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Cayman Islands Currency Board one dollar specimen note with a single red diagonal SPECIMEN overprint, small handwritten printer annotations at the upper margin, serial prefix A/3 with all-zero serial number, engraved signature of A. Jefferson as Chairman, Queen Elizabeth the Second portrait on the obverse and marine reef vignette on the reverse, Pick 5s, PMG 65 Exceptional Paper Quality holder

Cayman Islands 1974 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 1 Dollar Specimen with Red Overprint (Pick 5s)

The reverse continues the series’ marine-themed design language, featuring a reef vignette composed of coral formations and a prominent fish. Extensive organic linework provides both aesthetic depth and practical anti-counterfeiting complexity, mirroring the issued series while remaining clearly segregated as non-monetary through overprint and serial control alone. Read more →

Cayman IslandsSpecimen with Red Overprint19741 DollarPMG 65 EPQ SpecimenSpecimen with Red OverprintRed OverprintPrinter AnnotationsAll Zero Serial NumberA. Jefferson SignatureSerial Prefix A/3Turtle WatermarkThomas De La Rue and Company Limited1 DollarCayman Islands Currency BoardCayman Islands Currency Law 1974British Overseas Territory CurrencyCurrency Board Monetary SystemLate Twentieth Century Security PrintingSpecimen Presentation ProceduresCaribbean Monetary HistoryCayman Islands19741985PMG 65 EPQMuseum GradePick 5sAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations

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Cayman Islands Currency Board 5 dollars specimen with red diagonal SPECIMEN overprint, two oval De La Rue NO VALUE control stamps, specimen number 017, serial prefix A/1 with all-zero serial and control number 017, single punch hole cancellation in the signature area, engraved signature of A. Jefferson as Chairman, turtle watermark, Pick 6s, PMG 64 EPQ holder

Cayman Islands 1974 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 5 Dollars Specimen No. 017 with Red Overprint & Oval Stamp (Pick 6s)

On the obverse, Queen Elizabeth the Second’s portrait anchors the right side in dense intaglio linework, while the Cayman Islands coat of arms is integrated into the central denomination panel. Beneath the central panel appears the engraved signature of A. Jefferson as Chairman of the Cayman Islands Currency Board, linking this specimen to a specific administrative phase within the same 1974 series. Read more →

Cayman IslandsSpecimen with Red Overprint & Oval Stamp19745 DollarsPMG 64 EPQ SpecimenSpecimen with Red OverprintRed OverprintOval NO VALUE StampDe La Rue Control StampsPunch CancelledSpecimen Tracking PanelSpecimen No. 017Serial Prefix A/1All Zero Serial NumberV. G. Johnson SignatureTurtle Watermark5 DollarsThomas De La Rue and Company LimitedCayman Islands Currency BoardCayman Islands Currency Law 1974Currency Board Monetary SystemBritish Overseas Territory CurrencySecurity Printing HistorySpecimen Control ProceduresCaribbean Monetary HistoryCayman Islands19741985PMG 64 EPQMuseum GradePick 6s

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Cayman Islands Currency Board 5 dollars perforated specimen with SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE cancellation, serial prefix A/1 with all-zero serial number, upper right handwritten notation 467/1–A2, lower margin inscription C.T. Wood 12.10.89 see notes on order form, engraved signature of A. Jefferson as Chairman, turtle watermark, Pick 6s, PMG 64 EPQ holder

Cayman Islands 1974 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 5 Dollars Specimen with Perforated 'SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE' (Pick 6s, 467/1–A2)

The reverse retains the maritime engraving of a sailing vessel framed by denomination panels and ornamental surrounds. De La Rue’s linework treatment-rigging, water texture, and structured border geometry-demonstrates how a currency board issue maintained both local identity and security-printing discipline through conventional engraved vocabulary rather than through novelty. Read more →

Cayman IslandsSpecimen with Perforated 'SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE'19745 DollarsPMG 64 EPQ SpecimenPerforatedPerforated 'SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE'Printer AnnotationsAll Zero Serial NumberV. G. Johnson SignatureSerial Prefix A/1Turtle Watermark5 DollarsThomas De La Rue and Company LimitedCayman Islands Currency BoardCayman Islands Currency Law 1974Currency Board Monetary SystemBritish Overseas Territory CurrencySecurity Printing HistorySpecimen Control ProceduresCaribbean Monetary HistoryCayman Islands19741985PMG 64 EPQMuseum GradePick 6sAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations

