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Scotland 1962 National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited 5 Pounds photographic back proof, Edinburgh Castle reverse design, Pick Unlisted, graded PCGS 55 Choice About New, mounted on card stock and associated with the issued Pick 272a design family

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

This 1962 National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited 5 Pounds photographic back proof preserves the Edinburgh Castle reverse design that belongs to the visual development of the bank's early 1960s 5 Pounds issue. The proof is cataloged here as Pick Unlisted and stands as a separate production artifact for the reverse side of the design, centered on Scotland's capital rather than on the legal and textual structure of the face. Read more →

ScotlandPhotographic Proof19625 PoundsPCGS 55 Choice About New Photographic ProofPhotographic Back ProofBack ProofReverse Proof5 PoundsMounted on Card StockEdinburgh Castle DesignEdinburgh CastleArchitectural VignetteScottish Castle VignettePrivate Banknote IssueAuthorized Banknote IssueScottish Private BankNational Commercial Bank of ScotlandNational Commercial Bank of Scotland LimitedSterling BanknoteBradbury, Wilkinson and CompanyBradbury WilkinsonPhotographic ProofingProofing and Plate ApprovalDesign Verification ArtifactReverse Design StudyBanknote PrintingSecurity PrintingPrivate Banknote ProductionCommercial Banknote IssuePick UnlistedScottish Banking HistoryScottish Financial HistoryPrivate Banknote TraditionCommercial Banknote IssueTwentieth Century Paper MoneyPre-decimal Sterling1963-1966 IssueBanknote Design HistoryHistoryScotland1962Pick UnlistedPCGS 55PCGS 55 Choice About NewChoice About NewR9 Extremely RareMuseum Grade
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Scotland 1962 National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited 5 Pounds photographic back proof, landscape reverse design, Pick Unlisted, graded PCGS 55 Choice About New, mounted on card stock and preserving an alternate reverse concept for the 5 Pounds design group

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

This 1962 National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited 5 Pounds photographic back proof preserves a separate landscape reverse concept from the same design period. Cataloged here as Pick Unlisted, it records a proposed scenic direction for the bank's 5 Pounds reverse, with the design organized around countryside, water, trees, distant hills, and open Scottish terrain. Read more →

ScotlandPhotographic Proof19625 PoundsPCGS 55 Choice About New Photographic ProofPhotographic Back ProofBack ProofReverse Proof5 PoundsMounted on Card StockLandscape DesignAlternate Landscape DesignRiver Landscape VignetteScottish Landscape VignettePrivate Banknote IssueAuthorized Banknote IssueScottish Private BankNational Commercial Bank of ScotlandNational Commercial Bank of Scotland LimitedSterling BanknoteBradbury, Wilkinson and CompanyBradbury WilkinsonPhotographic ProofingProofing and Plate ApprovalDesign Verification ArtifactReverse Design StudyAlternate Reverse DesignBanknote PrintingSecurity PrintingPrivate Banknote ProductionCommercial Banknote IssuePick UnlistedScottish Banking HistoryScottish Financial HistoryPrivate Banknote TraditionCommercial Banknote IssueTwentieth Century Paper MoneyPre-decimal Sterling1963-1966 IssueBanknote Design HistoryHistoryScotland1962Pick UnlistedPCGS 55PCGS 55 Choice About NewChoice About NewR9 Extremely RareMuseum Grade
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Australia 1965 Commercial Banking Company of Sydney 50 Dollars traveller's cheque photographic proof prepared for The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited, mounted on cardstock, dated 1 April 1965, showing the monochrome Bradbury Wilkinson and Company top-denomination design with central Australia map motif, C.B.C. Travellers' Cheque title panel, scripted amount line, and proof-room review presentation.

