Collection PL

Barbados 1981 - Government of Barbados 50,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Red Overprint, Prefix E

The bill sets out an obligation payable to order out of the Consolidated Fund at any commercial bank in Barbados or at the Treasury, reflecting the standardized legal wording used on Treasury Bills of this later period. Read more →

Barbados 1968 - Government of Barbados 100,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Perforated Cancelled, Prefix F

The document carries a printed denomination of one hundred thousand dollars and defines an obligation payable out of the Consolidated Fund at any commercial bank in Barbados or at the Treasury. The place of issue is identified as Bridgetown, confirming its role within the central administrative framework of the Barbadian state. Read more →

Barbados 1971 - Government of Barbados 100,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Prefix F

This example is preserved in a Paper Money Guaranty holder and graded 62 Uncirculated, confirming its technical state of preservation while retaining all original administrative markings. Specimen Treasury Bills of this denomination and configuration are extremely rare, and examples combining zero serial prefix F, printed internal serial range, dated handwritten annotations, and absence of cancellation represent a distinct and seldom-encountered variant within Barbados fiscal material. Read more →

Barbados 1981 - Government of Barbados 100,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Red Overprint, Prefix F

The design follows the established multicolour engraved Treasury Bill format used for high-denomination issues, featuring an ornate guilloche border and a dense repeating underprint composed of the text Government of Barbados across the entire face. The denomination $100,000 is printed prominently at lower left, with official signature titles for the Permanent Secretary, Finance, and the Accountant General appearing along the lower portion of the bill. Read more →

Barbados 1976 - Government of Barbados 500,000 Dollars Treasury Bill, Specimen, Prefix G

This example is preserved in a Paper Money Guaranty holder and graded 62 Uncirculated. Specimen Treasury Bills of this denomination and configuration are extremely rare, and examples combining a plain specimen format, zero serial prefix G, printed batch control annotations, and later handwritten handling notes represent a distinct and seldom-encountered variant within Barbados fiscal material. Read more →

Barbados 1981 - Government of Barbados 500,000 Dollars Treasury Bill Red Overprint Specimen, Prefix G

This example is preserved in a Paper Money Guaranty holder and graded 62 Uncirculated. Specimen Treasury Bills of this denomination and configuration are exceptionally rare, and examples combining the maximum denomination, red specimen overprint, zero serial prefix G, and absence of physical cancellation represent the terminal high-value reference state within Barbados fiscal documentation. Read more →

China 1945 - Soviet Red Army Headquarters 100 Yuan Issued Note, Revalidated 1946 (Pick M36)

An issued 100 yuan banknote produced in 1945 under the authority of the Soviet Red Army Headquarters during the closing phase of the Second World War, later officially revalidated in 1946. Catalogued as Pick M36, this note forms part of the provisional monetary system established by Soviet military administration in northeastern China following the collapse of Japanese control in Manchuria. Read more →

Poland 1994 - 100 Zlotych, Narodowy Bank Polski WZÓR Specimen Number 010 (Pick 176s)

On this denomination, WZÓR No. 010 forms part of the same matching-number sequence preserved across the complete five-note set in this collection. The combination of AA0000000 and the shared specimen number places the 100 Zlotych note within that coordinated reference group. Read more →

Poland 1994 - 200 Zlotych, Narodowy Bank Polski WZÓR Specimen Number 010 (Pick 177s)

The banknote was designed by Andrzej Heidrich and printed by Thomas De La Rue in London for the National Bank of Poland. Read more →

Martinique 1870 - Banque de la Martinique 1 Franc Unissued Cheque (Pick P.5A)

The Banque de la Martinique was established as part of France’s overseas banking framework, created to stabilize currency supply and facilitate commercial credit in the Caribbean colonies. Unlike metropolitan France, where centralized banking instruments were already standardized, colonial institutions relied on a mixture of notes, cheques, receipts, and drafts adapted to local economic realities. This cheque format reflects that transitional monetary environment, bridging formal banking practices and localized colonial commerce. Read more →

Brazil ca. 1852–1870 - Imperial Treasury of Brazil 10 Mil Réis Contemporary Counterfeit (Pick A231x)

This example is exceptional for its state of preservation. Most contemporary counterfeits survive today only in heavily worn condition, having circulated extensively and often been destroyed once detected. By contrast, this note remains in Choice Uncirculated condition with Exceptional Paper Quality. The EPQ designation confirms original paper integrity, intact fibers, and the absence of chemical processing or restoration, conditions rarely encountered in circulating forgeries of this era. Read more →

United States 1933 - Any City, U.S.A. 5 Dollars City and County Scrip Specimen (Generic Municipal Master Form)

The survival of this specimen is therefore exceptional. It documents not a single city’s response to crisis, but the structural mechanism by which municipal scrip could be deployed nationally under conditions of systemic financial stress. As such, it represents an infrastructural artifact of Depression-era municipal finance rather than a localized monetary issue. Read more →