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Argentina 1876 - Banco de San Juan 5 Pesos Fuertes Central Portrait Vignette (Bradbury Wilkinson and Company)

In the finished banknote, the portrait occupies the central oval beneath the inscription EL BANCO DE SAN JUAN. It is flanked by a sheep vignette at left and the provincial coat of arms at right, with large denomination numerals in the four corners and CINCO PESOS FUERTES incorporated into the principal denomination panels. Read more →

Spain 1857 - Banco de Zaragoza 200 Reales Vellón Serie B Issued Note No. 07958 (Pick S4532s)

Although the broader Pick S452 census includes notes from several different issuers, PMG does not list any specimens from Banco de Zaragoza. As a result, this piece stands entirely outside population data and should be viewed as an independent rarity. Its survival indicates an extremely small original specimen distribution, likely limited to printer or bank archival holdings. Read more →

Spain 1857 - Banco de Zaragoza 2000 Reales Vellón Serie E Issued Note No. 00589 (Pick S455)

Few issued Serie E notes are known. The surviving population is best measured by direct observation rather than catalog assumptions. Only a tiny number of fully signed, circulation-authorized 2000 reales vellón notes have been documented. This note (No. 00589) is one of just two examples currently held in the collection-the other being serial No. 00500-and it pairs with that companion piece to form what is likely the strongest private holding of issued 2000 reales vellón worldwide. Read more →

Spain 1857 - Banco de Zaragoza 2000 Reales Vellón Serie E Issued Note No. 00500 (Pick S455)

A fully issued 2000 reales vellón banknote from the Banco de Zaragoza dated 14 May 1857, Serie E, serial number 00500. Classified under Pick S455, this note represents the highest denomination from Zaragoza known to have entered active circulation. Its survival is an exceptional anomaly: most high-value private-bank issues from this period were redeemed rapidly and destroyed, leaving only a microscopic population of true circulation-authorized notes. Read more →

Jersey 1840 - Bible Christian Church, Royal Crescent £1 Remainder (Pick Unlisted)

This example remains fully intact, with crisp printing, strong watermark visibility, and no manuscript entries - a rare Jersey remainder note and a valuable record of early faith-based community finance in the Channel Islands. Read more →

Poland 1940 - 10 Zlotych Bank Emisyjny w Polsce Prefix C Kraków Issue Approval Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

The reverse design is anchored by the engraved portrait of Fryderyk Chopin, one of the most recognizable figures in Polish cultural history. His presence on the 10 Złotych was not incidental. In the context of occupation, retaining Chopin on a widely used denomination reinforced a familiar intellectual and emotional reference point in daily economic life. Read more →

Poland 1940 - 20 Zlotych Bank Emisyjny w Polsce Prefix A Kraków Issue Approval Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

Kraków’s designation as the place of issue is structurally significant. With Warsaw removed from its pre-war financial role, Kraków became the administrative and monetary center of the General Government. Approval material bearing the Kraków imprint belongs to the first stabilized phase of occupation governance, when provisional arrangements gave way to formalized institutional systems. Read more →

Barbados 1959 - Government of Barbados Treasury Bill, Photographic Proof (Early Design Stage)

As a photographic proof, this object occupies a distinct position within Barbados fiscal history. It documents an early Treasury Bill design state that predates later standardized issues and preserves legal language and layout elements that were subsequently revised. Surviving photographic proofs of this type are extremely rare and serve as primary evidence for the evolution of government debt instruments in Barbados during the mid-twentieth century. Read more →

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

Specimen Treasury Bill issued by the Government of Barbados under the authority of the Treasury Bills (Local) Act of 1922, produced for internal reference and administrative control rather than circulation or fiscal settlement. Read more →

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

This example is preserved in graded condition and represents a complete specimen state defined by red overprint identification, standardized legal wording, engraved security printing, and punch-hole cancellation. Surviving specimen Treasury Bills of this denomination are scarce and are typically encountered as isolated institutional remnants rather than as part of documented series. Read more →

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

The background is formed by a dense multicolor security underprint composed of repeated “Government of Barbados” text, serving both issuer identification and anti-counterfeiting purposes. The design is enclosed within an engraved guilloche border consistent with British fiscal security printing practices of the mid-twentieth century. Read more →

Barbados 1960 - Government of Barbados 5,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Punch Hole Cancelled, Prefix C

Cancellation is effected by two large punch holes applied in the lower right portion of the note through the signature area. These punch holes constitute a physical method of invalidation, permanently preventing the document from being used for payment or settlement. Read more →