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New Zealand 1981 - 100 Dollars H.R. Hardie Signature Serial YAA173980 (Pick 175a)

As part of the ND (1981–1985) Hardie issue, this note represents a mature and stabilized stage of New Zealand’s decimal currency system. The combination of updated portraiture, printer transition, and refined engraving techniques defines this as a distinct phase within the country’s banknote evolution. Read more →

New Zealand 1981 - 100 Dollars H.R. Hardie Signature Replacement Star Serial YA000000* Printer Annotation Specimen (Pick 175as)

As a printer annotation specimen with replacement star serial, this note occupies a highly specialized category within New Zealand numismatics, representing a documented moment within the production and approval chain. Such pieces were typically retained internally and rarely survive outside institutional archives. Read more →

New Zealand 1981 - 100 Dollars H.R. Hardie Signature Serial YAA000000 Printer Annotation Specimen with Single Punch Hole (Pick 175as)

The note bears Serial YAA000000, a structured control serial used for internal reference. A single punch-hole cancellation is applied through the left portion of the design, functioning as a basic invalidation method. Read more →

New Zealand 1981 - 100 Dollars H.R. Hardie Signature Vertical Perforated SPECIMEN Black Overprint Serial YAA000000 Specimen No. 016 (Pick 175as)

The 1981 one hundred dollars specimen represents a later-stage development in New Zealand’s decimal currency specimen formats, issued during the ND (1981–1985) period under the signature of H.R. Hardie as Chief Cashier. This note belongs to the revised Hardie design phase, distinguished by the updated portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, reflecting the mature visual identity of the series. Read more →

New Zealand 1985 - 100 Dollars S.T. Russell Signature Issued Note Serial YAB369567 (Pick 175b)

Serial YAB369567 places this note firmly within the issued circulation range, representing the functional counterpart to the specimen formats of the same Russell signature series. Together with overprint and perforated specimen types, issued notes such as this illustrate the complete lifecycle of design approval, production control, and public release within the Reserve Bank’s framework. Read more →

New Zealand 1985 - 100 Dollars S.T. Russell Signature Black Overprint Specimen No. 004 with Dual Oval Stamps and YAC000000 Serial (Pick 175bs)

As a specimen combining black overprints, dual oval control stamps, punch-hole cancellation, serial control formatting, and handwritten production annotations, this note represents a layered and highly documented example of specimen handling methodology at the end of New Zealand’s paper currency era. Read more →

New Zealand 1985 - 100 Dollars S.T. Russell Signature Perforated SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE Serial YAC000000 (Pick 175bs)

Printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company, Limited, this specimen utilizes a perforated cancellation system forming the words 'SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE' across the central design. The perforations are precisely integrated within the engraving field, preserving full readability of the design while permanently invalidating the note. This format reflects a controlled archival and verification method used within printer and institutional environments. Read more →

Argentina 1876 - Banco de San Juan 1 Peso Fuerte Specimen (Pick S1880s)

The Banco de San Juan operated within the interior province of San Juan during a period when Argentina’s banking system was highly decentralized. Provincial banks issued their own paper currency under legal frameworks that allowed convertibility into metallic pesos fuertes, supporting local economies centered on mining, viticulture, mule transport, and inter-Andean trade routes. These institutions functioned independently of Buenos Aires, reflecting a fragmented national monetary structure that would only be consolidated decades later. Read more →

Argentina 1876 - Banco de San Juan 5 Pesos Fuertes Specimen (S1881s)

As such, this piece constitutes a structurally unique archival artifact documenting provincial private banknote authorization in nineteenth-century Argentina. Together with the corresponding 1 Peso Fuerte specimen, it forms a complete surviving specimen pair that records San Juan’s brief participation in Argentina’s decentralized banking experiment before national monetary consolidation. Read more →

Barbados 1968 - Government of Barbados 500 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Perforated Cancelled, Prefix A

This specimen displays an alphanumeric prefix “A” followed by a four-digit zero serial (A0000), distinguishing it from specimen variants produced without prefixes or serial numbers. Prefix-bearing specimens represent a discrete reference configuration within the treasury printing and approval process. Read more →

Barbados 1980 - Government of Barbados 500 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Red Overprint, No Prefix

The legal text establishes the bill as payable to order out of the Consolidated Fund at any commercial bank in Barbados or at the Treasury, reflecting the standardized obligation language adopted for Treasury Bills of this later period. The place of issue, Bridgetown, is incorporated into the printed layout, anchoring the instrument within the formal administrative framework of Barbados. Read more →

Barbados 1960 - Government of Barbados 1,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Punch Hole Cancelled, Prefix B

At the top margin of the note appears a printed line consisting of serial and prefix trial elements, including the sequences “B0001”, “1234”, and “B0400”. This printed line represents a numbering and font alignment trial associated with prefix and serial configuration, and is distinct from handwritten archival markings. Read more →