Collection PL

Luxembourg 1966 - 20 Francs Issued Note (Pick 54a)

Within the broader Luxembourg sequence, the 1966 twenty francs serves as the operational foundation from which later developments evolved. The structural clarity, portrait treatment, and engraving discipline established here carried directly into the 1970 series and ultimately informed the unissued 1982 emergency designs. It stands as the functional counterpart to those archival and experimental pieces, demonstrating how the system performed under real circulation conditions. Read more →

Luxembourg 1966 - 20 Francs Specimen (Pick 54s)

Within the broader Luxembourg series, the specimen format represents the finalized approval stage following photographic proofs and production trials. It preserves the design exactly as intended for circulation while clearly distinguishing itself as a non-issuable example. As such, it serves as the direct technical counterpart to the issued notes and a critical link within the full production chain documented across the set. Read more →

Luxembourg 1966 - 20 Francs Color Trial Specimen (Pick 54cts)

Of particular interest, the color palette bears a striking resemblance to the unissued Luxembourg twenty francs emergency series prepared in 1982. The violet-dominant engraving and pastel blue, yellow and pink guilloche work of the later Bradbury Wilkinson specimen closely echo the visual direction represented by this 1966 color trial. Produced sixteen years apart as part of separate banknote programs, the two pieces preserve a notable visual connection between the experimental 1966 palette and the later 1982 emergency issue. Read more →

Luxembourg 1982 - 20 Francs Specimen Unissued Series (Pick 54As)

The color palette bears a striking resemblance to the 1966 color trial specimen, particularly in its violet-dominant engraving and pastel blue, yellow and pink guilloche work. Produced sixteen years later by Bradbury Wilkinson, the 1982 emergency issue appears to revive and further develop a visual direction already explored during the original 1966 production program. Read more →

Luxembourg 1966 - 20 Francs Perforated CANCELLED Specimen No. 62 (Pick 54s)

The combination of serial A000000, reverse number 62, horizontal SPECIMEN overprints, dual punch-hole cancellations and perforated CANCELLED marking documents a distinctive specimen treatment within the surviving Pick 54s material. It provides an additional production-stage form of the finalized 1966 twenty francs design and expands the documented specimen material associated with the Grand Duke Jean issue. Read more →