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Cayman Islands 1974 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 5 Dollars Specimen No. 010 with Red Overprint & Oval Stamp (Pick 6s)

On the obverse, the engraved portrait of Queen Elizabeth the Second anchors the right side within dense intaglio linework, while the Cayman Islands coat of arms integrates into the central denomination panel. Beneath the central panel appears the engraved signature of A. Jefferson as Chairman of the Cayman Islands Currency Board, situating this specimen within a specific administrative phase of the 1974 framework. Read more →

Cayman IslandsSpecimen with Red Overprint & Oval Stamp19745 DollarsPMG 67 EPQ SpecimenSpecimen with Red OverprintRed OverprintOval NO VALUE StampDe La Rue Control StampsPunch CancelledSpecimen Tracking PanelSpecimen No. 010Serial Prefix A/1All Zero Serial NumberV. G. Johnson SignatureTurtle Watermark5 DollarsThomas De La Rue and Company LimitedCayman Islands Currency BoardCayman Islands Currency Law 1974Currency Board Monetary SystemBritish Overseas Territory CurrencySecurity Printing HistorySpecimen Control ProceduresCaribbean Monetary HistoryCayman Islands1974PMG 67 EPQTop PopMuseum GradePick 6s

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Cayman Islands Currency Board unissued photographic back proof for the five dollars denomination, circa 1970, featuring a sailing vessel maritime vignette prepared as a standalone reverse security surface

Cayman Islands 1970 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 5 Dollars Unissued Back Photographic Proof

The reverse presented here is organized around a maritime landscape vignette dominated by a traditional sailing vessel set against coastal scenery. The composition integrates open water textures, shoreline vegetation, horizon shading, and structured denomination cartouches. The engraving density varies deliberately across the field, concentrating fine linework in the vessel rigging and wave structure while preserving controlled negative space in the denomination panels. Such modulation of line weight and pattern density is characteristic of De La Rue design-stage evaluation material. Read more →

Cayman IslandsUnissued Design Proof19705 DollarsPCGS 62 Unissued Design ProofPhotographic ProofBack ProofSecurity Printing5 DollarsCurrency Board IssueBritish Caribbean Monetary HistoryLate Colonial Currency SystemsCurrency Design and Approval ProcessSecurity Printing HistoryCayman Islands1970Pick UnlistedPCGS 62Museum GradeR9 Extremely RareUnique

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Cayman Islands Currency Board five dollars issued note dated 1974, Pick 6a, serial prefix A/1 number 911539, portrait of Queen Elizabeth the Second and Cayman Islands coat of arms on the obverse, maritime sailing vessel vignette on the reverse, turtle watermark, PMG 66 Exceptional Paper Quality holder

Cayman Islands 1974 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 5 Dollars Issued Note (Pick 6a)

The obverse presents a formally structured composition centered on institutional authority. At right appears the engraved portrait of Queen Elizabeth the Second, rendered in dense intaglio linework designed both for aesthetic clarity and anti-counterfeiting complexity. At center, the Cayman Islands coat of arms is integrated into the denomination panel reading Five Dollars, reinforcing the constitutional framework of the Currency Board. Beneath the central panel appears the engraved signature of V. G. Johnson, serving as Chairman of the Cayman Islands Currency Board during this administrative phase of the 1974 issue. Read more →

Cayman IslandsIssued Note19745 DollarsPMG 66 EPQ Issued Note5 DollarsSerial Prefix A/1Serial Number 911539V. G. Johnson SignatureTurtle WatermarkThomas De La Rue and Company LimitedCayman Islands Currency BoardCayman Islands Currency Law 1974Currency Board Monetary SystemBritish Overseas Territory CurrencySecurity Printing HistoryCaribbean Monetary HistoryCayman Islands1974PMG 66 EPQMuseum GradePick 6a

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Cayman Islands Currency Board 1996 five dollars specimen Pick 17s with red diagonal SPECIMEN overprint, two oval De La Rue NO VALUE control stamps, single punch cancellation, serial prefix B/1 000000, specimen number 001, top-edge annotations BS4 50, 8.3.96, 229/1, PMG 63 holder

Cayman Islands 1996 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 5 Dollars Specimen with Red Overprint & Oval Stamp (Pick 17s)