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

The proof reproduces the 50 Dollars design in monochrome, allowing the engraved structure and tonal balance of the top denomination to be studied without the full rose and pink colour scheme. The design shows the large corner denomination tablets, strong rectangular border, C.B.C. Travellers' Cheque title panel, central bank-name field, scripted amount line, drawer's signature area, and the repeated security underprint across the background. The central Australia map device and circular bank medallion remain visible beneath the main typography, preserving the shared visual language of the 10 Dollars, 20 Dollars, and 50 Dollars series. Read more →

AustraliaPhotographic Proof196550 DollarsPCGS 63 Choice New Photographic ProofTravellers ChequeTravelers Check50 DollarsMounted on CardstockSecurity Printing ProofProof-Room Review PieceBradbury Wilkinson and CompanyLondon Security PrinterPhotographic Design ReviewPrinter's ArchiveEngraved Design RecordProfessional Coin Grading Service 63 Choice NewCommercial Banking Company of Sydney LimitedAustralian Banking HistoryDecimal Currency TransitionTop Denomination ProofTraveller's Cheque Approval SequenceTravellers Cheque Approval TrailBradbury Wilkinson Approval TrailBank HistoryAustraliaAustralia 1965196523 March 1965 Submitted Design Stage31 March 1965 Photographic Proof Link1 April 196512 April 1965 Review Letter15 June 1965 Revised Photographic Proof LinkPick UnlistedPCGS 63R9 Extremely RareDiscovery-Level Photographic ProofUnique Top-Denomination Photographic Review ProofMuseum GradeAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations
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Australia 1965 Commercial Banking Company of Sydney 50 Dollars traveller's cheque approval-stage photographic proof prepared for The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited, mounted on cardstock, dated 15 June 1965, showing the monochrome Bradbury Wilkinson and Company top-denomination design with lighter bank-name reserve, central Australia map motif, C.B.C. Travellers' Cheque title panel, scripted amount line, single right-side control punch, and approval-stage proof-room presentation.

Australia 1965 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney 50 Dollars Travellers Cheque Approval-Stage Photographic Proof (Pick Unlisted)

The proof reproduces the 50 Dollars design in monochrome, but its importance lies in the visible changes that separate it from the earlier 1 April 1965 50 Dollars photographic proof. The inscription "The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited" is carried across a distinctly light horizontal reserve panel, lifting the bank title out of the dense security background and giving the central field a cleaner visual hierarchy. This treatment makes the institutional name read with immediate clarity while preserving the same high-denomination structure, corner value tablets, C.B.C. Travellers' Cheque title panel, scripted amount line, Australia map motif, circular C.B.C. medallion, and drawer's signature area seen throughout the 50 Dollars design progression. Read more →

AustraliaApproval-Stage Photographic Proof196550 DollarsPCGS 64 Very Choice New Approval-Stage Photographic ProofPhotographic ProofTravellers ChequeTravelers Check50 DollarsMounted on CardstockSecurity Printing ProofProof-Room Approval PieceBradbury Wilkinson and CompanyLondon Security PrinterPhotographic Design ReviewPrinter's ArchiveEngraved Design RecordLighter Bank Name ReserveSingle Control PunchProfessional Coin Grading Service 64 Very Choice NewCommercial Banking Company of Sydney LimitedAustralian Banking HistoryDecimal Currency TransitionTop Denomination ProofTraveller's Cheque Approval SequenceTravellers Cheque Approval TrailBradbury Wilkinson Approval TrailBank HistoryAustraliaAustralia 1965196523 March 1965 Submitted Design Stage1 April 1965 Photographic Proof Link12 April 1965 Review Letter15 June 196515 June 1965 Approved 10 Dollars Proof Link12 July 1965 Approval StagePick UnlistedPCGS 64R9 Extremely RareDiscovery-Level Photographic ProofUnique Approval-Stage Top-Denomination Photographic ProofMuseum Grade
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Great Britain 1922 Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Travellers Cheque specimen printed in brown with red specimen and cancellation markings, portrait vignette, large denomination devices, and reverse payment text for Thomas Cook and Son Bankers Limited.

