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Australia 1929 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited - Circular Letter of Credit Photographic Proof (Mounted on Cardstock, PCGS 64 Very Choice New)

Certified PCGS 64 Very Choice New, the proof retains strong visual clarity and structural integrity. Its preserved photographic surface and original mounting reflect its role within the design and approval process, offering direct insight into the production of high-security financial documents tied to early international credit systems. Read more →

Poland 1937 - Free City of Gdańsk Bank of Danzig 20 Gulden Architectural Vignette Bradbury Wilkinson and Company

The engraving depicts a monumental civic structure rendered with precise architectural detail and controlled perspective. Within the completed banknote, this building occupies the central field beneath the issuing authority, functioning as both a visual anchor and a symbolic representation of institutional stability and civic identity. Read more →

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 50 Dollars Travellers Cheque Photographic Proof (Pick Unlisted)

Its date places it at a precise and important point in the surviving approval trail. The 50 Dollars colour design proof was submitted on 23 March 1965 and carries the left-margin annotation referring to the 12 April 1965 letter. The 20 Dollars photographic proof is dated 31 March 1965. This 50 Dollars photographic proof, dated 1 April 1965, follows immediately after it, showing that both higher denominations were under active photographic review within days of the original March submission. Together, the 31 March and 1 April photographic proofs preserve the printer's early technical examination of the March design stage. 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 1919 - Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Circular Note Photographic Proof (Pick Unlisted)

Photographic proof of the 5 Pounds Circular Note prepared for Thomas Cook and Son in 1919, representing an early post First World War production-stage record from the firm's international private payment system. Mounted on cardstock and dated 24 April 1919 in manuscript on the mount, this proof preserves the face design of a 5 Pounds circular note before finished specimen or issued-form production. Read more →

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

As a photographic proof, this piece records the design as a production-review image mounted for archival or internal assessment. Its value lies in the way it preserves an alternate design direction that would otherwise be difficult to reconstruct from finished instruments alone. The proof captures the balance of text, denomination, ornament, security background, and institutional presentation before a final design path was selected or advanced. Read more →

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

The proof also connects forward to the later Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Travellers Cheque photographic proof and the Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Travellers Cheque specimen. Together, these items document the movement from circular note formats into the more standardized travellers cheque system of the early twentieth century, while also showing how Thomas Cook and Son Limited adapted its private payment instruments to different currencies, payment regions, and visual identities. Read more →

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

The payment wording places the instrument within the United States and Canada form of Thomas Cook and Son Limited's dollar-payment network. This wording identifies the intended redemption geography of the cheque, while the issuer, commercial authority, and production origin remain British. The proof therefore records a British Thomas Cook and Son Limited traveller-payment instrument designed for North American dollar use through the firm's overseas financial channels. Read more →

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

The lower text addresses the instrument to the bankers mentioned in the letter of identification, reinforcing the administrative system behind the cheque. The printed Thomas Cook and Son authority at the lower right, together with the cursive Thomas Cook and Son signature, gives the proof the appearance of a working financial form rather than a purely decorative design study. The face integrates denomination, serial control, expiry period, holder identification, bank correspondence, sight-draft settlement, and exchange conversion into one compact security-printed instrument. Read more →

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

The face is spare, formal, and highly instructional. At the top, the issuer is printed as "Thos. Cook and Son," followed by "Ludgate Circus, London." The amount appears twice: first as "£4:1:8" inside a boxed numerical value panel, and again in full wording as "Four Pounds One Shilling and Eightpence" inside a long decorative banner. This double presentation of value, numerical and written, reflects the document's function as a controlled payment draft with clear legal and practical readability. Read more →