Collection PL

Scotland 1962 - National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited 5 Pounds Photographic Back Proof, Edinburgh Castle Design (Pick Unlisted)

As a photographic proof connected to the final Pick 272a reverse, this piece documents the design process behind one of the National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited's last pre-decimal 5 Pounds issues. PCGS grades the proof 55 Choice About New, and its unlisted status supports its importance as a rare surviving production artifact for Scottish private-bank note design. Read more →

Scotland 1962 - National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited 5 Pounds Photographic Back Proof, Landscape Design (Pick Unlisted)

The piece is mounted on card stock, consistent with proof handling for review or archival preservation. PCGS grades it 55 Choice About New. Its Pick Unlisted status and alternate-design character make it a rare museum-grade witness to Scottish banknote design development, preserving a reverse concept that would otherwise be invisible from the issued-note record alone. Read more →

Australia 1965 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney 20 Dollars Travellers Cheque Photographic Proof (Pick Unlisted)

The cardstock mounting and grading label identify the piece as a photographic proof rather than a colour specimen proof. Its value lies in the way it isolates the engraved design and preserves the proof-room review state of the 20 Dollars denomination. The image shows the full cheque design with its central security field, Australia map device, scripted payable line, and placement guides for operational cheque use, documenting how Bradbury Wilkinson and Company evaluated the composition before the design direction moved forward into later revision stages. Read more →

Australia 1965 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney 50 Dollars Travellers Cheque Photographic Proof (Pick Unlisted)

The cardstock-mounted photographic format is central to the piece's importance. It records the design as an unpunched photographic review state, isolating density, contrast, text hierarchy, and background strength during the first review phase of the top denomination. This is especially meaningful when viewed beside the later 15 June 1965 revised 50 Dollars photographic proof, where the bank-name field is brought forward on a lighter horizontal reserve and the proof carries the single round control punch associated with the formal proof sequence. Together, the two 50 Dollars photographic proofs preserve the movement from early photographic review to revised approval-stage presentation. Read more →

Australia 1965 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney 50 Dollars Travellers Cheque Approval-Stage Photographic Proof (Pick Unlisted)

The proof reproduces the 50 Dollars design in monochrome, but its importance lies in the visible changes that separate it from the earlier 1 April 1965 50 Dollars photographic proof. The inscription "The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited" is carried across a distinctly light horizontal reserve panel, lifting the bank title out of the dense security background and giving the central field a cleaner visual hierarchy. This treatment makes the institutional name read with immediate clarity while preserving the same high-denomination structure, corner value tablets, C.B.C. Travellers' Cheque title panel, scripted amount line, Australia map motif, circular C.B.C. medallion, and drawer's signature area seen throughout the 50 Dollars design progression. Read more →

Great Britain 1922 - Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Travellers Cheque Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

The reverse carries the corresponding Thomas Cook and Son Bankers Limited payment language, with the 5 Pounds denomination repeated prominently and receiver signature lines arranged for controlled redemption. This back design is especially important because it shows how the instrument functioned as more than a decorative financial form. It was a practical document built around verification, countersignature, and authorized payment channels, placing it directly in the lineage of modern global travel-payment systems. Read more →

Great Britain 1919 - Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Circular Note Photographic Proof (Pick Unlisted)

As a photographic proof, this piece records the design as a production-review image rather than as a circulating financial instrument. Its mounted format, dated proof-room handling, security-printing composition, portrait-based design continuity, and close relationship to the companion 1919 alternate design make it an unusually strong reference artifact. It preserves a stage where the engraver's image, banking language, denomination structure, and global payment function could be studied before the final printed form was selected or advanced. Read more →

Great Britain 1919 - Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Circular Note Photographic Proof, Alternate Design (Pick Unlisted)

Together with the companion 1919 5 Pounds Circular Note photographic proof, this alternate design creates an unusually strong paired record of Thomas Cook and Son's postwar proofing process. One design carries forward the portrait-and-denomination structure that visually connects with later 5 Pounds material, while this proof preserves a more centralized ornamental treatment rooted in the circular note tradition. The pair shows active design development rather than a single isolated proof image. Read more →

Great Britain 1919 - Thomas Cook and Son Limited 50 Dollars Travellers Cheques Photographic Proof, Central Eagle Vignette Design (Pick Unlisted)

As a dated photographic proof with United States and Canada payment wording, a central eagle vignette, a 50 Dollars denomination, full Bradbury Wilkinson and Company Limited imprint, identity-verification text, and direct connection to the Thomas Cook traveller-payment sequence, this piece is a museum-grade archival survivor. It stands as a distinct production-review artifact from the development of secure portable money for international travel after the First World War, and as an R9 Extremely Rare reference item within the study of private payment instruments, security printing, and Thomas Cook and Son Limited financial history. Read more →

Great Britain 1919 - Thomas Cook and Son Limited 50 Dollars Travellers Cheques Photographic Proof, Ornamental Oval Design (Pick Unlisted)

As a dated photographic proof, this piece is a separate production-review survivor within the Thomas Cook and Son Limited 50 Dollars travellers cheque sequence. Its ornamental oval design, United States and Canada payment wording, 50 Dollars denomination, mounted proof format, and relationship to the companion 1919 50 Dollars proof make it a museum-grade reference artifact for the study of private travel finance, North American dollar-payment forms, and early twentieth-century security printing. It stands as an R9 Extremely Rare proof-stage record within the development of Thomas Cook and Son Limited's international traveller-payment system. Read more →

Great Britain 1919 - Thomas Cook and Son Limited 50 Dollars Travellers Cheques Photographic Proof, Control Layout Design (Pick Unlisted)

As a dated photographic proof with No. 000000 serial control, New York wording, a 50 Dollars denomination, formal letter-of-identification language, and a multi-country exchange-rate grid, this piece is a museum-grade archival survivor from the technical development of Thomas Cook and Son Limited's international payment system. Its importance lies in the way it preserves the financial mechanics of the cheque directly on the face, making it a primary reference item for the study of private travel finance, early twentieth-century exchange practice, security printing, and the evolution of portable money for international travel. Read more →

Great Britain 1900 - Thomas Cook and Son 4 Pounds 1 Shilling 8 Pence Sight Draft Photographic Proof (Pick Unlisted)

This 4 Pounds, 1 Shilling and 8 Pence sight draft photographic proof is a museum-grade archival survivor from the early development of Thomas Cook and Son's international financial instruments. Its importance lies in the precise face wording, the exchange-based amount, the Ludgate Circus headquarters connection, the Bradbury Wilkinson and Company Limited production context, and its place within the broader Thomas Cook sequence of sight drafts, circular notes, and travellers cheques. As a distinct mounted photographic proof of an early Thomas Cook payment form, it stands as an R9 Extremely Rare reference item for the study of private travel finance, exchange instruments, London security printing, and early twentieth-century payment design. Read more →