Collection PL

United States 1935D - 1 Dollar Silver Certificate Butterfly Fold Error (Friedberg 1613W, IF Block)

From a technical and educational standpoint, butterfly errors are invaluable for demonstrating how mechanical stress, humidity, and press speed interact during the intaglio process. This particular example is especially striking for its perfectly preserved fold tab extending beyond the note’s frame, showing exactly how the paper folded during production. For collectors, such notes are more than curiosities-they are tangible evidence of how human and mechanical precision occasionally diverge, producing a one-of-a-kind anomaly that transforms a common note into a specimen of industrial history. Read more →

United States 1935F - 1 Dollar Silver Certificate Courtesy Autograph by Treasurer Ivy Baker Priest (Friedberg 1615, UI Block)

Courtesy autographs were personally applied by Treasury officials during their tenure-typically during public appearances, collector events, or visits to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Each signature transforms a standard note into a tangible piece of political and monetary history, marking direct engagement between government and the public. Priest’s autographs are particularly valued because she was the first woman to serve as Treasurer of the United States, a groundbreaking appointment during the postwar era. Read more →

United States 1928G - 2 Dollars Legal Tender Note Red Seal Star Replacement (Friedberg 1508*)

This 1928G Red Seal Star Note is more than a condition rarity - it embodies the intersection of artistry, economic history, and industrial modernization in U.S. printing. For collectors focused on early small-size currency, it represents a textbook example of how the Bureau’s mechanical discipline and design refinement coalesced during one of the most important transitional decades in American numismatic history. Read more →

Japan 1800 - Edo Period 5 Momme Silver Hansatsu with Daikokuten Reverse and Oil Merchant Validation Seal Woodblock Printed on Handmade Washi Paper

This hansatsu belongs to the final pre-modern monetary landscape before the Meiji reforms of the nineteenth century. In the 1870s, Japan abolished the old domain currencies and moved toward a centralized national money system. Surviving notes like this preserve the older world that came before: a world where paper money could be a silver certificate, a merchant instrument, a religiously charged object, and a regional promise of value all at the same time. Read more →

United States 1929 - 5 Dollars Type 2 National Bank Note - The First National Bank of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Charter 1 (Fr. 1800-2)

Certified PMG 20 Very Fine, this note captures the culmination of the National Banking era-when the very first chartered bank in the nation still circulated its own legally backed paper money, nearly seventy years after the system began. Each surviving piece from Charter 1 marks a direct link to the founding structure of American national banking. Read more →

Australia 1965 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited 10 Dollars Travellers Cheque Approved Design Proof (Pick Unlisted)

Within the surviving Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited 1965 proof group, this 10 Dollars piece is the approved anchor of the sequence. The 20 Dollars and 50 Dollars submitted proofs record the March 1965 design stage, while the photographic proofs record the printer's review and revision process. This 10 Dollars proof, submitted on the same 15 June 1965 date as the revised 50 Dollars photographic proof, stands as the accepted endpoint of that documented design progression. Read more →

Australia 1965 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited 20 Dollars Travellers Cheque Rejected Design Proof (Pick Unlisted)

Its physical features place it securely within the March 1965 submission stage. The proof carries the "As Submitted 23.3.65" notation at the top and the decisive handwritten review note at the left margin recording the 12 April 1965 rejection letter. A round control punch appears at the right, and both printed facsimile signatures are present, confirming the sheet as a presentation-stage proof from the original approval process. These characteristics connect it directly with the companion 50 Dollars rejected design proof from the same 23 March 1965 submission, establishing both pieces as parallel records of the first design direction shown to the bank. Read more →

Australia 1965 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited 50 Dollars Travellers Cheque Rejected Design Proof (Pick Unlisted)

Its approval-trail features are central to its importance. The top margin records "As Submitted 23.3.65," placing the sheet in the original March submission. The left margin carries the handwritten review annotation referring to the 12 April 1965 letter, linking this proof directly to the same correspondence trail as the 20 Dollars example. A round control punch appears at the right, and the printed facsimile signature is present in the lower left signature area. These elements make the proof a physical record of the bank-printer review process rather than a general specimen or display item. Read more →

Australia 1961 - Bank of New South Wales Sterling Travellers Cheques, Complete Printer’s Proof Set £2-£50 (Pick Unlisted)

The remaining 2 Pounds, 5 Pounds, 20 Pounds, and 50 Pounds sheets are companion numbering proofs from the same printer batch. Their identical paper stock, control-punch placement, handwriting, and synchronized margin notes confirm that the set represents a single production event rather than an accumulation of unrelated proofs. Minor pencil ticks and short filing codes appear on the margins, and the reverses show light archival handling consistent with Bradbury Wilkinson proof-room practice. Read more →

Honduras 1873 - 5 Pesos Treasury Note Billete de Tesoreria, Comayagua (Pick Unlisted)

Handwritten signatures and multiple official seals are present. The reverse records in-use history and redemption: manuscript endorsements dated July 20, 1874 (Comayagua) and a later note 'Convertido en billetes - Comay[agua] Junio 11, 1875,' confirming conversion into later circulating notes. Rectangular and oval treasury/revenue office stamps further document handling by state offices. Read more →

Paraguay 1856 - Tesoro Nacional 2 Reales Treasury Note, Earliest National Paper Money (Pick Unlisted, Miguel Pratt MC14)

This 2 Reales Tesoro Nacional Treasury Note of 1856 is one of the foundational objects in the monetary history of Paraguay and is presented here as the unique known surviving example of this earliest national paper-money issue. Produced under the government of President Carlos Antonio Lopez, it predates the later and more familiar Paraguayan paper issues of the 1860s and belongs to the first attempt by the national Treasury to create a circulating paper instrument for domestic use. Read more →

Australia 1929 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited - Circular Letter of Introduction Photographic Proof (Mounted on Cardstock, PCGS 50 About New)

The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited, one of the principal banking institutions in colonial and early Commonwealth Australia, operated within an expanding international financial framework. Documents of this type demonstrate how banks extended their operational reach beyond domestic borders, enabling clients to function within a coordinated global system of credit recognition and identity verification. Read more →