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Australia 1880-1889 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited £5 with Serial Prefix SPECIMEN (Pick Unlisted, MVR4a)

The note is perforated SPECIMEN across the face and lacks manuscript signatures, confirming its exclusion from any intended issuance workflow. Serial numbers appear at both sides of the face, consistent with bank and printer audit material rather than circulation stock. A pencil annotation dated 1 March 1890 is present in the upper margin, recording a printer or bank-side control date. Read more →

Mauritius 1842 - Mauritius Commercial Bank 10 Dollars / 2 Pounds Sterling Issued & Cancelled (Pick S122a)

Dated 2 August 1842, this note bears manuscript signatures, serial numbers, and the characteristic oval CANCELLED stamps applied upon redemption. The engraving by Myers Frs. & Co. depicts the busy Port Louis waterfront, with ships and warehouses illustrating Mauritius’s role as a maritime trading hub between Africa, India, and Europe. Read more →

Mauritius 1843 - Mauritius Commercial Bank 10 Dollars / 2 Pounds Sterling Remainder (Pick S122r)

As an unissued remainder, this note was never completed with manuscript signatures, serials, or cashier validations. Instead, it shows wide margins, crisp plate detail, and period ink burn caused by iron-gall annotations during internal inventorying at the bank or printer. The 'ink burn' noted by PMG is a natural oxidation effect from 19th-century ink formulas and is frequently found on surviving remainders from Mauritius and other tropical colonies where humidity accelerated the chemical reaction. Read more →

United States 1863 - Bank of the State of South Carolina 10c and 15c Uncut Sheet of 3

Design and printing: blue printed denominations with the state palmetto emblem at center and manuscript signatures at bottom. The back carries the red legend Issued under Act February 1863 on each position. Lithographed in Charleston by Walker, Evans and Cogswell, the leading state security printer of the period. Read more →

Honduras 1863 - 5 Pesos Treasury Bond Vale de Hacienda República Libre, Soberano e Independiente (Pick 7)

At the bottom appear the original manuscript signatures of the responsible officials: the Contador, the Tesorero General, and the Intendente. These handwritten endorsements authenticated the instrument within the decentralized fiscal administration of the Honduran government. The large central punch cancellation indicates that the certificate was ultimately redeemed through the treasury accounting process. Read more →

United States 1872 – State of South Carolina $50 Revenue Bond Scrip Act of March 2 1872 Columbia Issue

Below the main legend, the text confirms the scrip’s legal utility: 'Receivable as Fifty Dollars in payment of all taxes and dues to the State except special tax levied to pay interest on public debt.' The imprint of the American Bank Note Company appears along the bottom margin, with engraved and manuscript signatures completing the instrument. Each note was individually numbered-in this example, No. 2040 printed in red-and dated Columbia, March 2, 1872. Read more →

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

This example preserves the handmade and improvised nature of Paraguay's earliest fiscal printing. Its thin paper, uneven inking, blank reverse, manuscript signatures, and locally printed format are not merely production details; they are evidence of a young state creating sovereign money with the limited tools available in Asuncion. As a Pick Unlisted note attributed in specialized Latin American references as Miguel Pratt MC14, it stands outside the standard world-paper-money catalog sequence and represents a primary artifact of Paraguay's monetary origins. Read more →

Egypt 1922–1927 - Anglo-Egyptian Bank, Alexandria Multicolor Cheque Set (Transition to Barclays DCO)

All pieces retain original margins, intact engraved details, and authentic banking usage signs, including period folding, light offsetting, and multiple manuscript signatures from the cashier, accountant, or controller. No modern markings or alterations are present. Together, the cheques document the progressive shift from Anglo-Egyptian Bank control to Barclays DCO while also preserving rare color variants that seldom survive as a unified group. Read more →

Spain 1857 - Banco de Zaragoza 100 Reales Vellón Serie A Issued Note No. 23322 (Pick S451b)

As a rare issued note preserved in clean condition with full manuscript signatures, this example ranks at R8 rarity, representing one of Spain’s scarcest mid-19th-century provincial banknote issues. Read more →

Spain 1857 - Banco de Zaragoza 500 Reales Vellón Serie C Issued Note No. 08785 (Pick S453a)

Rarity is extremely high. PMG lists only one graded example for S453a, but this listing aggregates notes from multiple provincial banks and does not confirm Zaragoza attribution. No Zaragoza-issued 500 reales vellón notes are recorded in major Spanish auction archives, suggesting that only a handful of true S453a-issued examples may survive worldwide. This piece, with clear signatures, strong detail, and well-preserved surface, qualifies as R8. Read more →

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

The note retains full manuscript signatures of the Comisario Regio, Director, Interventor, and Cajero, and displays the characteristic circular cancellation punch used to invalidate high-denomination Zaragoza issues after redemption. Despite circulation wear, the engraving remains strong and unmistakably tied to the Madrid-school style that defines Zaragoza’s 1857 series. Read more →

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

The engraving and typographic layout match precisely those of the Madrid-school private printer employed by the Banco de Zaragoza. Despite circulation wear and cancellation, the note remains structurally sound and fully legible, carrying the complete manuscript signatures required for legal tender status. Read more →