Collection PL

Poland 1941 - 1 Zloty Bank Emisyjny w Polsce State Note BD3580426 (Pick 99)

The BD prefix belongs to the Miłczak 99b variety. Miłczak identifies this variety as the Warsaw printing produced by Staatsdruckerei und Münze in the former facilities of Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych S.A. The plant, equipment, and established security-printing infrastructure of the former PWPW works continued to be used under the wartime administrative structure.

Poland 1941 - 1 Zloty Bank Emisyjny w Polsce Uncut Sheet of 3 Notes (Pick 99b)

Miłczak identifies the 99b variety as the Warsaw printing produced by Staatsdruckerei und Münze in the former facilities of Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych S.A. The sheet preserves material evidence of the production methods used at the former PWPW security-printing works under the wartime administrative structure, including numbering, registration, spacing, control markings, paper, and typographic printing.

Australia 1880–1910 - Commercial Bank of Australia £100 Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

A monumental survivor from Australia’s private banking era, this £100 specimen ranks among the most important colonial-era notes known. Printed circa 1880–1910 for the Commercial Bank of Australia Limited, it represents the uppermost denomination produced under the private-issue system that existed before the Commonwealth took full control of note issuance in 1910. No issued examples of this £100 are believed to have survived, making specimens the only remaining documentation of the type.

New Zealand 1907–1926 - Bank of New Zealand £20 Blue Serial-Prefix Audit Specimen (Pick S194s)

The obverse presents a fully realized Edwardian composition: an engraved Māori portrait vignette rendered with anthropological precision, a coastal scene symbolizing New Zealand’s export-driven economy, and a central blue-grey guilloche medallion exclusive to the bank’s highest denomination. The reverse features an ornate frame enclosing the word POUNDS, surrounded by micro-engraved denomination clusters and anti-photographic detailing. Watermark impressions visible in transmitted light correspond to the special paper stock used only for BNZ’s top-tier issues.