Collection PL

Scotland 1962 - National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited 5 Pounds Photographic Back Proof, Landscape Design (Pick Unlisted)

Placed beside the Edinburgh Castle photographic proof and the issued 1966 Pick 272a note, this landscape proof becomes the alternate branch of the group. The issued note shows the final direction. The Edinburgh Castle proof shows the chosen reverse as a separate production study. This landscape proof preserves the path that remained in the design archive, making the three pieces together a compact record of selection, comparison, and completion. Read more →

Great Britain 1919 - Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Circular Note Photographic Proof (Pick Unlisted)

The proof also relates directly to the alternate 1919 Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Circular Note photographic proof, which preserves a different design approach for the same denomination and period. The contrast is important: the present proof uses the right-side female portrait vignette and denomination architecture that visually leads toward the later 1922 5 Pounds traveller-payment proof and specimen, while the alternate design follows a different ornamental structure. Together, the two 1919 photographic proofs document a rare parallel design stage in the firm's postwar 5 Pounds circular note development. Read more →

Great Britain 1919 - Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Circular Note Photographic Proof, Alternate Design (Pick Unlisted)

Photographic proof of the 5 Pounds Circular Note prepared for Thomas Cook and Son Limited in 1919, representing an alternate design approach within the firm's post First World War circular note production. Mounted on cardstock and identified by Professional Coin Grading Service as a 5 Pounds 19xx circular note proof from about 1919, this piece preserves a distinct proof-stage design for the same denomination and payment system as the companion 1919 photographic proof. Read more →

Great Britain 1919 - Thomas Cook and Son Limited 50 Dollars Travellers Cheques Photographic Proof, Central Eagle Vignette Design (Pick Unlisted)

Within the wider Thomas Cook and Son Limited proof sequence, this 50 Dollars proof occupies a clear transitional position. It differs from the 1919 Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Circular Note photographic proof and the alternate 1919 Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Circular Note photographic proof, because those pieces preserve the circular note branch of the firm's payment system. The present proof carries the Travellers Cheques identity on its face and shows the dollar-denominated North American form of the system in active design review. Read more →

Great Britain 1919 - Thomas Cook and Son Limited 50 Dollars Travellers Cheques Photographic Proof, Ornamental Oval Design (Pick Unlisted)

The proof also belongs to the broader Thomas Cook and Son Limited transition from circular notes into mature travellers cheques. It follows the earlier circular note branch represented by the 1919 Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Circular Note photographic proof and the alternate 1919 Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Circular Note photographic proof, while connecting forward to the later Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Travellers Cheque photographic proof and the Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Travellers Cheque specimen. Read more →

Great Britain 1919 - Thomas Cook and Son Limited 50 Dollars Travellers Cheques Photographic Proof, Control Layout Design (Pick Unlisted)

The proof also belongs within the wider Thomas Cook and Son Limited transition from circular notes into standardized travellers cheques. It follows the earlier circular-note branch represented by the 1919 Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Circular Note photographic proof and the alternate 1919 Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Circular Note photographic proof, while helping explain how the firm moved toward traveller-payment instruments with clearer numbering, expiry, identification, exchange, and correspondent-bank functions. Read more →

Great Britain c. 1900 - Thomas Cook and Son 20 Pounds Circular Note, Cancelled Unissued Note (Pick Unlisted)

Within the wider Thomas Cook sequence preserved in this collection, the note connects with the Thomas Cook and Son 50 Dollars Circular Note photographic proof, the 1919 Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Circular Note photographic proof, and the alternate 1919 5 Pounds Circular Note photographic proof. Those production-stage artifacts document the development of Thomas Cook Circular Note designs, while this 20 Pounds note preserves a finished serial-numbered operational form from the working payment system. Read more →