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Uruguay 1872 P. Valdez & Co. Tacuarembo 20 Centesimos unissued note with classical vignette, lith. Bauer, Rincon 72 Montevideo

Uruguay 1872 - P. Valdez & Co., Tacuarembo 20 Centesimos Unissued (Pick Unlisted)

Considerably scarcer than the 10 Centesimos, this 20 Centesimos note represents one of the few surviving examples of private merchant scrip from Uruguay’s frontier economy. Together, the two Valdez denominations illustrate how local initiative substituted trust and commerce for absent national coinage in 1870s Uruguay. Read more →

UruguayPrivate Scrip187220 CentesimosRaw (VF est.) UruguayPick UnlistedUnissued NotePrivate ScripEmergency MoneyTacuaremboP. Valdez & Co.F. Bauer LithographyUruguay 19th Century20 Centesimos1872Local Issue
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Edo-period Japanese 5 Momme Silver hansatsu printed by woodblock on handmade washi paper, showing vertical kanji inscriptions, circular and boxed validation seals, an oil merchant seal, and a reverse design with Daikokuten, rice bale symbolism, and ornamental wave-pattern security carving.

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

One of the most important details is the boxed validation seal associated with oil. This pushes the note beyond the category of a generic feudal paper issue and gives it a clear commercial character. Oil was an essential commodity in Edo-period Japan, used for lighting, cooking, and daily urban life. Merchant-backed or commodity-linked scrip connected to oil, rice, sake, silver, and other practical goods formed part of the regional monetary landscape. This piece therefore stands at the meeting point of silver accounting, merchant exchange, domain-era paper currency, and everyday commodity trade. Read more →

JapanHansatsu18005 Momme SilverFine to Very Fine estimated JapanJapan 1800Year 1800Edo PeriodLate Edo PeriodTokugawa EraTokugawa ShogunatePre-Meiji JapanHansatsuFeudal Domain NoteDomain-Issued Local NoteRegional Paper MoneyLocal CurrencyFive Momme Silver5 Momme SilverSilver Five MommeGin Go MonmeMomme Weight StandardSilver CurrencyCommodity CurrencyOil Merchant SealOil Commodity SealMerchant ScripRegional Exchange HouseCommodity-Linked CurrencyMerchant ExchangeRice CurrencyEdo Monetary SystemWoodblock Printed NoteHandmade Washi PaperVermilion SealCircular SealBoxed Validation SealCalligraphic Security TextWave Pattern ReverseAnti-Counterfeiting Woodblock DesignDaikokutenDeity of WealthDeity of AbundanceRice Bale MotifMallet of FortuneReligious MotifProsperity SymbolismHistoric CurrencyAsian Paper MoneyEighteenth CenturyNineteenth CenturyPick UnlistedNot Listed in PickRarityMuseum GradeHistory
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Australia 1880–1910 Commercial Bank of Australia £100 specimen, PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated

Australia 1880–1910 - Commercial Bank of Australia £100 Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

The Chinese text was not an incidental decorative feature added to a later issue. It formed part of the Commercial Bank of Australia’s note design from the bank’s establishment in 1866. The winning note design announced in June 1866 specifically incorporated the bank’s name and the denomination in Chinese characters into the border. This was a deliberate commercial distinction aimed at Chinese customers at a time when Chinese merchants, miners, laborers, trading houses, and investors formed an important part of the Victorian economy. Contemporary reporting explicitly connected the Chinese inscriptions with the bank’s desire to attract Chinese depositors, making the notes an early and unusually direct example of financial-product localization and customer acquisition embedded in the currency itself.

Mauritius 1842 Mauritius Commercial Bank 10 Dollars / 2 Pounds Sterling Issued & Cancelled

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

The manuscript signatures, cashier validations, and pen script date confirm authentic circulation. The oval CANCELLED stamps - struck at redemption - document the bank’s auditing cycle, which removed exhausted notes from the economy and destroyed them thereafter. Fully issued and redeemed notes from the early 1840s are particularly rare because high-value dollars were usually handled only by merchants, shipping firms, and sugar estates, leaving little chance for survival.

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