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Jersey 1840 Bible Christian Church Royal Crescent £1 remainder promissory note

Jersey 1840 - Bible Christian Church, Royal Crescent £1 Remainder (Pick Unlisted)

Unissued £1 remainder note of the Bible Christian Church, Royal Crescent, Jersey - a rare surviving artifact from the early 19th-century Methodist movement on the Channel Islands. Printed in blue on thin, high-quality wove paper with a large circular watermark, the piece was intended as a church-backed promissory note payable in British Sterling, guaranteed by the trustees of the congregation. Read more →

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JerseyRemainder1840One PoundRemainder (Unissued, Unsigned, Unnumbered) RemainderPick UnlistedOne Pound1 PoundBible Christian ChurchRoyal CrescentPrivate Issue18th–19th Century PrintingChannel IslandsLocal Promissory NoteReligious IssueUnissued NoteWatermark PaperFinancial HistoryProvincial PrintingJersey1840R7 Very RareMuseum Grade
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South Africa 1861 Montagu Bank five pounds remainder, large format steel plate engraved private banknote with green counterfeit protector

South Africa 1861 - Montagu Bank 5 Pounds Remainder (Pick S231r)

Printed from a hard steel plate by William Brown of London, with local agency handled by Ewan Christian in Cape Town, the note exemplifies the highest standards of mid nineteenth-century private banknote engraving. Steel-plate production required significant capital investment and technical skill, underscoring the bank’s intention to project stability, credibility, and permanence despite its ultimately fragile financial position.

1943 Patriarchal letter signed by Cyril IX Moghabghab, Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch, issued in Alexandria

Egypt 1943 - Cyril IX Moghabghab, Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch (Signed Patriarchal Letter, Alexandria)

This mixture of pastoral tone and high-level political engagement reflects the unique position the Melkite Patriarchate occupied in the 1940s. Alexandria and Cairo served as geopolitical hubs linking the Levant, British authorities, and emerging Arab-nationalist leadership circles. Patriarchal letters explicitly engaging in political intercession-particularly those naming individuals, bishops, and concrete diplomatic instructions-are almost never found outside church archives.

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New Zealand Bank of Australasia £50 Christchurch proof note dated 1896, Victorian engraved colonial banknote printed by Perkins Bacon, PMG 55 proof

New Zealand 1896 - Bank of Australasia £50 Christchurch Proof (Pick Unlisted)

This proof represents a pre issue banknote of the Bank of Australasia, denominated Fifty Pounds and prepared for the Christchurch office during the late nineteenth century expansion of British chartered banking in New Zealand. It was produced as part of the institution internal design approval and presentation process and was never intended for public circulation.

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