Collection — Specimens, Proofs & Issued Banknotes

United States 1928G 2 Dollars Legal Tender Note with red seal and star replacement serial number *03707599A, PMG 66 EPQ Gem Uncirculated, featuring Thomas Jefferson portrait and vivid red overprints

United States 1928G - 2 Dollars Legal Tender Note Red Seal Star Replacement (Friedberg 1508*)

This 1928G Red Seal Star Note is more than a condition rarity - it embodies the intersection of artistry, economic history, and industrial modernization in U.S. printing. For collectors focused on early small-size currency, it represents a textbook example of how the Bureau’s mechanical discipline and design refinement coalesced during one of the most important transitional decades in American numismatic history. Read more →

United StatesLegal Tender Note19282 DollarsPMG 66 EPQ Gem Uncirculated United StatesLegal Tender NoteIssued NoteStar ReplacementRed OverprintRed SealSmall Size1928G Series1928Thomas JeffersonFriedberg 1508*Clark–Snyder SignaturesBureau of Engraving and PrintingGem UncirculatedPMG 66 EPQEarly Small Size NoteUnited States CurrencyTwo Dollars

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Edo-period Japanese 5 Momme Silver hansatsu printed by woodblock on handmade washi paper, showing vertical kanji inscriptions, circular and boxed validation seals, an oil merchant seal, and a reverse design with Daikokuten, rice bale symbolism, and ornamental wave-pattern security carving.

Japan 1800 - Edo Period 5 Momme Silver Hansatsu with Daikokuten Reverse and Oil Merchant Validation Seal Woodblock Printed on Handmade Washi Paper

The reverse gives the note its strongest visual identity. It features Daikokuten, the deity of wealth, grain, abundance, and good fortune. Daikokuten is traditionally associated with rice bales and the mallet of fortune, making the image perfectly suited to a currency instrument rooted in value, trust, and prosperity. On a hansatsu, this kind of imagery was not just religious ornament. It added moral and symbolic authority, presenting the note as a protected and fortunate object within the commercial life of the community. Read more →

JapanHansatsu18005 Momme SilverFine to Very Fine estimated JapanJapan 1800Year 1800Edo PeriodLate Edo PeriodTokugawa EraTokugawa ShogunatePre-Meiji JapanHansatsuFeudal Domain NoteDomain-Issued Local NoteRegional Paper MoneyLocal CurrencyFive Momme Silver5 Momme SilverSilver Five MommeGin Go MonmeMomme Weight StandardSilver CurrencyCommodity CurrencyOil Merchant SealOil Commodity SealMerchant ScripRegional Exchange HouseCommodity-Linked CurrencyMerchant ExchangeRice CurrencyEdo Monetary SystemWoodblock Printed NoteHandmade Washi PaperVermilion SealCircular SealBoxed Validation SealCalligraphic Security TextWave Pattern ReverseAnti-Counterfeiting Woodblock DesignDaikokutenDeity of WealthDeity of AbundanceRice Bale MotifMallet of FortuneReligious MotifProsperity SymbolismHistoric CurrencyAsian Paper MoneyEighteenth CenturyNineteenth CenturyPick UnlistedNot Listed in PickRarityMuseum GradeHistory

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United States 1929 Type 2 - 5 Dollars National Bank Note The First National Bank of Philadelphia Pennsylvania Fr 1800-2 Charter 1 PMG 20 Very Fine

United States 1929 - 5 Dollars Type 2 National Bank Note - The First National Bank of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Charter 1 (Fr. 1800-2)

Issued by The First National Bank of Philadelphia under Charter 1 - the very first federal national bank charter granted following the National Banking Act of 1863 - this five-dollar note represents the closing generation of National Currency printed before the system ended in the 1930s. Read more →

United StatesNational Bank Note19295 DollarsPMG 20 Very Fine 5 DollarsNational Bank NoteIssued NoteType 2PhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaCharter 1Low CharterLincoln1929PMG 20 VFFederal Banking History

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Australia 1965 10 Dollars traveller's cheque approved design proof prepared by Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, London, for The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited, printed in light green with centred Australia map vignette, left-side control punch, red approval line, B1 notation, and approval-stage printer's archive annotations dated 15 June 1965.

