Collection PL

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)

A fully issued 2000 reales vellón banknote from the Banco de Zaragoza dated 14 May 1857, Serie E, serial number 00500. Classified under Pick S455, this note represents the highest denomination from Zaragoza known to have entered active circulation. Its survival is an exceptional anomaly: most high-value private-bank issues from this period were redeemed rapidly and destroyed, leaving only a microscopic population of true circulation-authorized notes. Read more →

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

The Bible Christian Church was a distinct Methodist branch active on Jersey during the 1837–1850 period, operating schools, chapels, and local relief programs. Financial instruments of this kind were produced in extremely small numbers and were not part of any formal island-wide banknote system. Surviving remainders are scarce and often represent the only material evidence of these local religious-financial networks. Read more →

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

The confirmation of Chopin’s portrait at the approval stage is structurally significant. By finalizing his image within the authorized design, the issuing authority embedded a cultural reference directly into the framework of the new monetary system without overt political signaling. Read more →

Poland 1940 - 20 Zlotych Bank Emisyjny w Polsce Prefix A Kraków Issue Approval Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

This Prefix A approval specimen of the 20 Złotych issue documents the formal authorization stage of the occupation-era monetary system administered by Bank Emisyjny w Polsce. Dated Kraków, 1 March 1940, the note represents the fully accepted production standard from which circulation printing was initiated. It is a completed, signed, and institutionally approved banknote retained as a reference at the moment when monetary authority was translated into physical form. Read more →

Barbados 1959 - Government of Barbados Treasury Bill, Photographic Proof (Early Design Stage)

As a photographic proof, this object occupies a distinct position within Barbados fiscal history. It documents an early Treasury Bill design state that predates later standardized issues and preserves legal language and layout elements that were subsequently revised. Surviving photographic proofs of this type are extremely rare and serve as primary evidence for the evolution of government debt instruments in Barbados during the mid-twentieth century. Read more →

Barbados 1968 - Government of Barbados 500 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Perforated Cancelled, Prefix A

Specimen Treasury Bill issued by the Government of Barbados under the authority of the Treasury Bills (Local) Act of 1922, produced for internal reference and administrative control rather than circulation or fiscal settlement. Read more →

Barbados 1980 - Government of Barbados 500 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Red Overprint, No Prefix

This example is preserved in graded condition and represents a complete specimen state defined by red overprint identification, standardized legal wording, engraved security printing, and punch-hole cancellation. Surviving specimen Treasury Bills of this denomination are scarce and are typically encountered as isolated institutional remnants rather than as part of documented series. Read more →

Barbados 1960 - Government of Barbados 1,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Punch Hole Cancelled, Prefix B

Specimen Treasury Bill issued by the Government of Barbados under the authority of the Treasury Bills (Local) Act of 1922, prepared as a non-circulating reference instrument for internal administrative and archival use. Read more →

Barbados 1960 - Government of Barbados 5,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Punch Hole Cancelled, Prefix C

This specimen Treasury Bill was issued by the Government of Barbados under the authority of the Treasury Bills (Local) Act of 1922 and prepared as a non-circulating reference instrument for internal administrative, accounting, and archival use. Read more →

Barbados 1980 - Government of Barbados 5,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Red Overprint, Punch Hole Cancelled, Prefix C

This example is preserved in graded condition and represents a fully prepared specimen state combining red overprint identification, controlled serial format, and single punch-hole cancellation. Surviving specimen Treasury Bills of this denomination are rare and typically encountered as isolated examples rather than as complete or systematic groups. Read more →

Barbados 1960 - Government of Barbados 10,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Punch Hole Cancelled, Prefix D

The background is formed by a dense multicolour security underprint composed of repeated “Government of Barbados” text, serving both issuer identification and anti-counterfeiting purposes. The design is enclosed within an engraved guilloche border consistent with British fiscal security printing practices of the mid-twentieth century. Read more →