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New Zealand 1895–1915 Bank of New Zealand 5 Pounds Orange Specimen Pick S192s with dual serial numbers A000001 and A020000, perforated CANCELLED marking, left audit margin, and dated top margin printer annotations, printed by Bradbury Wilkinson & Company, Limited, London, PMG 55 About Uncirculated.

New Zealand 1895–1915 - Bank of New Zealand 5 Pounds Orange Specimen (Pick S192s)

The high-denomination anchor of the Bank of New Zealand color series, this five pounds orange specimen (Pick S192s) represents one of the most structurally complex and production-informative notes of New Zealand’s private banking era. Printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company, Limited, London, it embodies the transition from richly ornamental Victorian engraving toward the more controlled and symmetrical Edwardian framework that followed. The composition preserves the defining elements of the earlier series-paired Māori figures within oval medallions at left, a lower maritime vignette reflecting colonial trade identity, and a dense guilloche lattice enclosing the denomination-while introducing a more disciplined spatial hierarchy across the central obligation panel. ... Read more →

New ZealandSpecimen18955 PoundsPMG 55 About Uncirculated Specimen5 PoundsBank of New ZealandBradbury WilkinsonBWCA Prefix SpecimenA000001A020000Dual Serial NumbersPrinter Control NumberingPerforated CANCELLEDAudit Margin LeftPrinter AnnotationsTop Margin AnnotationDated Annotation 1915Printer Ledger MarkingsColonial IssueHigh DenominationEdwardian DesignMāori Portrait SeriesEngraved Security PrintingNew Zealand Banking HistoryPrivate Banknote EraPre-Reserve BankBNZ Color LineageVictorian to Edwardian TransitionMaritime Economy NotesBritish Colonial FinanceSecurity Printing HistoryOceania NumismaticsHistoryNew Zealand189519151895-1915Pick S192sPMG 55Museum GradeR7 Extremely Rare
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Uruguay 1883 Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata 10 Pesos specimen Pick S242s, Bradbury Wilkinson & Co., separate control number 345501, number 370500 repeated on counterfoil and principal note, retained counterfoil, perforated SPECIMEN BW & Co LONDON, Christopher Columbus portrait, child vignette, ornate brown-red reverse with opposing classical female profiles, PMG 64 EPQ Top Pop

Uruguay 1883 - Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata 10 Pesos Specimen (Pick S242s)

A 10 Pesos specimen prepared for the Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata in Montevideo and dated 1 January 1883, engraved and printed in London by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. The piece preserves the complete specimen format of the bank's 10 Pesos issue, including the retained counterfoil, full multicolor face design, reverse engraving, production numbering, and printer-applied perforated cancellation. The obverse combines formal banking text with an elaborate multicolor security design. ... Read more →

UruguaySpecimen188310 PesosPMG 64 EPQ Choice Uncirculated (Top Pop) Specimen10 PesosDiez PesosDiez Pesos NacionalesPrivate BanknotePrivate IssueNumbered SpecimenTwo Number Production ControlProduction Control NumberingNumber 345501Number 370500Repeated Number 370500Three Position NumberingCounterfoil NumberingPrinter Control NumberBradbury Wilkinson Production ControlPerforated SPECIMEN BW & Co LONDONSPECIMEN BW & Co LONDONPin Perforated SpecimenSpecimen CancellationRetained CounterfoilFull CounterfoilMulticolor Security PrintingBradbury WilkinsonBWCPick S242sBanco de Londres y Rio de la PlataBanco de Londres y Río de la PlataMontevideoMoneda Nacional en Oro SelladoLaw of 23 June 1862Pagaremos al Portador y a la VistaUruguay Banking HistoryUruguay Private Banknote EraPrivate Banknote EraNineteenth Century BankingSouth American Banking HistorySouth American NumismaticsBritish Banking in South AmericaSecurity Printing HistoryBritish Security PrintingInternational Banknote PrintingHistoryChristopher Columbus PortraitChild VignetteClassical Female PortraitsDual Portrait ReverseGuilloche Security DesignOrnamental Security DesignDenomination Security DevicesEngraved BanknotePrinter Control SpecimenCounterfoil Control FormatNineteenth Century Security PrintingUruguay18831 January 18831 de Enero 1883PMG 64 EPQChoice UncirculatedTop PopPMG Top PopPopulation 1 at GradeNone HigherMuseum GradeR8 Extremely Rare
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