Australia 1965 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited 10 Dollars Travellers Cheque Approved Design Proof (Pick Unlisted)

Within the surviving Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited 1965 proof group, this 10 Dollars piece is the approved anchor of the sequence. The 20 Dollars and 50 Dollars submitted proofs record the March 1965 design stage, while the photographic proofs record the printer's review and revision process. This 10 Dollars proof, submitted on the same 15 June 1965 date as the revised 50 Dollars photographic proof, stands as the accepted endpoint of that documented design progression. Read more →

AustraliaApproved Design Proof196510 DollarsPrinter's Archival Proof Travellers ChequeTravelers Check10 DollarsApproved Design ProofPrinter's Archival ProofSecurity Printing ProofBradbury Wilkinson and CompanyLondon Security PrinterControl PunchRed Approval LineB1 Plate ReferenceAs Submitted ApprovedCommercial Banking Company of Sydney LimitedAustralian Banking HistoryDecimal Currency TransitionTraveller's Cheque Approval SequenceTravellers Cheque Approval TrailBradbury Wilkinson Approval TrailBank HistoryAustraliaAustralia 1965196515 June 196512 July 1965 ApprovalPick UnlistedR9 Extremely RareUnique Approval-Stage ProofDiscovery-Level Archival ProofMuseum GradeAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations

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Australia 1965 20 Dollars traveller's cheque rejected design proof prepared by Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, London, for The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited, printed in blue-green and lavender with central Australia map motif, right-side control punch, printed facsimile signatures, top submission note dated 23 March 1965, and left-margin rejection annotation referring to the 12 April 1965 letter.

Australia 1965 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited 20 Dollars Travellers Cheque Rejected Design Proof (Pick Unlisted)

Rejected design proof for the 20 Dollars traveller's cheque prepared by Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, London, for The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited. Submitted on 23 March 1965 and later annotated in the left margin "Not approved, letter 12.4.65," this sheet preserves the first formal 20 Dollars design presented within the bank's important 1965 three-denomination traveller's cheque sequence. It stands at the heart of the documented approval trail that links the March submitted designs to the later June revision phase and, ultimately, to the approved 10 Dollars proof of 15 June 1965. Read more →

AustraliaRejected Design Proof196520 DollarsPrinter's Archival Proof Travellers ChequeTravelers Check20 DollarsRejected Design ProofPrinter's Archival ProofSecurity Printing ProofBradbury Wilkinson and CompanyLondon Security PrinterControl PunchPrinted Facsimile SignaturesAs Submitted 23 March 1965Not Approved Letter 12 April 1965Commercial Banking Company of Sydney LimitedAustralian Banking HistoryDecimal Currency TransitionMarch 1965 Submitted Design StageTraveller's Cheque Approval SequenceTravellers Cheque Approval TrailBradbury Wilkinson Approval TrailBank HistoryAustraliaAustralia 1965196523 March 196512 April 196531 March 1965 Photographic Proof Link15 June 1965 Revision PhasePick UnlistedR9 Extremely RareDiscovery-Level Archival ProofUnique Rejected Submission-Stage ProofMuseum GradeAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations

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Australia 1965 50 Dollars traveller's cheque rejected design proof prepared by Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, London, for The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited, printed in rose and pink with central Australia map motif, right-side control punch, printed facsimile signature, top submission note dated 23 March 1965, and left-margin rejection annotation referring to the 12 April 1965 letter.

Australia 1965 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited 50 Dollars Travellers Cheque Rejected Design Proof (Pick Unlisted)

As the highest denomination in The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited's surviving 1965 traveller's cheque proof group, this sheet is a discovery-level archival record. Its submission date, rejection annotation, top-denomination role, right-side control punch, printed signature element, and direct connection to the April and June photographic proof stages place it among the defining pieces of the documented approval sequence. It preserves Bradbury Wilkinson and Company's original 50 Dollars design proposal at the exact point where the series moved from formal submission into review, revision, and eventual acceptance of the cleaner June design language. Read more →

