Collection

Australia 1905–1910 — Commercial Banking Company of Sydney LIMITED £5 (Specimen Proof)

Proof specimen printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. between 1905 and 1910 for the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney LIMITED — one of Australia’s oldest and most respected private banks, founded in 1834. The CBC operated independently until its 1981 merger with the National Bank of Australasia, forming today’s NAB. ... Read more →

Argentina 1876 — Banco de San Juan 1 Peso Fuerte (Specimen)

Specimen printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. for the Banco de San Juan during Argentina’s expansion of provincially chartered banks in the 1870s. The 1 Peso Fuerte design reflects the distinct artistic language of the early British engravers active in Latin America, with refined lathe-work borders and a central condor vignette symbolizing vigilance and freedom. ... Read more →

North Macedonia 1996 - 5000 Denari Photographic Transparency Essay (Maenad Vignette)

Photographic transparency essay for the Maenad vignette used on the 5000 Denari, created during the first post-independence design cycle. These film positives were contact-made from the engraver's steel die before color separation, plate transfer, or press calibration. Pencil timing marks and 1996 job codes place the piece in De La Rue's pre-press workflow. ... Read more →

United States 1872 – State of South Carolina $50 Revenue Bond Scrip (Act of March 2, 1872, Columbia Issue, PMG 67 EPQ Superb Gem Uncirculated)

The fifty-dollar Revenue Bond Scrip authorized by the Act of March 2, 1872, stands among the most elaborate and symbolically charged notes of Reconstruction-era South Carolina. Produced by the American Bank Note Company of New York, these notes were issued to pay state obligations and to function as tax receipts, serving as both a medium of exchange and an assertion of solvency during a turbulent postwar decade. The design balances artistry and propaganda. ... Read more →

Bradbury Wilkinson — Portrait of Woman, Intaglio Vignette (as used on City of Melbourne Bank £20)

Original Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. portrait vignette, pulled as an intaglio proof from the firm’s London steel plate to demonstrate the finished facial study later integrated into Australian private-issue layouts, notably the City of Melbourne Bank £20. Such stand-alone vignettes were the building blocks of Victorian banknote design: engraved once to perfection, then reused, resized, or re-tinted across denominations and clients. ... Read more →

Uruguay 1896 — Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay 10 Pesos Sepia Photo Proof Pair (PCGS 63 Choice New)

This rare sepia-tone photo-proof pair of the 10 Pesos denomination represents the presentation-stage variant of Uruguay’s 1896 American Bank Note Company series. Produced shortly after the black-and-white engraver’s approval proofs, these warm brown photographs were intended for final client review and executive reference, retaining the same composition but rendered with the tonal depth and paper texture of finished currency. The face bears the refined portrait of José Gervasio Artigas surrounded by an intricate network of guilloches and floral motifs, while the reverse captures a luminous Montevideo harbor vignette that symbolized Uruguay’s role as the Atlantic gateway of the Southern Cone. ... Read more →

Uruguay ca. 1920 — Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Artigas Portrait Die Proof “Cancelled” (Ref 192A)

An engraved master-die portrait of José Gervasio Artigas produced by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., London, this proof is a cornerstone document of early-twentieth-century Uruguayan currency engraving. Struck in black on thin India paper and mounted to card, it bears the printed legend “URUGUAY — Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ld. ... Read more →

New Zealand ND (1924–1933) — Bank of New South Wales Ten Shillings, Perforated SPECIMEN (Pick S161s), Charles Skipper & East London Proof

Printer’s archival proof for the Bank of New South Wales Ten Shillings, classified in the Standard Catalog and PMG system as New Zealand Pick S161s (ND 1924–1933) and attributed to Charles Skipper & East, London. Although cataloged under New Zealand because of the bank’s cross-Tasman operations and later currency context, this piece is fundamentally an Australian bank design printed in London—typical of interwar colonial practice where London firms supplied house styles for banks active across Australasia. This specimen is single-sided in orange-red with full untrimmed margins, a blank reverse, and the characteristic perforated legend “SPECIMEN C. ... Read more →