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United States 1929 - 5 Dollars Type 2 National Bank Note - The First National Bank of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Charter 1 (Fr. 1800-2)

Certified PMG 20 Very Fine, this note captures the culmination of the National Banking era-when the very first chartered bank in the nation still circulated its own legally backed paper money, nearly seventy years after the system began. Each surviving piece from Charter 1 marks a direct link to the founding structure of American national banking. Read more →

Spain 1857 - Banco de Zaragoza 100 Reales Vellón Serie A Issued Note No. 23322 (Pick S451b)

A fully issued Serie A example of the Banco de Zaragoza 100 reales vellón dated 1 May 1857, serial number 23322. This is a true issued banknote classified as Pick S451b, not a remainder or specimen. Issued Zaragoza notes from 1857 are among the rarest Spanish provincial banknotes, with only two S451b examples recorded by PMG to date and very few known in private or institutional collections. Read more →

Spain 1857 - Banco de Zaragoza 500 Reales Vellón Serie C Issued Note No. 08785 (Pick S453a)

Rarity is extremely high. PMG lists only one graded example for S453a, but this listing aggregates notes from multiple provincial banks and does not confirm Zaragoza attribution. No Zaragoza-issued 500 reales vellón notes are recorded in major Spanish auction archives, suggesting that only a handful of true S453a-issued examples may survive worldwide. This piece, with clear signatures, strong detail, and well-preserved surface, qualifies as R8. Read more →

Argentina 1876 - Banco de San Juan 1 Peso Fuerte Specimen (Pick S1880s)

No issued example of this Banco de San Juan 1 Peso Fuerte type is known. No proof state is known. No second specimen has been recorded in institutional collections, auction archives, grading census data, or reference literature. Within the specimen category, this note stands alone as the only observable output of its kind. Read more →

Argentina 1876 - Banco de San Juan 5 Pesos Fuertes Specimen (S1881s)

No issued example of this Banco de San Juan 5 Pesos Fuertes type is known. No proof state is known. No second specimen has been recorded in institutional collections, auction archives, grading census data, or reference literature. Within the specimen category, this note stands alone as the only observable output of its kind. Read more →

Spain 1857 - Banco de Zaragoza 200 Reales Vellón Serie B Issued Note No. 07958 (Pick S4532s)

Although the broader Pick S452 census includes notes from several different issuers, PMG does not list any specimens from Banco de Zaragoza. As a result, this piece stands entirely outside population data and should be viewed as an independent rarity. Its survival indicates an extremely small original specimen distribution, likely limited to printer or bank archival holdings. Read more →

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

This photographic proof records an early design form of a Government of Barbados Treasury Bill prepared under the Treasury Bills (Local) Act of 1922. The proof differs materially in wording, layout, and structure from later issued and specimen Treasury Bills, and represents an earlier design stage within the Barbados treasury bill system. Read more →

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

Along the upper margin, handwritten archival annotations are present, including a clearly legible date reading “15 NOV 1968,” a signature attribution, and a numerical reference. These markings document an internal handling or approval event and provide a firm temporal anchor for this specimen’s use within government workflow. Read more →

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

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 treasury reference and archival retention. The denomination of five hundred dollars reflects a lower-tier value within the Barbados Treasury Bill structure, intended for routine accounting and liquidity operations rather than high-value treasury settlements. Read more →

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

Cancellation has been applied by a single punch hole, precisely placed to invalidate the instrument for redemption while preserving it as an official reference document. The use of a single punch hole represents a deliberate specimen treatment variant observed on selected Barbados Treasury Bills of this period. Read more →

Barbados 1980 - Government of Barbados 10,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Red Overprint, Punch Hole Cancelled, Prefix D

This example is preserved in graded condition and represents a completed specimen state combining red overprint identification, controlled zero serial format, and punch-hole cancellation. Surviving specimen Treasury Bills of this denomination are scarce and are typically encountered as individual archival remnants rather than as part of complete denomination sets. Read more →

Barbados 1980 - Government of Barbados 10,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Punch Hole Cancelled, No Prefix

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 treasury reference and archival retention. The denomination of ten thousand dollars reflects a high-value obligation within the Barbados Treasury Bill structure, intended for significant accounting and liquidity operations rather than routine fiscal use. Read more →