Collection PL

Barbados 1981 - Government of Barbados 500,000 Dollars Treasury Bill Red Overprint Specimen, Prefix G

The design follows the established multicolour engraved Treasury Bill format used for late high-denomination issues, featuring an ornate guilloche border and a dense repeating underprint composed of the text Government of Barbados across the entire face. The denomination $500,000 is printed prominently at lower left, with official signature titles for the Permanent Secretary, Finance, and the Accountant General appearing along the lower portion of the bill. Read more →

New Zealand 1981 - 1 Dollar H.R. Hardie Signature Issued Note Serial AAA000662 (Pick 169a)

As part of the ND (1981–1985) Hardie issue, this note represents the stabilized stage of New Zealand’s decimal system, following the earlier transitional periods of Fleming, Wilks, and the first Hardie design. The combination of updated portraiture, printer change, and refined production techniques defines this as a distinct and mature phase within the country’s modern banknote evolution. Read more →

New Zealand 1981 - 1 Dollar H.R. Hardie Signature Printer’s Annotation Specimen Star Serial AA000000* (Pick 169as)

The note bears Serial AA000000* with a star suffix, indicating a replacement-style serial format. While the grading designation does not explicitly classify it as a replacement note, the star suffix follows the established convention used for replacement numbering systems, suggesting its role within controlled production or testing sequences rather than normal circulation or standard specimen distribution. Read more →

Luxembourg 1982 - 20 Francs Specimen Unissued Series (Pick 54As)

Graded PMG 67 Exceptional Paper Quality Superb Gem Uncirculated, this example represents the highest certified level for the type at the time of cataloging. As a fully realized but unissued design, it stands as both a technical endpoint of the development process and a rare artifact of Luxembourg's late twentieth-century monetary planning. Read more →

Barbados 1968 - Bank of Barbados 5 Dollars Prefix AA Front and Back Archival Photograph (Pick Unlisted)

Archival photographic records such as these were typically produced in very limited quantities for internal printer archives, approval review, administrative reference, or presentation purposes. Material tied to abandoned or revised concepts had little institutional reason to survive once projects changed direction, making surviving examples substantially rarer than standard specimen or proof material associated with approved banknote issues. Read more →

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

Certified PMG 64 EPQ Choice Uncirculated, this example is the sole PMG-certified Pick S242s specimen at the 64 EPQ grade with no examples graded higher, establishing it as Top Pop. Its complete printer-control format, retained counterfoil, distinctive 345501 and 370500 numbering, perforated SPECIMEN BW & Co LONDON designation, Bradbury Wilkinson engraving, and 1883 Montevideo issue context give it museum-grade significance within nineteenth-century Uruguayan private-bank paper money. Read more →