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Great Britain 1923 - Thomas Cook & Son Travellers Cheque 100 Rupees Photographic Proof (Pick Unlisted)

The wording also directs attention to a "sight draft on back hereof," showing that the reverse formed an active part of the payment mechanism. The front and back therefore worked together as a complete financial instrument, with the face carrying identification, denomination, signature controls, and presentation instructions. Read more →

Confederate States of America 1864 – 10 Dollars First Series in Roman Letters Richmond (T-68 PF-3 CR-541)

Serial 2580 and Plate A55 identify this example within its production sequence. Certified PCGS Banknote 62 Uncirculated, it retains crisp original paper, vivid pink tint, and bold hand signatures. As an artifact of Confederate finance, it bridges numismatic study with the broader economic realities of the Civil War. Read more →

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 →

Uruguay 1925 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 100 Pesos Photographic Proof Pair, Dated 29 April 1925 (Pick Unlisted)

Certified PCGS 62 New for both the face and reverse, the pair survives as a coordinated archival ensemble mounted on original cardstock. It is an exceptionally important documentary record of Bradbury, Wilkinson and Company Limited's work for the Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay and of the methods by which a major one hundred pesos design was photographed, annotated, reviewed, and preserved within the security-printing archive. Read more →

Uruguay 1935 - Departamento de Emisión del Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 100 Pesos Photographic Proof Pair (Pick Unlisted)

Printed on photographic paper and previously mounted on cardstock, this proof pair was not part of the production workflow but served as an archival record of the approved design. Certified by Professional Coin Grading Service Currency as Choice New 63 for the face and New 62 for the back, it survives as a complete face-and-back photographic ensemble documenting Uruguay’s 1935 banknote program. Read more →

Cayman Islands 1970 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 1 Dollar Unissued Back Photographic Proof

The Cayman Islands Currency Board operated within a conservative monetary framework characteristic of British Caribbean administration, where visual restraint, symmetry, and institutional clarity were prioritized in currency design. Within this system, back designs were not decorative afterthoughts but formal security surfaces, intended to reinforce legitimacy through structured ornamentation, controlled repetition, and disciplined use of negative space. Read more →

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

As a design-stage survival, this photographic proof records an otherwise undocumented moment in the development of Cayman Islands higher-denomination currency. No issued five dollars note corresponds directly to this specific back proof format, and no institutional archival duplicates are recorded. The object therefore stands as a discrete documentary artifact of Cayman Islands currency design evolution rather than as a component of an issued banknote. Read more →

Luxembourg March 20 1971 - 50 Francs Signature A, Face Photographic Proof (Pick Unlisted)

The signature configuration corresponds to the Signature A system later cataloged as Pick 55a, establishing this proof as part of the A-branch design sequence prior to the introduction of the alternate Signature B variant. Read more →