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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 central vignette features an allegorical figure of Commerce, holding a caduceus and globe, framed by intricate lathe-work and industrial motifs representing trade, manufacturing, and the expansion of colonial wealth. The vertical inscriptions in both Chinese and English remain one of the most unusual design choices of any 19th-century Australian note. The Chinese inscription reads '新金山金媽士銀行', literally identifying the institution as the 'New Goldfields' or 'New Gold Mountain Commercial Bank', with '金媽士' functioning as a Cantonese phonetic rendering of 'commercial'. The opening characters '新金山', New Gold Mountain, were a Chinese name associated with Victoria and Australia during the gold-rush era, distinguishing the Australian goldfields from the earlier 'Gold Mountain' of California. Read more →

AustraliaSpecimen1880100 PoundsPMG 64 Choice Uncirculated Specimen100 PoundsHigh DenominationCommercial Bank of AustraliaBradbury WilkinsonBWCSands & McDougallColonial SpecimenBilingualChinese-EnglishPick UnlistedColonial Banking HistoryAustralian Private BanknotesPre-Notes Act Era19th Century BankingMulticultural Trade NetworksSecurity Printing HistoryBritish Engraving InfluenceAustralian Monetary HistoryAustralia188019101880–1910PMG 64Museum GradeR9 Extremely RareUniqueAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations
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Uruguay 1883 Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata 10 Pesos specimen Pick S242s, Bradbury Wilkinson & Co., separate control number 345501, number 370500 repeated on counterfoil and principal note, retained counterfoil, perforated SPECIMEN BW & Co LONDON, Christopher Columbus portrait, child vignette, ornate brown-red reverse with opposing classical female profiles, PMG 64 EPQ Top Pop

Uruguay 1883 - Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata 10 Pesos Specimen (Pick S242s)

The Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata issue belongs to an important period in Uruguay's nineteenth-century monetary history, when private and foreign-linked banks formed a substantial part of the country's paper-money system. Their notes document the commercial and financial networks connecting Montevideo with British capital, international trade, regional banking, and the specialized security printers responsible for producing negotiable paper for South American institutions.

Macau 1937 Foo Hang Bank 10 patacas archival printer proof compound sheet with blue obverse obligation form on the left and red reverse vignette showing the Foo Hang Bank building on the right

Macau 1937 - Foo Hang Bank 10 Patacas Archival Printer Proof Compound Sheet (Pick S105)

Foo Hang Bank operated in Macau during a period when the territory functioned as a distinct monetary and commercial enclave within southern China. As a Portuguese-administered port with deep ties to regional trade networks, Macau maintained a semi-autonomous banking environment in which local institutions issued currency tailored to cross-border commerce, silver settlement, and regional circulation needs. Banknotes produced for Macau in the interwar period reflect this hybrid monetary reality, combining Chinese commercial practice with colonial administrative oversight.

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 Port Louis harbor vignette - one of the earliest engraved Mauritian landscapes - encapsulates the colony's economic identity as a port of transshipment for sugar, textiles, rice, timber, and re-exported Indian goods. The docks, bonded warehouses, and anchored vessels evoke the commercial confidence the bank sought to project in an era when Mauritius was emerging from the post-abolition labor transition and integrating more tightly into imperial trade networks.

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