Great Britain 1922 - Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Travellers Cheque Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

The face design combines a strong Thomas Cook and Son title banner, large 5 Pounds denomination devices, dense guilloche patterning, a portrait vignette at the right, and a layered security background designed to convey institutional reliability and protect against alteration. The payment text identifies the cheque as payable in the British Isles and in other countries through the firm's established international network, reflecting the mature form of the traveller's cheque as a portable and identity-linked financial instrument. Read more →

Great BritainSpecimen19225 PoundsUncirculated SpecimenTravellers ChequeTravelers Check5 PoundsPrivate IssueSpecimen CancelledPrinted ReverseSignature Verification InstrumentThomas Cook and SonThomas Cook and Son Bankers LimitedInternational Travel FinancePrivate Payment InstrumentsEarly Travellers Cheque SystemEarly Travelers Check SystemSecurity PrintingSpecimen Presentation FormProof and Specimen PairGlobal Payment SystemsGreat BritainGreat Britain 19221922Pick UnlistedR9 Extremely RareDiscovery-Level SpecimenMuseum Grade
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Great Britain 1919 Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Circular Note photographic proof mounted on cardstock, dated 24 April 1919, with brown security-printing design, large denomination devices, portrait vignette, payment wording, and Thomas Cook and Son title.

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

This 1919 proof occupies an important position between earlier Thomas Cook circular note designs and the more standardized traveller-payment instruments of the early 1920s. It connects backward to the earlier Thomas Cook and Son 50 Dollars Circular Note photographic proof and forward to the later Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Travellers Cheque photographic proof. The comparison shows the continuity of Thomas Cook's identity-linked payment system while also documenting the movement from circular note design language toward the later traveller's cheque format. Read more →

Great BritainPhotographic Proof19195 PoundsPCGS 63 Choice New Photographic ProofCircular Note5 PoundsPrivate IssuePre Issue Production ProofMounted on CardstockSignature Verification InstrumentSecurity Printing ProofThomas Cook and SonBradbury Wilkinson and CompanyInternational Travel FinancePrivate Payment InstrumentsCircular Note HistoryGlobal Payment SystemsPost First World War FinanceSecurity PrintingDesign Verification ArtifactProofing ProcessPhotographic Design ReviewProduction Review ProofGreat BritainGreat Britain 1919191924 April 1919Pick UnlistedR9 Extremely RareDiscovery-Level Photographic ProofUniqueMuseum Grade
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Great Britain 1919 Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Circular Note alternate-design photographic proof mounted on cardstock, with centralized ornamental security engraving, vertical Thomas Cook and Son title, circular note wording, and prominent 5 Pounds denomination devices.

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

The broader sequence connects this proof backward to the earlier Thomas Cook and Son 50 Dollars Circular Note photographic proof and forward to the later Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Travellers Cheque photographic proof. That relationship places the item within a documented evolution of Thomas Cook private payment instruments, from Edwardian circular notes through postwar design review and into the more standardized traveller-payment forms of the early 1920s. Read more →

Great BritainPhotographic Proof19195 PoundsPCGS 64 Very Choice New Photographic ProofCircular Note5 PoundsPrivate IssueAlternate DesignPre Issue Production ProofMounted on CardstockSignature Verification InstrumentSecurity Printing ProofThomas Cook and SonThomas Cook and Son LimitedInternational Travel FinancePrivate Payment InstrumentsCircular Note HistoryGlobal Payment SystemsPost First World War FinanceSecurity PrintingDesign Verification ArtifactProofing ProcessPhotographic Design ReviewProduction Review ProofOrnamental Security DesignGreat BritainGreat Britain 19191919Pick UnlistedPCGS 64 Very Choice NewR9 Extremely RareDiscovery-Level Photographic ProofUniqueMuseum Grade
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Great Britain 1919 Thomas Cook and Son Limited 50 Dollars Travellers Cheques photographic proof with No. 000000 serial number, New York wording, Travelers Cheque for Fifty Dollars title, good for twelve months from date text, international exchange-rate grid, Bradbury Wilkinson and Company Limited security-printing attribution, and mounted proof presentation.

