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Poland 1946 Narodowy Bank Polski 1 Zloty Specimen with red SPECIMEN overprint, diagonal red cancellation lines, multi-tone triangular watermark, Pick 123s, PMG 66 EPQ Gem Uncirculated.

Poland 1946 - 1 Zloty Narodowy Bank Polski Specimen (Pick 123s)

Designed by Ryszard Kleczewski and printed by the Polish Security Printing Works in Łódź, the specimen preserves the production standard adopted for the 1946 issue while recording the security markings applied specifically to official specimen material. Such notes served as reference examples for banks, government institutions, archives, and authorized organizations responsible for handling and identifying genuine currency. Read more →

PolandSpecimen19461 ZlotyPMG 66 EPQ Gem Uncirculated SpecimenNarodowy Bank PolskiState Note1 Zloty1946 IssueSPECIMEN OverprintRed Diagonal CancellationNo Serial NumberMulti-tone WatermarkTriangle WatermarkEdward DrożniakWitold TrąmpczyńskiKarol PustówkaRyszard KleczewskiTypographic PrintingGuilloche DesignPolish Security Printing WorksPWPWŁódźPolandPoland 1946Pick 123sMiłczak 123Wa-bPMG 66EPQGem UncirculatedMuseum Grade

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Great Britain c. 1900 Thomas Cook and Son 20 Pounds Circular Note, serial No. 1163727 S, with blue and green security printing, Circular Note for Twenty Pounds title, £20 denomination, Letter of Indication payment wording, twelve-month validity notice, multiple punch cancellations, clipped lower-right corner, and blank reverse.

Great Britain c. 1900 - Thomas Cook and Son 20 Pounds Circular Note, Cancelled Unissued Note (Pick Unlisted)

The reverse is entirely blank apart from the openings created by the face punch cancellations. There are no endorsements, correspondent-bank stamps, payment notations, holder signatures, manuscript entries, or redemption marks. The absence of any reverse processing is consistent with a note that remained unused before withdrawal and cancellation. Read more →

Great BritainCircular Note190020 PoundsUncirculated Circular Note20 PoundsTwenty PoundsPrivate IssueUnissued NoteCancelled Unissued NoteCancelled Circular NoteOperational Production NoteNumbered Production NoteSerial Number 1163727 SPunch CancelledPunch CancellationCorner ClippedCancellation ControlBlank ReverseNo EndorsementNo Redemption MarkingsGood for Twelve Months from DateSignature Verification InstrumentIdentity Verification InstrumentThomas Cook and SonThomas Cook & SonThomas Cook Circular NoteInternational Travel FinancePrivate Payment InstrumentsCircular Note HistoryEarly Travel Payment SystemInternational Payment InstrumentCorrespondent Bank Payment SystemLetter of IndicationBanker Correspondent NetworkCurrent Rate of ExchangePortable MoneyGlobal Payment SystemsSecurity PrintingGuilloche Security DesignBlue and Green Security PrintingOrnamental Security DesignDenomination Security DevicesFinancial Instrument CancellationWithdrawn Operational StockLondonGreat BritainGreat Britain 19001900Early Twentieth CenturyPick UnlistedR9 Extremely RareUniqueDiscovery-Level Circular NoteMuseum GradeUncirculated

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

Certified PMG 64 EPQ Choice Uncirculated, this example is the sole PMG-certified Pick S242s specimen at the 64 EPQ grade with no examples graded higher, establishing it as Top Pop. Its complete printer-control format, retained counterfoil, distinctive 345501 and 370500 numbering, perforated SPECIMEN BW & Co LONDON designation, Bradbury Wilkinson engraving, and 1883 Montevideo issue context give it museum-grade significance within nineteenth-century Uruguayan private-bank paper money. Read more →

UruguaySpecimen188310 PesosPMG 64 EPQ Choice Uncirculated (Top Pop) Specimen10 PesosDiez PesosDiez Pesos NacionalesPrivate BanknotePrivate IssueNumbered SpecimenTwo Number Production ControlProduction Control NumberingNumber 345501Number 370500Repeated Number 370500Three Position NumberingCounterfoil NumberingPrinter Control NumberBradbury Wilkinson Production ControlPerforated SPECIMEN BW & Co LONDONSPECIMEN BW & Co LONDONPin Perforated SpecimenSpecimen CancellationRetained CounterfoilFull CounterfoilMulticolor Security PrintingBradbury WilkinsonBWCPick S242sBanco de Londres y Rio de la PlataBanco de Londres y Río de la PlataMontevideoMoneda Nacional en Oro SelladoLaw of 23 June 1862Pagaremos al Portador y a la VistaUruguay Banking HistoryUruguay Private Banknote EraPrivate Banknote EraNineteenth Century BankingSouth American Banking HistorySouth American NumismaticsBritish Banking in South AmericaSecurity Printing HistoryBritish Security PrintingInternational Banknote PrintingHistoryChristopher Columbus PortraitChild VignetteClassical Female PortraitsDual Portrait ReverseGuilloche Security DesignOrnamental Security DesignDenomination Security DevicesEngraved BanknotePrinter Control SpecimenCounterfoil Control FormatNineteenth Century Security PrintingUruguay18831 January 18831 de Enero 1883PMG 64 EPQChoice UncirculatedTop PopPMG Top PopPopulation 1 at GradeNone HigherMuseum GradeR8 Extremely Rare

