales demonstrations, and security trials, not for public issue, and remain highly sought after by collectors. Read more →

Great BritainTest Note1997100 UnitsPMG 66 EPQ Gem Uncirculated Great Britain1997Thomas De La RueTDLRTest NotePMG 66 EPQBanknote PrintingSecurity PrintingPortal Watermark

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Brazil 1963 Tesouro Nacional 10 Cruzeiros note featuring Getúlio Vargas, Pick 167b, PMG 67 EPQ Superb Gem Uncirculated

Brazil 1963 - Tesouro Nacional 10 Cruzeiros Issuede Note (Pick 167b)

The obverse presents a formal engraved portrait of Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil through two defining eras: his populist leadership of the 1930s and 1940s and his later return to power in the early 1950s. The image projects stability and authority, reflecting the government’s effort to reaffirm confidence in a currency already strained by inflation. The reverse displays an allegorical female figure representing the Republic surrounded by detailed guilloche and geometric security patterns. Read more →

BrazilIssued Note196310 CruzeirosPMG 67 EPQ Superb Gem Uncirculated Brazil196310 CruzeirosTesouro NacionalPick 167bPMG 67 EPQGetulio VargasABNCAmerican Bank Note CompanyCruzeiroMonetary Reform

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Uruguay 1862 Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata 100 Pesos Pick S245r remainder, unissued and unsigned, engraved by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co., PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated

Uruguay 1862 - Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata 100 Pesos Remainder (Pick S245r)

With fewer than five graded examples known, this PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated note stands among the rarest survivors. Placed beside the 1862 specimen, it completes the story-the specimen representing approval, the remainder preservation. Two different paths, one design, both critical to understanding how Uruguay’s first modern banknote was born and survived. Read more →

UruguayRemainder1862100 PesosPMG 63 Choice Uncirculated Pick S245rPick S245RemainderBanco de Londres y Rio de la PlataBradbury WilkinsonBWCUruguay 19th Century100 PesosUruguay1862

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