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Honduras 1873 - 5 Pesos Treasury Note Billete de Tesoreria, Comayagua (Pick Unlisted)

Catalog and rarity: This issue is unlisted in the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (Pick) and major databases, with no recorded Heritage or Spink sales as of 2025. It represents a previously undocumented variant of the 'Billete de Tesorería' 1873 decree, making it of exceptional historical and numismatic importance within early Honduran fiscal paper. Read more →

Paraguay 1856 - Tesoro Nacional 2 Reales Treasury Note, Earliest National Paper Money (Pick Unlisted, Miguel Pratt MC14)

This example preserves the handmade and improvised nature of Paraguay's earliest fiscal printing. Its thin paper, uneven inking, blank reverse, manuscript signatures, and locally printed format are not merely production details; they are evidence of a young state creating sovereign money with the limited tools available in Asuncion. As a Pick Unlisted note attributed in specialized Latin American references as Miguel Pratt MC14, it stands outside the standard world-paper-money catalog sequence and represents a primary artifact of Paraguay's monetary origins. Read more →

Jersey 1840 - Bible Christian Church, Royal Crescent £1 Remainder (Pick Unlisted)

This example remains fully intact, with crisp printing, strong watermark visibility, and no manuscript entries - a rare Jersey remainder note and a valuable record of early faith-based community finance in the Channel Islands. Read more →

Poland 1940 - 10 Zlotych Bank Emisyjny w Polsce Prefix C Kraków Issue Approval Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

Kraków’s designation as the place of issue reflects the reorganization of administrative authority following the removal of Warsaw from its pre-war financial role. Approval specimens bearing the Kraków imprint belong to the earliest stabilized phase of occupation-era monetary administration, when institutional systems were being formalized. Read more →

Poland 1940 - 20 Zlotych Bank Emisyjny w Polsce Prefix A Kraków Issue Approval Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

The banknote measures approximately 173 × 91 millimeters, corresponding to the production format adopted for this denomination in the 1940 series. Read more →

Barbados 1959 - Government of Barbados Treasury Bill, Photographic Proof (Early Design Stage)

The reverse is blank but bears a faint handwritten pencil notation reading “13-7-59.” This marking documents internal handling or archival reference and anchors the proof chronologically to 1959. No overprints, serial numbers, perforations, or cancellation marks are present, confirming that this piece was created as a photographic design record rather than a fiscal instrument intended for use. Read more →

Barbados 1968 - Government of Barbados 500 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Perforated Cancelled, Prefix A

This specimen displays an alphanumeric prefix “A” followed by a four-digit zero serial (A0000), distinguishing it from specimen variants produced without prefixes or serial numbers. Prefix-bearing specimens represent a discrete reference configuration within the treasury printing and approval process. Read more →

Barbados 1980 - Government of Barbados 500 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Red Overprint, No Prefix

A bold diagonal red SPECIMEN overprint is applied across the face, clearly identifying the document as a specimen retained outside any circulation or settlement context. Read more →

Barbados 1960 - Government of Barbados 1,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Punch Hole Cancelled, Prefix B

At the top margin of the note appears a printed line consisting of serial and prefix trial elements, including the sequences “B0001”, “1234”, and “B0400”. This printed line represents a numbering and font alignment trial associated with prefix and serial configuration, and is distinct from handwritten archival markings. Read more →

Barbados 1960 - Government of Barbados 5,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Punch Hole Cancelled, Prefix C

The background is formed by a dense multicolour security underprint composed of repeated “Government of Barbados” text, serving both issuer identification and anti-counterfeiting purposes. The design is enclosed within an engraved guilloche border consistent with British fiscal security printing practices of the mid-twentieth century. Read more →

Barbados 1980 - Government of Barbados 5,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Red Overprint, Punch Hole Cancelled, Prefix C

This Treasury Bill specimen was issued by the Government of Barbados under the authority of the Treasury Bills (Local) Act of 1922 and represents a non-circulating fiscal instrument prepared for internal reference, accounting control, and archival purposes. The note is denominated at five thousand dollars and forms part of the upper range of Barbados Treasury Bill denominations, distinct from the extreme high-value issues produced for exceptional treasury requirements. Read more →

Barbados 1960 - Government of Barbados 10,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Punch Hole Cancelled, Prefix D

This specimen Treasury Bill was issued by the Government of Barbados under the authority of the Treasury Bills (Local) Act of 1922 and prepared as a non-circulating reference instrument for internal administrative, accounting, and archival use. Read more →