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Australia 1900 Bank of New South Wales £20 Sydney Circular Note specimen, 19__ form with red SPECIMEN overprint, two Charles Skipper & East specimen stamps, large BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES ornamental watermark, Pick Unlisted, R9 Extremely Rare, unique

Australia 1900 - Bank of New South Wales £20 Sydney Circular Note Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

This £20 Sterling Circular Note specimen was prepared for The Bank of New South Wales at Sydney as a portable international banking instrument connecting Australian customers with the bank's London office and correspondent banking network. The printed form belongs to the 20th-century series identified by the open date field "19__" and preserves the complete unused structure through which a traveler could obtain funds while abroad. Read more →

AustraliaCircular Note Specimen190020 Pounds SterlingUncirculated Circular Note SpecimenCircular Note20 Pounds Sterling20 PoundsRed SPECIMEN OverprintSpecimen OverprintCharles Skipper & East Specimen StampsTwo Specimen StampsUnissued Banking InstrumentBank of New South WalesThe Bank of New South WalesBank of New South Wales Circular NoteBank of NSWSydneySydney Circular NoteAustralian Private BankingAustralian Banking HistoryInternational Banking InstrumentTravel BankingLetter of IndicationSignature VerificationDemand DraftLondon DraftSterling Payment InstrumentCharles Skipper & EastLondon Security PrintingSecurity PrintingSecurity PaperBank of New South Wales WatermarkLarge WatermarkOrnamental WatermarkYellow Gold UnderprintBlue BorderBank of NSW Security Panel29 Threadneedle StreetThreadneedle StreetLondon OfficeLondonSydney London BankingCorrespondent BankingInternational SettlementExchange on LondonAustralia190019__ Date FormatEarly 20th Century BankingPick UnlistedUncirculatedMuseum GradeR9 Extremely RareUnique

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Australia 1890 Bank of New South Wales £10 Brisbane Circular Note specimen, 18__ form with perforated SPECIMEN and large BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES ornamental watermark, Pick Unlisted, R9 Extremely Rare, unique

Australia 1890 - Bank of New South Wales £10 Brisbane Circular Note Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

Together, the face instructions, Letter of Indication reference, signature-verification procedure, London exchange provision, reverse demand draft, perforated specimen treatment, and watermark security paper preserve the complete operating structure of a late 19th-century Bank of New South Wales circular note. Pick Unlisted, this Brisbane £10 specimen is recorded here as R9 Extremely Rare, with this example representing the only known specimen of the exact form. Read more →

AustraliaCircular Note Specimen189010 Pounds SterlingUncirculated Circular Note SpecimenCircular Note10 Pounds Sterling10 PoundsPerforated SPECIMENSpecimen PerforationUnissued Banking InstrumentBank of New South WalesThe Bank of New South WalesBank of NSWBrisbaneBrisbane Circular NoteAustralian Private BankingAustralian Banking HistoryInternational Banking InstrumentTravel BankingLetter of IndicationSignature VerificationDemand DraftLondon DraftSterling Payment InstrumentCharles Skipper & EastLondon Security PrintingSecurity PrintingSecurity PaperBank of New South Wales WatermarkLarge WatermarkOrnamental WatermarkYellow Gold UnderprintBlue BorderBank of NSW Security PanelOld Broad StreetLondon OfficeLondonBrisbane London BankingCorrespondent BankingInternational SettlementExchange on LondonAustralia189018__ Date Format19th Century BankingPick UnlistedUncirculatedMuseum GradeR9 Extremely RareUnique

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Australia 1890 Bank of New South Wales £10 Melbourne Circular Note specimen, 18__ form with perforated SPECIMEN, large BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES ornamental watermark, reverse London demand draft, Pick Unlisted, R9 Extremely Rare, unique

Australia 1890 - Bank of New South Wales £10 Melbourne Circular Note Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

The central text records the operating terms of the circular note. The presenting traveler was to be identified through the signature entered on the accompanying Letter of Indication. Once verified, the correspondent banker was instructed to pay ten pounds sterling without deduction at the exchange of the day on London, with settlement made against the traveler's draft on the London office of The Bank of New South Wales. The Accountant and Manager signature lines remain blank, preserving the piece in its unused specimen state. Read more →

AustraliaCircular Note Specimen189010 Pounds SterlingUncirculated Circular Note SpecimenCircular Note10 Pounds Sterling10 PoundsPerforated SPECIMENSpecimen PerforationUnissued Banking InstrumentBank of New South WalesThe Bank of New South WalesBank of NSWMelbourneMelbourne Circular NoteAustralian Private BankingAustralian Banking HistoryInternational Banking InstrumentTravel BankingLetter of IndicationSignature VerificationDemand DraftLondon DraftSterling Payment InstrumentCharles Skipper & EastLondon Security PrintingSecurity PrintingSecurity PaperBank of New South Wales WatermarkLarge WatermarkOrnamental WatermarkYellow Gold UnderprintBlue BorderBank of NSW Security PanelOld Broad StreetLondon OfficeLondonMelbourne London BankingCorrespondent BankingInternational SettlementExchange on LondonAustralia189018__ Date Format19th Century BankingPick UnlistedUncirculatedMuseum GradeR9 Extremely RareUnique