AustraliaRejected Design Proof196550 DollarsPrinter's Archival Proof Travellers ChequeTravelers Check50 DollarsRejected Design ProofPrinter's Archival ProofSecurity Printing ProofBradbury Wilkinson and CompanyLondon Security PrinterControl PunchPrinted Facsimile SignatureAs Submitted 23 March 1965Not Approved Letter 12 April 1965Commercial Banking Company of Sydney LimitedAustralian Banking HistoryDecimal Currency TransitionMarch 1965 Submitted Design StageTop Denomination ProofTraveller's Cheque Approval SequenceTravellers Cheque Approval TrailBradbury Wilkinson Approval TrailBank HistoryAustraliaAustralia 1965196523 March 196512 April 1965April 1965 Photographic Proof Link15 June 1965 Revision PhasePick UnlistedR9 Extremely RareDiscovery-Level Archival ProofUnique Top-Denomination Submission-Stage ProofMuseum GradeAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations

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Australia 1961 Bank of New South Wales Sterling Traveller’s Cheques complete printer’s proof set by Bradbury Wilkinson & Company showing 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 Pounds denominations with control punches, numbering annotations, and the 10 Pounds master approval sheet with perforated binding stub and red reverse sign-off

Australia 1961 - Bank of New South Wales Sterling Travellers Cheques, Complete Printer’s Proof Set £2-£50 (Pick Unlisted)

Preserved intact, this set documents the final pre-decimal Sterling traveller’s cheque series prepared for the Bank of New South Wales immediately prior to Australia’s 1966 currency changeover. While isolated traveller’s cheque proofs occasionally survive, complete denomination sets with unified dates, control notes, and a clearly identifiable master approval sheet are virtually unknown. As a coherent archival object recording one approval workflow, this set constitutes a unique survival and a museum-grade record of mid-twentieth-century Australian security printing. Read more →

AustraliaPrinter’s Archival Proof Set19612 Pounds • 5 Pounds • 10 Pounds • 20 Pounds • 50 PoundsPrinter’s Archival Proofs Printer’s Proof Set2 Pounds5 Pounds10 Pounds20 Pounds50 PoundsSterling DenominationsIntaglio Security PrintingNumbering Trial ProofsApproval Workflow MaterialBradbury Wilkinson & CompanyPrinter’s ArchiveProof Room PracticeSerial Layout TestingColour Separation by DenominationBank of New South WalesAustralian Private BankingPre-Decimal CurrencyTraveller’s Cheque HistoryTravelers Check HistoryTravellers ChequeTravelers CheckAustralia1961R9 Extremely RareUniqueUnique SetMuseum GradeAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations

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Honduras 1873 5 Pesos Billete de Tesoreria Comayagua Unlisted

Honduras 1873 - 5 Pesos Treasury Note Billete de Tesoreria, Comayagua (Pick Unlisted)

Catalog and rarity: This issue is unlisted in the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (Pick) and major databases, with no recorded Heritage or Spink sales as of 2025. It represents a previously undocumented variant of the 'Billete de Tesorería' 1873 decree, making it of exceptional historical and numismatic importance within early Honduran fiscal paper. Read more →

HondurasTreasury Note18735 PesosUncertified (Manuscript Signed, Endorsed/Converted) HondurasTreasury Note (Billete de Tesoreria)Billete de TesoreriaTreasury NoteFiscal NoteUnlistedPick Unlisted5 Pesos1873ComayaguaHandwrittenEndorsedConverted to BanknotesEarly Central AmericaNumismatic HistoryEducationalAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations

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Paraguay 1856 2 Reales Tesoro Nacional Treasury Note, earliest national paper money of Paraguay, signed by Matias Reina and Santiago Ozcariz, Pick Unlisted and attributed as Miguel Pratt MC14.