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

The central title reads "Travelers Cheque for Fifty Dollars," using the American spelling on the face, and the right-side text box states "Good for Twelve Months from Date." Beneath the title, the payment instruction is addressed formally to the paying correspondent, beginning with "Gentlemen," and explains that the cheque will be presented by a named holder whose signature appears in the firm's letter of identification. The text directs payment against a sight draft on the back of the cheque, showing how the document was designed to operate through controlled presentation, identification, and correspondent-bank settlement rather than through ordinary circulation. Read more →

Great BritainPhotographic Proof191950 DollarsPCGS 64 Very Choice New Photographic ProofTravellers ChequesTravelers Check50 DollarsPrivate IssueControl Layout DesignMounted on CardstockSerial Number 000000Specimen Serial NumberSignature Verification InstrumentIdentity Verification InstrumentGood for Twelve Months from DateDollar Denominated Payment InstrumentBradbury Wilkinson and Company LimitedBradbury Wilkinson and Company Limited Engravers LondonLondon Security PrintingSecurity Printer ImprintProduction Review ProofPhotographic Design ReviewDesign Verification ArtifactOperational Payment LayoutExchange Conversion TableThomas Cook and Son LimitedThomas Cook and SonNew YorkLetter of IdentificationSight Draft Payment FormInternational Exchange Rate GridCorrespondent Bank Payment SystemPrivate Payment InstrumentsTravellers Cheques HistoryTravelers Checks HistoryPost First World War FinanceGlobal Payment SystemsHistoryUnited States and Canada Fifty DollarsGreat Britain and Ireland 10 Pounds 4 Shillings 1 PennyFrance Belgium and Switzerland 256.25 FrancsGermany 208.30 MarksItaly 256.25 LireScandinavia 183.49 KronerHolland 122.70 FlorinsAustria 245.10 KronenOther Countries Current RatesGreat BritainGreat Britain 1919191929 March 1919Pick UnlistedPCGS 64 Very Choice NewR9 Extremely RareDiscovery-Level Photographic ProofUniqueMuseum Grade
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Great Britain c. 1900 Thomas Cook and Son 20 Pounds Circular Note, serial No. 1163727 S, with blue and green security printing, Circular Note for Twenty Pounds title, £20 denomination, Letter of Indication payment wording, twelve-month validity notice, multiple punch cancellations, clipped lower-right corner, and blank reverse.

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

The security design is executed principally in blue and pale green, with a dense repeating lettered background, ornamental guilloche framing, scrollwork, and multiple denomination devices. Both side panels are built around vertically arranged ornamental structures containing repeated 20 numerals and TWENTY value tablets. The large £20 at upper right and the written TWENTY POUNDS within the payment wording reinforce the denomination across numerical, textual, and ornamental elements. The composition combines formal payment instructions with an elaborate anti-alteration security design appropriate to a high-value private financial instrument. Read more →

Great BritainCircular Note190020 PoundsUncirculated Circular Note20 PoundsTwenty PoundsPrivate IssueUnissued NoteCancelled Unissued NoteCancelled Circular NoteOperational Production NoteNumbered Production NoteSerial Number 1163727 SPunch CancelledPunch CancellationCorner ClippedCancellation ControlBlank ReverseNo EndorsementNo Redemption MarkingsGood for Twelve Months from DateSignature Verification InstrumentIdentity Verification InstrumentThomas Cook and SonThomas Cook & SonThomas Cook Circular NoteInternational Travel FinancePrivate Payment InstrumentsCircular Note HistoryEarly Travel Payment SystemInternational Payment InstrumentCorrespondent Bank Payment SystemLetter of IndicationBanker Correspondent NetworkCurrent Rate of ExchangePortable MoneyGlobal Payment SystemsSecurity PrintingGuilloche Security DesignBlue and Green Security PrintingOrnamental Security DesignDenomination Security DevicesFinancial Instrument CancellationWithdrawn Operational StockLondonGreat BritainGreat Britain 19001900Early Twentieth CenturyPick UnlistedR9 Extremely RareUniqueDiscovery-Level Circular NoteMuseum GradeUncirculated
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Uruguay 1883 Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata 10 Pesos specimen Pick S242s, Bradbury Wilkinson & Co., separate control number 345501, number 370500 repeated on counterfoil and principal note, retained counterfoil, perforated SPECIMEN BW & Co LONDON, Christopher Columbus portrait, child vignette, ornate brown-red reverse with opposing classical female profiles, PMG 64 EPQ Top Pop

