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Australia 1880–1910 Commercial Bank of Australia £100 specimen, PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated

Australia 1880–1910 - Commercial Bank of Australia £100 Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

A monumental survivor from Australia’s private banking era, this £100 specimen ranks among the most important colonial-era notes known. Printed circa 1880–1910 for the Commercial Bank of Australia Limited, it represents the uppermost denomination produced under the private-issue system that existed before the Commonwealth took full control of note issuance in 1910. No issued examples of this £100 are believed to have survived, making specimens the only remaining documentation of the type. Read more →

AustraliaSpecimen1880100 PoundsPMG 64 Choice Uncirculated Specimen100 PoundsHigh DenominationCommercial Bank of AustraliaBradbury WilkinsonBWCSands & McDougallColonial SpecimenBilingualChinese-EnglishPick UnlistedColonial Banking HistoryAustralian Private BanknotesPre-Notes Act Era19th Century BankingMulticultural Trade NetworksSecurity Printing HistoryBritish Engraving InfluenceAustralian Monetary HistoryAustralia188019101880–1910PMG 64Museum GradeR9 Extremely RareUniqueAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations

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Australia 1877 City of Melbourne Bank Limited £20 specimen engraved by Bradbury Wilkinson, PMG 62 Uncirculated, unique surviving example

Australia 1877 - City of Melbourne Bank Limited £20 Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

High-denomination private banknotes such as £20 circulated exclusively within institutional and wholesale channels. They were used for interbank settlement, bullion transactions, and large commercial payments rather than everyday commerce. As a result, survival rates were exceptionally poor even during their own period of use. Following Federation and the Australian Notes Act of 1910, issued examples were recalled and destroyed, leaving specimens as the sole documentary record for many denominations. Read more →

AustraliaSpecimen187720 PoundsPMG 62 Uncirculated Specimen20 PoundsCity of Melbourne Bank LimitedBradbury WilkinsonBWCPick UnlistedColonial SpecimenEngraved Security PrintingAustralian Private BanknotesVictoria Banking HistoryPre-Federation FinanceGold Rush Era BankingSecurity Printing History19th Century BankingAustralian Monetary HistoryAustraliaVictoria1877PMG 62Museum GradeR9 Extremely RareUnique

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Late Qing Sinkiang textile emergency currency printed on red-dyed cloth using hand-carved woodblocks, circa 1880

China 1880 - Sinkiang Textile Emergency Currency, Cloth Note (Pick Unlisted)

The absence of modern security engraving, serial numbering systems, and standardized typographic elements confirms its placement before the institutional reforms that transformed Chinese currency production in the early Republican period. Nothing in the printing technique, material choice, or visual language aligns with post-1910 monetary infrastructure. Read more →

ChinaTextile Emergency Currency1880Unknown Local DenominationFine (Textile Issue) Textile BanknoteTextile Emergency CurrencyCloth BanknoteCloth NoteHand-Carved Woodblock PrintingLate Qing Frontier IssueWoodblock PrintingSinkiangChina1880R9 Extremely RareUniqueMuseum GradePick Unlisted

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New Zealand 1913 - Bank of New Zealand £5 Orange Multi-Serial Approval Specimen (Pick S192ms)

Within the BNZ color lineage, the £5 Orange occupies the central position between the £1 Green and the higher-denomination £10 Brown. This warm-toned middle tier served as a long-standing visual identifier for the denomination across decades of private-bank issuance. The continued use of orange into the 1910s demonstrates Bradbury Wilkinson’s commitment to chromatic continuity even as engraving practices evolved. Read more →

New ZealandSpecimen19135 PoundsPMG 63 Choice Uncirculated (Top Pop) SpecimenApproval Specimen5 PoundsOrangeBNZ Color LineageMulti-Serial ApprovalBradbury WilkinsonBWCPick S192msBank of New ZealandPrivate Banknote EraPre-Reserve BankNew Zealand Banking HistoryWWI-Era ProductionVictorian-Edwardian TransitionMāori Portrait SeriesMaritime Economy NotesSecurity Printing HistoryOceania NumismaticsNew Zealand1913PMG 63Museum GradeR8 Extremely Rare

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Commercial Banking Company of Sydney LIMITED £5 proof, circa 1905–1910, PMG 63 EPQ

Australia 1905–1910 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney LIMITED £5 Specimen Proof (Pick Unlisted)

Proof specimen printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. between 1905 and 1910 for the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney LIMITED - one of Australia’s oldest and most respected private banks, founded in 1834. The CBC operated independently until its 1981 merger with the National Bank of Australasia, forming today’s NAB. Read more →

AustraliaSpecimen Proof19055 PoundsPMG 63 EPQ (Top Pop) Specimen5 PoundsSpecimen ProofProofPick UnlistedCommercial Banking Company of Sydney LimitedBradbury WilkinsonBWCLarge SizePre-FederationColonial SpecimenEngraved Security PrintingAustralian Private BanknotesSydney Banking HistorySecurity Printing HistoryEdwardian DesignBritish Engraving InfluenceTransition to Commonwealth CurrencyEarly 20th Century BankingAustralian Monetary HistoryAustraliaSydney190519101905–1910PMG 63 EPQTop PopMuseum GradeR8 Extremely Rare

