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Uruguay 1896 Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay one peso sepia photographic proof pair, American Bank Note Company, mounted on cardstock, face PCGS 62 New and back PCGS 63 Choice New

Uruguay 1896 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 1 Peso Sepia Photographic Proof Pair (Pick Unlisted)

Certified by Professional Coin Grading Service Currency as New 62 for the face and Choice New 63 for the back, this proof pair survives in exceptional condition and represents a rare institutional artifact of American Bank Note Company production for Uruguay at the close of the nineteenth century. Read more →

UruguayPhotographic Proof Pair18961 PesoPCGS 62 New (Face), PCGS 63 Choice New (Back) Photographic Proof PairFace Photo ProofBack Photo ProofUnissued Design ProofSepia Photographic ProofMounted on CardstockArchival Presentation ProofAll Zero Serial Numbers1 PesoBanco de la Republica Oriental del UruguayLate Nineteenth Century Currency DesignUruguayan Monetary HistoryState IconographyEngraving and Design DocumentationUruguay1896Pick UnlistedPCGSPCGS 62PCGS 63R9 Extremely RareMuseum Grade

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Uruguay 1896 Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay five pesos photographic proof pair, American Bank Note Company, black photographic prints mounted on cardstock, PCGS 63 Choice New, face and back

Uruguay 1896 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 5 Pesos Photographic Proof Pair (Pick Unlisted)

The obverse features a formal portrait of José Gervasio Artigas set within an ornate late-nineteenth-century framework of scrollwork, floral ornament, and dense guilloche patterns. The denomination is integrated into a balanced cartouche arrangement emphasizing symmetry, legibility, and visual authority consistent with American Bank Note Company practice of the period. Read more →

UruguayPhotographic Proof Pair18965 PesosPCGS 63 Choice New (Face and Back) Photographic Proof PairFace Photo ProofBack Photo ProofUnissued Design ProofMounted on CardstockArchival Presentation ProofAll Zero Serial NumbersSerie AA PrefixA000000 Serial Numbers5 PesosBanco de la Republica Oriental del UruguayLate Nineteenth Century Currency DesignUruguayan Monetary HistoryState IconographyEngraving and Design DocumentationUruguay1896Pick UnlistedPCGSPCGS 63R9 Extremely RareMuseum Grade

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Brazil Imperial Treasury ten mil réis contemporary counterfeit, Pick A231x, PMG 64 EPQ Choice Uncirculated, period forgery from the Dom Pedro II era

Brazil ca. 1852–1870 - Imperial Treasury of Brazil 10 Mil Réis Contemporary Counterfeit (Pick A231x)

As a historical document, this note provides direct evidence of both the vulnerabilities of Imperial Brazilian paper currency and the sophistication of period counterfeit production. Its survival in such condition elevates it from a circulating curiosity to a reference-level object for the study of nineteenth-century monetary security, forgery practices, and everyday currency use within the Empire of Brazil. Read more →

BrazilContemporary Counterfeit185210 Mil RéisPMG 64 EPQ Choice Uncirculated Contemporary CounterfeitImperial Treasury of BrazilEmpire of Brazil10 Mil RéisPeriod ForgeryExceptional Paper QualityEPQTop PopNineteenth Century CurrencyBrazilian EmpireDom Pedro II EraMonetary Security HistoryCounterfeit StudiesBrazil18521870Pick A231xPMGPMG 64 EPQR7 RareCondition R8 Extremely RareMuseum Grade

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Spain 1875 - Banco de España 50 Pesetas Contemporary Counterfeit (Pick 7x)

Contemporary counterfeits occupy a distinct and historically important category within paper money studies. Unlike modern reproductions, they were manufactured to deceive merchants and the public at the time of issue and therefore interacted directly with the circulating money supply. In late nineteenth-century Spain, the expanding use of high-denomination paper currency created both opportunity and incentive for skilled counterfeit production, particularly for denominations such as fifty pesetas that carried significant purchasing power. Read more →

SpainContemporary Counterfeit187550 PesetasPMG 25 Very Fine Contemporary CounterfeitBanco de España50 PesetasPeriod ForgeryCirculating CounterfeitFALSO StampHole Punch CancelledNineteenth Century CurrencySpanish Monetary HistoryPaper Money SecurityCounterfeit StudiesSpain1875Pick 7xPMG 25R8 Extremely RareMuseum Grade

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Spain 1876 Banco de España one hundred pesetas contemporary counterfeit, Pick 11x, with large circular hole punches and FALSO stamp, Top Pop graded PMG 40 Extremely Fine

Spain 1876 - Banco de España 100 Pesetas Contemporary Counterfeit (Pick 11x)

As a result, this 1876 one hundred pesetas contemporary counterfeit must be regarded as an extremely rare monetary artifact. It provides direct evidence of the vulnerabilities of nineteenth-century Spanish paper currency systems and the enforcement mechanisms developed to combat forgery, while standing as a scarce and well-documented survivor of period counterfeit circulation. Read more →

SpainContemporary Counterfeit1876100 PesetasPMG 40 Extremely Fine Contemporary CounterfeitBanco de España100 PesetasPeriod ForgeryCirculating CounterfeitFALSO StampHole Punch CancelledNineteenth Century CurrencySpanish Monetary HistoryPaper Money SecurityCounterfeit StudiesSpain1876Pick 11xPMGPMG 40Top PopR8 Extremely RareMuseum Grade

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South Africa 1828 Cape of Good Hope Bank five shillings pre issue sample note, engraved border and ships vignette, Smithsonian class institutional artifact

South Africa 1828 - Cape of Good Hope Bank 5 Shillings Pre-Issue Sample (Pick S171p)

This note must be understood within the broader monetary environment of the nineteenth-century Cape Colony, a period during which no central bank existed and currency issuance was dominated by private institutions operating under metallic standards. Prior to monetary centralization, gold and silver functioned as ultimate settlement media, and paper notes issued by private banks represented claims convertible into specie rather than fiat instruments. The Cape of Good Hope Bank would later become one of approximately thirty private banks operating in the Colony between 1837 and 1882, many of which issued their own paper money before being absorbed by larger imperial banking institutions. Read more →

South AfricaPre-Issue Sample1828Five Shillings SterlingUncirculated Pre Issue Sample5 Shillings SterlingSample NoteApproval Stage CurrencyCape of Good Hope BankPrivate Colonial BankingEarly Nineteenth Century CurrencyCape Colony Monetary HistoryBritish Colonial FinanceInstitutional ProvenanceSouth Africa1828Pick S171pR9 Extremely RareMuseum GradeSmithsonian Held Class

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South Africa 1861 Montagu Bank five pounds remainder, large format steel plate engraved private banknote with green counterfeit protector

South Africa 1861 - Montagu Bank 5 Pounds Remainder (Pick S231r)

The Montagu Bank was established in 1861 at a time when local banking was widely regarded as essential to trade and economic development within the Cape Colony. Contemporary accounts note that by the late nineteenth century more than thirty such local banks operated across the colony, each issuing its own paper currency. Montagu was among the smaller but more ambitious of these institutions, notable not only for issuing its own banknotes but for embedding itself physically and socially within the town’s commercial core. Read more →

South AfricaRemainder18615 Pounds SterlingUncirculated Remainder5 PoundsUnissued CurrencyMontagu BankPrivate BanknoteSteel Plate EngravingMid Nineteenth Century CurrencyCape Colony BankingCounterfeit ProtectorColonial Monetary HistorySouth Africa1861Pick S231rR7 Very RareMuseum Grade

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