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Cayman Islands 2018 - Monetary Authority $1 Prefix D/7 (Pick 38g)

This variety carries prefix D/7 and includes the turtle watermark with electrotype 'CIMA', microprinted borders, and a windowed security thread. The serial font and printing alignment remain consistent with the first D/6 prefix issue but belong to a subsequent production batch. Read more →

Cayman Islands 1974 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 1 Dollar Issued Note (Pick 5e)

A key technical feature of this type is the turtle watermark, explicitly recorded on the PMG label. Watermark choices on small denomination notes in currency board systems were rarely arbitrary. They functioned as an easily testable authenticity marker for cash-handling environments while also serving as a national symbol suited to Cayman’s maritime identity. The combination of watermark, serial-prefix control, and De La Rue’s engraved framework reflects a mature security printing logic aimed at everyday circulation durability. Read more →

Cayman Islands 1974 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 1 Dollar Issued Note (Pick 5d)

The turtle watermark, explicitly recorded on the PMG label, serves as a primary security feature and a nationally resonant symbol suited to Cayman’s maritime character. Combined with serial control, engraved line density, and De La Rue’s consistent production standards, the watermark reflects a mature security printing system designed for heavy everyday circulation. Read more →

Cayman Islands 1974 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 1 Dollar Specimen with Red Overprint (Pick 5as)

The obverse preserves the complete finalized production design of the issued one dollar note. An engraved portrait of Queen Elizabeth the Second occupies the right side within a dense field of fine-line security engraving, while the central denomination panel incorporates the Cayman Islands coat of arms and the inscription One Dollar. Beneath this panel appears the engraved signature of V. G. Johnson, serving as Chairman of the Cayman Islands Currency Board at the time this specimen was prepared. The serial format consists of an all-zero number sequence with prefix A/3, a configuration reserved exclusively for specimen handling and never used on circulating notes. Read more →

Cayman Islands 1974 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 1 Dollar Specimen with Perforated 'SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE' (Pick 5as)

Along the lower margin, handwritten printer annotations are present and correspond to production or archival handling notes made during the specimen’s retention within Thomas De La Rue’s internal reference system. These annotations, cited directly on the PMG label, authenticate the note as printer-handled material rather than a later altered circulation example. Read more →

Cayman Islands 1974 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 1 Dollar Specimen with Red Overprint & Oval Stamp (Pick 5bs)

A further, separate control measure is present as a single punch hole cancellation applied in the signature area. This physical voiding step is part of the same specimen-control logic as the stamps and overprint: it permanently disables monetary function while preserving the engraved design as a legible reference object. Read more →

Cayman Islands 1974 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 1 Dollar Specimen with Perforated 'SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE' (Pick 5bs)

The reverse continues the series’ marine-themed design language, featuring a reef vignette composed of coral formations and a prominent fish. Dense organic linework provides both aesthetic depth and practical anti-counterfeiting complexity, mirroring the issued series while remaining clearly segregated as non-monetary through perforation and serial control. Read more →

Cayman Islands 1974 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 1 Dollar Specimen with Red Overprint (Pick 5s)

The defining feature of this example is a single bold red diagonal SPECIMEN overprint applied across the face of the note. This classic overprint format represents the standard presentation specimen style used by Thomas De La Rue for controlled reference purposes. No additional invalidation devices are present: there are no oval NO VALUE stamps, no perforations, and no punch cancellations. The absence of secondary control measures distinguishes this specimen from later and more heavily controlled specimen formats. Read more →

Cayman Islands 1974 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 5 Dollars Specimen No. 017 with Red Overprint & Oval Stamp (Pick 6s)

The specimen state is defined by a layered De La Rue control protocol. A bold red diagonal SPECIMEN overprint spans the face, and two red oval control stamps reading “SPECIMEN / DE LA RUE / NO VALUE” are applied in the classic De La Rue format used to mark specimen material that had to remain visually legible while being permanently non-monetary. A further physical voiding measure is present as a single punch cancellation in the signature area, an additional safeguard that disables monetary function without obscuring the engraved design. Read more →

Cayman Islands 1974 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 5 Dollars Specimen with Perforated 'SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE' (Pick 6s, 467/1–A2)

The reverse retains the maritime engraving of a sailing vessel framed by denomination panels and ornamental surrounds. De La Rue’s linework treatment-rigging, water texture, and structured border geometry-demonstrates how a currency board issue maintained both local identity and security-printing discipline through conventional engraved vocabulary rather than through novelty. Read more →

Cayman Islands 1974 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 5 Dollars Specimen with Perforated 'SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE' (Pick 6s, 467/1–A1)

This five dollar Cayman Islands Currency Board specimen represents a terminal archival control state within the 1974 series prepared under the Cayman Islands Currency Law of 1974. It preserves the full engraved design of the denomination while permanently removing any possibility of monetary use through a large dot-matrix perforation reading “SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE” across the face. Read more →

Cayman Islands 1974 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 5 Dollars Specimen No. 010 with Red Overprint & Oval Stamp (Pick 6s)

This five dollar specimen of the Cayman Islands Currency Board belongs to the 1974 design series authorized under the Cayman Islands Currency Law of 1974 and produced by Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited as controlled reference material. It was never intended to circulate. Instead, it preserves the fully finalized engraved design of the denomination in a deliberately invalidated form prepared for institutional distribution and internal printer control. Read more →