The reverse presents a more colorful marine composition than the earlier series, featuring coral forms, shell motifs, and a sailing vessel framed within structured denomination panels. De La Rue’s intaglio linework remains disciplined and security-oriented, combining ornamental marine symbolism with layered geometric engraving intended to resist reproduction while maintaining immediate visual authority. Read more →

Cayman IslandsSpecimen with Red Overprint & Oval Stamp19965 DollarsPMG 63 SpecimenRed OverprintRed SPECIMEN OverprintOval NO VALUE StampDe La Rue Control StampsPunch CancelledSpecimen Tracking PanelSpecimen No. 001Serial Prefix B/1All Zero Serial NumberG. A. McCarthy SignatureTurtle Watermark5 DollarsThomas De La Rue and Company LimitedCayman Islands Currency BoardCayman Islands Currency Law Revised1996 SeriesBritish Overseas Territory CurrencySecurity Printing HistorySpecimen Control ProceduresCaribbean Monetary HistoryCayman Islands1996PMG 63Museum GradePick 17sAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations

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Cayman Islands Currency Board 1974 forty dollars specimen with black diagonal SPECIMEN overprint, two black oval De La Rue NO VALUE control stamps, punch cancellation in signature area, serial prefix A/1 with all-zero serial number, specimen number 097, signature of V. G. Johnson as Chairman, Pirates Week Festival vignette on reverse, PMG 64 EPQ holder

Cayman Islands 1974 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 40 Dollars Specimen with Black Overprint & Oval Stamp (Pick 9s)

The reverse continues the maritime and civic identity of the series. At left, a large rosette encloses the numeral 40 within radiating guilloche geometry. The central vignette depicts the Pirates Week Festival, showing a coastal gathering with figures, waterfront structures, and anchored vessels rendered in layered engraved linework. At right, a framed denomination panel balances the composition, bordered by structured ornamental geometry. The engraving integrates crowd detail, shoreline texture, architectural massing, and marine elements within a disciplined security framework characteristic of Thomas De La Rue’s late twentieth-century work for British Overseas Territory issues. Read more →

Cayman IslandsSpecimen with Black Overprint & Oval Stamp197440 DollarsPMG 64 EPQ SpecimenBlack OverprintOval NO VALUE StampDe La Rue Control StampsPunch CancelledSpecimen Tracking PanelSpecimen No. 097Serial Prefix A/1All Zero Serial NumberTurtle Watermark40 DollarsV. G. Johnson SignatureThomas De La Rue and Company LimitedCayman Islands Currency BoardCayman Islands Currency Law 1974British Overseas Territory CurrencyCurrency Board Monetary SystemSecurity Printing HistoryCaribbean Monetary HistoryPirates Week Festival VignetteCayman Islands1974PMG 64 EPQMuseum GradePick 9s

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Cayman Islands Currency Board 50 dollars specimen dated 1974 with red diagonal SPECIMEN overprint, two red De La Rue NO VALUE control stamps, specimen number 064, serial prefix A/1 with all-zero serial number, single punch cancellation in the signature area, engraved signature of A. Jefferson as Chairman, turtle watermark, Pick 10s, PMG 66 EPQ holder

Cayman Islands 1974 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 50 Dollars Specimen with Red Overprint & Oval Stamp (Pick 10s)

The reverse of the fifty dollars denomination features a structured maritime composition centered on a Cayman domestic coastal residence framed by palm trees and shoreline elements. The architectural rendering is executed in layered linework that creates depth through tonal gradation rather than shading blocks, a characteristic De La Rue engraving approach. Surrounding cartouches, wave-pattern borders, and denomination panels are arranged symmetrically to stabilize the visual field and reinforce security through controlled repetition of line density. The broad open field at right, reserved for watermark visibility, contrasts deliberately with the denser engraved vignette at center, producing both aesthetic balance and functional authentication space. Read more →

Cayman IslandsSpecimen with Red Overprint & Oval Stamp197450 DollarsPMG 66 EPQ Specimen50 DollarsRed OverprintOval NO VALUE StampDe La Rue Control StampsPunch CancelledSpecimen Tracking PanelSpecimen No. 064Serial Prefix A/1All Zero Serial NumberA. Jefferson SignatureTurtle WatermarkThomas De La Rue and Company LimitedCayman Islands Currency BoardCayman Islands Currency Law 1974Currency Board Monetary SystemBritish Overseas Territory CurrencySecurity Printing HistoryCaribbean Monetary HistoryCayman Islands1974PMG 66 EPQMuseum GradePick 10s