Paraguay 1856 - Tesoro Nacional 2 Reales Treasury Note, Earliest National Paper Money (Pick Unlisted, Miguel Pratt MC14)

Historically, the 1856 Tesoro Nacional issue belongs to Paraguay's nation-building decade. The government of Carlos Antonio Lopez sought to modernize state administration, strengthen internal finance, and support commerce in an economy where metallic money remained limited. Small-denomination Treasury paper helped fill a practical monetary gap at the local level. Most early pieces were redeemed, worn out, or lost during the violent disruption of the War of the Triple Alliance, leaving the first Paraguayan paper-money issue almost absent from surviving material. Read more →

ParaguayTreasury Note18562 RealesUncertified Very Fine Original, Blank Reverse 2 RealesTreasury NoteTesoro Nacional Treasury NoteEarliest National Paper MoneyFirst IssueHandsignedBlank ReversePrimitive LithographyThin Handmade PaperTesoro NacionalCarlos Antonio LopezMatias ReinaSantiago OzcarizAsuncion PrintingParaguayan Monetary OriginsEarly National PaperSouth American Fiscal HistoryWar of the Triple AllianceHistoryParaguay1856Pick UnlistedMiguel Pratt MC14R10 UniqueR10Unique Known ExampleMuseum Grade

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Australia 1929 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited - Circular Letter of Introduction Photographic Proof (Mounted on Cardstock, PCGS 50 About New)

The design reflects security printing practices closely aligned with banknote production. The layout combines a structured writing field with dense guilloche ornamentation and a prominent central rosette, which serves both aesthetic and anti-fraud purposes. The open central panel was intended for controlled handwritten or typed entries, while the surrounding engraved framework provided resistance to alteration and unauthorized reproduction. The balance between blank space and intricate line work illustrates a deliberate hybrid between negotiable instrument and high-security document. Read more →

AustraliaPhotographic Proof Letter of Introduction1929Not Applicable (Letter of Introduction)PCGS 50 About New Photographic ProofLetter of IntroductionCircular Letter of IntroductionIdentity Financial InstrumentBanking Correspondence DocumentHigh Security DocumentGuilloche DesignCentral RosetteMounted on CardstockArchival ProofLondon Security PrintingPre engraving production stageCommercial Banking Company of Sydney LimitedCorrespondent Banking NetworkInternational Banking SystemFinancial Identity VerificationInterwar FinanceHistoryAustralia1929PCGS 50About NewMuseum Grade

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1875 British Consulate Alexandria document with tied 5 Shillings Victoria Consular Service revenue stamp

1875 - 5 Shillings Victoria Consular Revenue Tied Diplomatic Document (British Consulate, Alexandria)

This is one of the rarest British fiscal usages recorded in Egypt. Victorian 5 Shilling consular revenues genuinely used on complete documents in Alexandria survive in extremely small numbers; most were cut down, fragmentary, or destroyed. This intact certificate, retaining its full manuscript, consular seals, date, and tied high-value adhesive, represents a premier Tier-6 artifact of British diplomatic and legal activity in Egypt during the late 19th century. Read more →

EgyptGovernment Document18755 Shillings Consular ServiceUncertified (Fine–VF, Complete Document) Legal DocumentGovernment DocumentConsular DocumentConsular Revenue5 ShillingsHigh-Value RevenueVictorian FiscalFiscal HistoryExtraterritorial JurisdictionCapitulations SystemBritish EmpireBritish ConsulateConsular CourtDiplomaticColonial Legal HistoryCross-Border AdministrationEgyptAlexandriaOttoman EgyptKhedivial Egypt1875Queen VictoriaMuseum GradeR6 Extremely RareAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations

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1930 Greece Ministry of Foreign Affairs handwritten Arabic consular testimonial issued in Cairo

Egypt 1930 - Greece Ministry of Foreign Affairs Handwritten Arabic Consular Testimonial (Cairo Consulate)

The testimonial records a formal certification relating to the status, identity, or civil matter of a named individual, requiring Greek governmental acknowledgment on Egyptian soil. The handwriting is consistent throughout, with fluid, confident early-20th century Arabic penwork typical of legal clerks trained in Khedivial-era chancery style. Read more →

EgyptGovernment Document1930N/A (Consular Testimonial)Uncertified (VF, Complete Handwritten Consular Document) Government DocumentConsular DocumentConsular TestimonialHandwritten Arabic DocumentRoyal Greek SealBilingual AdministrationCross Cultural AdministrationGreek Diaspora EgyptImmigrant Community HistoryConsular Legal HistoryDiplomatic DocumentForeign Affairs AdministrationInterwar Legal SystemsEgyptCairoInterwar EgyptGreek Consulate CairoGreece Ministry of Foreign Affairs1930Museum GradeR6 Extremely Rare

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