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Issued Banco de Zaragoza 500 reales vellón, Serie C No. 08785, Pick S453a, 14 May 1857

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 →

SpainIssued Note1857500 Reales VellónExtremely Fine (Issued, Fully Signed) Issued NotePick S453aSerie CSerial 08785500 RealesBanco de ZaragozaSpanish Provincial IssuePrivate Banknote19th Century SpainCirculation IssueManuscript SignaturesReales VellonSecurity PrintingMonetary HistorySpain1857R8 Extremely RareMuseum Grade

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Argentina 1876 Banco de San Juan 1 Peso Fuerte archival specimen printed by Bradbury Wilkinson, condor vignette, provincial private bank issue, PMG 64 EPQ

Argentina 1876 - Banco de San Juan 1 Peso Fuerte Specimen (Pick S1880s)

No issued example of this Banco de San Juan 1 Peso Fuerte type is known. No proof state is known. No second specimen has been recorded in institutional collections, auction archives, grading census data, or reference literature. Within the specimen category, this note stands alone as the only observable output of its kind. Read more →

ArgentinaSpecimen18761 Peso FuertePMG 64 Choice Uncirculated Exceptional Paper Quality (Top Population) Specimen BanknotePick S1880sSingle Instance Control SpecimenArchival Approval NoteProvincial Private Bank IssuePunch Cancelled SpecimenBanco de San JuanArgentine Provincial BanksRegional Monetary AutonomyLey de Bancos GarantidosFrontier Province FinanceCondor VignetteNational Andean SymbolismEngraved Security PrintingBradbury WilkinsonBWCBritish Security PrintingExport Engraved NotesArgentinaSan Juan1876Exceptional Paper QualityTop PopMuseum GradeR9 Extremely RareUnique

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Argentina 1876 Bradbury Wilkinson engraved condor vignette used on Banco de San Juan 1 Peso Fuerte banknote design

Argentina 1876 - Banco de San Juan 1 Peso Fuerte Condor Vignette (Bradbury Wilkinson and Company)

This engraved vignette die proof was produced by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., London, for the Banco de San Juan 1 Peso Fuerte issue of 1876. The vignette depicts a large bird of prey standing before a mountainous landscape, enclosed within an oval composition. The same engraving appears at the left of the completed Banco de San Juan banknote, where it forms the principal pictorial element of the design. Read more →

ArgentinaVignette1876Not ApplicablePCGS 58 Choice About New Apparent Minor Mounting Remnants VignetteCondor VignetteDie ProofEngraving ProofIntaglio EngravingBradbury Wilkinson and CompanySecurity PrintingBanknote ProductionDesign ElementBanco de San Juan1 Peso FuerteUn Peso FuerteLinked to Banknote IssueCompanion PieceLey de Bancos GarantidosArgentina Provincial BankingNineteenth Century ArgentinaLatin American Banking HistoryHistoryArgentina1876UnlistedPCGS 58RareR8 Extremely RareMuseum Grade

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Argentina 1876 Banco de San Juan 5 Pesos Fuertes archival specimen printed by Bradbury Wilkinson, provincial private banknote, PMG 64 EPQ

Argentina 1876 - Banco de San Juan 5 Pesos Fuertes Specimen (S1881s)

No issued example of this Banco de San Juan 5 Pesos Fuertes type is known. No proof state is known. No second specimen has been recorded in institutional collections, auction archives, grading census data, or reference literature. Within the specimen category, this note stands alone as the only observable output of its kind. Read more →

ArgentinaSpecimen18765 Pesos FuertesPMG 64 Choice Uncirculated Exceptional Paper Quality (Top Population) Specimen BanknotePick S1880sSingle Instance Control SpecimenArchival Approval NoteProvincial Private Bank IssuePunch Cancelled SpecimenBanco de San JuanArgentine Provincial BanksRegional Monetary AutonomyLey de Bancos GarantidosFrontier Province FinanceAllegorical VignetteProvincial Coat of ArmsNative Fauna IconographyEngraved Security PrintingBradbury WilkinsonBWCBritish Security PrintingExport Engraved NotesArgentinaSan Juan1876Exceptional Paper QualityTop PopMuseum GradeR9 Extremely RareUnique

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Argentina 1876 Bradbury Wilkinson engraved central portrait vignette used on Banco de San Juan 5 Pesos Fuertes banknote design

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

Together, the die proof and the completed specimen document two stages in the production of the same Banco de San Juan issue: the separately engraved portrait and its later incorporation into the finished security-printed design. Read more →

ArgentinaVignette1876Not ApplicablePCGS 58 Choice About New Apparent Minor Mounting Remnants VignetteCentral Portrait VignetteDie ProofEngraving ProofIntaglio EngravingBradbury Wilkinson and CompanySecurity PrintingBanknote ProductionDesign ElementBanco de San Juan5 Pesos FuertesCinco Pesos FuertesLinked to Banknote IssueCompanion PieceLey de Bancos GarantidosArgentina Provincial BankingNineteenth Century ArgentinaLatin American Banking HistoryHistoryArgentina1876UnlistedPCGS 58RareR8 Extremely RareMuseum Grade

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Specimen Banco de Zaragoza 200 reales vellón, Serie B No. 07958, Pick S452s, 14 May 1857

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

This note qualifies as R7+, reflecting its extreme scarcity and its importance as one of the few known specimens of a denomination and issuer virtually absent from public and institutional collections. Read more →

SpainSpecimen1857200 Reales VellónChoice Uncirculated (Specimen) SpecimenPick S452sSerie BSerial 07958200 RealesBanco de ZaragozaSpanish Provincial IssuePrivate Banknote19th Century SpainReales VellonMadrid EngravingMonetary HistorySecurity PrintingSpain1857R7 Extremely RareMuseum Grade

