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Complete nine-note Stockholm Spinnhus pollett monetary system from circa 1785, including all denominations from one half öre to one daler, preserved in unissued condition and classified as R10 extremely rare.

Sweden 1785 - Stockholm Spinnhus Pollett System – Complete Nine-Denomination Institutional Currency Set:One Half Öre to One Daler (Pick Unlisted)

No Swedish institutional archive is known to hold a complete original set. Existing examples, when found, appear singly and often in lesser condition or as later restrikes. This privately assembled nine-note system, accumulated over nearly half a century, is believed to be the only surviving complete original series. Individually these notes measure at the highest rarity levels (R9+). As a unified and intact monetary system, the set attains R10 rarity, representing a uniquely preserved eighteenth-century institutional currency structure of profound historical and academic significance. Read more →

SwedenInstitutional Paper Currency Set1785Complete nine-note system: one half öre, one öre, two öre, five öre, six öre, seven öre, sixteen öre, twenty-four öre, one dalerUncirculated PollettInstitutional paper currencyEngraved copperplate noteEighteenth century rag paperAnopisthographic printingUnissuedUncirculatedStockholm engravingSwedish copperplate productionPre-industrial note manufactureStockholm SpinnhusLångholmen prison economyPenal labor currencyClosed economy tenderProto-fiat institutional moneyInternal monetary systemSweden1785One half öreOne öreTwo öreFive öreSix öreSeven öreSixteen öreTwenty-four öreOne dalerFull denomination setPick UnlistedR10 UniqueR10UniqueUnique Known ExampleUnique Set
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Paraguay 1856 2 Reales Tesoro Nacional Treasury Note, earliest national paper money of Paraguay, signed by Matias Reina and Santiago Ozcariz, Pick Unlisted and attributed as Miguel Pratt MC14.

Paraguay 1856 - Tesoro Nacional 2 Reales Treasury Note, Earliest National Paper Money (Pick Unlisted, Miguel Pratt MC14)

This 2 Reales Tesoro Nacional Treasury Note of 1856 is one of the foundational objects in the monetary history of Paraguay and is presented here as the unique known surviving example of this earliest national paper-money issue. Produced under the government of President Carlos Antonio Lopez, it predates the later and more familiar Paraguayan paper issues of the 1860s and belongs to the first attempt by the national Treasury to create a circulating paper instrument for domestic use. Read more →

ParaguayTreasury Note18562 RealesUncertified Very Fine Original, Blank Reverse 2 RealesTreasury NoteTesoro Nacional Treasury NoteEarliest National Paper MoneyFirst IssueHandsignedBlank ReversePrimitive LithographyThin Handmade PaperTesoro NacionalCarlos Antonio LopezMatias ReinaSantiago OzcarizAsuncion PrintingParaguayan Monetary OriginsEarly National PaperSouth American Fiscal HistoryWar of the Triple AllianceHistoryParaguay1856Pick UnlistedMiguel Pratt MC14R10 UniqueR10Unique Known ExampleMuseum Grade
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