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Australia 1890 - Bank of New South Wales £10 Brisbane Circular Note Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

Together, the face instructions, Letter of Indication reference, signature-verification procedure, London exchange provision, reverse demand draft, perforated specimen treatment, and watermark security paper preserve the complete operating structure of a late 19th-century Bank of New South Wales circular note. Pick Unlisted, this Brisbane £10 specimen is recorded here as R9 Extremely Rare, with this example representing the only known specimen of the exact form. Read more →

Australia 1900 - Bank of New South Wales £10 London Circular Note Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

Together, the London office designation, 19__ date format, Letter of Indication reference, exchange-on-London settlement wording, reverse demand draft, perforated specimen treatment, and large institutional watermark preserve the full working structure of an early 20th-century Bank of New South Wales circular note. Pick Unlisted, this London £10 specimen is recorded here as R9 Extremely Rare, with this example representing the only known specimen of the exact form. Read more →

Australia 1890 - Bank of New South Wales £10 Melbourne Circular Note Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

The Melbourne specimen therefore preserves both sides of the complete financial instrument: the face authorization addressed to correspondent bankers and the reverse demand draft drawn on the bank's London office. Its branch designation, 18__ date format, large institutional watermark, yellow-gold security underprint, blue-bordered paper, Letter of Indication procedure, and perforated specimen control document the working structure of a late 19th-century Bank of New South Wales circular note. Pick Unlisted, this exact Melbourne £10 specimen form is recorded as R9 Extremely Rare and Unique. Read more →

Mexico 1884 – Fábrica de Tunal 1 Peso (Pick Unlisted, ABNC)

Pick Unlisted (M717a) status reflects the Standard Catalog’s omission of non-bank corporate emissions. For researchers, this type is an anchor reference for studying the quasi-monetary ecosystems that formed around industrial enterprises in Durango during the Porfiriato. These ecosystems represent one of the least-documented yet most economically influential layers of Mexican monetary history-private institutions acting as de facto local banks in areas underserved by formal financial networks. Read more →

Argentina 1871 - Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata 10 Pesos Rosario No. 000001 Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

The Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata, incorporated in London in 1862, operated as a British controlled private bank with branches in Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Rosario, and Montevideo. The Rosario branch, established in 1867, functioned within a rapidly expanding grain export and river trade corridor, while operating under persistent tension with provincial authorities and competition from locally controlled institutions such as the Banco Provincial de Santa Fe. Read more →

Barbados 1943 - Government of Barbados 100 Dollars Prefix AA Front and Back Archival Photograph Pair (Pick Unlisted)

The front design carries the formal issuer heading Government of Barbados and presents a complete engraved layout including denomination panels, ornamental framing, and portraiture of King George the Sixth. This design corresponds to the issued 1943 100 Dollars banknote cataloged as Pick 6; however, the photographic proof itself is not an issued note and is not assigned a Pick catalog number. Read more →

Great Britain c.1806–1812 - Derby Bank £5 Proof (Pick Unlisted)

A printer’s proof of a £5 note prepared for the Derby Bank during the formative years of British provincial banking, dating to circa 1806–1812. This piece belongs to the critical transitional period between eighteenth-century handwritten credit instruments and the fully industrialized, security-driven banknote production that would dominate the nineteenth century. Read more →

Great Britain 1904 - Thomas Cook & Son $50 Circular Note Photographic Proof (Pick Unlisted)

This built-in verification system is critical to understanding the instrument. It functioned as an early form of identity-linked financial access, ensuring that only the original purchaser could redeem the note. In this respect, Circular Notes represent a direct operational predecessor to both Travellers Cheque and Travelers Check systems that later dominated international travel finance throughout the twentieth century. Read more →

Great Britain 1922 - Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Travellers Cheque Photographic Proof (Pick Unlisted)

The proof connects directly with the corresponding Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Travellers Cheque specimen, allowing the proof-stage design record and the finalized specimen-stage cheque to be studied together. The photographic proof preserves the design as a mounted production review image, while the specimen preserves the printed cheque format with red specimen and cancellation markings, reverse payment wording, and the full issued-style presentation structure. Read more →

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

The lower panel separates payment terms by location. Within the Indian Empire, the cheque was payable at its stated value of one hundred rupees. In other countries, payment was made at the applicable exchange rate used for sight drafts on London. This wording places the instrument directly within Thomas Cook's international settlement network, linking rupee payments in India with London-based financial exchange. Read more →

Italy 1868 - Banco di Napoli Fede di Credito 50–200 Lire Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

Certified ICG AU/UNC 60, this piece preserves original paper texture with light handling only. Surviving examples are rarely encountered, as most fede di credito were redeemed and destroyed. It stands as one of the earliest engraved forms linking Italian unification banking reforms with centuries-old Neapolitan credit practices, bridging medieval traditions and modern note engraving. Read more →

Italy 1869 - Credito Agricolo della Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna 30 Lire Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

Specimen of the 30 Lire issue from the Credito Agricolo della Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna, produced by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company during the critical early phase of post-unification Italian financial restructuring. The denomination itself-30 Lire-is highly unconventional and appears directly tied to structured agricultural credit mechanisms rather than standard monetary circulation, reflecting targeted rural financing systems implemented in newly unified Italy. Read more →