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Cayman Islands Currency Board 100 dollars specimen with perforated SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE cancellation, serial prefix A/1 with all-zero serial, specimen number 097, upper right printer notation 801/A1, lower margin C.T. Wood 12.10.89 see notes on order form 3523, signed V. G. Johnson as Chairman, George Town capital reverse vignette, Pick 11s, PMG 66 EPQ holder

Cayman Islands 1974 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 100 Dollars Specimen with Perforated 'SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE' (Pick 11s, 801/A1)

The reverse presents a detailed engraved view of George Town, Capital, organized within a formal ornamental framework. Architectural structures, harbor vessels, shoreline activity, and layered urban depth are rendered in disciplined linework, combining geographic specificity with security-driven engraving density. The denomination panels and ornamental borders frame the vignette with controlled negative space, preserving both clarity and structural balance. Read more →

Cayman IslandsSpecimen with Perforated 'SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE'1974100 DollarsPMG 66 EPQ SpecimenPerforatedPerforated 'SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE'Printer Annotations801/A1 Printer NotationC.T. Wood AnnotationSpecimen No. 097Serial Prefix A/1All Zero Serial NumberV. G. Johnson SignatureTurtle Watermark100 DollarsThomas De La Rue and Company LimitedCayman Islands Currency BoardCayman Islands Currency Law 1974Currency Board Monetary SystemBritish Overseas Territory CurrencySecurity Printing HistorySpecimen Control ProceduresCaribbean Monetary HistoryCayman Islands19741982PMG 66 EPQMuseum GradePick 11sAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations

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Cayman Islands Currency Board 1996 one hundred dollars issued note Pick 20, serial B/1 251767, signed by G. A. McCarthy as Chairman, Queen Elizabeth the Second portrait on obverse and George Town harbor scene on reverse, turtle watermark, PMG 67 Exceptional Paper Quality holder

Cayman Islands 1996 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 100 Dollars Issued Note (Pick 20, B/1 251767)

The obverse is dominated by the engraved portrait of Queen Elizabeth the Second at right, rendered in fine intaglio linework that concentrates both authority and technical complexity in a single visual anchor. At center, the Cayman Islands coat of arms is integrated into the denomination panel reading One Hundred Dollars, framed by layered ornamental scrollwork and marine motifs. The engraved signature of G. A. McCarthy appears beneath the central panel in his capacity as Chairman of the Cayman Islands Currency Board, placing this note firmly within the administrative phase of the 1996 series. Read more →

Cayman IslandsIssued Note1996100 DollarsPMG 67 EPQ Issued Note100 DollarsSerial Prefix B/1Serial Number 251767G. A. McCarthy SignatureTurtle WatermarkExceptional Paper QualityThomas De La Rue and Company LimitedCayman Islands Currency BoardCayman Islands Currency Law RevisedCurrency Board Monetary SystemBritish Overseas Territory CurrencyLate Twentieth Century Security PrintingCaribbean Monetary HistoryCayman Islands1996PMG 67 EPQMuseum GradePick 20

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Uruguay 1939 Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 500 pesos specimen, Pick 40bs, Serie C, diagonal red SPECIMEN overprint with two red De La Rue CANCELLED oval stamps on obverse and reverse, Specimen No. 10

Uruguay 1939 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 500 Pesos Specimen Printed Cancel Serie C Specimen No. 10 (Pick 40bs)

The reverse carries the same documentary logic. Its agricultural scene shows workers, livestock, cultivated land, and the broader landscape as interconnected elements of national production. The diagonal SPECIMEN inscription and corresponding oval control stamp are repeated over this side, creating a complete two-sided specimen format rather than a face-only cancellation. Read more →

UruguaySpecimen with Red Overprint & Oval Stamp1939500 PesosPCGS 58 PPQ Choice About New SpecimenRed Overprint500 PesosPrinted CancelDiagonal SPECIMEN OverprintOval DE LA RUE CANCELLED StampSerie CSpecimen No 10Banco de la Republica Oriental del UruguayInterwar Monetary SystemState Issued CurrencyInstitutional Reference NoteThomas De La RueTDLRUruguay1939PCGS 58Pick 40bsMuseum Grade

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