Uruguay 1883 - Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata 10 Pesos Specimen (Pick S242s)

The main engraved design is framed by dense geometric work and finely developed guilloche structures characteristic of Bradbury Wilkinson's nineteenth-century security printing. A large portrait of Christopher Columbus appears at the left of the principal note, balanced by a standing child vignette at the right. Repeated numerical 10 devices, ornamental value cartouches, fine-line backgrounds, layered color printing, and carefully structured typography create a complex security composition built around denomination recognition, institutional authority, and anti-alteration engraving. Read more →

UruguaySpecimen188310 PesosPMG 64 EPQ Choice Uncirculated (Top Pop) Specimen10 PesosDiez PesosDiez Pesos NacionalesPrivate BanknotePrivate IssueNumbered SpecimenTwo Number Production ControlProduction Control NumberingNumber 345501Number 370500Repeated Number 370500Three Position NumberingCounterfoil NumberingPrinter Control NumberBradbury Wilkinson Production ControlPerforated SPECIMEN BW & Co LONDONSPECIMEN BW & Co LONDONPin Perforated SpecimenSpecimen CancellationRetained CounterfoilFull CounterfoilMulticolor Security PrintingBradbury WilkinsonBWCPick S242sBanco de Londres y Rio de la PlataBanco de Londres y Río de la PlataMontevideoMoneda Nacional en Oro SelladoLaw of 23 June 1862Pagaremos al Portador y a la VistaUruguay Banking HistoryUruguay Private Banknote EraPrivate Banknote EraNineteenth Century BankingSouth American Banking HistorySouth American NumismaticsBritish Banking in South AmericaSecurity Printing HistoryBritish Security PrintingInternational Banknote PrintingHistoryChristopher Columbus PortraitChild VignetteClassical Female PortraitsDual Portrait ReverseGuilloche Security DesignOrnamental Security DesignDenomination Security DevicesEngraved BanknotePrinter Control SpecimenCounterfoil Control FormatNineteenth Century Security PrintingUruguay18831 January 18831 de Enero 1883PMG 64 EPQChoice UncirculatedTop PopPMG Top PopPopulation 1 at GradeNone HigherMuseum GradeR8 Extremely Rare
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Argentina 1867 Oxandaburu y Garvino 5 Pesos Bolivianos remainder, Pick S1776r, serial 009148 with retained matching counterfoil, GARVINO misspelling and American Bank Note Company engraving

Argentina 1867 - Banco Oxandaburu y Garvino 5 Pesos Bolivianos Remainder (Pick S1776r)

The main note is denominated CINCO PESOS BOLIVIANOS and dated at Gualeguaychu, Diciembre 1 de 1867. The payment clause reads PAGARAN AL PORTADOR Y A LA VISTA, establishing the note as a bearer obligation payable on presentation. Large repeated 5 denomination devices, a pale red denomination underprint, engraved border work, and finely patterned security backgrounds organize the face around the central monetary promise. Read more →

ArgentinaRemainder18675 Pesos BolivianosUncirculated Remainder5 Pesos BolivianosPick S1776rRetained CounterfoilCounterfoil BanknoteSerial 009148Matching Serial NumberUnsigned RemainderBlank ReverseOxandaburu y GarvinoBanco Oxandaburu y GarvinoOxandaburu y GarbinoDomingo Luis GarbinoGarvino MisspellingGarbino Name ErrorMisspelled Bank Name1867 Partnership IssueAmerican Bank Note CompanyABNCNew York Security PrintingEngraved Security PrintingSecurity PrintingExport Banknote PrintingHorse Head VignetteRural VignetteAgricultural VignettePesos BolivianosBolivian Peso DenominationBolivian SilverPrivate BanknoteProvincial BankingArgentine Private Banking19th Century BankingMonetary HistoryLatin American NumismaticsArgentinaEntre RiosGualeguaychu1867UncirculatedMuseum Grade
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