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Argentina 1869 Banco Domingo Garbino 5 Pesos Fuertes issued note, Pick S1803, overprint on Banco Oxandaburu y Garbino Pick S1792, red BANCO DOMINGO GARBINO overprint, PMG 58 Choice About Uncirculated

Argentina 1869 - Banco Domingo Garbino, 5 Pesos Fuertes Issued Note with Red Overprint (Pick S1803)

Unsigned and unnumbered remainder notes of the underlying 5 Pesos Fuertes type, Pick S1792r, preserve the original Oxandaburu y Garbino form. The Banco Domingo Garbino issued form is identified by its completed signatures, numbering, and large red BANCO DOMINGO GARBINO overprint and is cataloged separately as Pick S1803. PMG records six graded examples of S1803 across all grades. Read more →

ArgentinaIssued Note18695 Pesos FuertesPMG 58 Choice About Uncirculated Issued NoteOverprint TypeRed OverprintBANCO DOMINGO GARBINO OverprintPick S1803Pick S17925 Pesos FuertesABNCAmerican Bank Note CompanyEngraved Security PrintingProvincial BanknoteRegional Convertibility19th Century BankingBanco Oxandaburu y GarbinoBanco Domingo GarbinoGarbinoGarbino Spelling1869 GARBINO IssueProvisional OverprintRemainder ConversionOverprint ValidationMonetary HistoryLatin American NumismaticsArgentina1869PMG 58R7 Very RareMuseum Grade

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Issued Banco de Zaragoza 2000 reales vellón, Serie E No. 00589, Pick S455, 14 May 1857

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 →

SpainIssued Note18572000 Reales VellónFine (Issued, Fully Signed, Cancellation Punch) Issued NotePick S455Serie ESerial 005892000 RealesBanco de ZaragozaSpanish Provincial IssuePrivate Banknote19th Century SpainCirculation IssueManuscript SignaturesReales VellonHigh DenominationSecurity PrintingMonetary HistorySpain1857R8 Extremely RareMuseum Grade

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Issued Banco de Zaragoza 2000 reales vellón, Serie E No. 00500, Pick S455, 14 May 1857

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

Serial No. 00500 forms one of only two issued specimens of this denomination preserved in the collection-the other being No. 00589 (see item 'spain-1857-banco-de-zaragoza-2000-reales-serie-e-00589-issued-note'). These two pieces are likely the only confirmed surviving issued examples outside Spanish institutional holdings, if any such institutional examples exist at all. Read more →

SpainIssued Note18572000 Reales VellónFine (Issued, Fully Signed, Cancellation Punch) Issued NotePick S455Serie ESerial 005002000 RealesBanco de ZaragozaSpanish Provincial IssuePrivate Banknote19th Century SpainCirculation IssueManuscript SignaturesReales VellonHigh DenominationSecurity PrintingMonetary HistorySpain1857R8 Extremely RareMuseum Grade

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Jersey 1840 Bible Christian Church Royal Crescent £1 remainder promissory note

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

Unissued £1 remainder note of the Bible Christian Church, Royal Crescent, Jersey - a rare surviving artifact from the early 19th-century Methodist movement on the Channel Islands. Printed in blue on thin, high-quality wove paper with a large circular watermark, the piece was intended as a church-backed promissory note payable in British Sterling, guaranteed by the trustees of the congregation. Read more →

JerseyRemainder1840One PoundRemainder (Unissued, Unsigned, Unnumbered) RemainderPick UnlistedOne Pound1 PoundBible Christian ChurchRoyal CrescentPrivate Issue18th–19th Century PrintingChannel IslandsLocal Promissory NoteReligious IssueUnissued NoteWatermark PaperFinancial HistoryProvincial PrintingJersey1840R7 Very RareMuseum Grade

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Poland 1940 Bank Emisyjny w Polsce 10 Złotych Prefix C approval specimen, Kraków issue, featuring Fryderyk Chopin portrait on the reverse

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

Engraving was executed according to pre-war Polish standards under the direction of Leonard Sowiński. Dense guilloche networks, controlled line work, and carefully balanced typography demonstrate disciplined security printing rather than improvisation. Printing was carried out with the involvement of Giesecke & Devrient, with subsequent production phases handled by Zakłady Graficzne "Sztuka" in Kraków as wartime logistics evolved. Read more →

PolandApproval Specimen Without Overprints194010 ZłotychUncirculated (archival approval specimen) Approval SpecimenApproval Specimen Without OverprintsPrefix C10 ZlotychBank Emisyjny w PolsceKrakow IssueGeneral GovernmentOccupation Period CurrencyEngraved Security PrintingFryderyk ChopinReverse PortraitPolish Cultural IconographyWartime PolandMonetary AuthoritySecurity Printing HistoryPoland1940R7 Extremely RareMuseum Grade

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Poland 1940 Bank Emisyjny w Polsce 20 Złotych Prefix A approval specimen, Kraków issue, with Emilia Plater portrait on the obverse

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 →

PolandApproval Specimen Without Overprints194020 ZłotychUncirculated (archival approval specimen) Approval SpecimenApproval Specimen Without OverprintsPrefix A20 ZłotychBank Emisyjny w PolsceKraków IssueGeneral GovernmentOccupation Period CurrencyEngraved Security PrintingEmilia PlaterObverse PortraitPolish National IconographyWartime PolandMonetary AuthorityInstitutional ContinuitySecurity Printing HistoryPoland1940R7 Extremely RareMuseum Grade

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