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New Zealand 1896 - Bank of Australasia £50 Christchurch Proof (Pick Unlisted)

This proof represents a pre issue banknote of the Bank of Australasia, denominated Fifty Pounds and prepared for the Christchurch office during the late nineteenth century expansion of British chartered banking in New Zealand. It was produced as part of the institution internal design approval and presentation process and was never intended for public circulation. Read more →

Australia 1835-1850 - Bank of Australasia £10 Melbourne Proof (Pick Unlisted)

This proof represents a pre-issue banknote of the Bank of Australasia, denominated Ten Pounds and prepared for the Melbourne office during the institution early period of operation. It was produced as part of the bank internal approval and presentation process and was not intended for circulation. Read more →

New Zealand ND (1924-1933) - Bank of New South Wales Ten Shillings with Perforated SPECIMEN Printers Archival Proof (Pick S161s)

As an object, this proof documents a stage of banknote production that sits outside normal issue chronology. The ND 1924-1933 date range used by PMG and the Standard Catalog does not indicate a single year of printing. Instead, it reflects the period during which the Bank of New South Wales operated under this design lineage in New Zealand. Skipper and East routinely reused and adapted master steel plates over extended periods, modifying lettering, borders, and institutional references as banking charters evolved. Proofs such as this capture the printers finalized working model rather than a dated circulation release. Read more →

New Zealand ND (1924-1933) - Bank of New South Wales Ten Shillings Oversized with Perforated SPECIMEN Printers Archival Proof (Pick S161s)

Printers archival oversized proof for the Bank of New South Wales Ten Shillings, classified in the Standard Catalog and grading records as New Zealand Pick S161s (ND 1924-1933) and produced in London by Charles Skipper and East. This example survives on an oversized, untrimmed sheet and represents the most internal and earliest preserved production state of the design. Read more →

Bolivia 1903 - Banco Agricola 5 Bolivianos Front Progressive Proof and Back Proof Pair (Pick S102pp1, S102p2)

As a matched proof pair, the set documents both the artistic and technical stages behind the planned issue. The front progressive proof records the developing face design and its printer-applied control markings, while the back proof preserves the reverse in completed engraved form. Together they form a direct production record of the Banco Agricola 5 Bolivianos design and of ABNC's role in Bolivian banknote production at the beginning of the twentieth century. Read more →

United States 1854 - Empire City Bank 100 Dollars Proof (Pick NY1585G16P)

This note represents a proof of the one hundred dollars denomination prepared for the Empire City Bank of New York during the final year of the institution’s operation. It was produced as part of the internal design approval and engraving review process and was never intended for public circulation. As such, it belongs to the documentary layer of American private banknote production rather than to issued or remainder currency. Read more →