Collection PL

Paraguay 1907 - Banco de la República 100 Pesos Issued Note (Pick 159)

The design is a strong example of Waterlow & Sons security engraving for South America in the early twentieth century. The face combines a yellow-green tint field with dense black intaglio work, broad ornamental side panels, large corner denomination tablets, and a central architectural vignette of the Banco de la República building. The engraved promise-to-pay wording, red serial number, Series A panel, and formal signature arrangement give the note a deeply institutional character. The reverse, built around elaborate guilloché rosettes, large denomination panels, and the national emblem, displays the same technical precision and decorative density that made Waterlow issues widely respected across Latin America. Read more →

Uruguay 1939 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 1000 Pesos Specimen, Printed Cancel, Serie D, Specimen No. 23 (Pick 41cs)

The reverse presents a broad equestrian composition showing a mounted figure in traditional dress crossing an open landscape. The scene is framed by heavy architectural ornament, grape clusters, scrolls, columns, and large denomination panels. The rider gives the reverse a distinctly national character, evoking the rural landscape, mounted culture, and historical traditions associated with Uruguay and the wider Rio de la Plata region. Read more →

Uruguay 1939 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 500 Pesos Specimen, Printed Cancel, Serie A, Specimen No. 29 (Pick 40as)

The reverse is devoted to an agricultural allegory in which labor, animals, cultivated land, and the broader landscape are presented as sources of national wealth. The composition is not incidental decoration. It links the denomination to Uruguay's productive economy and gives the note a narrative dimension beyond the institutional language of the face. Fine engraved framing and large denomination panels preserve visual continuity between the two sides. Read more →

Uruguay 1939 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 500 Pesos Specimen Printed Cancel Serie D Specimen No. 12 (Pick 40cs)

The reverse expands the economic narrative through a detailed agricultural composition. Harvest workers, livestock, cultivated land, and distant structures are arranged within an elaborate engraved frame, presenting the countryside as a source of production, continuity, and national prosperity. Large denomination panels and ornamental architecture give the rural scene the same visual authority as the institutional face. Read more →

Paraguay 1907 - Banco de la República 5 Pesos Issued Note (Pick 156)

The design is one of Waterlow & Sons’ most attractive small-denomination Paraguayan productions. The face features a central allegorical female portrait beneath the large Banco de la República title, flanked by ornate 5 Pesos denomination panels and framed by dense black intaglio ornament. Pale blue underprinting spreads across the lower half of the note, giving depth to the security design and separating the red serial number from the engraved black border. The Serie A designation, formal promise-to-pay wording, and engraved signatures reinforce the institutional character of the original issue. Read more →

Ireland - Northern 1929 - Ulster Bank Limited 1 Pound Uncut Sheet of 3 Proofs with Specimen Perforation (Pick Unlisted)

The sheet shows the full engraved structure of the Ulster Bank Limited 1 Pound design, including the formal bank title, ornamental borderwork, large denomination panels, Belfast wording, and the central maritime and industrial vignette. The promise-to-pay layout is present in proof-stage form, with the engraved obligation text, denomination structure, and bank identity arranged across each subject. The object preserves the design before final administrative completion, retaining the printed architecture of the note in its larger production format. Read more →