Collection PL

Italy 1871 - Standing Italia Vignette Die Proof used on Banca Italo-Germanica 250 Lire

The engraving is executed in dense, finely controlled linework, with extensive cross-hatching used to model the figure, clothing, shield, architectural background and decorative frame. The large vertical format allowed the vignette to function as a substantial independent design element while retaining sufficient detail for later incorporation into a complex security-printed composition.

Paraguay 1907 - 100 Pesos with 1912 Dual-Side State and Treasury Revalidation Overprint Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

Archival specimen of the 1907 Banco de la República 100 Pesos, base Pick 159, printed by Waterlow & Sons, London, and later transformed by one of the most historically revealing emergency overprint configurations in Paraguayan paper money. The note bears the large face overprint “Emisión del Estado – 11 de Enero de 1912,” together with the reverse fiscal validation “Departamento de Hacienda – Junta Fiscalizadora – Diez Pesos Oro Sellado – Conforme Decreto de 20 de Mayo 1912.” This dual-side treatment places the note outside the ordinary single-face revalidation pattern and identifies it as a treasury-controlled specimen of exceptional documentary importance.

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

Cloth emergency currencies of this type have an exceptionally low survival rate. Their organic material, combined with heavy circulation and lack of archival preservation, resulted in widespread loss. Documented institutional examples are extremely limited, and confirmed private holdings are few. At present, only a single verifiable example of this specific type is known.

China 1915 - South Sinkiang Border Defence Headquarters 1 Tael Textile Emergency Issue (Pick Unlisted)

At present, only one example of this specific 1 tael textile issue is documented. There are no confirmed specimens recorded in the holdings of the British Museum, the American Numismatic Society, the Smithsonian Institution, or major Chinese public collections. No repeat auction appearances or archival groupings are known. On the basis of observable, verifiable evidence alone, the issue qualifies as R9 - unique.