Collection PL

Luxembourg 1966 - 20 Francs Specimen (Pick 54s)

The reverse design, featuring a detailed Moselle river landscape with agricultural and transport elements, reinforces the note’s connection to Luxembourg’s geographic and economic identity, rendered with the same precision and compositional discipline as the obverse portrait. Read more →

Luxembourg 1966 - 20 Francs Color Trial Specimen (Pick 54cts)

The reverse design presents a detailed Moselle river landscape, integrating agricultural and transport elements within a finely engraved framework. In this trial state, the monochrome execution of the reverse highlights compositional balance and structural clarity without reliance on final color application, reinforcing its role as an evaluation piece rather than a presentation specimen. Read more →

Luxembourg 29 July 1965 - 20 Francs Back Photographic Proof Early Design Concept (Pick Unlisted)

The central vignette presents a river landscape with a cargo vessel in the foreground and a row of tall trees lining the bank, extending toward a simplified rural horizon. This composition reflects a more illustrative and less mechanically structured approach compared to the later adopted design. The spatial construction is relatively open, with broader tonal areas and reduced density of fine-line security elements. Read more →

Scotland 1962 - National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited 5 Pounds Photographic Back Proof, Landscape Design (Pick Unlisted)

The image has a very different character from the Edinburgh Castle reverse. Instead of using the capital city as the central symbol, this design turns toward landscape and atmosphere. The river, clustered trees, low horizon, and distant hills create a softer national image, closer to Scotland as countryside and natural setting than Scotland as civic monument or financial capital. Read more →

Luxembourg 1966 - 20 Francs Perforated CANCELLED Specimen No. 62 (Pick 54s)

The reverse carries the number 62 in the upper-left margin. The Moselle river landscape occupies the principal design field, showing the river, vineyards, transportation infrastructure and surrounding terrain within a finely engraved framework. A red SPECIMEN overprint is positioned across the upper center, while the perforated CANCELLED marking and dual punch-hole cancellations continue through the note. Read more →