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1918 Banque Belge pour l’Étranger Cairo branch issued cheque with Art Nouveau border and full branch list

Egypt 1918 - Banque Belge pour l’Étranger, Cairo Branch Issued Cheque

The guilloche work-consisting of wave-patterned borders, fine line engraving, and micro-text-matches the high-security printing standards used by Belgian and French engravers during the 1910s. Such designs were produced not only to prevent forgery but also to visually convey the bank’s reputation and financial solidity during a period of global instability. Even in wartime, foreign banks in Egypt adhered to European-style aesthetic and technical requirements for their negotiable instruments. Read more →

EgyptFinancial Document1918Cheque (Pounds Sterling)Uncertified (VF, Complete Issued Instrument) Financial DocumentIssued ChequeCheque HistorySecurity PrintingArt Nouveau Security PrintingBanking InstrumentBelgian BankingBanque BelgeOverseas BanksCorrespondent BankingAnglo Belgian FinanceWWI Financial SystemEgyptian Banking HistorySterling PaymentsForeign Exchange HistoryCommercial History EgyptWartime Economy EgyptEgyptCairo1918World War IMuseum GradeR6 Extremely Rare

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1923 Banco di Roma Cairo issued cheque with Capitoline Wolf emblem and engraved Roman header

Egypt 1923 - Banco di Roma, Cairo Branch Issued Cheque

Banco di Roma played a significant role in the financial and commercial world of interwar Egypt. By the 1910s and 1920s, Italy maintained a broad expatriate community in Alexandria and Cairo, with active merchant houses, construction firms, shipping agents, agricultural exporters, contractors, and artisans. To serve this community and strengthen Italy’s economic footprint in the region, Banco di Roma established branches across the eastern Mediterranean-Alexandria, Cairo, Beirut, Smyrna-acting as both a retail bank and a conduit between Italian capital markets and Near Eastern commerce. Its Cairo branch offered current accounts, trade financing, documentary clearing, foreign exchange services, remittances to Italy, and the management of contractors' payrolls engaged in infrastructure and building projects. Read more →

EgyptFinancial Document1923Cheque (Egyptian Pounds)Uncertified (VF, Strong Impressions) Financial DocumentBanking DocumentIssued ChequeCheque HistorySecurity PrintingEngraved LetterheadItalian BankingBanco di RomaItalian Overseas ExpansionMediterranean FinanceEgyptian Banking HistoryInterwar FinanceForeign Exchange HistoryColonial Era BankingCorrespondent BankingCommercial History EgyptEgyptCairo1923Museum GradeR6 Extremely Rare

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1910 Riches & Mawas commercial draft for 1600 piastres with deep-blue engraved border

Egypt 1910 - Riches & Mawas, Cairo–Alexandria–Tanta Commercial Draft for 1600 Piastres

Original 1910 commercial draft issued by Riches & Mawas, a prominent British–Levantine trading firm operating across Cairo, Alexandria and Tanta. The draft is printed on cream-toned security paper with a vertical deep-blue engraved ornamental panel at right. This panel features an elaborate baroque frame surrounding the intertwined R & M monogram, with the company’s three branch cities CAIRE, ALEXANDRIE, TANTA printed around the oval. The engraving style, scrollwork density, and typographic balance match the known output of B. Arnaud (Lyon–Paris–Le Caire), whose imprint appears at the lower edge. Read more →

EgyptFinancial Document19101600 PiastresUncertified (VF, Strong Impressions) EgyptFinancial DocumentRiches MawasCommercial DraftCairoAlexandriaTanta1910British Levantine TradersB. Arnaud Printer

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1908 Mohammed El Komi Cairo carriage and automobile workshop invoice with illustrated carriage header

Egypt 1908 - Mohammed El Komi Carriage & Automobile Workshop Invoice

Invoices from early carriage and automobile workshops before 1910 rarely survive. Most were discarded after daily use, damaged by workshop conditions, or lost during later relocations as the automotive industry expanded. Shops like El Komi that invested in illustrated bilingual stationery are especially uncommon. This 1908 example-preserving its lithographed header, bilingual service listing, handwritten commercial text, and operational workshop seal-stands as one of the finest surviving documents from Egypt’s earliest automotive-era craft workshops and the transition from carriage to motor transport. Read more →

EgyptCommercial Document1908N/A (Workshop Invoice)Uncertified (VF, Clear Seal, Full Header) Commercial DocumentCommercial InvoiceCommercial Invoice HistoryTrade InvoiceIllustrated LetterheadAutomobile WorkshopCarriage MakerCoachbuildingWorkshop SealEarly Automotive HistoryCarriage to Auto TransitionFrench Arabic LetterheadCommercial Invoice HistoryCraft Workshop HistoryCommercial History EgyptCosmopolitan CairoPre WWI CommerceKhedivial Era BusinessUrban Transport HistoryEgyptCairo1908Mohammed El KomiMuseum GradeR6 Extremely Rare

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