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Australia 1900 Bank of New South Wales £10 London Circular Note specimen, 19__ form with perforated SPECIMEN, large BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES ornamental watermark, reverse Old Broad Street London demand draft, Pick Unlisted, R9 Extremely Rare, unique

Australia 1900 - Bank of New South Wales £10 London Circular Note Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

**Related examples in this collection:** Bank of New South Wales £20 Sydney Circular Note Specimen Bank of New South Wales £10 Brisbane Circular Note Specimen Bank of New South Wales £10 Melbourne Circular Note Specimen Read more →

AustraliaCircular Note Specimen190010 Pounds SterlingUncirculated Circular Note SpecimenCircular Note10 Pounds Sterling10 PoundsPerforated SPECIMENSpecimen PerforationUnissued Banking InstrumentBank of New South WalesThe Bank of New South WalesBank of NSWLondonLondon Circular NoteAustralian Private BankingAustralian Banking HistoryInternational Banking InstrumentTravel BankingLetter of IndicationSignature VerificationDemand DraftLondon DraftSterling Payment InstrumentCharles Skipper & EastLondon Security PrintingSecurity PrintingSecurity PaperBank of New South Wales WatermarkLarge WatermarkOrnamental WatermarkYellow Gold UnderprintBlue BorderBank of NSW Security PanelOld Broad StreetLondon OfficeLondon BankingCorrespondent BankingInternational SettlementExchange on LondonAustralia190019__ Date FormatEarly 20th Century BankingPick UnlistedUncirculatedMuseum GradeR9 Extremely RareUnique

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Argentina 1867 Oxandaburu y Garvino 5 Pesos Bolivianos remainder, Pick S1776r, serial 009148 with retained matching counterfoil, GARVINO misspelling and American Bank Note Company engraving

Argentina 1867 - Banco Oxandaburu y Garvino 5 Pesos Bolivianos Remainder (Pick S1776r)

As a remainder, the piece preserves the printed monetary form before completion for circulation. The signature fields remain unused, while the counterfoil and principal note survive together as produced. The reverse is blank, making the fully developed engraved face and attached accounting stub the complete printed structure of this denomination. Read more →

ArgentinaRemainder18675 Pesos BolivianosUncirculated Remainder5 Pesos BolivianosPick S1776rRetained CounterfoilCounterfoil BanknoteSerial 009148Matching Serial NumberUnsigned RemainderBlank ReverseOxandaburu y GarvinoBanco Oxandaburu y GarvinoOxandaburu y GarbinoDomingo Luis GarbinoGarvino MisspellingGarbino Name ErrorMisspelled Bank Name1867 Partnership IssueAmerican Bank Note CompanyABNCNew York Security PrintingEngraved Security PrintingSecurity PrintingExport Banknote PrintingHorse Head VignetteRural VignetteAgricultural VignettePesos BolivianosBolivian Peso DenominationBolivian SilverPrivate BanknoteProvincial BankingArgentine Private Banking19th Century BankingMonetary HistoryLatin American NumismaticsArgentinaEntre RiosGualeguaychu1867UncirculatedMuseum Grade

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Argentina 1867 Oxandaburu y Garvino 20 Pesos Bolivianos remainder, Pick S1778r, serial 008371, GARVINO misspelling, gaucho social vignette, red and green printing and fully printed reverse

Argentina 1867 - Banco Oxandaburu y Garvino 20 Pesos Bolivianos Remainder (Pick S1778r)

The 1867 Oxandaburu y Garvino issue forms an early stage in the banking sequence represented by related material in this collection. The 1867 notes preserve GARVINO on the printed issue, while historical records identify the partner's surname as Garbino and the bank's 1869 series appears under the GARBINO spelling. Later material associated with Domingo Garbino continues the GARBINO form, allowing the surviving notes to document the changing institutional and printed identity across these closely related issues. Read more →

ArgentinaRemainder186720 Pesos BolivianosUncirculated Remainder20 Pesos BolivianosPick S1778rSerial 008371Unsigned RemainderTwo Sided BanknotePrinted ReverseOxandaburu y GarvinoBanco Oxandaburu y GarvinoOxandaburu y GarbinoDomingo Luis GarbinoGarvino MisspellingGarbino Name ErrorMisspelled Bank Name1867 Partnership IssueLitografia San MartinBuenos Aires PrintingArgentine Security PrintingLocal Banknote PrintingLithographic BanknoteMulticolor PrintingRed and Green PrintingGaucho VignetteRural Social VignettePesos BolivianosBolivian Peso DenominationBolivian SilverPrivate BanknoteProvincial BankingArgentine Private Banking19th Century BankingMonetary HistoryLatin American NumismaticsArgentinaEntre RiosGualeguaychuBuenos Aires1867UncirculatedMuseum Grade

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