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United States 1854 - Empire City Bank 100 Dollars Proof (Pick NY1585G16P)

This one hundred dollars proof must therefore be understood not as a failed issue or unissued remainder, but as a controlled institutional artifact documenting the mechanics of private banknote design, engraving, and presentation in the pre Civil War United States. It stands as museum grade evidence of how American private banks projected credibility and authority through engraved paper money in an era before centralized monetary control. Read more →

Argentina 1869 - Banco Domingo Garbino, 5 Pesos Fuertes Issued Note with Red Overprint (Pick S1803)

The base printing displays ABNC's early post-Civil-War engraving style: a vigilant dog guarding a strongbox at top center, allegorical female figures, and deep green lathe-work executed with the precision associated with American Bank Note Company export production. Fine ornamental borders, denomination counters, portrait engraving, and layered green security printing complete the design. Read more →

United States 1875 - Fourth Issue Fractional Currency, 25 Cents, Watermarked Paper, 40mm Seal (Friedberg 1301, Allison-Spinner)

The Fourth Issue 25 Cents Fractional Currency note, cataloged as Friedberg 1301, represents the mature phase of the Civil War–era fractional paper money system. Fractional currency was introduced during the coin shortages of the early 1860s when hoarding of silver created a critical absence of small change in circulation. By the Fourth Issue, the United States Treasury had refined both design and anti-counterfeiting measures to a high degree of technical sophistication. Read more →

Confederate States of America 1864 - CSA No Denomination Archival Watermarked Paper

Blank watermarked paper stock prepared for Confederate Treasury note production during the Civil War period, certified by PCGS as CSA Watermarked Paper. Read more →

Paraguay 1907 - Banco de la República 5 Pesos with 1912 Dual-Side State and Treasury Revalidation Overprint (Pick Unlisted, Base Pick 156)

The 5 Pesos denomination is especially valuable for understanding how the 1912 process operated below the large 100 Pesos level. On the 100 Pesos notes, the gold-related clause referred to ten sealed gold pesos. On this 5 Pesos note, the same system appears in smaller form through the “Cincuenta Centavos Oro Sellado” language. The repeated structure across denominations shows that the 1912 emergency revalidation was not random. It was part of a broader attempt to preserve official monetary order by tying old Banco de la República notes back to their printed gold-referenced value clauses while visibly placing them under state and Treasury control. Read more →

Paraguay 1907 - Banco de la República 5 Pesos with 1912 State Overprint (Pick 127, Base Pick 156)

Within the 5 Pesos trio, this note occupies the middle and essential position. The issued 1907 note shows the original Banco de la República obligation before intervention. This Pick 127 note shows the state assuming and revalidating that obligation through the January 1912 emergency overprint. The dual-side variety then adds the separate Treasury and Junta Fiscalizadora validation on the reverse. Together, the three notes document the full administrative ladder from bank issue, to state issue, to treasury-fiscalized issue. Read more →